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Anthony Carfang Managing Director at The Carfang Group
Twenty years ago, Prime Money Market Fund (PMMF) assets were equivalent to 11.9% of U.S. GDP. Today, following a decade of scapegoating and regulation, they are down to a miniscule 2.3%. Commercial paper, upon which companies rely for short term working capital and are a primary holding of PMMFs, has decreased by two thirds over the same period. T...
05 July 2021 /crypto /markets
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ESG investing is gaining momentum but how do fund managers and investment firms rapidly evolve to make it an integral part of how they do business? The climate crisis, corporate mismanagement, COVID-19, social justice movements – each in their own right have had a significant impact on how we perceive business value and business purpose. Combined, ...
05 July 2021 /sustainable /markets
Dmitry Dolgorukov CEO at GiniMachine
The previous year was one of great uncertainty. It exposed the vulnerabilities in society and fundamentally changed the way people did business. With many face-to-face services closed, the finance industry was driven to find innovative ways to connect with customers. The path ahead is full of challenges and opportunities. Let’s look at what this m...
10 June 2021 /markets /predictions
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
Being associated only with Bitcoin just 5 years ago, the word “cryptocurrency” had not been known to anyone 12 years ago. In 2021 there are around 2300 varieties of digital currencies. This payment method is steadily moving towards offline and is set to become a full-fledged means of payment alongside fiat currencies. Crypto finances were initiall...
08 June 2021 /payments /crypto
Should risk professionals in the lending industry fear AI? In this article I look at whether the threat is real, the potential for better decisions around risk, how this fits with the culture in our sector, and the potential benefits for lenders and their underwriters. Almost 100 years ago, British economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that, by 2...
24 May 2021 /predictions
Farah Miller CEO at Helixtap Technologies
Does Size Matter? There is a fundamental shift in how trade finance is taking place, with the use of data-driven decision-making to support more democratic access, beyond company size. Trade finance’s traditional focus has been that the larger the company, the easier the access to finance and borrowing terms based on balance sheets. This supporte...
18 May 2021 /regulation /inclusion
Daniel Fasnacht CEO&Founder at EcosystemPartners AG
Artificial intelligence, blockchain and robotics will continue to gain in importance. For the next growth cycle, however, we will need a lot more computing capacity. Computers with conventional transistor technology are reaching their limits. New ideas are needed. 100 years ago, the Russian economist Nikolai Kondratieff divided the economy into 4...
16 May 2021 /wholesale /predictions
Shikko Nijland CEO at INNOPAY
Around a decade ago, the global Decentralised Finance (DeFi) movement started to develop financial applications that no longer required traditional central financial intermediaries such as banks and exchanges. The DeFi movement is based on the disrupting perspective that existing financial products and services can be recreated, utilising a decentr...
14 May 2021 /payments /inclusion
Although the global pandemic continues, glimmers of hope, in the form of vaccines, are appearing that promise the potential to get the world moving again. And this is fantastic news. But what will the world look like, and will it ever be the same as it was before? When it comes to lending, it’s unlikely things will go back to the way they were. Le...
14 May 2021 /retail /predictions
The fundamental notions of “bull” and “bear” trends originating from the stock exchange have penetrated the cryptocurrency market and represent the tactics of animal attacks in wild nature. Should you ever confuse the terms, you only need to remember that bears wave their paws and halt to fight while bulls lift up their horns and simply run forw
29 April 2021 /crypto /markets
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