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Child exploitation is an alarming problem throughout whole world. It particularly threatens the safety of children in developing or underdeveloped countries, where poverty is the biggest cause of chil...
Big thank you to 4500+ Finextra members who opened Part 1. I hope Part 2 keeps you equally interested. PART 2: WORKING WITH DISTRIBUTED LEDGERS If trade finance, securities settlements and loans g...
Several startups are planning to launch either new venues or order types, and even listing standards, to solve problems in US equity trading. At last month’s SIFMA Equity Market Structure conference, ...
The mispricing of risk in consumer credit is a threat to all lenders, particularly those that lack flexibility, explains Sarah Jackson, Director, Equiniti Credit Services. Years of low interest rates ...
The EU has unveiled the awaited plan to create Sovereign Bond-Backed Securities or SBBS in Euro, supposedly “to encourage banks and investors to diversify their holdings of euro zone bonds”. The plan ...
Trade finance has become one of the top focus issues for blockchain technology use. The number of pilots and other trials that are looking into the opportunities of blockchain technology for trade fin...
Thanks to the fintech revolution, today’s consumers have more choice than ever in how they pay. This is especially true in Asia. In India, for example, there are already around 60 non-banking provider...
The Anti Money Laundering (AML) space is like a double edged sword that dangles on Banks. While on one hand the regulations are getting more stringent, on the other hand, fraudsters are always findi
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25th May 2018, with significant fines for non-compliance. It impacts any organization in the EU and organizations ou...
Many technological innovations have been heralded as the ‘future of business’. From fax machines to the iPhone, organisations have been relying on more and more technology to operate with greater effi...
As the first banks start implementing Open Banking, much of the talk in the industry is about how banks will manage security issues to become compliant. Whilst security is clearly an issue, I don’t be...
We have been analysing, for the thinktank the Bruges Group, the extreme difficulties in which the Eurozone finds itself, after years of economic stimulus totalling over 3% of GDP per annum and the bui...