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Eran Fabian

Eran Fabian Managing Director at Bite Stream

Tech-Driven Transformation in Private Markets: Can Mid-Sized Firms Keep Up?

Private markets are growing rapidly, with recent reports predicting assets under management to reach $30 trillion by 2030. Despite this expanding “pie,” capital concentration is intensifying. According to PitchBook data, nearly 50% of all capital raised over the past five years has gone to mega-funds (firms managing more than $5 billion in assets)....

/markets /predictions Alternative Investments

Greta Ranonyte

Greta Ranonyte CEO at Fintech Hub LT

€152 Billion Is Just the Beginning: How Much Further Can Lithuania’s Fintech Sector Grow?

As annual financial reports begin to surface, it’s clear that Lithuania’s fintech sector is gaining impressive momentum. In 2024, revenues generated by electronic money and payment institutions (EMIs and EPIs) in Lithuania grew by 25%. The volume of payment transactions surged by one-third compared to the previous year, reaching an impressive €152...

/startups /predictions Fintech

Nkahiseng Ralepeli

Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.

From Open Banking to Open Finance to DeFi: The Open Evolution of Finance

Open Banking has moved from regulatory idea to industry reality, driving transformation by enabling secure, permissioned data sharing between financial institutions and third-party fintechs. In practice, this means banks expose certain data (like account balances or transaction history) through open APIs, but only when you, the customer, give con...

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Hugo Gomez

Hugo Gomez Co-Founder & CEO at Bourgeois Bohème

Managing Generational Shifts: How The World’s Wealthiest Families Can Adapt to These Changing Times

In recent years, the priorities of ultra-high-net-worth families have undergone a clear shift. While preserving capital remains important, the conversation today increasingly turns to legacy, purpose, and long-term resilience. The most sophisticated families are redefining what wealth stewardship means — driven by a generational shift, market vola...

/wealth /predictions Trends in Financial Services

Igor Kostyuchenok

Igor Kostyuchenok SVP of Engineering at Mbanq

VC Digest: First half of 2025

Time flies and the first half of the year 2025 is almost over. It's time to reflect on the past 6 months and make some predictions about the next two quarters. While the world is slowly sliding into the World War III most investors try to look away and decide to invest in the most hype areas. 1. AI-Native Applications ANI (Artificial Narrow Intell...

/markets /predictions Private Equity Investing in Financial Technology

Erica Andersen

Erica Andersen Marketing at smartR AI

Broderbund's Ghost Still Haunts Me: A Warning About Today's AI Revolution

Don't destroy your career by ignoring AI "AI is the future, but we don’t do that yet!" How many times have you heard that? How many times have you said it? Here’s the uncomfortable truth: AI isn’t just the future—it’s already here. And if your company isn’t adopting it, your competitors (especially in China) are. The Fear You Should

/ai /predictions Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services

Joris Lochy

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

The Next Frontier for Financial Services: Life-Cycle Event Platforms

Worldwide, there is a clear trend towards embedding various services into a single digital customer journey. This has led to the emergence of embedded platforms, product and service marketplaces, and even super-apps that combine multiple offerings into one cohesive app experience. While these embedded journeys are increasingly comprehensive, they

/retail /predictions Digital Bank Transformation

Katherine Chan

Katherine Chan CEO at Juice

Scaling in a high-cost world: How SME founders are adapting

In 2025, scaling a business requires more than ambition—it demands precision. Founders are operating in a climate shaped by persistent inflation, tighter margins, and increasingly complex supply chains. While UK inflation eased to 2.6% in March (ONS, 2025), the cumulative impact of high input costs and shifting trade dynamics is still being felt ...

/startups /predictions Fintech innovation and startups

Igor Kostyuchenok

Igor Kostyuchenok SVP of Engineering at Mbanq

An Open Letter to Incumbent Banks

Dear European Incumbents, this an open letter to you from a founder of a FinTech startup. You've been watching the Neobanks like Revolut and N26 acquiring customers in your jurisdiction at a relatively high rate but you weren't worried since most of your customers stayed with you. You have the reputation, you're too big to fail and even you will ...

/retail /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Agne Klimaviciene

Agne Klimaviciene Fintech Lead at Invest Lithuania

What awaits Lithuania's Fintech sector?

The Lithuanian Fintech sector has come a long way since it took its first decisive steps into becoming a globally renowned hub around the time of Brexit in 2016. Companies needed a jurisdiction to keep serving companies in the European Union, and Lithuania took this opportunity seriously. After all, every crisis, even a rupture of long-standing e

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