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Fintech discussions and conversations around the development of fintech.
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated the digitization of banking and innovation in new FinTech services. Customers are continuing to move online and this radical transformation is unlikely t...
Did you know that the foreign exchange market is the largest market in the world? According to the 2019 Triennial Central Bank Survey of FX and OTC derivatives markets, it exceeds a daily volume of $...
Today's world is rapidly digitalising, and it’s hard to imagine a successful business without an online presence. The move to online is driving the online payments industry growth and development. For...
It was news that sent shockwaves rippling around the global payments sector while exciting fintech innovators in equal measure. On November 17th, with Black Friday and the Christmas shopping season ju...
Remittances have long been a lifeline for people living in developing countries. About 11% of people worldwide are supported by remittances sent by migrant workers, and remitted money is often a majo...
Because technology plays a crucial role in megacities focused on political and financial capital, street-level solutions are key to maximizing value. State-of-the-art technologies such as blockchain a...
90% of start-ups fail. 10% within the first year. And yet the Fintech world is booming. $5.7bn of VC investment deals in just the first half of this year. Serial entrepreneurs and digital visionaries...
One of the greatest barriers to people investing in the world’s longest-running medium exchange is, frankly, a lack of knowledge. The World Gold Council’s survey found that 66% of potential gold buye...
India is set to join multiple other countries in embracing CBDCs to help regulate digital assets. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is scheduled to discuss digital asset regulation once again, and chan...
The financial services industry holds an unprecedented volume of information about its customers. Banks and insurers are floating on oceans of such data, of every conceivable type and in a multitude o...
The Financial Services (FS) sector is risk averse, has been and most likely will remain so. Historically a sector that maintains a perception of being different, complex, and often resistant to disrup...
The entire finance industry now depends heavily on cutting-edge technologies to meet the requirements of their clients. Particularly sophisticated mobile apps representing financial services and insti...