38 Results from 2019, /startups
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People often say valuation is more an "art" than a science. Are start-ups' true valuations in line with media quotations, or what owners believe to be their value? It's high time to increase scrutiny on valuations and utilize a robust methodology to make valuations more accurate and consistent. Unicorns exist in both the fantasies of chi...
03 June 2019 /startups Asia Financial Services
22 May 2019 /startups Fintech
When it comes to beginning your business, the first obstacle to succeeding is usually your startup capital. In spite of the joy that follows a bright business idea, the chances of success can be slim where there is no capital available to its founder. Experts have agreed that many businesses usually wind up within the first year of starting for di...
15 May 2019 /startups Whatever...
Today, a well-established correspondent network is a major strength for many banks and payment services. If earlier the client’s choice and demand for services were driven by the size of the advertising budget, right now the issues of financial logistics are in the forefront: how the client money will be transferred to different countries and regi...
13 May 2019 /regulation /startups Fintech
Tautvydas Medziukevicius Legal Counsel at Swiipe
The Second Payments Services Directive (PSD2) is opening many doors for small companies in a bank-dominated industry. With the new rules some of the competences are transferred from the banks to the hands of the consumers. Consumers have the authority, through consent, to allow smaller companies to use consumers’ bank accounts to provide unique se...
07 May 2019 /regulation /startups Open Banking
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
Brexit is the great big British nightmare of the past two years that we can’t seem to be able to wake up from. The ongoing nightmare has been an endless question mark for the entire world. What is more terrifying is that fact that even in the end game of Brexit, when we are still unsure what the British are planning on. They just asked for another...
08 April 2019 /startups
Social media is everywhere, and there’s a good reason for all the hype. It’s not just a convenient feature in our everyday lives, but a very useful tool for companies who want to gain extra exposure for their services and bring themselves even closer to their audience. However, using social media correctly requires a bit of expertise, and is not e...
02 April 2019 /startups Whatever...
Damien Cabadi Chief Financial Officer at Spirit Asset Management
After several years of fruitless siege, Greeks hid their best warriors in a giant wooden horse and left Troy. The Trojans brought the statue in the city to celebrate their victory. But after a night of celebration, the Greeks jumped out from the wooden horse and opened the city gates to the rest of the Greek army. Is history condemned to repeat it...
29 March 2019 /startups Fintech
Willem Lambrechts Managing Director at Drebbel
Headline in Flemish financial newspaper "De Tijd" last Thursday : "Gents Teamleader neemt gas terug in buitenlandse expansie". Translated : Ghent-based Teamleader slows down international expansion". Teamleader, so-called specialist in sme-software, shuts down its sales offices in Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Milan, because &...
20 March 2019 /startups Fintech innovation and startups
Some Fintech startups are betting on the growing Assets Under Management (AUM) of millennials. Among them, you will find robo-advisors, micro-saving applications and trading platforms for self-directed investors. This idea is obviously seductive. However, we could ask ourselves what is the real value of a millennial with an upside potential? As th...
12 March 2019 /startups Millennial Banking
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