1006 Results from /inclusion
Karol Stepien Head of FinTech and Banking at 10Clouds
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 $6.6 trillion, which is higher even than the stock exchange. But the truth is that most traditional foreign exchange providers are still focused around...
24 November 2021 /payments /inclusion Fintech
Retired Member
Remittances have long been a lifeline for people living in developing countries. About 11% of people worldwide are supported by remittances sent by migrant workers, and remitted money is often a major contributor to a household’s total income. It’s estimated that 75% of remittances are used towards essentials like food, medical or housing expenses...
The digital revolution has been going on for a while and it is on the verge of transforming the complete landscape of the digital sphere into something great, a place for extensive success and profits. This revolution is led by the inception of blockchain technology. Blockchain is the core of every crypto-based digital application that is develop
24 November 2021 /inclusion /crypto Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Peter Shubenok Founder at RNDpoint
Customer experience (CX) is critical to any business. In 2020, around 27% of brands improved CX quality, 13% higher than in 2019, according to consumer surveys by Forrester. Back then, companies focused on finding and eliminating problems, including internal processes. But 2020 changed everything, forcing businesses to rethink the core competencie...
19 November 2021 /inclusion /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Stephan Wolf Advisory Board Member at The Open Working Group
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), Zimbabwe’s NMB Bank Limited, GLEIF, Cenfri and Cornerstone Advisory Plus recently collaborated to launch the first iteration of GLEIF’s digital business identity initiative in Africa. This has been a success for all involved, making it a model showcase for how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the...
17 November 2021 /inclusion /identity Financial Inclusion
Diederick Van Thiel Visionary Board Member | CEO | NED at AdviceRobo | IKANO Bank | Ikano Insight
What makes SME lending so hot these days? There is a lot of rumour around the prospective growth of the global SME lending market. It represents 90% of businesses and 50% of employment worldwide. World Bank calculations furthermore indicate that 600 million jobs will be needed towards 2030 to absorb the growing global workforce, which makes SME de...
12 November 2021 /retail /inclusion Digital Bank Transformation
Aurélie L'hostis Principal Analyst at Forrester Research
In the past two weeks, the eyes of the world have been on Glasgow and the COP26 summit, where international lawmakers, business leaders, and activists convened to bring climate change under control — amid extreme rainfalls and floods. Sustainability is the new reality for every one of us. Over the coming years, sustainability will become a top pri...
11 November 2021 /retail /inclusion Financial Inclusion
Blockchain technology made a significant impact across the internet. Many companies now work towards ways to integrate this technology into their operations. The technology first emerged in 2008 by an individual or group of people operating under Satoshi Nakamoto. Blockchain led to the development of Bitcoin, and it is the world's first cryptocur
10 November 2021 /inclusion /crypto Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
David Vanek CEO and Cofounder at Anorak Technologies Ltd
Since faring the worst of the pandemic, attitudes towards protection policies have changed across the generations. We’ve seen an uptake in interest from younger earners such as Millennials and, in particular, from Generation Z (those born after 1997). Entering the job market in the midst of a global pandemic has been unkind to this generation, wit...
10 November 2021 /inclusion /covid-19
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 fintech is to make it easier and more valuable for consumers to pay with mobile devices and the Internet, and to enable cashless transactions. (1) Mobi
05 November 2021 /wealth /inclusion Fintech
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