Videogames have already had an outsize influence on corporate technology in areas like cloud-computing, AI, virtual marketplaces and cryptocurrency. In a union of Microsoft and Activision, much more would be on the way, analysts say.
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John has been in communications since graduating from Creative Communications at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg in 1992. He launched one of Canada's first digital-only local news sites called Winnipeg First in 2007, which led to digital editor postings with the Winnipeg Free Press and Edmonton Journal. In 2012 he joined Bankless Times as managing editor, later becoming president and CEO. He and the Bankless Media co-founders completed a sale and exit in August 2021.
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Citigroup added 5,500 technology workers and increased its tech spend 10% to about $10 billion in 2021. The $2.9 trillion bank reported $3.3 billion in net income for the fourth quarter of 2021, down from $4.3 billion in Q4 2020. Tech and communications spending reached $2.1 billion in Q4, a 3% year-over-year increase and 4%...
Allfunds Blockchain, the arm of Allfunds specialising in the creation of digital solutions for the funds industry supported by blockchain technology, and Renta 4 Banco (‘Renta 4’), a leading Spanish Bank, have successfully executed the first orders of Renta 4’s new tokenised Spanish fund within the framework of Spain’s Regulatory Sandbox initiative.
Cryptocurrency regulation has been embedded into broader financial technology regulation or postponed in a "wait and see" approach.