Global Scans · Digitalization · Weekly Summary

• [New] Digital Lending is forecasted to grow 12% to $30 billion in loan book balance, while Digital Wealth is projected to rise 22% to $44 billion in 2025 - driven by licensed digital banks capitalizing on strategic ecosystem partnerships. Bain
• [New] Mexico accelerated its transformation into a regional digital infrastructure hub, with new projections showing 1,516 MW of added data center capacity and US$ 18 billion in expected investment by 2030, driven by AI and edge workloads. Mexico Business
• [New] Ultra-connected autonomous mobility districts in Saudi Arabia and UAE will create new economic clusters for EVs, robotics, and digital logistics. PR Newswire UK
• [New] If executed well, Karnataka could position itself as the digital nerve center of India's space future. The Week
• [New] Once concluded, DEFA will unlock USD 2 trillion in digital economic value by 2030, advancing cross-border data flows, digital trade facilitation, and the responsible deployment of emerging technologies. Antara
• [New] Through the AI-Ready ASEAN initiative, a partnership between the ASEAN Foundation and Google.org, 5.5 million people across ASEAN Member States will be trained in AI and digital skills, with a particular focus on women and youth. Antara
• [New] The number of global digital wallet users will reach a record high of 6 billion by 2030. Coingeek
• [New] Over the next decade, post-quantum cryptography will evolve from a niche concern to a foundational element of global digital infrastructure. Futurist Speaker on AI Leadership, Future of Work, Futu
• [New] Companies using digital twins achieve 30% faster response times to supply chain disruptions and reduce inventory costs by up to 25%. Futurist Speaker on AI Leadership, Future of Work, Futu
• [New] Global spending on digital supply chain technologies will reach $2.5 trillion by 2028, growing at a compound annual rate of 11.2%. Futurist Speaker on AI Leadership, Future of Work, Futu
• [New] As digital spend surpasses three-quarters of global budgets, the battle for relevance in 2026 will not be about being online, it will be about orchestrating intelligently across social, search, and AI ecosystems. Marketing-Interactive
• [New] The Digital 2026 report provided compelling evidence that more than 1 billion people now use standalone generative AI tools every month. Marketing-Interactive
• [New] Governments in Mexico will enhance data sovereignty through national blockchain infrastructure, enabling secure digital public services. Mobility Foresights
• [New] In the next 20-50 years, digital identity will leave behind passwords and plastic IDs to become a dynamic, privacy-preserving, interoperable fabric that spans people, organizations, devices, and intelligent agents - including non-human actors such as AI systems and robots. Futurist Speaker on AI Leadership, Future of Work, Futu
• [New] By 2030, more than three-quarters of all large organizations outside of the US would have a digital sovereignty strategy, supported by a sovereign cloud strategy. The Register
• [New] The choices made in the coming decade will determine whether digital identity becomes an engine of inclusion, innovation, and trust, or a source of surveillance, exclusion, and vulnerability. Futurist Speaker on AI Leadership, Future of Work, Futu
• [New] As Gartner notes, By 2025, 80% of accounting operations will be conducted through cloud-based platforms that enable real-time collaboration across borders. Futurist Speaker on AI Leadership, Future of Work, Futu
• [New] Backed by EC mandates, EWC set an ambitious forward-looking goal to have 80% of EU citizens enjoy access to a state-issued Digital ID Wallet by 2030. FinExtra
• [New] There is enough evidence available to predict increased adoption of DLT/Blockchain digital identity, including schemes developed around Self-Sovereign Identity principles. Goode Intelligence
• [New] Short and medium-term collaboration on digital assets while legislation and regulatory regimes continue to evolve; Reducing cross-border capital-raising burdens for UK and U.S. firms; and Exploring long-term opportunities for innovation in wholesale digital markets. JD Supra
• [New] Post-quantum cryptography is positioned at the peak of inflated expectations in Gartner's Hype Cycle for Digital Banking Transformation, expected for mainstream adoption in 2-5 years. Medium
• [New] By 2025, Gartner added post-quantum authentication as a standalone category in the Hype Cycle for Digital Identity, warning by 2029, advances in quantum computing will weaken and break the standard asymmetric cryptography on which many identity verification methods rely. Medium
• [New] The European Central Bank has officially moved to the next phase of its digital euro project, targeting potential issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in 2029, with a 2027 pilot contingent on legislation. U.S. interest rates uncertainty causes US$1.3b crypto s

Last updated: 23 November 2025