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Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
Digital gold cash, also known as DGC is a type of electronic money dependent on mass units of gold. It is a sort of proxy cash, similar to a US paper gold licensed from 1873 to 1933 that were replaceable for gold on request. The common unit of record for such money is connected to grams or troy ounces of gold, albeit different units. The gold dina...
10 September 2020 /payments /inclusion Fintech
Artificial Intelligence is the most sought-after innovation in the financial industry after blockchain according to most experts. Based on the current situation in the fintech sphere these two “features” are the only ones that could somehow help a company stand out from the competition. However, they are quickly becoming a stable addition to the r...
28 August 2020 Fintech
It’s very hard to argue that there has been a better innovation in the fintech industry than blockchain in the last decade. This small but powerful technology has completely changed the understanding of money for many people. However, it is not the perfect innovation that the fintech world was looking for, nor did it ask for it. Sure we may say th...
24 August 2020 /inclusion /crypto Fintech
When it comes to financial technology, trust is everything. You wouldn’t hand your wallet to a stranger, just as you wouldn’t share your financial details with just any digital application. Your users think the same way. Before they use a fintech service, they want to know: Can I trust it? What safeguards are in place to keep my money safe? Will t...
12 August 2020 /startups /inclusion Financial Inclusion
Illegal financial activities are some of the most common issues the governments of different countries have to face and that is why there are more and more new ways and methods of dealing with this issue used by authorities in order to combat this form of illicit activity. Russia is none of the exceptions and is a hub of financial scams. And now t...
06 August 2020 /payments /regulation Financial Inclusion
Since the 1990s the Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a part of the nerdiest of dreams. With movies like Terminator that are about AIs taking over the world and becoming the overlords of the enslaved human race and what not dominating the fantasy market. However, when the reality sets in everything becomes much more understandable. The idea th...
21 July 2020 /inclusion Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Financial Technology or Fintech is having a major impact on the world right now. These are the companies directly competing with the traditional financial service providers trying to come up with more efficient, faster, and more transparent services all across the globe. Japan is the third-largest economy in the whole wide world. Tokyo being the m...
29 June 2020 /inclusion Fintech
The world is facing an absolutely unprecedented crisis. The year 2020 started off with sad news of a major virus outbreak in China’s Hubei province. Home to over 58 million people, the region soon was surrounded by chaos and uncertainty while the unknown virus had already started spreading across the country. Shortly after the news broke out of Ch...
13 June 2020 /markets /covid-19
The unbounding exemptions for MIFID II have mostly to do with the costs of research services from asset management companies. Due to the very clear monetary difference between the services provided by EU and US-based managers, companies often feel cheated or not obligated to provide the payment for services rendered. To put it more into perspect...
04 June 2020 /regulation MiFID
Humanity is facing an unprecedented global crisis caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The infection that first started in China’s Hubei province has now covered the absolute majority of earth, infecting almost 4 million people while the death toll nears grim 300 thousand. Wuhan, the city known for being the first urban area to go on strict l...
11 May 2020 /inclusion /covid-19 Fintech
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