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Fintech

Fintech discussions and conversations around the development of fintech.

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Are Corporate Actions Being Treated Fairly?

The relationship between the financial markets and the investor is quietly, but fundamentally, changing. A series of regulatory changes has or will require clients to be treated fairly (TCF), ensure they are better informed (MiFID II), and fully encouraged to participate in the long-term sustainability of the assets they own (SRD II). Each of the

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Rowland Park

Rowland Park CEO at Limeglass Limited

The true cost of a lack of innovation in financial research

We are living in an age of information overload where businesses are swamped with information from all angles. What happens when companies don’t use information in the best way possible? Rowland Park and Simon Gregory, co-founders of next-generation financial research technology company, Limeglass, argue that the true cost of not optimising financ...

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Joris Lochy

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Can financial service incumbents bridge the technology gap?

Worldwide, the evolutions in technology are accelerating exponentially. Almost every day, new technologies are discovered, and new products are released. This trend will accelerate even more, as: People all over the world are becoming more educated, allowing more people to participate in the advancement of science and technology Companies realiz...

Konstantin Rabin

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

Will China-Africa partnership take the central stage in the 2020 fintech scene

In 2019 the fintechs finally managed to become the talk of the town. They expanded their reach, improved the lives of millions and finally this year they got the recognition for what they’ve done and what they can still do. One of the main topics of the conversation this year was the tension between fintech and banks, but more so than that it's th...

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Gabe McGloin

Gabe McGloin Head of Business Development EMEA at Verifi at Verifi Inc

Christmas: a time of joy or transaction disputes?

Christmas is well and truly on it's way, and that can only mean one thing: the e-commerce world is heating up thanks to copious amounts of Christmas shopping. Looking back to 2017, mobile sales accounted for 34.5% of all e-commerce sales. By 2021, mobile sales are forecast to account for 54% of total e-commerce sales. Whilst these figures present ...

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Konstantin Rabin

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

Will South Africa maintains its status as the unlikely fintech leader

This year has been a huge success for South Africa and Africa in general as well in terms of gaining a reputation for innovative technologies, embracing financial innovations and producing unicorn startups. This year we’ve seen many services and products come out of South Africa that have impressed the rest of the world and now we’re seeing more a...

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Keith Stonell

Keith Stonell Managing Director, EMEA at Guidewire

Insurers should look alive in 2020

May you live in interesting times, so goes the Chinese curse. 2019 has certainly been an interesting year for insurers. Going into 2020, the industry is grappling with the fallout from disastrous weather events, and with chastisement from regulators in the UK on how insurers must do a better job in delivering value to customers. Nonetheless, the ...

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Shemina Jiwani

Shemina Jiwani Chief Operating Officer at AscendantFX Capital Inc.

No More Us vs. Them - How Banks and Fintechs are joining forces to drive innovation

“In the new world, it is not the big fish which eats the small fish, it is the fast fish which eats the slow fish.” – Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum A common theme of late has been to paint fintech’s as the harbingers of death for the banking industry, disrupting their businesses and cutting into their mar...

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Gabe McGloin

Gabe McGloin Head of Business Development EMEA at Verifi at Verifi Inc

How to Stop Chargebacks Spoiling Christmas Travel

As we all turn our attention to Christmas travel, we are hoping for twinkling lights, Christmas markets and lots of joy. However, with some of the very public travel disasters that have hit the headlines this year – Thomas Cook comes to mind – many travellers may be more cautious than normal. The tour operator’s collapse earlier this year left ...

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Joris Lochy

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Transforming the insurance sector to an Open API Ecosystem

1. Introduction "Open" has recently become a new buzzword in the financial services industry, i.e. open data, open APIs, Open Banking, Open Insurance…​, but what does this new buzzword really mean? "Open" refers to the capability of companies to expose their services to the outside world, so that external partners or even compet...

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