136 Results from 2021, /markets
Retired Member
As 2021 unfolds, the topic of tax is set to dominate headlines. Tax to recoup the costs of Covid, tax on large, high profit companies, and new areas of tax to generate revenue and influence changes in society, such as environmental social and governance (ESG). One tax that has gone live without much of a splash, though, is the new Spanish financia...
18 February 2021 /regulation /markets RegTech
Mobile operators in Asia, Europe and the US have now built their first fifth-generation (5G) networks and expect larger volumes of lower-cost 5G smartphones to become available this year. The only thing left for them to do is to convince more subscribers that 5G services are worth the upgrade from their existing 4G packages. That could pose someth...
17 February 2021 /markets /predictions 5G Payments Schemes and Strategies 2020 - 2035
Daire Ferguson CEO at AvaTrade
It is fair to say that although recent years have seen a series of unpredictable social and political events triggering market volatility, the dramatic price swings we have experienced since the start of 2020 have been unlike anything seen before in our generation. The outbreak of COVID-19, the enforced national lockdowns followed by the global ec...
17 February 2021 /markets /covid-19 Personal Finance
Tim Simon CEO at Madiston plc
The answer to the question above is: "...as close to zero as practical!" Full disclosure: we are massive advocates of automation. If you have read our earlier posts in this series, you will know that we believe that automation is the route to profitable, sustainable digital lending businesses. The role of skilled people is to monitor ...
16 February 2021 /retail /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
A question most frequently asked by Fintech segment clients is “In which region and country can one obtain a license?” To answer this question, one will find it useful to look into 2020 statistics in terms of the most Fintech friendly countries and their regulators. The number of licenses issued last year is the essential criterion in this case. So...
16 February 2021 /markets /predictions Fintech
Himanshu Kolhekar FinTech Mentor at Coursera.org
2015 - The year where Smart Phone's capability reached a new height. Faster processors to run complex applications. Cheaper internet plans and new mobile players which brought down the price of superior performing mobile phones. These were the main ingredient eats to boil the broth of new FinTech solutions. History is witness where FinTechs that r...
11 February 2021 /markets /predictions Fintech innovation and startups
Sheza Gary Project Strategiest at Self Employed
Source - statista 2021 The January Effect relates to a seasonal tendency for equities to rise during the month of January. It is attributed to an increase in buying activity, proceeding a drop in December, when tax loss harvesting is undertaken by investors for offsetting capital gains. The numbers tend to suggest that the January Effect is rega
08 February 2021 /markets Fintech
Paul Shumsky Technology Advisor at Entrepreneur
The Middle East is one of the world's most heterogeneous regions, spanning three continents and 21 countries, with a population of close to 600 million. It is a culturally, politically and economically diverse region that also encompasses the six Arab states that are members of the Gulf Coordination Council. This diversity is reflected in the vast...
07 February 2021 /markets /predictions Trends in Financial Services
King Leung Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech at InvestHK
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced lockdowns and impacted economies globally. As we recover from the pandemic, the focus for international finance hubs is resilience and recovery. One of the most important success factors for fintech companies in the post-pandemic era is the ability to scale. From funding, to product development to distribution and m...
02 February 2021 /startups /markets Asia Financial Services
Part 2 - What needs to be done now to get Online Direct Lending (ODL) / Peer to Peer Lending (P2PL) back on track for compliance, profitability and sustainability? The first in this series of blogs, published on 26 January 2021, looked at "How and Why the Industry lost its way". We looked at developing sustainable / profitable business m...
02 February 2021 /retail /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
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