WEF: These are the technologies that will transform finance over the next few decades - Artificial Intelligence Online

WEF names robotics as one of the areas of technology that could revolutionise finance in the next few decades. Biometrics, cloud computing, cognitive computing, blockchain technology, machine learning, quantum computing, and robotics are set to transform financial services over the next few decades, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). WEF made the prediction in its "Future of Financial Infrastructure" report looking at blockchain technology, which was published on Friday. The influential non-profit rates the transformative potential of these new technologies alongside past innovations such as the personal computer, the internet, and smartphones. WEF's report focuses on blockchain technology -- referred to as distributed ledger technology in the above graphic -- so it does not actually give any concrete examples of how technologies other than blockchain might be applied to finance.