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Takeaway by DIGISEQ delves into a variety of topics within the fintech business interests.
The podcasts promote thoughts and discussions on innovation in the digital ecosystem and trends towards inclusivity and ESG. Guests come from a range of backgrounds – investors, employees, start-ups, and founders, offering a well-rounded perspective on many topics.
Each year around 6 billion plastic cards are produced, most of which are unrecyclable. Wearable technology can play in introducing more sustainable and in fact zero plastic payment devices to help consumers to understand their choices and make better decisions to reduce their own carbon emissions. Join Angela Davies, Oli Cook and Lenny Davies as they discuss their views on sustainability and the new partnership with ekko and DIGISEQ!
In the Drive For ESG, can the Payments Industry Avoid Greenwashing and Innovate Away from Plastic Cards?
The podcast, 'Authenticating Passive Wearables', explained with the PSD2 regulation mandating Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in the European Union, issuers now have a unique opportunity to simplify and speed up customer authentication using wearables.
Take a short break and listen to Angela Davies, Dave Birch and Angela Yore discuss the opportunities presented to issuers and some of the use cases where wearables really are the preferred payment method of choice.
Is the future of Fintech female? Find out why equality and diversity are so important in this 4th episode of Takeaway by DIGISEQ.
Wearable tech is no longer science fiction, it’s now a reality. Hollywood films have a way of predicting the future, unveiling dazzling tech imaginings that soon made their way into the real world.
In this podcast, DIGISEQ’s team of experts pick out their favourite wearable tech scenes from cinema, just how realistic they are, and what we’re likely to see jump out of the screen and into real life sooner than we think.
Outside of the cinema world, futuristic wearable tech is already a reality, from projection bracelets to dresses that warn the wearer of possible pollutants in the air. There are even wearable sensors for plants, which tell gardeners how much food and water they need.
We ask: in a world where the possibilities for weird and wonderful wearable tech are limitless, where can the technology go next?
In this podcast, DIGISEQ’s guests explain how wearable tech offers a way for businesses - be they banks, brands, or venues - to get closer to their customers, not just physically but digitally. At the same time, speeding up transaction flows in busy areas like sports and entertainment events, combined with secure digital ID, is generating huge operational improvements behind the scenes.
Why is the time right for wearable tech?It’s taken around 15 years for mobile payments through smartphones and tablets to hit critical mass in consumer adoption. Mobile contactless payments are now the norm for millions of people globally. Why? Because consumers want speed and security. Mobile tech provided the crucial bridge to take us from plastic cards to digital transactions.
But technology never stands still, and in the world of fintech, the lightning speed of innovation, combined with the need for non-cash payments amid the pandemic, have created the perfect conditions for wearable tech to become the quickest and simplest way to pay. The global wearable tech market is set to exceed $380.5 billion in revenue by 2028, helped by a growing number of use cases in payments, digital ID, secure access, commercial and healthcare applications.
If there is one consistent theme regarding the evolution of payments, it’s that we all prefer payments that are convenient and transactional. In the first of three podcasts, wearable tech pioneer DIGISEQ and guests will ask if the next evolution in payment technology is now upon us.