Katherine Chan CEO at Juice
If you’re an SME founder trying to plan your next inventory order or marketing push, chances are you’ve felt the pressure of a shifting global trade landscape. The latest US tariff hikes, introduced in April 2025, are already sending ripple effects across supply chains — with up to 50% tariffs now applying to goods from over 60 countries. For foun...
2 hours /startups /inclusion Fintech innovation and startups
Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa
2025 is proving to be a challenging time for financial institutions looking to drive revenue. Organisations from the Bank of England to the IMF have been predicting a year of slow economic growth in the UK for the remainder of 2025, and now there’s uncertainty on tariffs which could have a significant negative impact on economies globally. In this...
3 hours /regulation /retail Data Management and Governance
Daniel Meyer CTO at Camunda
Across the financial services industry, institutions are under pressure to get more productive with fewer resources — while serving more customers better, meeting stricter compliance standards, and modernizing aging infrastructure. That pressure has only increased as emerging AI technologies offer tantalizing new possibilities. Among the most exc...
3 hours /ai /devops
Kent Henderson VP Product Management at Mangopay
As digital platforms grow, the ability to process payments at scale becomes a crucial competitive advantage. With transaction volumes increasing, managing the flow of money across a growing network of users, vendors, and service providers while ensuring a smooth customer experience puts increasing pressure on platforms to perform. At every stag...
24 April 2025 /payments
Prakash Bhudia HOD – Product & Growth at Deriv
When two tech titans with a combined market cap of over $4 trillion prepare to reveal their Q1 earnings, the stakes stretch far beyond Wall Street. This isn’t just another earnings season - it’s a reality check on how big tech plans to handle the rising costs of AI, shifting alliances, and new threats from competitors and regulators. Alphabet and...
24 April 2025 /markets
Arun Poojari CEO & Co - Founder at Cashinvoice
Over the past decade, there's been a noticeable shift in how consumers view financial services. Today's customers are no longer satisfied with just standard offerings; they expect financial institutions to be agile, responsive, and capable of providing personalized and tailored products to their unique needs. This shift is not limited to B2C marke...
24 April 2025 /startups /inclusion Fintech innovation and startups
Prashant Bansal Sr. Principal Consultant at Oracle
Resilience at Scale: Understanding and Implementing the Circuit Breaker Pattern in Microservices In the evolving landscape of financial services, where milliseconds matter and system reliability is non-negotiable, modern software architecture must accommodate resilience by design. Distributed systems—particularly those employing microservices—are i...
23 April 2025 /security /inclusion Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Darya Lyhach PR manager at Noda
As contactless technologies continue to reshape commerce, QR codes have emerged as a flexible and efficient method for facilitating digital payments. Ubiquitous across industries, QR codes are not only being used in marketing and logistics but are also becoming a reliable tool for transactions — particularly among small and medium-sized businesses...
23 April 2025 /payments Fintech
Ekaterina Andreeva Software Engineer at Kriya Finance Limited
Startup failure in the UK is lower than in other countries but still remains high at 60%, according to growthrate.com. This means that almost two-thirds of launched businesses have failed in the past three years. Therefore, there are plenty of lessons that can be learned by entrepreneurs who are considering or launching their businesses. In 2023, ...
23 April 2025 /startups /predictions
Teo Blidarus CEO and Co-Founder at FintechOS
The banking industry is shifting from a customer-first approach to a life-centric model. This will align financial services with modern life. Financial institutions usually focus on products and risk management over complete customer engagement. Banks have focused on pushing loans, mortgages and credit cards. This is different from addressing broad...
23 April 2025 /ai /retail Fintech
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