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There probably isn’t a living person who understands the banking and monetary system and most of us don’t even get the basics of money right. Don’t take my word for it - about 69% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and we need to change that before we can evolve as a society. This might be a pressing issue but the established institutio...
23 September 2020
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
Singapore is currently one of the most advanced countries in the world in terms of economy. And this despite the fact that the country ranks 171st in the world by area and has almost no natural resources. The economic miracle of Singapore happened in the second half of the 20th century, but the foundations laid in those years still serve the count...
21 September 2020 /startups /inclusion
Are investors getting pickier when it comes to Fintech? It’s hard to say for sure, but there are recent developments that point towards a shift in investor interests. First, research from Innovate Finance shows that investment in UK fintech dropped by 39% in the first half of 2020, compared to the same period in 2019. In H1 2020, $1.8 billion of ve...
18 September 2020 /payments /startups
Natasja Bolton Strategic Partner Support Engagement Manager at Sysnet
Every business requires cybersecurity in order to secure valuable data, protect customers and ensure that the company complies with industry standards and regulations. Just like a car needing to pass its MOT every year, any company involved in card payment processing or one that stores, processes or transmits payment card data needs to have its se...
17 September 2020 /security /covid-19
Shah Arafat Hossain Senior Executive Officer at The Premier Bank Ltd.
I worked with fintech for a few years, we built a brand. Now, there are people in different countries who love that brand. Few years back, this brand name was just a project in a PowerPoint file of the founder. With all the dreams and enthusiasm, we, the team gave life to that project and built a brand. Now, it’s a known and loved brand by migrant...
16 September 2020 /startups /inclusion
When the COVID-19 pandemic started rapidly spreading in early 2020, many of the world’s largest remittance-sending nations, including the United Kingdom, United States, France and Italy, gradually imposed nationwide stay-at-home orders to slow the infection rate within their borders. But while these measures may have slowed the spread of the coron...
15 September 2020 /payments /covid-19
Augmented Reality or AR is a new buzzword that has been flying around the world. But is it really that new? Technically, it’s not. The Science Fiction world has been working on hyping it up for a very long time. AR with the addition of virtual reality, or AR, has been played around millions of times already with one of the most prominent examples ...
15 September 2020 /inclusion
Francois Levy Senior VP Sales and Co-founder of Loansquare at Linedata
Even before Covid-19, banks have long struggled to service SME’s lending needs and faced pressure to boost customer service from digital banks entering business banking. Now, the unprecedented demand for the Government’s stimulus packages and Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) has further highlighted cracks in the traditional ways banks offer loans to...
14 September 2020 /inclusion /covid-19
Riten Gohil Director & Co-Founder at Sphonic
The importance of Regtech to navigate through the haze of regulation, criminality and bad shopping choices in the Covid era. Living with the new-norm You’re on Mute! Clearly the phrase of the summer as millions of us descend to the dining tables, garden rooms, loft, home office or whatever space you can find amidst the fun and games of kids taki...
10 September 2020 /identity /crime
I have attended the Singapore fintech festival twice, a wonderfully planned, world's largest fintech festival. We had a small stall at the festival to showcase our startup. The stall was in the fintech corner, mixed up with so many other fintech startups from different parts of the world. Considering the chance of getting lost in the crowd, we fou...
10 September 2020 /startups /inclusion
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