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Fintech

Fintech discussions and conversations around the development of fintech.

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Payments in 2021 and beyond: Innovating in the new normal and why you should care about security

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...

/security /regulation

Tamas Kadar

Tamas Kadar Founder and CEO at SEON

How are crypto and blockchain being utilised in the gaming sector?

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, ...

/security /crypto

Max Zorian

Max Zorian Founder at QArea and TestFort software development at Qarea and Tesfort

How Documentation can Save Your FinTech Project

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 ...

/startups /inclusion

Rowland Park

Rowland Park CEO at Limeglass Limited

Why is it so important to address macroeconomic research?

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...

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Laurent Descout

Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets

Five ways to optimise your corporate hedging strategy for 2021

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 ...

/wealth /startups

Yuliya Barabash

Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers

Fintech potential: the best countries for your fintech business.

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...

/markets /predictions

Doug Gross

Doug Gross CEO at NGDATA

How to communicate with the customer’s lifecycle stage in mind for better engagement

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...

/retail /identity

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In a climate of uncertainty, resilience is paramount

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...

/regulation /covid-19

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Software-based payment solutions will enter a boom, but a lack of security could tarnish the sector

Digital commerce will increase, and so will fraud In 2020 we saw many firsts, which affected every person on the planet. ‘Lockdown’ became part of our everyday language and as we acclimatised to being home and not having access to brick-and-mortar stores, we looked for alternative channels to source the things we need. Almost as soon as we went in...

/security /inclusion

Sheza Gary

Sheza Gary Project Strategiest at Self Employed

Did the January Effect Impact Markets In 2021

Source - statista 2021 The January Effect relates to a seasonal tendency for equities to rise during the month of January. It is attributed to an increase in buying activity, proceeding a drop in December, when tax loss harvesting is undertaken by investors for offsetting capital gains. The numbers tend to suggest that the January Effect is rega

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