1147 Results from 2019
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Outsourcing software development is an alternative that can be a great part of corporate strategies for fintech businesses. This working model has been increasingly used by companies that adopt planning directed to their core business, but that seek more agility, quality, and specialization in all processes. Outsourcing the development of fintech...
22 November 2019 /devops
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
China has now publicly voiced its desire to be the leading country in financial technology development and adoption. The president of the republic openly called for the promotion of blockchain technology across the nation and proceeded to block all the negative opinions about blockchain throughout the Chinese cyberspace. But now the Chinese govern...
22 November 2019 /regulation /inclusion Fintech
Ron Cogburn CEO at Exela Technologies
“Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth,” wrote Jules Verne. This is a reprint from my recent article for the Forbes Technology Council I’ve been in the field of automation long enough to see that many of the most impressive advancements are still...
21 November 2019 /ai Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Debbie Green VP of Applications at Oracle
Universities are where innovation begins. They produce research that moves us forward scientifically, technologically and socially. Some of our best and brightest reside within their walls. However, while researchers and students on the ground have some of the best facilities and personnel to support them, the same often can’t be said of universit...
21 November 2019 /cloud Finance 2.0
Cryptocurrencies have long been discussed and debated, but they’re only now coming to light as financial tools that can be accessible and useful to more than only die-hard connoisseurs. Cryptocurrencies have the potential to enable social and economic growth throughout the world, including in developing countries, by offering easier access to capi...
21 November 2019 Blockchain Observations
Domenico Scaffidi Payments Business Development Director at Volante Technologies
As the world moves towards a more global way of doing business, banks and financial institutions need the capability to move money around efficiently, transparently and in a cost effective manner and in doing so, ensuring that liquidity doesn’t get locked away. Cross-border payments however have historically been the opposite of this - with single...
21 November 2019 /payments SWIFT Matters
Marcus Martinez Industry Advisor, Worldwide FSI at Microsoft
Since the advent of the internet in the late 90’s, despite some initial scepticism, Banks are increasingly present in cyber space offering new products and services. The maturity of the internet-banking channel evolved (extremely slowly) from providing access to basic account information to allowing customers to manage more complex products. This,...
21 November 2019 Open Banking
Thomas Pintelon Head of Strategy at Capilever
Trust is the glue that holds society together. Historically we trusted people in our local community. Later this evolved to a centralized trust in large corporations and institutions, but recently this has shifted towards a more distributed trust, meaning that we sometimes need to place our faith in complete strangers. With a growing number of onl...
21 November 2019 Financial Risk Management
Anthony Walton CEO at Iliad Solutions
At the end of October, a Treasury Committee report in the UK said the frequency of online banking crashes and customer disruption had become unacceptable. Steve Baker, the Treasury Committee’s lead member for this inquiry was quoted as saying: “The number of IT failures that have occurred in the financial services sector, including TSB, Visa and Ba...
20 November 2019 /payments Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Gabe McGloin Head of Business Development EMEA at Verifi at Verifi Inc
Although the Christmas shopping season starts earlier every year, the transaction frenzy really begins with the sales juggernaut of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. According to an Adobe Analytics survey, 70% of responding consumers planned to shop over this year’s four-day period beginning the day after Thanksgiving. For the second year in a row, C...
20 November 2019 /payments /retail Fintech
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