1068 Results from 2020
Diederick Van Thiel Visionary Board Member | CEO | NED at AdviceRobo | Ecology Innovations | IKANO | Channel
In today’s ever-changing business landscape, where companies need to try and stay ahead of their competition, innovation should be one of the most important focus areas. According to strategy consultant BCG, innovation indeed is a top-three management priority for almost two-thirds of companies. This is however the lowest level since the financial...
09 November 2020 /retail /covid-19 Innovation in Financial Services
Retired Member
Worldwide consumers spend nearly 1.5 trillion USD in buying financial and non financial assets both movable and immovable. A major chunk of these assets does not contribute to wealth creation or an addition to users' portfolios that may return additional income in future. These are non-financial assets. In banking terms such assets are practically...
07 November 2020 /startups /inclusion Fintech, you get me!
Keith Stonell Managing Director, EMEA at Guidewire
Like everyone else, insurers have had a tough year with COVID-19 and the ensuing economic uncertainty. The sudden re-modelling of their businesses around mass working from home, the collapse in the markets for travel and other insurance products through to the difficulties around claims for business interruption insurance, are all factors that hav...
06 November 2020 /people /covid-19 Digital Insurance Trends
Sam Boboev COO & Co-Founder at Botcommerce
In 2010–2012, something began to change in people’s behavior. The changes happened so slowly and naturally that most of us did not even pay attention to them. 10 years ago, the iPhone 4 was already on sale we used the phone as a tool that performs certain functions: make calls, check the map or listen to songs. Now smartphones have become our compa...
06 November 2020 /payments /startups Fintech
Daniel Fasnacht CEO&Founder at EcosystemPartners AG
Investments that are necessary to innovate and serve customers are no longer sustainable while COVID-19 hastens the need to exploit the potential of digital innovations. Serving customers accurately during unprecedented times requires a new mindset and business model innovations. If banks respond to customer requirements in completely new special ...
06 November 2020 /wealth /inclusion Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Claus Christensen CEO at Know Your Customer
The lens through which we have traditionally looked at anti-money laundering compliance is changing. This is due to a number of factors. First, there is the rise of FinTechs, whose whole functioning and success is based on a digital-first approach and a customer-centricity that were not common in financial services until recently. Then there is a...
06 November 2020 /regulation /crime Fintech
Christian Spaltenstein Managing Director at AFEX Americas
The strategic necessity for digital transformation has been on the rise as businesses are now realizing its importance to effectively automate day-to-day processes. According to SmartBear’s ‘State of APIs’ report, API traffic is growing 2.8 times year-over-year. With API technology, organizations are now able to cut operational costs, secure profi...
05 November 2020 /payments /inclusion The Payments Business
In his book “Digital Bank: Strategies to launch or become a digital bank” Chris Skinner discusses the role of bank branches. Chris claims the number of bank branches is decreasing from year to year as they are unnecessary in the current digitally connected world. I agree with the idea, think about the last time you visited the physical branch of th...
05 November 2020 /retail /inclusion Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Conchur Gill Associate Partner, Payments at Be | Shaping The Future
Much of the discussion on the FinTech phenomenon in recent years has referred to FinTechs coming to market with differentiated products and innovative business models to challenge incumbents. Excitement about the growth potential of these companies has led to some confusion, especially on the issuer side of things. There is a common conflation betw...
04 November 2020 /payments /retail Fintech
Payson Johnton CEO and Co-Founder at Crowdz
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it. People have switched traditional retail stores for online delivery, students at schools and universities have had to switch from in-person classes to online learning, travel has been suspended almost entirely, offices have been closed and workers sent home to work remotely - if they haven’t bee...
04 November 2020 /regulation /covid-19 Innovation in Financial Services
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