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Gabe McGloin Head of Business Development EMEA at Verifi at Verifi Inc
As we all turn our attention to Christmas travel, we are hoping for twinkling lights, Christmas markets and lots of joy. However, with some of the very public travel disasters that have hit the headlines this year – Thomas Cook comes to mind – many travellers may be more cautious than normal. The tour operator’s collapse earlier this year left ...
19 December 2019 /payments /regulation
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
1. Introduction "Open" has recently become a new buzzword in the financial services industry, i.e. open data, open APIs, Open Banking, Open Insurance…, but what does this new buzzword really mean? "Open" refers to the capability of companies to expose their services to the outside world, so that external partners or even compet...
16 December 2019
Rowland Park CEO at Limeglass Limited
An information advantage has become one of the most important competitive edges in the financial markets today. Receiving the right data, faster than competitors, is a significant driver of performance. However, while firms invested over $50 billion in 2019 into market data[1], investment in technology to make the consumption of financial research...
16 December 2019 /markets
Ron Cogburn CEO at Exela Technologies
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell This is a reprint from my recent article for Forbes Tech Council Every software platform, piece of hardware and back-end system developed at my company has required coordination between tech development groups spread across the world. Our primary hubs are lo...
13 December 2019 /sustainable
Keith Stonell Managing Director, EMEA at Guidewire
In September 2019, the world’s oldest insurance marketplace made yet another announcement about how it would transform itself for the future. The announcement of the Lloyd’s Blueprint One had been well signalled when Lloyd’s announced the Future of Lloyd’s Prospectus back in May. This was followed by a consultation exercise that wrapped up in July...
13 December 2019 /markets
Retired Member
The influence of the US on European culture There is no doubt that the US has been a bit of a trend setter over the years when it comes to the way Europe operates. Whether that be within imports and exports, retail and fashion, or real estate, what happens in the US is mirrored across Europe and the world. The US influencing trend has spread acro...
05 December 2019
George Zarya
Germany is traditionally seen as a trustworthy player in the financial space, not least because of its approach to regulation. Deutschland’s compliance approach and traditional conservative values when it comes to finance made it an unexpected, but natural successor to carry the crypto torch when it put itself on the path of allowing banks to acce...
03 December 2019 /crypto
FinTech, shortened from Financial Technology, is a fast-rising industry that improves financial activities like asset and wealth management through technology, hence its name. It is a technologically driven innovation that seeks to challenge the normal methods used in carrying out activities in finance and the delivery of financial services. Some ...
23 November 2019 /inclusion
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
China has now publicly voiced its desire to be the leading country in financial technology development and adoption. The president of the republic openly called for the promotion of blockchain technology across the nation and proceeded to block all the negative opinions about blockchain throughout the Chinese cyberspace. But now the Chinese govern...
22 November 2019 /regulation /inclusion
Although the Christmas shopping season starts earlier every year, the transaction frenzy really begins with the sales juggernaut of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. According to an Adobe Analytics survey, 70% of responding consumers planned to shop over this year’s four-day period beginning the day after Thanksgiving. For the second year in a row, C...
20 November 2019 /payments /retail
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