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Fintech

Fintech discussions and conversations around the development of fintech.

Konstantin Rabin

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

Explaining digital gold - is it part of fintech?

Digital gold cash, also known as DGC is a type of electronic money dependent on mass units of gold. It is a sort of proxy cash, similar to a US paper gold licensed from 1873 to 1933 that were replaceable for gold on request. The common unit of record for such money is connected to grams or troy ounces of gold, albeit different units. The gold dina...

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The four key elements of a perfect checkout

The success of any ecommerce merchant is down to how well they can convert their customers into buyers. The two don’t automatically mean one and the same, and while a percentage of customer will arrive with the goal of buying one particular product in mind, many will simply be browsing or intending to buy a product but not necessarily from your st...

/payments /startups

Sandra Higgins

Sandra Higgins Chief Marketing Officer at Sysnet

Are you prescribing the right security solution to your merchants?

When it comes to leading a healthy lifestyle, eating the right food, taking regular exercise, and maintaining a positive mindset are key. However, despite these best intentions and practices, you still might not get all the nutrients your body needs to ensure it is working as effectively as possible. To combat this, a doctor might suggest taking a...

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Konstantin Rabin

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

The process of implementing AI in finance

Artificial Intelligence is the most sought-after innovation in the financial industry after blockchain according to most experts. Based on the current situation in the fintech sphere these two “features” are the only ones that could somehow help a company stand out from the competition. However, they are quickly becoming a stable addition to the r...

Amita Choudhary

Amita Choudhary Marketing Manager at Princeton Growth Accelerator

Why Investing in Fintech Is a Great Option Right Now

The link between finances and technology has grown so strong that the rise of fintech as its own field happened very quickly and almost without disrupting the market at first. Today, fintech is one of the most actively growing fields, and it provides lots of opportunities for investment and development. Both take significant skills to take proper ...

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The customer community: harnessing the power of sideways communication

In a world with more customer choice than ever, retention has become one of the key business metrics – especially for SaaS businesses. A commonly quoted statistic is that it can cost five times more to attract a new customer than it does to retain an existing one. More recently research done by Bain & Company shows that increasing customer ret...

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Konstantin Rabin

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

Fintech needs better innovation than the blockchain

It’s very hard to argue that there has been a better innovation in the fintech industry than blockchain in the last decade. This small but powerful technology has completely changed the understanding of money for many people. However, it is not the perfect innovation that the fintech world was looking for, nor did it ask for it. Sure we may say th...

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John Cragg

John Cragg Chief Executive Officer at MYHSM

So, you want to operate your own data centre?

If you are going to build a data centre to handle activities such as card issuance and payment transaction processing, then that data centre will need to meet the requirements of one or more Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards. PCI DSS PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) is applicable to data centres that process or handle cardholder data...

/security /regulation

Roel Jansen

Roel Jansen SaaS Solutions Marketing at Temenos

A decade of Cloud adoption in Banking: Living up to its promise?

About a decade ago banks started adopting cloud technology. At first, they were very careful, and it included lengthy discussions with conservative regulators and anxious security officers. Later banks took significant steps to leverage cloud technology. However, does the cloud deliver on its promise of lower infrastructure costs, better integrati...

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Why the world needs PIN

Technology is a great enabler. It brings enormous possibilities in customer experience and product innovation, but it also brings new levels of sophistication in the activities of fraudsters. In the payments landscape, the need to ensure the security of transactions to protect consumers and merchants is as critical as ever. Imagine then, a world w...

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