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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 buyers don’t know enough about the precious metal to invest in it. Isn’t that curious? Gold has been the go-to store of wealth for many through-out histor...
17 November 2021 /wealth /startups
Sean Salloux CEO at Sentinel Digital
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 changes could be announced during the next budget discussion in February 2022. According to Subhash Chandra Garg, the former Finance Secretary of India, c...
17 November 2021 /payments /crypto
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 of formats. Institutions are having to handle an increase in volume and variety not only of internal data but of external data as well. This might be ...
17 November 2021 /retail
Anuj Kumar UK Financial Service Strategy Lead at SAP UK
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 disruption and digitisation. However, “the order is rapidly fadin'. And the first one now. Will later be last. For the times they are a-changin (Bob Dylan)....
15 November 2021 /startups /predictions
Victor Martin CMO at SquareRoot
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 institutions have now a norm for the entire industry. These apps, widely referred to as fintech apps, now hold the key to success for many banks and fina...
12 November 2021 /wealth /retail
The excitement surrounding Bitcoin does not appear to be fading anytime soon. What are the implications of accepting cryptocurrencies as payment for ecommerce sellers? You've probably heard about cryptocurrencies by now. Satoshi Nakamoto, an unnamed individual, founded Bitcoin, the world's first major cryptocurrency, a little more than 12 years ag...
11 November 2021 /payments /crypto
Low transfer fees, high security, rapid transactions, and new market opportunities are among the main benefits of using digital assets for business. Digital assets have virtually entered mainstream finance and are an incredible advancement in technology in their own right. Since the creation of Bitcoin in 2009, the digital asset ecosystem has grown...
10 November 2021 /payments /crypto
Fintech, a term representing financial solutions empowered by modern technology, is now a multi-billion-dollar industry. Almost every major bank, financial organization and investment firm has a fintech presence. For most financial companies it is the mobile apps that remain at the forefront of the fintech revolution they take part in. While fin...
10 November 2021 /payments /startups
Kevin Eley VP of Sales, UK and Europe at LogRhythm
Revenue and profit growth is a welcome outcome for CEO’s — it’s an indicator that business is healthy. But growth can pose a challenge for CISOs for two reasons. Firstly, growth invariably increases the risk exposure of the organisation (as growth is often correlated with acquisitions, increased headcount or geo expansion). Secondly, larger busi
08 November 2021 /security /regulation
Fintech has accelerated the disruptive innovation of the financial industry: Payment, Insurance, Deposit & Lending, Capital funding and Investment Management. 1. Payment The main innovation of fintech is to make it easier and more valuable for consumers to pay with mobile devices and the Internet, and to enable cashless transactions. (1) Mobi
05 November 2021 /wealth /inclusion
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