786 Results from /markets
Steve Wilcockson Technical Product Marketing at Quantexa
Nowhere is cloud use being more dynamically adopted at the moment than in finance - just ask any cloud vendor, from hyperscaler to cloud service provider to SaaS provider, about how strategically important the sector is to them and their current growth. Big, massive, deals in financial services offer huge prestige when successful. Financial serv...
12 January 2023 /cloud /markets Banking Architecture
Victor Martin CMO at SquareRoot
Online shopping is set to take over the retail space, like how mobility has replaced desktops. According to Statista, e-commerce will account for 22% of retail sales globally, doubling within the next five years. But the actual prospect of online retail is more significant than this, but some customer pain points are checking the galloping growth ...
12 January 2023 /startups /markets Business Knowledge for IT
Jamel Derdour CMO at Transact365 / Nucleus365
The embedded finance market has been growing at pace since 2020. COVID proved to be a crucial catalyst, accelerating e-commerce, financial digitalisation, and consumers’ changing expectations. To add to that, fintech companies have been catching up with – and in some cases outpacing – traditional banks when it comes to gaining consumers’ trust in ...
10 January 2023 /payments /markets Embedded Finance
Lissele Pratt Co-founder at Capitalixe
Virtual IBANs: Removing Friction in Cross-Border Payments In the past, businesses wanting to engage in cross-border payments had to set up physical bank accounts in each jurisdiction. This was time-consuming, expensive and often required a great deal of paperwork. However, with the advent of new technology, businesses can now use virtual IBANs to m...
10 January 2023 /payments /markets Borderless World
Anna Monteiro Global Head of Business and Product Development at www.solutions-atlantic.com
It was a busy fourth quarter for regulations concerning foreign direct investment. It seems that not all were watching the World Cup. Several jurisdictions issued consultations concerning qualified holdings and investment screening: EU ECB – issued consultation (now closed) on a draft Guide which aims to increase transparency by clarifying the ECB...
09 January 2023 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
Paul Shumsky Technology Advisor at Entrepreneur
One of the leading countries currently setting the bar in the developing fintech business in the Arab region is the United Arab Emirates. According to studies, UAE accounted for 47% of all financial tech deals and 69% of total funding in the MENA region and is home to the majority of the region’s fintech start-ups. Driving this growth are these th...
09 January 2023 /retail /markets
Gustav Korobov Senior Sales Executive - Core Banking platform at Advapay
Some statistics According to the report "State of Fintech Global | Q3 2022" there was a drop in many fintech funding indicators, deals, and new unicorns. It shows the current state of play to be at pre-covid levels or even being similar to those seen back in 2018. For example, Fintech funding in Q3'22 was $12.9B, which is a 64% year-on-ye...
23 December 2022 /startups /markets Fintech
With the year coming to a close we take a look at 12 trends of the payments sector for Christmas and beyond! Day 1 Growth of embedded finance: “Expected to reach highs of $230 billion in 2025 embedded finance will see a 10x growth since 2020” - Forbes. Day 2 In time… real-time: A focus for the last few years, payments sectors will move further towa...
22 December 2022 /payments /markets Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Dmitry Dolgorukov CEO at GiniMachine
The past couple of years have been marked by uncertainty both in the financial industry and beyond, with a shift toward remote working, digital-first strategies and a growing e-commerce industry—increasing from $3.46 trillion in 2019 to $5.7 trillion in 2022. For lending organizations, this means that the way business is conducted has changed sign...
22 December 2022 /retail /markets Innovation in Financial Services
Paul Marcantonio Head of UK/Western Europe at Ecommpay
With Christmas just around the corner and many consumers feeling the pinch of a rapidly worsening cost of living crisis, festive spending is already being curtailed. As consumers become more cautious with their money, payment trends will almost certainly change, and business owners will need to stay informed about the latest developments if they w...
21 December 2022 /payments /markets BNPL
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