"Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) goes beyond generative AI (GenAI) by enabling autonomous decision-making, collaboration, and learning to revolutionize financial services. While offering efficiency and innovation, Agentic AI raises concerns about labour disruption, privacy, market volatility and governance, necessitating robust oversight and ethical frameworks."

"Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has been hailed as a solution to many different problems, from economic risks present in financial services to mitigating insurance fraud. But over a decade since its creation and despite enormous effort from large organizations, DLT has yet to prove itself in real-world applications. Recently, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) scrapped its blockchain project after the better part of a decade in testing. A lack of global collaboration also saw IBM and Maersk end their supply-chain management blockchain. While many pilot projects, especially those spearheaded by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), have been completed with promising results, many questions remain on replacing current infrastructure with a digital tokenized format."

“The World Economic Forum’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium has published a comprehensive analysis of the macroeconomic impact of cryptocurrency and stablecoins . The impetus for this research was a rising concern around the potential spillover effects of crypto and stablecoins on the financial system. Because of this, regulation and safeguards for crypto are at the top of many agendas. In the United States, the White House released a series of reports this year while the European Council recently approved the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation.”