132 Results from 2022, /startups
Vlad Goga Senior Consultant at Be Shaping the Future
A start-up’s journey can be a rocky one, made more complicated by the various rounds of external funding that are necessary for growth. Start-ups seek this funding from external investors to be able to fund their growth journey and it’s typically raised through a series of investment rounds from friends, family and business angels at the beginning...
24 November 2022 /people /startups Fintech
Nir Laznik Co-Founder & CEO at Sedric.ai
Consumer debt rose to a new high of $15.6 trillion in the last quarter of 2021 from $14.3 trillion in the first quarter of 2021. With inflation reaching the highest level in four decades and millions of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, consumers are expected to crank up their credit usage even further to make ends meet. Rising househol
22 November 2022 /regulation /startups Marketing in Financial Services
Thomas Pintelon Head of Strategy at Capilever
The decision to buy or renovate a home, is for most people the most important financial decision in their life. Not only are the involved amounts 10 to 100 times higher than most other financial decisions, there are also many decision factors to consider. Nowadays most banking clients only make a conscious decision about the tip of the iceberg. Wh...
09 November 2022 /retail /startups Banking and Lending Solutions
Pete Lord CEO and Co-founder at Codat
Every year about 30% of restaurants go bust. The life of any hospitality or brick-and-mortar retail business is usually short, particularly in the small and mid-market segment. Blame high fixed costs, staff turnover rates around 70%, and a fickle customer base. This is doing business on hard mode. Unsurprisingly then, the hospitality and retail se...
03 November 2022 /payments /startups Outsourcing Banking, Financial Services Operations
Vlad Dobrynin Founder & CEO at Humans Group
Vlad Dobrynin, CEO & Founder of Humans Group, explores the background of super apps, their impact in Asia, and why he believes it's only a question of time before they appear in the Western world. And it won’t be big companies that dominate this space. It will be the smaller operations and start-ups. Image Credit: Business of apps Is the Wes...
31 October 2022 /startups Digital Banking Trends
Maryna Chernenko Managing Director at UFG Capital
Despite the global market turmoil in H1 2022, investor demand for technology startups has shown no signs of abating. In H1 2022, US$133 billion of venture capital funding was raised globally. Considering that the total amount raised in 2021 was US$209 billion, a record high since 2000, 2022 looks primed to be another record-breaking year. We have...
28 October 2022 /wealth /startups Alternative Investments
Retired Member
The world of science fiction has always been amusing people with innovative concepts from authors across the globe from time to time. Some of those have even become true, astonishing people as a result. Every element of the Web3 space might have been inspired by such futuristic stories, which continue to evolve as we transition from the centraliz
28 October 2022 /startups /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Elena Berestovaya Owner, Chief Marketing Officer at Ubanksy.com, UpTrader Software Design
What happened? What problem did we solve? Once again, a developer nervously told a support engineer that the issue the customer is experiencing is not on our side. He added that it was at least the 4th time that he was answering this particular question and that it would be worth remembering it. The support manager got offended and replied that
27 October 2022 /startups /markets Customer Service 2015-2019-2025
Luke Watts Managing Director at RoundWorks IT
Make cybersecurity (part of) someone’s job Cybersecurity is far too important to be fitted in as, when and if somebody has the time. Ensure that cybersecurity is properly managed by making it (part of) somebody’s job. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you need to hire in-house IT staff. In fact, there is often a lot to be said for using a manage...
27 October 2022 /security /startups Business
Peter Barcak CEO & Co-Founder at Credolab
Against the backdrop of the economic downturn, discussions and questions about the future of fintech are becoming increasingly frequent, making many in the industry nervous. In the first quarter of 2022, global fintech indeed saw its biggest funding decline in three years. The sector, used to getting the lion's share of funding and attention, is no...
27 October 2022 /startups /predictions Fintech
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