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Esteban Lopez

Esteban Lopez Global Industry Director FinTech at Kantox

The Currency Revolution in Embedded Finance

Embedded finance, the placing of a financial product or service in a non-financial platform, is quickly changing the global economic landscape. According to Bain Capital, financial services embedded into software platforms will exceed $7 trillion by 2026 in the United States alone. Consultants McKinsey, in turn, foresee revenues of about $20 bill...

/payments /markets Embedded Finance

Steve Sabin

Steve Sabin SVP, Division Executive, Lending at FIS

Banking on ChatGPT – Why generative AI will be good for commercial lending

Ever since its launch in November 2022, OpenAI’s text-generating artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, has been making headlines as a revolutionary technology. But with business use of AI growing all the time, what makes ChatGPT and other so-called generative AI tools such good news for commercial lending? The story so far Previous incarn...

/markets /predictions Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services

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Handle asset finance growth opportunities with care

Even the most challenging economic times come with opportunities to grow. But as gaps open for asset finance providers in the current market, it’s more important than ever to understand the risks that growth could bring, too. Right now, there are chances to be seized. With unsecured lenders increasingly losing their credit risk appetite, asset fina...

/markets /predictions Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services

Konstantin Dzhengozov

Konstantin Dzhengozov CFO at Payhawk

Overconfident founders and BaaS: The UK's 2023 mergers and acquisitions landscape

Despite 2022 being, on average, a strong year for M&A, 2023 has got off to a slow start. In fact, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, globally it was the slowest start to a year in two decades. In the UK’s public markets space, for example, there were only 12 announced bids in Q1, representing a decrease of £1.44bn (36%) for the same peri...

/payments /markets Fintech

Jose Pierre

Jose Pierre CEO at Marketware International, Inc.

Quantum Computing, AI: Unleashing the Power of the Future

In the realm of cutting-edge technologies, two groundbreaking fields have captured significant attention: quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI). While they are distinct in nature, both possess immense potential to revolutionize businesses, particularly within the financial sector, including asset management, wealth management, banking...

/devops /markets Innovation in Financial Services

Yuliya Barabash

Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers

Fintech Startup market is stagnating?

The market of fintech startups is not moving. Currently with collegues we were analyzing our results 2023 and found out that fintech startups are less active nowadays. In comparison with 2020, 21 and even 2022. But when I say fintech I don't mean crypto. Crypto startups are still rapidly developing (untill MICA comes into force). We continue to get...

/payments /markets Fintech World

Maria Schuld

Maria Schuld Head of Regional and Community Banking at FIS

Banking as a Service (BaaS) and Embedded Finance, innovation for today’s challenges

Few could have anticipated the margin and deposit growth pressures financial institutions have suddenly faced in 2023. Traditional models cannot always solve balance sheet shortfalls. As innovative banking technologies evolve, they offer opportunities to broaden customer relationships on a different, deeper level. This is especially true in the cas...

/retail /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Mete Feridun

Mete Feridun Chair at EMU Centre for Financial Regulation and Risk

In what aspects do the UK and EU investment firm prudential regimes diverge?

Investment firms have very different business models and risk profiles to credit institutions. They facilitate savings and investment flows by providing professional services such as investment advice, portfolio management, trading in financial instruments and fund raising for companies. As they do not accept deposits or provide loans, they are ge...

/regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation

Simon Gegen

Simon Gegen Financial cloud services and wallet solutions at Holla-Tech

Australia's Unique SME Landscape: A Look at the Diverse Business Sector

Australia's Thriving SME Sector Australia is more than just a beautiful country with sunny weather and famous landmarks. It is also a diverse and dynamic nation with a thriving business sector that deserves attention. One of the most remarkable features of Australia’s economy is its small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, which is unlike an...

/crypto /markets Entrepreneur field

Jamel Derdour

Jamel Derdour CMO at Transact365 - www.transact365.io

How the Payments Industry will Become a Part of Generative Text AI Technologies

Silicon Valley remains an innovation hub, changing business landscapes with new and exciting technology. Tech giants including Apple, Meta, Visa, and Cisco still operate out of the San Francisco area and an array of start-ups are paving the way for cryptocurrency computer processing, and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The Valley’s newest inn...

/payments /markets Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services

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