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Fintech discussions and conversations around the development of fintech.
Part one: FX and hedging for SMEs – between a rock and a hard place The process of transferring money between international bank accounts has changed immeasurably. Rewind a few decades to when busine...
Electronic payments have made a huge impact on the lives of millions of Indians in the last few years with various options to make and receive payments in a timely manner. With that in mind, RBI has...
2020 in review 2020 saw unprecedented societal change. The Coronavirus pandemic led to an acceleration in the use of digital tools across all sectors. In banking and finance, contactless solutions wer...
The globalization of the world economy has radically changed the development processes of the financial market in general and commercial banks in particular, giving them an innovative focus. As the wo...
2020 has been a year like no other, we have, and are experiencing an unique moment in history, its effects will be felt for many generations to come. In my 2020 predictions, I concluded with; ‘as Yoda...
The last 5 years dozens of so-called neo- or challenger banks (according to Exton Consulting 256 neobanks are in circulation today) have disrupted the banking landscape, by offering a fully digitized ...
Checks are one of the oldest methods of payment in the modern era, and although their use among consumers has declined significantly, businesses are another story. While they are less common in other ...
Fintech, along with the rest of the world, has had an extraordinary 2020. Major scandals have rocked the industry, but at the same we’ve marked significant advances that will help to point the way to ...
In a customer-oriented society, the technologies are competing with each other in convenience, quickness, security, and agility what has resulted in unprecedented acceleration of advanced technologies...
Updated: January 5, 2021 The year 2020 is closing, and we all witnessed how difficult this year was for new businesses, including Payment and Electronic Money companies. Covid-19 has had a huge impact...
When faced with disruptive competition – the now classic example is taxi companies and Uber – a firm at risk of disruption has effectively got three options: - Adapt; use the facilities avail...
Software testing is regularly subject to trade-offs - that is, attempting to cover as much of a codebase as is possible given time and resource constraints. Sometimes known bugs slip through to releas...