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Gita Thollesson Senior Strategic Business Advisor at Q2
In January, Q2 released their 2022 State of Commercial Banking Market Analysis Report, which revealed a modest rise in commercial real estate loan volume in the second half of 2021, extending cause for cautious optimism in market recovery. Report author, Gita Thollesson weighs in on the findings. At the beginning of the pandemic there was tremendo...
02 June 2022 /markets /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Chris Principe CEO at APB, Inc.
CRYPTO to CBDC - Payments have gone through significant innovation in recent history. Each time innovation has improved the convenience, speed, and security of money. Let’s review these money milestones. Barter to Coins; An early form of payment was to trade goods as payment for needed goods. The difficulties were equal measure of value, physical s...
31 May 2022 /startups /markets The future of Payments in Europe
Retired Member
You may have seen Sequoia Capital’s recent presentation to start-up founders, titled “Adapting to Endure”. I first saw it here. It’s more than 50 slides, so here’s my summary in under 1000 words – for those, like me, who lose focus after 10 slides. In case you’re not familiar with Sequoia: they are one of the first, and biggest VC funds in the wo...
31 May 2022 /startups /markets
Jamel Derdour CMO at Transact365 - www.transact365.io
E-commerce has revolutionised the way consumers are able to find and purchase goods and services online. In advanced economies, online transactions have become commonplace, with some businesses even phasing out cash payments completely. At the sametime, cash-dependent economies in emerging markets are starting to make the transition to online paym...
30 May 2022 /markets /crime Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Maryna Chernenko Managing Director at UFG Capital
Investments from various sources of funds, from sovereign wealth funds to growth-equity and hedge funds, have been flowing into the healthcare sector driven by high returns, demographic tailwinds, and recession resilience. This is noticeable because of the increased investments of around $151 billion by the private equity firms in the global healt...
27 May 2022 /wealth /markets Private Equity Investing in Financial Technology
Dynshaw Italia Chief Financial Officer at Soldo
Recently, ONS released its latest findings which showed that GDP grew by just 0.1% in February compared to 0.8% in January. From these figures, it is apparent that the cost-of-living crisis is now taking a hold not just on UK citizens but on its businesses – a shift that is likely to be the start of a prolonged period of weaker growth. If this dip...
26 May 2022 /payments /markets Fintech
The banking industry is undergoing a material shift in how businesses and consumers bank with an explosion of new alternative offerings. One of the most interesting phenomena that is developing as part of the fintech revolution is 'niche banking'. The niche banking model helps meet the needs of a growing segment of the population who feel underser...
25 May 2022 /startups /markets Embedded Finance
Leslie Kanthan CEO at TurinTech
The applications of AI in the financial sector are multi-faceted. In this article, we explore some key use cases of AI for hedge funds. We also look at potential challenges in implementing AI-based solutions, and how hedge funds can circumvent these challenges. In an analysis done in 2020, consulting and research firm Cerulli claims that there is i...
23 May 2022 /inclusion /markets Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Tatsiana Kuchminskaya Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Andersen
AI in the financial technology market Artificial intelligence has become a promising technology for enterprises from various sectors of the economy. Financial companies are pioneers and leaders in this field. Autonomous Research calculated that by 2030 AI will save the industry up to 22% of the funds. Forrester estimates that about half of the wor...
18 May 2022 /startups /markets Fintech
Alex Kreger Founder and CEO at UXDA Financial UX Design
The sudden crash of the Terra stablecoins Luna and UST ranked among the top 15 most valuable cryptocurrencies has proven to be a very painful lesson for the financial world. People need trustworthy financial services that are stable and won't make people lose their entire life savings in 24 hours. But, for a financial product to guarantee trust, w...
13 May 2022 /crypto /markets Cryptocurrency Insights
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