83 Results from 2022, /inclusion
Retired Member
The global digital payments market is estimated to reach $20 Trillion by 2026, growing at 24% per year. To put that into perspective, it’s bigger than the global telecommunication and automobile manufacturing industries. The drivers fuelling the growth of payments include the high penetration of the internet and smartphones combined with consumer...
20 September 2022 /payments /inclusion Finextra site news
The first principle you learn as a Product Manager is a simple one: how to say no. Steve Jobs famously said “I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.” Building great products, the lesson goes, demands focus. And focus is about saying no – not only to the bad ideas, but...
19 September 2022 /startups /inclusion Embedded Finance
Claus Christensen CEO at Know Your Customer
It is no exaggeration that SMEs are the backbone of the economy. According to the World Bank, SMEs represent about 90% of businesses and over 50% of employment worldwide. In Southeast Asia specifically, SMEs account for up to 99% of all companies. However, many small and micro businesses still struggle to access the financial products that cou...
15 September 2022 /regulation /inclusion Financial Inclusion
Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS
The temptation to spend is always with us, but for some people the compulsion to consume is overwhelming. Financial discipline takes practice; our tendencies to spend or save are habitual and form a predictable pattern. However, with the right approach, even long-standing bad habits can be changed for the better. This blog explores how banks can ap...
15 September 2022 /retail /inclusion Consumer Financial Health
Ali Hamriti Co-Founder and CEO at Rollee
The pandemic caused an undoubtable and significant shift in the way people work and earn a living. The number of people identifying as ‘independent workers’ increased by over a third as the importance of balance and flexibility at work gained priority, and people realised they could earn an income from home amidst changing circumstances. But even ...
12 September 2022 /startups /inclusion Financial Inclusion
Kartik Swaminathan Author - 3F: Future Fintech Framework & Founder at Fintastech (Fintech Consulting & Coaching)
The advent of the fintech & digital age has had an adverse impact on both perception and reality of having physical bank branches. We have seen largely in developed nations, that a large number of physical Branches are being closed. However, on the contrary, in countries like India the number of physical bank branches is increasing. This can b...
10 September 2022 /retail /inclusion Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Jaroslav Ton CEO at 4Trans
Inflation is at rates not seen since in many countries since the 70s. It’s likely to get worse and much of the globe will experience a significant recession over the next 18 months. The situation in Europe is particularly grim with rising energy prices pushing a lot of people and businesses to the brink. It may be hard to remember - but these prob...
07 September 2022 /payments /inclusion Fintech
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
The word "Fintech" has become such a hype and such a widely used term, that it can actually mean anything today. Therefore when people ask for trends in the Fintech industry, this becomes harder and harder to answer, as anything even remotely associated with financial services can be linked to Fintech. Additionally traditional financial ...
06 September 2022 /inclusion /markets Fintech World
Kateryna Danylchenko CEO at Creditinfo Ukraine
Since war broke out in Ukraine, over 12 million people have fled their homes and 8 million have left the country – myself included. Currently, 5.5 million Ukrainian refugees have registered for Temporary Protection schemes across Europe – leaving their families and jobs, setting up new lives with no certainty of how long they’ll be away. Europe’...
01 September 2022 /inclusion /markets Banking and Lending Solutions
Rob Straathof CEO at Liberis
Last month it was announced that Instagram is introducing a ‘payments in chat’ feature, where users can purchase products from businesses and track orders via the direct message function. Initially being rolled out across the US, if it follows the format of most trials from Meta, it’ll likely be available in more markets in the near future. Given ...
17 August 2022 /payments /inclusion Embedded Finance
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