1397 Results from 2021
Dmitry Dolgorukov CEO at GiniMachine
Back when we first heard of Bitcoin in 2009, many brushed off the cryptocurrency as just a new fad, refusing to believe that technology had the power to impact such a stalwart industry as finance. Now, twelve years later, we are seeing tech, and not just crypto, integrate with almost every area of the financial world, from payments to insurance to...
17 November 2021 /predictions Trends in Financial Services
Matt Jones Director at Payments Culture
As climate change continues to move up the agenda of not just policy makers, but also the wider public, many of us were glued to watching the events unfold at this year’s annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26. On an almost daily basis we are presented with information on the day-to-day impact of climate change from various voices i...
17 November 2021 /payments /sustainable Trends in Financial Services
Stephan Wolf CEO at Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), Zimbabwe’s NMB Bank Limited, GLEIF, Cenfri and Cornerstone Advisory Plus recently collaborated to launch the first iteration of GLEIF’s digital business identity initiative in Africa. This has been a success for all involved, making it a model showcase for how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the...
17 November 2021 /inclusion /identity Financial Inclusion
Retired Member
The financial services industry holds an unprecedented volume of information about its customers. Banks and insurers are floating on oceans of such data, of every conceivable type and in a multitude of formats. Institutions are having to handle an increase in volume and variety not only of internal data but of external data as well. This might be ...
17 November 2021 /retail Fintech
How the financial sector is learning lessons from forests to counter cybercrime. When a tree in a forest comes under attack – such as from an animal eating its leaves – it releases hormones and pheromones alerting others to the danger. These can trigger changes in the composition of sap in surrounding trees to make it less appealing to the predato...
16 November 2021 /security /regulation
Maria Schuld Head of Regional and Community Banking at FIS
After more than a year of great uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic, the biggest driver of change for community banks now will likely come from customer behavior. The shift towards digital banking that took off during the pandemic is expected to become permanent to some degree. Customers are most likely to use online or mobile channels to ...
16 November 2021 /retail /crypto Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
The crypto-universe is booming drastically and is bestowing a lot in terms of bringing innovations to the plate. Precisely, the NFT concept development is appreciated and experiencing a heroic moment more than crypto and blockchain prominence. This is completely based on the market size evidence as there’s creative magic happening frequently with
16 November 2021 /crypto Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Nick Green Director at Purple Patch Broking Ltd
The UK Treasury recently published a consultation on how it will regulate BNPL, potentially making the UK the first major credit market to regulate these booming, innovative products. The FCA said the sector quadrupled to £2.7bn last year during the pandemic - to about 1% of the UK’s entire credit market - with more than 5 million active users. Th...
16 November 2021 /regulation /retail BNPL
Vitus Rotzer CRO Banking & NBFIs - EMEA & APAC at Bottomline
When it comes to the financial landscape in Switzerland, there’s perception, and there’s reality. The perception may be that it is an isolated, neutral country that opted for independence from the European Union. The reality is it has also made the necessary moves to connect its financial system to the rest of the world, while reserving the rights ...
16 November 2021 /payments /wholesale Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA
Many customers are used to seeing the banking industry as soulless, focused only on making a profit. However, inspired by new technological opportunities, financial companies have made significant progress towards meeting their clients, carefully studying their needs and introducing innovative ways to meet them. There is still a lot of work ahead...
16 November 2021 /devops /predictions Digital Banking Trends
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