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In the dynamic landscape of the digital age, cryptocurrencies have emerged as more than just a speculative asset; they are rapidly becoming a vital method for businesses to accept payments globally. The surge in the adoption of digital currencies has prompted the rise of cryptocurrency payment gateways and crypto payment processors – specialised p...
29 September 2023 /payments /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Building a company culture is one of the fundamental aspects of a business, no matter its size or location. How can this be done successfully when your business not only spans different countries, but different continents too? The pandemic has shown us that location isn’t the be-all and end-all when it comes to getting work done. Gone are the days ...
14 September 2023 /people /startups Personnel Management
The financial realm has witnessed groundbreaking changes in recent decades, primarily fueled by technological advancements. Amidst these evolutions, one innovation stands out prominently: cryptocurrencies. These decentralised digital monies have redefined the contours of transactions, investments, and wealth management. As their popularity has sky...
12 September 2023 /payments /crypto Business
The complicated landscape of compliance standards in the UK is increasingly difficult to navigate for IT leaders within financial organisations. With constantly evolving EU and UK laws, financial services organisations have to make sure that they keep up with the ongoing changes while managing their exponentially growing data. While ensuring compl...
12 September 2023 /regulation
It’s hard to believe that it was only in November 2022 that ChatGPT was unleashed as one of the first mass-market AI applications. With its first birthday approaching, the speed with which ChatGPT is influencing our interactions with financial brands is moving faster than regulators can keep up with. AI is embedding itself into the global financia...
24 August 2023 /regulation /crime Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Entrepreneurship is an integral part of the economic sector of any country. Every day, companies that conduct various businesses are formed and reorganized. It is worth understanding that behind both large technological multinational corporations and small enterprises are individuals (shareholders, directors, ultimate beneficial owners, etc.). How...
18 August 2023 /people /startups Entrepreneur field
In the face of a slowing economy, soaring inflation rates and ever-evolving regulation, the Fintech sector finds itself at a crucial juncture. Balancing the need to adapt to changing market demands and technological advancements while tackling significant setbacks poses a formidable challenge for decision-makers. To shed light on the current state...
16 August 2023 /people /predictions
In every corner of the world, financial regulators are taking steps to advance open banking, with fresh regulations and frameworks recently announced in the EU, UK, US, and Australia. However, each regulator is taking a different approach, tackling region-specific issues to advance payments infrastructure and improve the consumer experience. Whils...
09 August 2023 /payments /regulation Open Banking
Living and working in a developed economy, it is easy to view crypto as simply a new and interesting alternative investment class – a useful way to diversify a portfolio or earn yield. Crypto is yet another menu item on the abundant and sophisticated investment smorgasbord, competing for allocation. What we lose sight of is the grand vision of cry...
03 August 2023 /inclusion /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Managing enterprise-wide operational resiliency has historically been a complex problem for Financial Service Institutions (FSIs). One year ago, the European Commission announced plans to establish a Joint Cyber Unit to tackle serious cyber incidents impacting national infrastructure and businesses across the EU. There are many kinds of cyber inc...
27 July 2023 /security /regulation Big Data
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