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June 22, 2022

Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Beijing, London & Seoul are the top 5 digital cities in the index European cities ran highly successful traffic management systems, while Beijing applied digital technologies to tackle air pollution and optimise utilities and sharing economy Involving citizens in design of smart city schemes underpins meaningful inclusion – […]

June 3, 2022

As nearly half of banking executives report serving customers via digital channels to a large or great extent, signs point to increasing recognition of fintechs as partners In a global survey of 300 C-suite banking industry executives, 54% say their financial institutions have faced greater competition over the past three years from digital […]

June 2, 2022

▪ More than three in four consumers expect their countries to become predominantly cashless within the next five years, but this move towards a cashless society is at a crossroads and varies greatly between countries. ▪ Almost four in ten consumers expect their governments or central banks to launch a central bank digital […]

March 17, 2020

THE START of February seems an eternity ago. Then, almost all concern about the coronavirus outbreak was focused on China, home to more than 99% of confirmed infections. America had seven known cases and Italy just two. The epidemic had not even received its official name. Less than six weeks later, covid-19, as the disease […]

March 17, 2020

Germany partially closed its borders with Austria, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Although goods and cross-border commuters can still enter and leave the country, other travellers are being turned away. The measures are an abrupt reversal by Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, who had only […]

Digital Cities Index 2022: European Cities outperformed with open data projects and tightly defined sustainability schemes

More Banking Executives View Fintechs as Partners in Economist Impact Report on Digital Competition in Global Finance Commissioned by WSO2

Consumer Demand for Digital Currencies Expected to Increase, Economist Impact Study Finds

Control of the coronavirus gives China the world’s best-performing stockmarket

More than 80 countries have imposed travel bans to curb the new coronavirus