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Dmitry Dolgorukov CEO at GiniMachine
Although the global pandemic continues, glimmers of hope, in the form of vaccines, are appearing that promise the potential to get the world moving again. And this is fantastic news. But what will the world look like, and will it ever be the same as it was before? When it comes to lending, it’s unlikely things will go back to the way they were. Le...
14 May 2021 /retail /predictions
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
The fundamental notions of “bull” and “bear” trends originating from the stock exchange have penetrated the cryptocurrency market and represent the tactics of animal attacks in wild nature. Should you ever confuse the terms, you only need to remember that bears wave their paws and halt to fight while bulls lift up their horns and simply run forw
29 April 2021 /crypto /markets
The Fintech industry is thriving as ever. Investments, cryptocurrencies, cashbacks and other similar notions have come into common use, and not only that of the millenials. But how much effort and money does one need to invest to establish and grow their own project? Let’s consider the case of neobanks which are the most vivid and frequent example...
20 April 2021 /payments /markets
Gary Paulin Global Head of Integrated Trading Solutions at Northern Trust Capital Markets
COVID-19 has prompted investment managers of all sizes to undertake a comprehensive review of their operating models. Market volatility, extreme margin pressure, technological complexity and business resiliency had all been at the forefront of their thinking way ahead of the pandemic, but the virus outbreak caused them to accelerate this process. ...
08 April 2021 /regulation /covid-19
Reghunathan Sukumara Pillai Consultant at Infosys
Traditionally, software products were programmed with business logic using multiple programming languages. There was an underlying business which was converted into logic using different software programmes/languages and the same was maintained over a period. The type of programming language evolved from early 1950s like the Fortran developed by I...
31 March 2021 /markets
The pandemic has certainly scaled up the demand for digital financial services worldwide, and Latin America is not an exception. But was that true before 2020? Historically, the region had always been challenged economically and politically. A huge mountainous territory and frequent natural disasters neither contributed to rapid growth. Neolibera...
12 March 2021 /retail /markets
On the one hand, the Covid-19 pandemic has paralyzed much of our day-to-day lives, with billions experiencing its health effects directly or indirectly. Businesses have suffered, with one estimate this past fall showing that up to 60% of temporary closures could be permanent. On the other hand, things are looking up. The predicted recession is tu...
11 March 2021 /predictions
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
Before the financial crisis (especially in the 90s) it seemed that the banking landscape was strongly consolidating, resulting in a handful of Tier-1 (often international) banks in every country. After the financial crisis, many specialists predicted that due to the rising costs for compliance and lower revenues due to low interest rates and increa...
10 March 2021 /retail /predictions
Steve Morgan Banking Industry Market Lead at Pegasystems
With most financial services employees now working from home, one challenge that is having a profound effect on productivity is decreased collaboration. Modern communication tools and video calls have been indispensable, but the distributed nature of today’s workforce is resulting in teams struggling to work together to solve business and customer...
04 March 2021 /people /retail
As a means of securing capital with profit performance, investments had been a reliable source of passive income for several centuries. Ten years ago the world saw a new investment vehicle emerge in addition to gold, real estate and mineral resources – cryptocurrencies. Coming first was bitcoin whose success was ardently disputed but it continues ...
22 February 2021 /crypto /markets
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