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Who wants to be in the slow lane, watching innovation pass them by? … This was a key question posed to over two hundred delegates from banking and financial services at our Connect Forum 2016 in Frank...
Abstract: Crypto-currencies (bitcoin et al) have caught the attention of Governments, enforcement agencies, geeks and the general public. This document provides a simple introduction to crypto-curren
China officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a sovereign state located in East Asia, with a population of over 1.35 billion. According to the IMF, China's annual average GDP growth betwee...
Chargebacks are a complex, expensive and aggressive problem. First, they come in all shapes and sizes and impact all types of merchants. There are two main types of chargebacks — fraud (which includes...
A successful trading career is right at your fingertips with the use of productivity apps. Transform your android or computer into a forex trading tool with productivity apps. Efficient and beneficial...
In one of my earlier blogs I wrote that we are beyond the hype of blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Support in the financial industry and beyond for this technology is accelerating in a r...
Breaking the Barriers Between Fintechs and Banks Start-ups such as fintech companies are uncovering innovative ways to provide better and cheaper services to customers. The fintech revolution is begi...
We’ve all got them: friends, ex-colleagues or LinkedIn connections who’ve made the move from a big corporate to a start up. I was about to follow suit. The fintech boom was attracting more and more pe...
The UK is facing a growing crisis at the moment. Since 2010, Card Not Present (CNP) Fraud has cost the UK economy £1.7 billion, with the number set to increase as UK banks deliberate how to cure the p...
The flip-side of changing market structures, furtherance of technologies and evolution of investment services is the emergence of risks hitherto unknown. Regulatory response to these challenges transl...
If you look at major banks across the world today, you'll find that most banks have set up innovation arms that are now working at the frontier of digital technology's potential in banking. Five years...
Does anybody still remember life before the smart phone? I certainly do. The weight of my briefcase carrying a wide range of devices (e.g. Palm Pilot, mobile phone, laptop, mp3), in addition to a prin...