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Gustav Korobov

Gustav Korobov Senior Sales Executive - Core Banking platform at Advapay

Fintech Industry trends 2022-2023

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...

/startups /markets Fintech

Jamel Derdour

Jamel Derdour CMO at Transact365 - www.transact365.io

The 12 trends of Christmas: The payments sector

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...

/payments /markets Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

Dmitry Dolgorukov

Dmitry Dolgorukov CEO at GiniMachine

5 Trends To Transform Your Lending Business In 2023

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...

/retail /markets Innovation in Financial Services

Paul Marcantonio

Paul Marcantonio Head of UK/Western Europe at Ecommpay

Will BNPL use increase this Christmas as the cost of living continues to rise?

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...

/payments /markets BNPL

Matthew Nassau

Matthew Nassau Business Architect – Treasury & Capital Markets at Finastra

Be Brilliant at Basics, like FX

Looking at today’s headlines which cite a seemingly spontaneous global resurgence in inflation, spiralling energy costs, reactive central bank rate hikes and disrupted mortgage markets, one could be forgiven for not associating the current climate with market efficiencies. It seems each day reveals a juddering new record high or record low in some ...

/markets Capital Markets Technology

Sarp Demiray

Sarp Demiray CEO at European Merchant Bank

Sarp Demiray on Digital Banking in 2023: The Digitisation Train Won’t Wait

The adage that nothing is more permanent than change has been more applicable to the financial sector than ever in recent years. The digital change train has already left the platform and is about to accelerate, but it is still possible to catch up. This is exactly what is expected in 2023 in the field of digital banking: progress, growth and adap...

/retail /markets Banking and Lending Solutions

Yuliya Barabash

Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers

Firewall To ArtNFT: Another Bubble Or NFT Rebirth?

In 2021, a friend of mine bought an NFT for €1800. Today, it costs €10. The difference is impressive. With the market decline, all token purchases made a year ago lost 80–90% of the margin. The loudest story is connected with Logan Paul, an American YouTube blogger. In 2021, he purchased an NFT called K4M-1 #03 from the Azuki Bumblebee collection....

/crypto /markets Trends in Financial Services

Gilbert Verdian

Gilbert Verdian Founder and CEO at Quant

A $250m blockchain blunder down under: What can we learn?

The last few weeks have not been good for the reputation of blockchain industry. The collapse of the crypto exchange, FTX, has put bad actors and the unregulated trading of cryptocurrency into the spotlight. In more regulated spheres, we saw the $250m write-off by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that pulled the plug on its supposed, world...

/crypto /markets Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services

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Managing currency Exposure and maintaining risk management.

If you think currency and exchange rates are something only bankers must be concerned with, it’s time to reassess. Millions of businesses are exposed to currency risk and fluctuations, whether they realize it or not. FX has been incredibly volatile over the past few months, with the FED and central banks raising its rates having a huge impact on g...

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Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

Key institutional digital asset trends and opportunities

A recent Panel, which included the following discussed - Key institutional digital asset trends and opportunities: Hirander Misra, CEO, GMEX Group Alexey Demyanov, Managing Director, Bank of America Securities Nadine Teychenne, Global Head, Digital Assets, Securities Services, Citi Luc Froehlich, Global Head of Digital Assets Solutions, Fidelity In...

/markets /predictions Digital Asset Class (DAC)

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