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Yuliya Barabash

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SBSB Fintech Lawyers

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12 Jan 2021

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Cryptocurrency Investments: New Times, New Opportunities

As a means of securing capital with profit performance, investments had been a reliable source of passive income for several centuries. Ten years ago the world saw a new investment vehicle emerge in addition to gold, real estate and mineral resources – cryptocurrencies. Coming first was bitcoin whose success was ardently disputed but it continues ...

22 February 2021 /crypto /markets Trends in Financial Services

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...

16 February 2021 /markets /predictions Fintech

World’s Leading Neobanks

The neobanking wave is sweeping all countries and continents, from the EMEA to South America. The term coined in 2017 means a new type of financial institution offering state-of-the-art, quick and flexible services directly available via a smartphone or messengers. The growth of neobanks peaked during the global anti-COVID quarantine. For instance...

09 February 2021 /payments Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

2021 Agenda: What Should be the Focus of Financial Companies in the Coming Year?

In-house “ecosystems”, D2C, competition for end-users, neobanking via messengers, solutions design for SMEs involving cryptocurrencies, upgrading of payment systems and cloud accounting. Those are the main global Fintech trends I have identified for 2021: Ecosystem creation The year 2020 showed us that global corporations still focus on creating ...

01 February 2021 /wealth /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Top Digital and Fintech Supportive Countries

What are the prerequisites for the Fintech industry to flourish in any given country? I would certainly name an adapted legislative framework, the so-called “regtech”, the economic environment and favorable investment climate, as well as mobile and online technologies penetration and the population’s age and digital literacy. It is the combination...

26 January 2021 /wealth /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Fintech Investments Gaining Momentum

It is no secret that the global financial technology market is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. The previous year was marked by the thriving of the Fintech sector with record-breaking investments worldwide: a total of 3472 investment deals were made, worth $55.3 billion. And there is an explanation for that: the traditional banking...

21 January 2021 /payments /markets Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services

Still afraid of payment systems?

No need to be afraid of payment systems Businessmen generally prefer traditional banks, choosing to avoid payment systems. Many people believe that classic banks are much more reliable than payment systems. When we at SBSB offer our clients to open an IBAN account with a payment system, they are usually strongly opposed to this. Their first reactio...

14 January 2021 /payments /wealth Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation