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Fintech discussions and conversations around the development of fintech.
This blog builds on the last blog, that can be found here[1]. The reader may wish to read the last one for context, although this blog should make sense on its own as well. Here, the attempt is to an...
This blog attempts to answer the following key questions at a high level: What could financial technology companies (fintechs) do to enable greater consumer or SME (customer) adoption of their produc...
Mobile-based fintech solutions are becoming the first port of call for many financial services, as people embrace the simplicity, cost-effectiveness and speed of mobile payments. Milennials and Gen-Ze...
Citibank is one of the most active larger banks that actively tries to follow the trends and the demands of their customers and for the longest time, the prime request for their customer has been more...
Earlier last month, news feeds were abuzz about a major acquisition within the financial industry, when Visa purchased fintech startup - Plaid, for a substantial sum of $5.3 billion. Although major n...
Developments in the digital space are changing the dynamics of the remittance market, driving it on a steady upward curve. According to the World Bank, in 2018, remittances to low- and middle-income c...
As we enter the next decade it is useful to reflect on what the emerging trends in financial technology will be for 2020, enabling banks and financial institutions to prepare for the opportunities and...
The moment of reckoning has come. A party of eight sit around a table, the white tablecloth strewn with the detritus of a communal meal. Coffee is slowly sipped as they contemplate how to divide the b...
2019 saw a lot of big companies getting into fintech and trying to develop their own innovations or invest in the right startups across the world. We’ve seen some companies do it right and many do it ...
A big part of why fintechs are taking up so much of the space in the financial industry is because of their lending practices. Online lending technology combines all the positive attributes that finte...
The relationship between the financial markets and the investor is quietly, but fundamentally, changing. A series of regulatory changes has or will require clients to be treated fairly (TCF), ensure
We are living in an age of information overload where businesses are swamped with information from all angles. What happens when companies don’t use information in the best way possible? Rowland Park ...