KPMG launches first metaverse collaboration hub

KPMG US and KPMG Canada launched their first metaverse collaboration hub, where communities, clients, and employees will connect, explore possibilities for growth across sectors and industries, and engage, Invezz learned from a press release.

Leading staff and clients into Web3

The hub is the next stage in the companies’ mission to lead their staff and clients into Web 3. KPMG US COO Laura Newinski said:

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The unique experience provided by our collaboration hub will tap the creativity and passion of our people and clients to accelerate innovation.

KPMG Canada CEO Elio Luongo commented:

Our people and clients are interested in exploring new ways of working. This offers them a new immersive space to exchange ideas.

KPMG added ETH and BTC to corporate treasury

Recently, KPMG Canada added Ethereum (ETH/USD) and Bitcoin (BTC/USD) to its corporate treasury and acquired a World of Women NFT, thereby engaging with the wider crypto ecosystem.

In the US, KPMG integrated crypto training and the NFT experience into onboarding for new professionals.

Leveraging a proprietary tool to perfect services

Both companies are using the proprietary tool Chain Fusion® to provide audit services for crypto native, fintech, and financial service companies.

They will keep exploring opportunities in the Web3 and crypto space, launching immersive learning and development platforms, co-creating new solutions and tools to provide crucial insights, and recruiting talent to help navigate and lend expertise to the evolving convergence of the digital and physical worlds as part of their strategic innovation.

Introducing a new realm

KPMG Canada president & managing partner of Digital Armughan Ahmad said:

The metaverse is making it possible for us to experience the ‘phygital’ world, where physical and digital worlds collide.

Both KPMG Canada and KPMG US have built dedicated teams with in-depth innovation and technology experience to provide both technical and strategic support across the metaverse ecosystem, which includes NFT use cases, metaverse design, wider Web3 integration, crypto assets, and community engagement.