Web3 in Financial Services: How Blockchain, Digital Assets and Crypto are Disrupting Traditional Finance

Web3 in Financial Services provides a comprehensive guide to the impact of Web3 on financial services, covering key use cases, business opportunities, challenges, and real-life examples from incumbents and challengers. It examines the implications for banks, investors, and regulators and offers insights into the necessary adaptations for mainstream adoption. Essential reading for finance and fintech professionals, bankers, and investors.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 03 June 2024
Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Web3 in Financial Services is a groundbreaking book that provides a comprehensive overview of Web3 and its impact on financial services. It explains what Web3 is, its key use cases, and the unique business opportunities and challenges it presents. The book covers key developments such as custody, stablecoins, CDBCs, tokenized deposits, payments, asset tokenization, DeFi, and digital identity, and investigates how organizations are testing and adopting these emergent technologies. It also 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. The book 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 decentralization and its ramifications for financial services.
Web3 in Financial Services is a groundbreaking book that provides a comprehensive overview of Web3 and its impact on financial services. It explains what Web3 is, its key use cases, and the unique business opportunities and challenges it presents. The book covers key developments such as custody, stablecoins, CDBCs, tokenized deposits, payments, asset tokenization, DeFi, and digital identity, and investigates how organizations are testing and adopting these emergent technologies. It also 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. The book 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 decentralization and its ramifications for financial services.

Weight: 484g
Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781398615717