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Gustav Korobov Senior Sales Executive - Core Banking platform at Advapay
During the past months, we have witnessed the slowdown of the economy. Many industries are being impacted, including financial services. Covid-19 has destabilized private capital markets, and investments in start-ups and new projects have substantially decreased. In Q1 2020 VC-backed fintech activity dropped to $6.1B across 404 deals, which result...
22 May 2020 /regulation /startups
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With the advent of digital technology, the financial services sector has evolved beyond imagination in recent times. First-party data has been considered as a growth driver for data-driven marketing. Banking and Insurance companies are sitting on a gold mine of first-party data. This data contains detailed information such as the customer’s buying...
21 May 2020 /markets
Leon Gauhman Founder and CPO/CSO at Elsewhen
When COVID-19 is finally brought under control, several key sectors will be remembered for the way they stepped up and took responsibility during the crisis. Healthcare is the most obvious, but supermarkets, corner shops, logistics companies and postal delivery networks have also played a critical role in preventing the country sliding into meltdo...
20 May 2020 /covid-19
Claus Christensen CEO at Know Your Customer
The Digital Finance Outreach 2020 is an initiative launched by the European Union to better understand, foster and stimulate the FinTech ecosystem across the bloc. An essential part of the programme is a series of events – organised in collaboration with all Member States – aimed at engaging the community and preparing the new EU Digital Finance S...
14 May 2020 /regulation /startups
All sorts of things have changed as a result of the pandemic. There is a huge push towards digital environments as we navigate social distancing measures and public health concerns. Ultimately, this is the direction the financial services industry was headed, but it is concerning that the pace of change may leave many members of society feeling da...
14 May 2020 /inclusion /covid-19
Talks about the “new reality” and “the world will never be the same” flooded the Internet, and the society is pretty fed up with those words and phrases. Nevertheless, changes are already taking place, and it would be foolish to ignore the obvious - because now it is imperative to understand which way the wind is blowing to be able to adapt to cir...
13 May 2020 /startups /covid-19
Roel Jansen SaaS Solutions Marketing at Temenos
Fintechs have become highly prominent over the years, with more emerging all the time. In fact the fintech sector is flourishing, the UK industry alone experienced record growth in 2018, with the global market expected to grow at an annual rate of 24.8% through to 2022. The levels of innovation in this sector are exceptional, from highly specialis...
12 May 2020 /retail /cloud
The current Covid-19 pandemic is stressing small businesses around the world in extraordinary ways. Small businesses make up a significant portion of the global economy, yet many may never recover from the current crisis. Mandatory orders to shift operations online or shut down entirely have left many small businesses in difficult positions to ma
12 May 2020 /startups /covid-19
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
Humanity is facing an unprecedented global crisis caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The infection that first started in China’s Hubei province has now covered the absolute majority of earth, infecting almost 4 million people while the death toll nears grim 300 thousand. Wuhan, the city known for being the first urban area to go on strict l...
11 May 2020 /inclusion /covid-19
How do we see the future of fintechs and banks? Will these financial players end up being competitors or partners? We at Advapay are working daily with Fintechs to provide core banking platform and understand how important for them to have easy-to-connect and fast-to-market services. It is no secret that during the past years, the stability of bank...
07 May 2020 /cloud /startups
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