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Keith Stonell Managing Director, EMEA at Guidewire
In September 2019, the world’s oldest insurance marketplace made yet another announcement about how it would transform itself for the future. The announcement of the Lloyd’s Blueprint One had been well signalled when Lloyd’s announced the Future of Lloyd’s Prospectus back in May. This was followed by a consultation exercise that wrapped up in July...
13 December 2019 /markets
Retired Member
The influence of the US on European culture There is no doubt that the US has been a bit of a trend setter over the years when it comes to the way Europe operates. Whether that be within imports and exports, retail and fashion, or real estate, what happens in the US is mirrored across Europe and the world. The US influencing trend has spread acro...
05 December 2019
George Zarya
Germany is traditionally seen as a trustworthy player in the financial space, not least because of its approach to regulation. Deutschland’s compliance approach and traditional conservative values when it comes to finance made it an unexpected, but natural successor to carry the crypto torch when it put itself on the path of allowing banks to acce...
03 December 2019 /crypto
FinTech, shortened from Financial Technology, is a fast-rising industry that improves financial activities like asset and wealth management through technology, hence its name. It is a technologically driven innovation that seeks to challenge the normal methods used in carrying out activities in finance and the delivery of financial services. Some ...
23 November 2019 /inclusion
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
China has now publicly voiced its desire to be the leading country in financial technology development and adoption. The president of the republic openly called for the promotion of blockchain technology across the nation and proceeded to block all the negative opinions about blockchain throughout the Chinese cyberspace. But now the Chinese govern...
22 November 2019 /regulation /inclusion
Gabe McGloin Head of Business Development EMEA at Verifi at Verifi Inc
Although the Christmas shopping season starts earlier every year, the transaction frenzy really begins with the sales juggernaut of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. According to an Adobe Analytics survey, 70% of responding consumers planned to shop over this year’s four-day period beginning the day after Thanksgiving. For the second year in a row, C...
20 November 2019 /payments /retail
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
Speach to students and supporters at Aalto University innovation workshop. Dear innovators, We are now entering a very fascinating era – the data-driven economy - where so many megatrends converge. You are to be congratulated to have so many opportunities to change the world for the much better. Many opportunities to create and share important ...
11 November 2019 /regulation
SME gap becoming saturated The struggles faced by SMEs when it comes to securing bespoke products and services from banks have been well-documented. Small and medium enterprises, as we know, have very different financial needs and face very different challenges to the large corporates, and as a consequence they have tended to be under-served by tr...
06 November 2019
Before diving into summer let’s take a leap in time and see the ‘baggage’ crypto packed during the first five months. According to data by Techemy Academy, the first quarter was quite eventful: there were eighty major investments, ten token sales and seventy equity investments in the value of about $575M in total. Market capitalization in Q1 defin...
30 October 2019
Human resources is probably the most enigmatic function of any company, and the most difficult to predict. The current environment is becoming even more challenging for HR professionals, as demographics are largely in favor of the employee. Especially in a field like Fintech where getting access to and retaining the best talent is always crucial. ...
28 October 2019
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