- Helps finance professionals cut through the noise in Web3 by demystifying the jargon and exploring its practical business implications, its opportunities and challenges
- Clarifies the key use cases of Web3 applicable to financial services, such as custody, payments, asset tokenization, DeFi and digital identity
- Explores how financial organizations are starting to adopt and test emergent Web3 use cases in finance, covering real-life examples, including Fidelity Digital Assets, JP Morgan ONYX, Coinbase, Anchorage Digital, Circle, Ripple and Aave
- Looks at what is at stake for major players such as banks, investors and regulators
- Reviews the organizational and industry changes needed for mainstream adoption of Web3
Web3 in Financial Services
How Blockchain, Digital Assets and Crypto are Disrupting Traditional Finance
Cut through the jargon to grasp the key use cases, opportunities and challenges of Web3 in finance with this practical guide tailored for financial services professionals.
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EAN: 9781398615717
Edition: 1
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Format: 234x156
304 pages
About the book
In an unprecedented time of disruption, Web3 in Financial Services cuts through the noise to ensure financial service professionals are equipped with the knowledge needed to benefit from Web3.
Web3 in Financial Services explains what Web3 means for finance, outlining its key use cases and exploring the unique business opportunities and challenges it presents. It clarifies key developments such as custody, stablecoins, CDBCs and tokenized deposits, payments, asset tokenization, DeFi and digital identity. Investigating how organizations are testing and adopting these emergent technologies, the book is supported by cutting-edge, real-life examples from incumbents and challengers alike, including Fidelity Digital Assets, J.P. Morgan ONYX, Coinbase, Anchorage Digital, Circle, Ripple and Aave. The book reviews what's at stake for major ecosystem players such as banks, investors and regulators and appraises the changes still needed to enable more mainstream adoption of Web3.
Web3 in Financial Services answers pressing questions such as: what does Web3 really mean for financial services and what are the use cases with potential for disruption? What are the innovations that companies are actually doing within this space? And how do organizations need to adapt? This is an essential read for finance and fintech professionals, bankers and investors who need to grasp the essentials of Web3, blockchain, digital assets and decentralisation and its ramifications for financial services.
About the authors
Rita Martins is a Financial Services Executive, currently serving on the Advisory Board of KIMA and advising a portfolio of Web3 startups. Previously, Rita was the Head of FinTech Partnerships, for Global Functions, at HSBC. Martins worked at Ernst and Young and Accenture, advising C-suite executives on the applicability of new technologies in finance. Martins is a recognized expert and regular keynote speaker on Web3, fintech, DeFi and a judge at fintech innovation awards. She currently mentors at Web3 Techstars and Outlier Ventures. She is based in London, UK
At last a book on how blockchain is transforming financial services that is as accessible as it is timely. Rita Martins' practical tour through the evolution, technology, use cases and jargon of crypto, makes this book a must read for leaders who perceive changes in the financial system, but don't know how to grasp them.
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