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Ekmel Cilingir

Funding obstacles complicate SMEs' path to sustainability

The European Union (EU) aims to become a climate neutral continent by 2050. This sustainability objective undeniably influences all sectors, but particularly sensitively affects small and medium-sized...

14 Dec 2023
Ekmel Cilingir

Adaptation and Growth: The Road Ahead for the FinTech Sector

In 2023, the financing of the FinTech sector has faced some serious fluctuations. The latest KPMG report shows that in the first half of 2023, global financing of the FinTech sector decreased by 17 pe...

07 Nov 2023
Fintech
Ekmel Cilingir

Why Lithuania's Fintech is Booming

Lithuania is becoming increasingly established in the Fintech sector and is gaining more international recognition. The statistics do not lie – the country is attracting more investments and interests...

10 Aug 2023
Fintech
Ekmel Cilingir

Embedded Finance: Another Buzz Phrase or a Real Opportunity for the FinTech Sector?

The FinTech industry is picking up speed, and is changing our understanding about financial services and their uses in many fields. One of the reasons for this change is embedded finance. This technol...

06 Jul 2023
Embedded Finance
Ekmel Cilingir

How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionising the Fintech Landscape?

Lately, the FinTech industry has witnessed a significant transformation due to the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI). This cutting-edge technology has opened up novel avenues, streamlined and ...

03 May 2023
Fintech
Ekmel Cilingir

5 lessons banks must learn from fintech companies

The value of the global financial technology (fintech) market was USD 112.5 billion last year. The same market is projected to grow threefold to reach USD 332.5 billion over the next six years. This g...

10 Oct 2022
Fintech
Ekmel Cilingir

Fintech versus Banks: Time to Choose the Best Strategy.

The fintech industry is like an everlasting engine. Even in the most turbulent of times, when the world is beset by crises and hardships, its revs have hardly decremented. Well, and over time, this ex...

09 Aug 2022
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Ekmel Cilingir

The future of banking in the EU: Four trends

Banking has advanced so much across the EU in recent years that even customers themselves do not always keep up with the innovations. In this insight, I will look at the most striking innovations of r...

17 May 2022
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Ekmel Cilingir

Towards a digital euro: There will be changes, it’s important to take advantage of them.

Just over a year ago, in July 2021, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced the launch of the digital euro project. According to the ECB, the first two years will be spent on research and preparatio...

29 Mar 2022
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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