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Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
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
Rishi Chauhan Strategy Director at Haydon & Company Limited
This blog builds on the last blog, that can be found here[1]. The reader may wish to read the last one for context, although this blog should make sense on its own as well. Here, the attempt is to answer the following key question - what could financial technology companies (fintechs) do, to build greater consumer or SME (customer) trust in order...
26 February 2020
This blog attempts to answer the following key questions at a high level: What could financial technology companies (fintechs) do to enable greater consumer or SME (customer) adoption of their products and services beyond early adopters? What could fintechs do to pull under-served and well-served customers away from incumbent banks and established...
24 February 2020 /startups
Paul Shumsky Technology Advisor at Entrepreneur
Mobile-based fintech solutions are becoming the first port of call for many financial services, as people embrace the simplicity, cost-effectiveness and speed of mobile payments. Milennials and Gen-Zers admire mobile experiences they get with banking, payroll, customer loyalty apps and others. However, digital fraud is rising as fast, if not faste...
18 February 2020 /security
Citibank is one of the most active larger banks that actively tries to follow the trends and the demands of their customers and for the longest time, the prime request for their customer has been more present in fintech. Last year Citibank was involved in one of the biggest fintech projects, partnering up with Google on Google Pay and backing all...
17 February 2020 /inclusion
Earlier last month, news feeds were abuzz about a major acquisition within the financial industry, when Visa purchased fintech startup - Plaid, for a substantial sum of $5.3 billion. Although major news, for the majority of the readers this was the first time they have heard about Plaid, raising the questions of how could this company that many ha...
11 February 2020 /inclusion
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Developments in the digital space are changing the dynamics of the remittance market, driving it on a steady upward curve. According to the World Bank, in 2018, remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) amounted to $529 billion – an increase of 9.6% over the previous year. Global remittances, which include flows to high-income countr...
03 February 2020 /inclusion
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