119 Results from 2021, /inclusion
Retired Member
Ethereum developer Tim Beiko announced in his blog that Ethereum ’s London hard fork will launch on August 4 between 13:00 UTC and 17:00 UTC with block 12,965,000. Previously, the launch date was set for the end of July. Following a successful release on three testnets (Ropsten, Goerli, and Rinkeby), the update will become yet another step towards ...
07 July 2021 /inclusion /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
King Leung Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech at InvestHK
Traditional banks, insurers, and financial service providers in Hong Kong are jumping on board with fintech adoption, with a Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) study showing 86 per cent of incumbents are currently adopting fintech technologies. These financial institutions have succeeded to varying degrees in digitalising their businesses. Yet, m...
07 July 2021 /regulation /inclusion Banking Regulations
Amita Choudhary Marketing Manager at Princeton Growth Accelerator
As any good investment fraud lawyer will tell you, no one is too smart or too careful to become a victim of investment fraud. After all, a certain amount of good faith is needed for the financial sector to be able to exist, which is why the legal system offers pathways for investors to recover their losses when that good faith is exploited. Howev...
05 July 2021 /inclusion Personal Finance
David Fagleman Director at Enryo
Last Wednesday the new polymer £50 banknote, featuring Alan Turing, entered circulation, representing the final phase of UK currency modernisation, a project that started in 2015 with the polymer £5, followed by the 12-sided £1 coin (2016), the polymer £10 (2017) and polymer £20 (2020). With Scottish and Northern Irish note issuers also modernisi...
28 June 2021 /payments /inclusion Financial Inclusion
Steve Morgan Banking Industry Market Lead at Pegasystems
With the advent of new video social platforms including TikTok and Snapchat, we have seen hundreds of novice financial advisors, otherwise known as ‘finfluencers’, emerge. These influencers offer Gen Zers money advice in a short, lighthearted video format and are becoming an increasingly popular source of financial information. Even Imogen Tew, mo...
28 June 2021 /retail /inclusion Futuristic Banking
For entrepreneurs, maintaining a good credit score comes down to adopting the right habits. Here’s what you can do to improve the credit score of your business, or at least prevent it from going down. 1 - Bill payments Paying bills late will have a direct impact on the credit score of your business. If you have enough cash flow, it’s wise to set ou...
27 June 2021 /inclusion Personal Finance
Azim Mohammed Student at National Institute of Technology Calicut, India
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the world. Introducing new challenges to solve. With all kinds of restrictions and lockdown to limit the damage caused by the virus we had to rely on technology. For most this was also an eyeopener. With finance and banking being at the core of technological advancements, was affected the m
26 June 2021 /inclusion /covid-19
Many markets were hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic. The effects are still manifesting in some areas, and it will take some time to fully understand the implications of what has happened during those couple of years. And as many people have found themselves hit hard by the situation, it’s become crucial to take a long, hard look at the way we c...
22 June 2021 /inclusion Personal Finance
According to the political news site, Axios, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) — the principal fundraiser for the US Republican Party — is to start accepting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency donations. The NRCC itself will not be holding the cryptocurrency but will be converting it into dollars via an exchanger. But the FEC has expre...
18 June 2021 /inclusion /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Michael Ault CEO at UTP Group
While we applaud efforts to promote financial inclusion and encourage uptake of non-cash payments in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the financial industry and government bodies need to remember a crucial sector of society that’s in danger of being left behind – the small businesses that are the backbone of any nation’s economy. There are curre...
17 June 2021 /payments /inclusion Financial Inclusion
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