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As surprising as this might sound, FinTech might be your best bet if you want to make the world a better place today. Lower barriers to entry brought about by the digitisation of the world are forcing...
Chinese mobile commerce eclipses US mobile commerce in a big way! Chinese Mobile Commerce Set to Dwarf US Market It comes as no surprise that mobile commerce is one of the fastest-growing markets in A...
Mobile payments have been around since, at least, Roman times assuming you include physical currency. For the purposes of this article let’s narrow things down to the last few decades. Payment cards c...
For the year-to-date at the end of August 2015, the total number of bitcoin transactions has increased by 70% over the same eight-month period in 2014. For the month of August 2015, the average daily...
News stories are filled with some kind of AML breaches, frauds in Banking and Financial sector across the world almost daily. Also it’s not uncommon to see the Banks getting penalized or fined by the ...
Our city regulators have recently warned us that commodity and Fx traders are ignoring the lessons of the Libor rigging scandal and not putting adequate measures together to prevent further abuses . B...
“GAMIFICATION” means making the services or products more enjoyable and motivating for the users. Considering the BANKING is not the most entertaining industry in the eyes of the majority, bankers sho...
My hat off to Samsung. Those familiar with my blogs know that I am more likely to dish out harsh blunt criticism than a praise. Not this time (well, almost). Executive Summary For those in a hurry: wi...
One of my recent posts considered the view that the fintech/alternative finance marketplace represents an evolution, not a revolution. A cynic might question the value of alternative finance in the f...
Introduction It is clear that banks and other financial institutions need to implement an enterprise-wide data driven culture if they are to succeed in meeting the regulatory demands of BCBS239. With ...
Is a move toward digital savings a better answer to the financial needs of poor women than continuing to roll out robust savings associations? An excellent paper just published by Women’s World Banki...
The financial services industry is facing more rules - and harsher consequences than ever before if they fail to observe them - notably in complying with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations for kn...