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Crystal-gazing: The future of money
With new financial innovations dropping all the time, it feels like the world of payments is in a perpetual state of evolution. Today, we stare into a crystal ball to predict the future of money. From cashless societies, to invisible payments and cryptocurrencies, we assess whether current financial trends are set to take off.

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With new financial innovations dropping all the time, it feels like the world of payments is in a perpetual state of evolution. Today, we stare into a crystal ball to predict the future of money. From cashless societies, to invisible payments and cryptocurrencies, we assess whether current financial trends are set to take off.

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Andrew Davidson
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Mark Miller
Associate Director of Insights for Payments, Comperemedia
Deborah Osguthorpe
Head of UK Financial Services Research
Behice Ilhan
Senior Trend Strategist
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