Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. On January 1, 2026, the People’s Bank of China began paying interest on digital yuan balances held in user wallets. To some, it ...

Vietnam is leaning on digital finance to lift productivity and widen access to credit as it chases high-income status by 2045, with regulators and lenders turning sandboxes and open-banking trials ...

Most people felt the shift without seeing it. Payments got faster, crypto stopped feeling fringe, and a new rulebook started to settle in. What changed is simple, and profound. The world is moving ...