Sharon Tan Head of Marketing - APJ at Oracle Financial Services
Recently I hosted a roundtable discussion that brought together the leading trade finance and transaction banking practitioners to discuss the most pertinent trade and supply chain finance topics across digitalization, the impact of AI, standards and regulation. What emerged from the conversations was a clear picture of both the challenges and oppo...
40 mins /wholesale /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
Banks are - for their part - moving closer to the Trust Infrastructure ny taking own EUBWs in use and seeing to it that customers do the same - becoming capable sending and receiving veriifiable data to and from all directions. Much to learn still. For example the "Phoning home" challenge and solution is not familiar to all of us. It mea...
1 hour /regulation /identity Digital Identity Management
In the EUDI Zero Trust is not a formal eIDAS 2 term but a security philosophy that EU wallet and infrastructure designers are actively adopting. 1. Zero Trust Basics Default stance: Never trust, always verify. Every actor—wallets, issuers, verifiers, and even networks—is treated as potentially compromised. Continuous authentication, authorization...
13 hours /ai /identity Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Erica Andersen Marketing at smartR AI
Alright, buckle up, finance folks! Let's talk about how AI is about to totally revamp the way you do business, if it hasn’t already started to. Forget stuffy, complicated jargon – we're diving into the real deal: How AI is turning the financial world upside down, and why you need to get on board (or risk being left behind!) So, picture this: the
20 hours /ai /regulation Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Sam Boboev Founder at Fintech Wrap Up
Stripe – yes, that Stripe, the $90B fintech known for online payments – just decided to build its own Layer-1 blockchain network called Tempo. The announcement dropped in early September 2025, when Stripe’s CEO Patrick Collison took to X to say that “existing blockchains are not optimized” for the booming use of stablecoins on Stripe’s platform. ...
21 hours /payments /crypto
Alastair Gill Principal Data Scientist at GFT
In my previous blog, I observed that there seems to have been an inflection point where we have begun to stand back and take stock of the applications where AI has been applied. One issue that keeps returning is that despite the amazing and remarkable things that seem to be possible, these perceived or promised benefits often do not seem to mater
13 September 2025 /ai /cloud
Amish Tiwari Founder at Veriqos Technologies
In today’s digital-first economy, customer onboarding and transaction security are no longer just regulatory requirements they are critical elements of trust. At Veriqos Technologies, we believe the financial services industry is at a turning point, where identity verification must evolve beyond basic compliance to become a strategic enabler of gr...
13 September 2025
Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.
If you want to see what the future of money looks like, start where the problems are hardest. Sub Saharan Africa pulled in more than $205B in on chain value between July 2024 and June 2025, up 52%, making it the third fastest growing crypto region. That headline number is not a bull market flex, it is a signal that digital assets are graduating fr...
13 September 2025 /crypto /markets
Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter
As the S&P 500 continues to deliver whirlwind profits to investors in the United States, more residents are using fintech to make tax-efficient charitable donations at scale. While stocks and shares in the US have continued to grow to fresh all-time highs, charitable giving has swelled. Total donations reached $592.50 billion in 2024, lifted ...
12 September 2025 /payments
Naina Rajgopalan Content Head at Freo
When people think about Alaska, they usually imagine northern lights, glaciers, or rugged adventures. Yet behind this picture, Alaska, especially Anchorage, is quietly becoming a major hub for global trade. Positioned as the “Air Crossroads of the World,” Anchorage is now gaining recognition for its role in Arctic commerce. This growing influence ...
12 September 2025 /inclusion /markets
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