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Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
I must admit that many countries are looking to become Fintech innovators since investments in the industry are impressive, and everyone wants to get their “piece of the pie”. However, the leadership still belongs to the ones who spotted the Klondike first: USA, Great Britain, Singapore, Lithuania and Switzerland. And all of them lead in the payme...
06 September 2021 /payments /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
This article is for those taking an interest in online banks and the Fintech industry, and thinking of creating their own payment system or a neobank. Here you will find the right recipe for establishing a neobank, with real case studies and well-known brand experiences. As of August 2021 there are over 220 neobanks worldwide while the total value...
28 August 2021 /payments /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Saying that blockchain is a universal technology would not give an actual idea of the scale: the chain technology has already been implemented successfully in completely different domains and is currently used in over 40 areas ranging from communications and political strategies to international supply chain management and healthcare. I am happy t...
02 August 2021 /crypto /markets Trends in Financial Services
Being associated only with Bitcoin just 5 years ago, the word “cryptocurrency” had not been known to anyone 12 years ago. In 2021 there are around 2300 varieties of digital currencies. This payment method is steadily moving towards offline and is set to become a full-fledged means of payment alongside fiat currencies. Crypto finances were initiall...
08 June 2021 /payments /crypto Trends in Financial Services
The fundamental notions of “bull” and “bear” trends originating from the stock exchange have penetrated the cryptocurrency market and represent the tactics of animal attacks in wild nature. Should you ever confuse the terms, you only need to remember that bears wave their paws and halt to fight while bulls lift up their horns and simply run forw
29 April 2021 /crypto /markets Trends in Financial Services
The Fintech industry is thriving as ever. Investments, cryptocurrencies, cashbacks and other similar notions have come into common use, and not only that of the millenials. But how much effort and money does one need to invest to establish and grow their own project? Let’s consider the case of neobanks which are the most vivid and frequent example...
20 April 2021 /payments /markets Trends in Financial Services
South East Asia has seen a Fintech boom and immense growth since 2016 but this market is still considered underpenetrated, and the reason is obvious: a limited availability of financial services creates major potential for development. For instance, according to the World Bank, only 49% of adults in Indonesia have official bank accounts; in Cambod...
23 March 2021 /payments /markets Fintech innovation and startups
The pandemic has certainly scaled up the demand for digital financial services worldwide, and Latin America is not an exception. But was that true before 2020? Historically, the region had always been challenged economically and politically. A huge mountainous territory and frequent natural disasters neither contributed to rapid growth. Neolibera...
12 March 2021 /retail /markets Trends in Financial Services
Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Luxembourg are ahead of the whole world and persist in keeping their status of global financial innovation champions and reliable financial providers. DUKASCOIN, for instance, became the first crypto project launched by a traditional bank with all necessary licenses. Switzerland is now adapting its financial legislat...
04 March 2021 /payments /crypto Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
As a means of securing capital with profit performance, investments had been a reliable source of passive income for several centuries. Ten years ago the world saw a new investment vehicle emerge in addition to gold, real estate and mineral resources – cryptocurrencies. Coming first was bitcoin whose success was ardently disputed but it continues ...
22 February 2021 /crypto /markets Trends in Financial Services
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