Coca-Cola Amatil has announced it will accept various cryptocurrencies at its vending machines around Australia and New Zealand. Not only is it riding on the growing acceptance of alternative currencies, but it also demonstrates the role crypto payments could play in a touchless economy.

Have frictionless payments gone too far? Are women finally set to get targeted financial advice? And will investments’ eco-credentials trump potential returns? In this part of the 2021 Expert Outlook, we speak to three experts about how people are redefining their relationships with money.

Rising unemployment and ample time to spare led to a surge in stock trading among Gen Yers and older Gen Zers in 2020. Yet while the likes of Robinhood, Stash, and E*Trade have made it easy to participate in this once-opaque market, could simplified investing apps do more harm than good?

Somnium Space is an open virtual world for communication, e-commerce, and entertainment. From buying and selling land to earning cash streaming songs in the digital domain, as people look to create new opportunities and connections in virtual space, the potential of VR commerce is growing.