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Peter Davidson

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How Digitization Has Changed Marketing Tactics for Financial Companies

Digitization is fast catching up with the financial services industry. And the marketing aspects are geared towards personalization. There has been an emphasis on implementing sales tactics that are based on personalization. Financial services institutions must implement the latest digital marketing tactics to win over competitors in an intensely...

28 October 2021 /retail /markets Digital Banking Trends

How Banking Institutions can Help Steer Towards a Sustainable Economy

The effects of climate change and the environmental crises we are moving towards seem to be making the news more than ever before. The actions of activists like Greta Thunberg, amongst others, have successfully mobilized younger generations to take a more active stance in order to safeguard the quality of their future. Sustainability is at the foc...

23 April 2021 /sustainable Climate Fintech

WHY IS COMPENSATION PLANNING INEVITABLE FOR COMPANIES POST COVID?

Being a human resource manager or a compensation professional, the exercise of doing a compensation planning every year is a tedious task. With companies keeping their merit increase budget same year-on-year, it has become a challenge to reward and engage the right employee, more so, when the economy has been hit the hardest with COVID. Sluggish g...

20 September 2020 /covid-19 Financial Transformation

Learning About Personal Finances and Investing During the Covid-19 Lockdown

While some countries are gradually easing lockdown measures (with some restrictions remaining in place), other countries, such as the United Kingdom or India, are extending coronavirus lockdown to better protect their population and stop the propagation of the virus. When Covid-19 quickly spread outside of China to the world earlier this year, m...

19 September 2020 /wealth /covid-19 Personal Finance

In an Era of Remote Work, How Will Firms Manage Cross Border Payments to Employees?

The Coronavirus pandemic is already seeing many tech firms direct their employees to work from home. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Amazon.com. Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), Twitter Inc, (NYSE:TWTR), and Facebook Inc.(NASDAQ:FB) are some of the tech firms that have recommended or mandated working from home. Improvements in communication and collaboration wo...

18 March 2020 /payments The Payments Business

Increased Volatility in Financial Markets as COVID-19 Surges

Source: CBOE VIX Options Stock markets, futures markets, and general business sentiment have taken a pounding since the devastating coronavirus outbreak, more recently renamed COVID-19. After a semi-rally mid-week, stock markets have retraced and surrendered gains on the back of an avalanche of negative data vis-a-vis the latest virus from Hubei

18 February 2020 /markets /covid-19 Financial Transformation

Angolan Entrepreneur Isabel Dos Santos Invests Heavily in Youth Empowerment

Foreword: Angola’s GDP annual growth rate was last measured at 2.2% (December 2018) with an unemployment rate of 20%, and an inflation rate soaring towards 17%. The country boasts a heavy government Debt to GDP ratio of 80.5%, and a business confidence score of -9. The country relies heavily on its crude oil exports (90% of all exports), with the ...

25 July 2019 /inclusion Trends in Financial Services

The Current State of the Israeli Real Estate Market

The current state of the Israeli real estate market is perhaps best described as ‘volatile’, not because of whipsaw activity in supply and demand, but because future demand is expected to severely outpace the government’s ability to remedy the housing situation. According to the president of the IBA (Israel Builders Association), Raul Srugo, Israe...

04 June 2019 /regulation Financial Risk Management

Is Commission Free Trading Now the New Normal?

Investment brokers are typically solicited when clients need to buy or sell stocks, bonds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds and the like. Brokers are licensed agents from investment companies. The primary purpose of a broker is to invest funds on behalf of the client, including the buying and selling of financial instruments. A broker, o...

20 March 2019 Post-Trade Forum

Cryptocurrency Markets Are in the Red - Does That Mean It’s Time to Get In?

Most investors have likely heard this sentiment from Warren Buffett at some point, but, as with most things, it’s often far easier said than done. The cryptocurrency markets have been taking a steep decline in recent months and investors don’t see any signs of it stopping soon. After reaching it’s all-time high of nearly $20,000, the price of bitc...

14 December 2018 Personal Finance