Blockchain, metaverse, and digital payments: a global digital consumer perspective

Table of contents:
Part 1: Blockchain

1. Unlocking the Future: The Evolution and Impact of Blockchain Technology

Shayala Yasmin, Ardak Turginbayeva, and Aijaz A. Shaikh

2. Navigating the Blockchain Revolution: Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications Across Industries

Shayala Yasmin, Aijaz A. Shaikh, Shafia Jamil, and Aneel Salman

3. Examining Cryptocurrency Platform Coinbase Through the Lens of Critical Incident Technique: A Text Mining Approach

Jiyoon An

4. Metaverse, Blockchain and Healthcare: A Systematic Literature Review

Tamanna Dalwai

5. A Blockchain-Based Review of Peer-to-Peer Vacation Rental Challenges

Juan Francisco Prados-Castillo, Francisco Liébana-Cabanillas, Aijaz A. Shaikh and Galimkair Mutanov

6. Blockchain-enabled Loyalty Points for Tokens as Digital Money

Aijaz A. Shaikh, Hamda Al Breiki, Sana Khan, Ravishankar Sharma, and Nadia Dahmani

7. Building a Robust Banking System in India: The Blockchain and the Metaverse Way

Amey Pangarkar and Hufrish Majra

Part 2: Metaverse

8. Beyond Virtual Borders: The Metaverse's Evolution from Gaming to Global Digital Ecosystem

Fadia Rafia Rafa, Aijaz A. Shaikh, and Galimkair Mutanov

9. Programmatic Advertising and the Metaverse: A Consumer-Centric Examination of Digital Ad Impact

Le Yli-Kuivila, Aijaz A. Shaikh, Shafia Jamil, and Aneel Salman

10. Connecting Possibilities: Exploring the Power of Social Networking Sites and

the Metaverse for the Career Advancement of Minority Members

Shaymardanov Mukhammadyusuf

11. Unleashing the Metaverse's Potential to Fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals: A Virtual Revolution for a Sustainable Future

Bhavesh Sarna and Dinesh Poudel

12. What Is the metaverse for? A Categorization of the Different Metaverse Affordances

Aakanksha Gaur and Laura Ingrid Maria Colm

13. Unveiling the Unspoken Realities: Exploring the Dystopic Side of the Metaverse's Future

Dinesh Poudel

Part 3: Digital Payments

14. Digital Payments for Deepening Financial Inclusion and Democratising Financial Ecosystems in Africa

Patient Rambe
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Blockchain, metaverse, and digital payment technologies, collectively called digital ecosystem, have received much attention from academia, regulators, and industry alike. However, their usage across various sub-sectors of the economy and industry is slow, and deployment is still largely experimental. Due to its secure nature, many industrial players including banking and payment firms are looking for ways on using blockchain to develop consumer confidence and trust in the digital payments for wider adoptability and use.

This book provides an in-depth and relevant overview of the main theories, frameworks, technologies and innovations, institutional structures or regulations (GDPR, PSD2), and empirical research that investigates users’ perspectives on blockchain technologies, metaverse, and digital payments. With chapters from international contributors, the book presents historical and contemporary developments, innovations, laws and legislation, research, and analysis using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method approaches to the adoption and continuous usage of these technologies and platforms.

This timely collection offers valuable insights and empirical findings for bank executives, regulators, payment associations (VISA, MasterCard, etc.), policymakers, FinTech, BigTech, and start-up leaders who express interest in blockchain, metaverse, digital payments, as well as academia and researchers in the fields of business management, digital economy, digital technologies, and digital marketing.

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