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The correct answer is ‘No’. Libra threatens banks as well as VISA and MasterCard. Actually, there is nothing wrong with Libra. This ‘stablecoin’ is just a fictious digital surrogate for money. Facebook aims to replace traditional or ‘fiat’ currencies like dollar, euro, yen, etc. with Libras in it’s own worldwide digital payment ecosystem. A Facebo...
01 March 2021 /payments
Anna Kuzmina Expert at Fintech
I know, I know, this ‘banks vs fintech’ sounds sooo 2017. I would have thought that there is nothing to discuss there any longer. But what do you know, it is early 2021 and the first payments-related Clubhouse room I get to speak in is exactly about this imaginary confrontation. People seem to be interested in my opinion on the subject, so here ar...
01 March 2021 /payments /retail
A quick Google search on the global payments landscape will serve up a myriad of articles ranging from how Covid has accelerated the adoption of contactless and the rise of digital technologies, but also how financial crime is on the rise. Visa’s recent ‘Back to business study’ notes that the number one area of tech investment in 2021 will be in pa...
23 February 2021 /security /regulation
Tamas Kadar Founder and CEO at SEON
Bitcoin went mainstream in the last four years, and with it, many online casinos began to accept cryptocurrencies. The key advantage of blockchain technology being used in the online betting, gambling and casino sector is that it provides transparency in database transactions. Currently, there are a lot of new and upcoming open source lotteries, ...
22 February 2021 /security /crypto
Max Zorian Founder at QArea and TestFort software development at Qarea and Tesfort
FinTech is a high risk high reward industry. Most think about the “reward” side of the equation, but the real experts understand the value of risk mitigation. A common risk of software development is making compromises that will back the team into a corner with things like bugs or technical debt. These issues can be covered with basic development ...
17 February 2021 /startups /inclusion
Rowland Park CEO at Limeglass Limited
Macroeconomic trends affect every aspect of the economy, and as a result, every business within the financial services industry. In the turbulency created from the current pandemic, financial services professionals need more insights than ever at their fingertips, and for these to be structured in such a way as to allow them to make informed decis...
17 February 2021 /startups
Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets
For millions of small businesses, 2020 was a pretty dismal year. But with a vaccine being rolled out and a Brexit deal agreed, business confidence is growing. I, for one, am looking forward to what 2021 has in store. As we start the New Year with renewed optimism, it is worth reflecting on the biggest challenges SME owners faced last year and how ...
17 February 2021 /wealth /startups
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
A question most frequently asked by Fintech segment clients is “In which region and country can one obtain a license?” To answer this question, one will find it useful to look into 2020 statistics in terms of the most Fintech friendly countries and their regulators. The number of licenses issued last year is the essential criterion in this case. So...
16 February 2021 /markets /predictions
Doug Gross CEO at NGDATA
As credit card transactions are falling and lending products are becoming even more important, banks are fighting harder than ever before to remain top of mind and relevant to their customers. In this fight to maintain relationship status and wallet share - especially as an even greater percentage of interactions are digital - personalizing each c...
12 February 2021 /retail /identity
Operational resilience, the ability to protect critical operations and core business lines from any hazard, needs to be right at the top of the agenda across the financial services ecosystem. Its importance has been significantly reinforced by the year we have just had. The pandemic brought about massive disruption across the industry, affecting h...
12 February 2021 /regulation /covid-19
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