1068 Results from 2020
Claus Christensen CEO at Know Your Customer
The Digital Finance Outreach 2020 is an initiative launched by the European Union to better understand, foster and stimulate the FinTech ecosystem across the bloc. An essential part of the programme is a series of events – organised in collaboration with all Member States – aimed at engaging the community and preparing the new EU Digital Finance S...
14 May 2020 /regulation /startups Fintech
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
One of the recent promising blockchain trends is the growth of Blockchain-as-a Service (BAAS) platforms and software. This is highlighted by the recent release of the Second Annual Blockchain 50 list by Forbes. Several of the entrants on this year’s list offer blockchain-as-a-Service, including global players such as Microsoft, Amazon and IBM. The...
14 May 2020 /crypto Blockchain Observations
Retired Member
All sorts of things have changed as a result of the pandemic. There is a huge push towards digital environments as we navigate social distancing measures and public health concerns. Ultimately, this is the direction the financial services industry was headed, but it is concerning that the pace of change may leave many members of society feeling da...
14 May 2020 /inclusion /covid-19 Fintech
Gary Linieres CEO & Co-founder at Wealth Dynamix
In January, when I asked the Wealth Dynamix leadership team to pick one piece of advice they would offer to a wealth manager looking to achieve differentiation in 2020, we had no idea that within weeks our world would be turned upside down by a pandemic as voracious as COVID-19. In hindsight, the quote I referenced at that time from Jim Marous, Ed...
14 May 2020 /wealth /markets Trends in Financial Services
Steve Morgan Banking Industry Market Lead at Pegasystems
With most businesses having to shut up shop almost overnight as a result of COVID-19, thousands of people have either been furloughed or lost their jobs and are struggling to make ends meet. Understandably, their cashflow issues are leading to a deluge of enquiries to their banks, relating to loan concessions and restructuring, short-term cash disb...
14 May 2020 /retail /covid-19 Customer Service 2015-2019-2025
Alessio Balduini CEO at Crif Business Solutions
The latest data from Bank of England projects a contraction of 14% of GDP on an annual basis with an astounding 25% contraction in Q2 alone. This could result in a loss of 15-20% - or up to a million - Small and Medium Enterprises. Needless to say, these are unprecedented and troubling figures. The graph below is unique as it is based on open bank...
14 May 2020 /payments /covid-19 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Ivy Schmerken Editorial Director at FlexTrade Systems
Given the extreme market volatility and disruptions to the economy caused by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, asset managers using factor-based investment strategies have seen their risk exposures shift in unexpected ways. At the same time, factor investing has grown as an approach to screening stocks based on the attributes that drive risk and...
14 May 2020 /regulation /markets Hedge Fund Technology
Now, more than ever, the disparity between the legacy systems still used by some traditional banks, and the newer systems used by challenger banks, is stark. It goes without saying that systems developed back in the 70’s were not designed for our modern world. Legacy systems are not adaptable. How could they be? Those who designed them had no idea...
13 May 2020 /payments Banking Architecture
Gustav Korobov Senior Sales Executive - Core Banking platform at Advapay
Talks about the “new reality” and “the world will never be the same” flooded the Internet, and the society is pretty fed up with those words and phrases. Nevertheless, changes are already taking place, and it would be foolish to ignore the obvious - because now it is imperative to understand which way the wind is blowing to be able to adapt to cir...
13 May 2020 /startups /covid-19 Fintech
Jennifer Worley SVP Product Management at Meta Payment Systems, a Division of MetaBank
When it comes to e-commerce, frictionless has been the name of the game for several years now. The rise of in-app purchases makes it clear — consumers want to stay within the channels they’re in, and they want purchases to be quick, easy and convenient. After all, more than half of consumers have made a purchase directly through a social media pla...
12 May 2020 /payments
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