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Muluken Alemu CEO at INDEPENDENT FINTECH CONSULTANT
AFRICAN FINTECH MARKET OVERVIEW Executive Summary Momentum around FinTech in Africa is building as business models are, proving to be highly successful and the long-term opportunity still looms large the world is taking notice. Executive Summary Momentum is building around FinTech in Africa as business models are proving to be investable, large fin...
13 June 2023 /startups /markets ETHIO FINTECH
Pierre-Antoine Dusoulier Founder and CEO at iBanFirst
The de-dollarization train is certainly picking up pace. Over the past few weeks, there have been growing suggestions that the dollar is about to lose its status as the dominant international currency. In recent months, Malaysia's Prime Minister declared there is “no reason for Malaysia to continue depending on the dollar”, while China welcomed t...
13 June 2023 /payments /markets
Daniel Schlaepfer CEO at Select Vantage Inc
Following lengthy disagreements between Europe’s various decision makers surrounding the practice of Payment for Order Flow, the EU Commission – the European Union's executive body – has proposed a compromise through which PFOF will be banned, albeit in a targeted manner. While the European Parliament had proposed banning the practice outright, so...
12 June 2023 /regulation /markets MiFID
Yahya Mohamed Mao Head of Business Development & Marketing at Swiss GRC
In the race to embrace digital transformation, both the European Union and Saudi Arabia have embarked on distinct journeys. The EU, represented by its Digital Finance Package, seeks to revolutionize its financial landscape, while Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 propels it towards a diversified economy. This article examines the progress made by both re...
12 June 2023 /regulation /markets Financial Transformation
FINTECH REVOLUTION IN BANKING: LEADING THE WAY TO DIGITAL FOR ETHIOPIAN FINTECH LANDSCAPE Blogger: Muluken Alemu Abstract Fintechs are mostly start-up technology and financial expertise firms, providing domain-specific products and services that are already provided by various traditional financial institutions such as banks, asset management compa...
09 June 2023 /startups /markets ETHIO FINTECH
Retired Member
Ahead of rate meetings, the Fed faces a whipsawing dilemma each time. Can they raise rates considering the current state of the banking market and impending credit issues? But equally, can they afford not to with inflation still running so far above target? The two most recent Fed meetings saw the interest rate increasing by 25bp, in March and earl...
07 June 2023 /inclusion /markets Financial Inclusion
Anna Monteiro Global Head of Business and Product Development at www.solutions-atlantic.com
Most regulatory activity for foreign direct investment in this first half of 2023 has been focused on issuing consultations for proposed changes to existing laws. Several countries issuing consultations in the first 6 months of the year include: Australia: issued a consultation in March as part of its foreign investment reforms which resulted in ...
06 June 2023 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
A new report from Acuiti Management Intelligence has found that almost half of EU and UK-based proprietary trading firms are considering moving to a different jurisdiction to avoid increasingly burdensome regulation. The report also found that a quarter of the firms surveyed are looking at potentially giving up their Mifid II licenses and exiting ...
05 June 2023 /regulation /markets Banking Regulations
Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA
There's no doubt about the huge potential and possibilities of ChatGPT alike generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in digital banking and conversational banking in particular. AI is already used in digital banking to improve the customer experience, automate processes, and reduce the risk of fraud. But the hyper-personalization of banking opens ...
05 June 2023 /markets /predictions Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Yaniv Zecharya CTO & CoFounder at FundGuard
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, what we know today as legacy systems were the cutting-edge of the technology world, bringing new opportunities for leveraging software and digital resources for the financial services sector. For organizations struggling to keep up with their investment operations, the technology that came about during this time likely felt li...
01 June 2023 /cloud /markets Capital Market Technology
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