数字藏品“破圈” 银行业数字化转型提速******
1月16日,中国银联推出的“用银联 纳百福”系列数字藏品(第三期)开通线上申领。该系列数字藏品用100句祝福绘成100张“福”字帖,前两期一经上线就受到众多用户青睐。近年来,已有多家机构布局数字藏品赛道,助力银行业数字化转型,探索银行与客户交互的新途径。
探索新形式
1月16日,中国银联推出的“用银联 纳百福”系列数字藏品(第三期)开通线上申领。该系列数字藏品活动,通过区块链技术,将“福”字制成数字藏品,每一份数字“福”字在银联区块链上形成唯一标识,可永久存证。该系列藏品用100句祝福,绘成100张“福”字帖,每款“福”字发行1万份数字藏品,每位用户每款“福”字限领1份。
该藏品分别于1月5日、1月11日、1月16日、1月21日进行四期发行。本期发行量为20款,共20万份。就前两期发行情况而言,该系列数字藏品相当火爆,在1月11日10时上线的30万份“福”字,截至1月12日下午已被全部领完。
此外,中国银联1月9日还推出“五兔迎春”数字藏品,分别以航天、海陆丝绸之路、农业、工业、体育为主题设计了五个不同的兔子形象。
近年来,金融机构纷纷布局数字藏品赛道,并以新奇的形式成功“破圈”。中国银行在第五届进博会期间,限时发行3款特色数字藏品,并结合3D互动带来立体化的数字珍藏体验。
除参与数字藏品发行外,部分银行还深耕数字藏品的保存、分享、使用等功能。例如,工行发布的手机银行8.0版本中,在首页添加“数字藏品馆”专栏,还将通过活动抽奖、任务触发、限时领取等多种形式不定期限量发行数字藏品,用户可领取、查看和使用工行发行的数字藏品,并将数字藏品用于头像,塑造独一无二的数字形象。
助力数字化转型
据中国证券报记者不完全统计,2022年以来,已有工商银行、农业银行、百信银行等十多家金融机构推出数字藏品。在分析人士看来,当前银行业正处于深度转型的进程之中,借助此类形式能够顺应市场关注热点,拓展品牌影响力,也能在打造多元金融生态方面作出创新。金融机构通过发行数字藏品,在提升用户活跃度的同时,也有助于促进数字金融业务的发展,丰富产品与服务种类。
例如,此次中国银联推出的“用银联 纳百福”数字藏品就需要用户下载云闪付App才可申领,参与部分活动还需要进行注册和绑定银行卡实名认证,这都有利于数字金融业务的推广。此外,在该活动中,还包含了信用卡分期免息、消费支付返现等福利。
中国银行也表示,对元宇宙产品的创新是中国银行顺应数字经济发展、构建数字金融的全新探索,中国银行也将始终秉承“融通世界 造福社会”使命,持续推进“金融+科技+场景”转型发展。
“目前数字藏品被年轻人广泛关注,既新颖又有热度,并具备成本低且自带礼品的属性,是银行与客户交互的新途径和桥梁。”博通分析金融行业资深分析师王蓬博称,另外,数字藏品属于数字科技范畴,从推动自身数字化转型的角度来看,银行也会积极布局该赛道。
坚持与实体价值对应
不少业内人士认为,目前银行业推出的数字藏品主要还是以营销宣传为主,未来可进一步加强数字藏品在多种金融场景中的运用。
易观分析金融行业高级分析师苏筱芮表示,可将数字藏品与银行传统业务进行融合,赋予传统业务新的生机与活力,在巩固客户、打造银行多元生态方面做出创新改进。
东北证券传媒行业首席分析师宋雨翔认为,未来数字藏品产业的核心可聚焦在平台端。“平台直达终端客户,具有用户运营优势,再通过转赠交易等玩法增加用户参与黏性,获取收益。”
此外,在数字藏品“去金融化”的基调上,银行要避免夸大宣传,并引导客户理性收藏。对合作的第三方平台进行资质审核,避免数字藏品出现金融化、证券化等乱象,避免在二次转卖中引发金融风险。
渤海银行副行长、首席风险管理官赵志宏曾撰文表示,数字藏品经营中,对风险乱象的有力防范、对监管合规的及时落实是至为重要的。数字藏品应该以服务于实体经济、促进社会福祉为最终价值的落脚点。商业银行坚持数字藏品与“实体价值”的对应性,坚决避免数字藏品被“过度创新”,成为炒作工具。
中新网评:美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后,美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕,众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录,将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.