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Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS
We live in an era of platforms. Many sectors, including financial services, are embracing platforms as a new and better way of doing business. Banking as a Platform (BaaP) is nascent but the benefits of “platformification” show the direction of travel for the industry. Banks that are not yet prepared for this new era must start to be soon. Bankin...
06 April 2020 /retail /cloud
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The paradigm shift brought about by coronavirus is forcing the wealth management industry to formulate strategies and come up with better tools and solutions to survive in this crisis. Sustaining investor confidence, client retention and business survival should be the immediate priority for wealth managers in this coronavirus world. While the wor
01 April 2020 /wealth /covid-19
Just over ten years ago, in 2009, Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame launched Square, changing the PoS industry as it existed. Square used a simple magnetic-stripe card-reading dongle that plugged into the headphone jack of smartphones, enabling them to accept standard card payments. Hailed as a transaction democratizer, it gained significant publicity ...
30 March 2020 /security /payments
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
As the pandemic known as Covid-19 is changing the way we live our lives, there are a couple of innovative technologies that have made this transition period much easier. We don’t know much about this virus but so far it has completely turned the world upside down. Not only are we running a risk of overwhelming our healthcare systems and possibly l...
30 March 2020 /inclusion /covid-19
The 21st century is the era of technological advancement and the dramatic digital transformation in almost every industry. An increasing number of people demand services online due to their efficiency and convenience. Some sectors are particularly fast at adapting to the new trends. One of such is the financial field, which is quickly becoming one...
24 March 2020 /security /inclusion
The modern world is constantly changing, offering more to societies across the globe than before. The recent technological development has proven to be unprecedented and revolutionary, changing the lives of millions in different corners of the world. The financial industry is one of the most affected sectors that is experiencing a major transforma...
19 March 2020 /startups /inclusion
Finland is definitely one of the most tech-developed countries in the world and this has reflected not only in the number of fintech startups but their success rate and influence, even outside of the country. Finland has embraced the Startup culture and has given a lot of your entrepreneurs a chance to offer something unique and useful to the publ...
17 March 2020 /startups /inclusion
Yet another African startup is raking up millions from investors around the world during its round of financing and this time around the major investor is America’s most prestigious investment bank- Goldman and Sachs. The bank is just one of the investors willing to put its assets into the South African fintech startup Jumo that just recently clos...
06 March 2020 /inclusion
A Southeast Asian country is set to become one of the top fintech countries, showing impressive rates of adoption and the willingness to work for progress. Malaysia which is typically known for its beaches and rainforests isn’t very active on the tech market, or so we thought till very recently. Malaysia has managed to create a thriving fintech s...
03 March 2020 /inclusion
Pierre-Antoine Dusoulier Founder and CEO at iBanFirst
In a globalised economy, being able to make and receive payments in international currencies is critical for businesses of all sizes, including start-ups and SMEs. Yet the costs of doing so can be substantial, and small businesses are disproportionately affected. High upfront fees for making international payments are just part of the problem. Mor...
26 February 2020 /payments
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