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Fintech discussions and conversations around the development of fintech.
Because technology plays a crucial role in megacities focused on political and financial capital, street-level solutions are key to maximizing value. State-of-the-art technologies such as blockchain a...
90% of start-ups fail. 10% within the first year. And yet the Fintech world is booming. $5.7bn of VC investment deals in just the first half of this year. Serial entrepreneurs and digital visionaries...
One of the greatest barriers to people investing in the world’s longest-running medium exchange is, frankly, a lack of knowledge. The World Gold Council’s survey found that 66% of potential gold buye...
India is set to join multiple other countries in embracing CBDCs to help regulate digital assets. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is scheduled to discuss digital asset regulation once again, and chan...
The financial services industry holds an unprecedented volume of information about its customers. Banks and insurers are floating on oceans of such data, of every conceivable type and in a multitude o...
The Financial Services (FS) sector is risk averse, has been and most likely will remain so. Historically a sector that maintains a perception of being different, complex, and often resistant to disrup...
The entire finance industry now depends heavily on cutting-edge technologies to meet the requirements of their clients. Particularly sophisticated mobile apps representing financial services and insti...
The excitement surrounding Bitcoin does not appear to be fading anytime soon. What are the implications of accepting cryptocurrencies as payment for ecommerce sellers? You've probably heard about cryp...
Low transfer fees, high security, rapid transactions, and new market opportunities are among the main benefits of using digital assets for business. Digital assets have virtually entered mainstream fi...
Fintech, a term representing financial solutions empowered by modern technology, is now a multi-billion-dollar industry. Almost every major bank, financial organization and investment firm has a finte...
Revenue and profit growth is a welcome outcome for CEO’s — it’s an indicator that business is healthy. But growth can pose a challenge for CISOs for two reasons. Firstly, growth invariably increases
Fintech has accelerated the disruptive innovation of the financial industry: Payment, Insurance, Deposit & Lending, Capital funding and Investment Management. 1. Payment The main innovation of fi