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Yahya Mohamed Mao

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Why fintechs will play a key role in the metaverse

As in many other fields, this virtual space of the metaverse has sparked a desire among financial innovators to learn how fintech and new fintech solutions can provide financial services in this entirely new world. Metaverse technology to create new business models could lead to the emergence of crypto as a large-scale alternative financial system...

06 December 2021 /markets /predictions Fintech innovation and startups

Governance, Risk Management And Compliance —Effectively Raising Risk Intelligence Culture

Since the early 2000s, several industry and government agencies have expanded their compliance rules that address companies’ risk management plans, policies, and procedures. Image: What to Know: Supply-Chain Risk Management & Geopolitical Risk Compliance officers are almost always under pressure from senior stakeholders to communicate as accu...

28 November 2021 /regulation Operational Risk Management

Tech Trends Shaping The Future Of Urban Technology

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 and virtual reality have a number of applications in the age-old fashion world that allow production and distribution methods to evolve with changing t...

22 November 2021 /sustainable /predictions Fintech

Cyber security awarness month: cyber threats to financial services

Cyber security Awareness Month continues in its 18th year to raise awareness of the importance of cyber security and to ensure that everyone has the resources they need to be safer online. For consumers it is vital that they are aware of the dangers posed by hacker attacks and ransomare on their accounts. Threats to banks, investment firms and in...

18 October 2021 /regulation /crime Data Management and Governance

Microsoft rolls out its financial services-specific cloud offering

Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services (MCFS), Microsoft's recently announced Industry Cloud, brings capabilities such as multi-level security and comprehensive compliance coverage to provide a differentiated customer experience, manage risk, improve employee collaboration and productivity, and modernize core systems. MCFS is an industry-specific ...

05 October 2021 /retail /cloud Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

How Fintechs Tackle Social Concerns To Reach Unbanked Communities

While today's world is becoming increasingly cashless, it is hard to imagine living without a bank account. Banking is considered a safe and stable way to manage its finances. Alternative financial services are interpreted as exploitative and risky. As policymakers continue to emphasize the role of financial institutions in the poverty reduction, ...

30 September 2021 /people /inclusion Inclusive FinTech

The strive for oil-independence: Transforming from an oil-driven to a data-driven economy

The Arab Gulf States are in a historic transition as they seek to reduce their dependence on oil and natural gas and diversify their economies. Genuine economic diversification requires the Gulf states to create sectors, industries, and firms that have the initiative to survive and prosper on their own, rather than relying on oil or natural gas re...

05 August 2021 /markets /predictions Bigger than Technology

Can Sustainability Be The Answer To A Growing Smart City Backlash?

The constant and ubiquitous transfer of data from various sources to a single government entity has led to concerns that these sources could turn into electronic panoptics as governments use data-driven technologies to maximize effective surveillance of their citizens. Smart City technologies have been developed with practical applications to impr...

02 August 2021 /sustainable /predictions Going green

The EU's Artificial Intelligence Act Could Become A Brake On Innovation

Europe is lagging behind not only the US and Japan, but also China in terms of technological innovation. According to a 2019 article on World Economic Forum (WEF), China overtook the EU with R&D expenditure equivalent to 2.1% of GDP. The world’s 15 largest digital firms are not European! It is beyond question that Europe produces bright minds ...

28 July 2021 /regulation Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services

AI is enabling digital transformation across the financial services industry

About half (53 percent) of financial service providers cited poor communication and project management as the biggest barriers to successful digital implementation. Lack of leadership and leadership vision was the biggest problem for a quarter of participants, especially in lower and middle market organizations (33%). The good news is that, despit...

27 July 2021 /predictions Financial Transformation