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Fintech discussions and conversations around the development of fintech.
In the past few decades, the innovativeness of FinTech industry has surpassed even the most optimistic expectations. The industry has dozens of large players valued in tens of billions. Many of the u...
Until recently, accessing liquidity was like an exclusive pool party in the Hamptons. It was not for everyone: you had to know a banker or someone from Wall Street to get in. Entry requirements wer
Facebook invests in developing the metaverse, growth in metaverse tokens, and the key tokens to watch. The new phase of the internet is here. The metaverse combines virtual, augmented and extended rea...
From eye-watering funding rounds to the acceleration of digital payments and the rise of ecommerce - the fintech sector has continued to demonstrate its innovation and agility, even in the most challe...
Payments are the foundation of global commerce. With economic activity expected to rebound from the prolonged pandemic, experts predict global payment volumes to grow by 11.5 percent through the year...
The financial industry transformed in the past decade significantly in the way they serve their clients, banks seek greater speed and agility through cloud adoption. Many banks were confronted with si...
The very first chatbot was not very friendly When I was a kid, I read The Argonautica — a Greek epic poem by Apollonius Rhodius, written in the third century BC. It tells the myth of Jason and his cre...
Financial fraud causes billions in losses every year for banks and financial institutions (FIs). By 2027, the global cost of fraud could reach $40.62 billion. In the UK alone, £753.9 million was stol...
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated the digitization of banking and innovation in new FinTech services. Customers are continuing to move online and this radical transformation is unlikely t...
Did you know that the foreign exchange market is the largest market in the world? According to the 2019 Triennial Central Bank Survey of FX and OTC derivatives markets, it exceeds a daily volume of $...
Today's world is rapidly digitalising, and it’s hard to imagine a successful business without an online presence. The move to online is driving the online payments industry growth and development. For...
It was news that sent shockwaves rippling around the global payments sector while exciting fintech innovators in equal measure. On November 17th, with Black Friday and the Christmas shopping season ju...