Henrique Prado Product Manager at LoanTube
Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from the margins to the mainstream of financial technology. What began as back-office experimentation has become a core enabler of innovation, efficiency and customer empowerment. According to McKinsey, 60% of financial services firms have embedded at least one AI capability into their operations, and use of ...
47 mins /ai /inclusion Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Steve Morgan Banking Industry Market Lead at Pegasystems
In the fiercely competitive world of financial services, achieving operational excellence is key in the continuous development of efficiency, productivity and improvement of customer experience. Operational excellence is not just about improving productivity, but making sure to provide customers with the best service while assuring agility and qua...
1 hour /ai /regulation
Ollie Buckley Senior Adviser, AI & Frontier Technologies at Challenge Works - a Nesta enterprise
Ten teams of innovators have been named finalists in the Smart Data Challenge Prize to accelerate the development of new apps and technologies that could empower consumers and SMEs. Finalists include prototype technologies to accelerate the journey to Net Zero, make work pay and assist SMEs, and promote economic growth and stability. Smart Data a...
1 hour /startups /inclusion
Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter
Employee turnover can be a highly costly burden on small to medium-sized enterprises, but could emerging technologies like artificial intelligence prompt improvements in retention rates? With the average employee costing an estimated £12,000 to replace for SMEs, instances of high turnover can be severely damaging to operational efficiency. With ...
1 hour /ai
Serhii Serednii Head of AI / ML at MD Finance
An AI-First-Approach is a core pillar of fast-growing fintech companies, aimed at enhancing both internal processes and product efficiency. Let ML Decide: The Credit Scoring Evolution Automation in lending and scoring has existed since the mid-20th century, but when we talk about digital lending today, we no longer refer to traditional rule-base...
2 hours /ai /identity Artificial Intelligence
Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.
Open Banking has moved from regulatory idea to industry reality, driving transformation by enabling secure, permissioned data sharing between financial institutions and third-party fintechs. In practice, this means banks expose certain data (like account balances or transaction history) through open APIs, but only when you, the customer, give con...
2 hours /crypto /predictions
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
There is hardly a day passing by without new reports about hundreds of billions or multitrillion cost savings on their way with the Trust Infrastructure. Of course, these are in the right ballparks – and the western world for sure need them also against increasingly politically engineered cybercrime. Luckily the identity building verifiable creden...
5 hours /retail /identity Innovation in Financial Services
Souvik Chakraborty Product manager and SME at Veefin Solutions
The Future of LC Processing is Automation. While manual LC processing is still prevalent in some regions, the shift toward automation is inevitable. Key takeaways I. Automation reduces processing time by 60-80% (McKinsey). II. AI-driven discrepancy detection cuts errors by over 90% (Deloitte). III. Cost savings from automation can reach billions ...
7 hours /sibos /wholesale
Sam Boboev Founder at Fintech Wrap Up
Fiserv might not grab fintech headlines like flashier startups, but this Fortune 500 financial technology provider is in the midst of a significant evolution. The company has transformed from a traditional back-office tech vendor for banks into a powerhouse of merchant payments and commerce enablement. Today, Fiserv handles over $20 billion in a
01 June 2025 /payments
Arun Poojari CEO & Co - Founder at Cashinvoice
Payment-linked lending (PLL) is re-shaping the cash flow realities of small businesses by synchronizing credit repayments with actual revenues. The model provides MSMEs the convenience they require to control working capital without being burdened with fixed repayment schedules. In recent years, MSMEs have been in a better financial position, than...
01 June 2025 /payments /startups
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