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Luigi Wewege President at Caye International Bank
Mention gold and heads are likely to turn. That’s because gold is seen as a sign of wealth and prosperity. Most people around the world own something that happens to be made with gold. As it relates to investing, gold is something that should be included in just about any type of portfolio. Why would you want to consider this type of investment? Co...
19 October 2021 /markets /predictions Personal Finance
Retired Member
It is safe to say that fintech technologies have been drastically impacted by open-source tech. A study from Research and Markets suggests that the open-source service market is set to grow by 24 percent by 2025, compounded by the adoption of the technology by larger institutions. Yet despite the rapid spike in growth, financial services and banki...
18 October 2021 /cloud /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter
After one of the most heavily anticipated IPOs of 2021, Robinhood has endured a tumultuous introduction to public life. With the emergence of formidable competitors and regulatory scrutiny of the company’s payment-for-order flow model, the value of HOOD shares has fallen some 40% from its $70 peak in early August. Now it’s worth asking whether the...
07 October 2021 /markets
Reghunathan Sukumara Pillai Consultant at Infosys
The need for digitization has increased during the pandemic- change in existing process, adoption of new systems and process, new businesses, and the applicability in diverse industries. This has been glaringly visible in the banking /financial services industry where Banks are not able to service the consumer online or meet the needs of new age c...
30 September 2021 /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Fintech, like many other tech-oriented industries, is constantly evolving. There are new finance apps that are seemingly cropping up on a daily basis, offering bold new approaches to the managing and processing of payments. While this industry has been constantly growing, the arrival of blockchain technology threatens to bring an unprecedented lev...
29 September 2021 /markets
The pandemic has propelled us into an environment where geography has become secondary. The ubiquitous Microsoft Teams or Zoom calls do not differentiate location when they bring everyone together in a virtual room with limited visual cues of where people are based. Conversation starters such as ‘what’s the weather like there?’ and for east to wes...
28 September 2021 /markets Capital Markets Technology
Anna Monteiro Global Head of Business and Product Development at www.solutions-atlantic.com
As expected, it’s been a slow third quarter for changes to foreign direct investment (FDI). Following on from my last update, we’ll start in the AsiaPac region and move westward. Australia has been evaluating the reforms to foreign direct investment that commenced in beginning of the year. The Treasury is evaluating whether these reforms have stru...
24 September 2021 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
Simon Gegen Financial cloud services and wallet solutions at Holla-Tech
Value investing is one of the most popular trading strategies that teaches fundamental skills that will develop your understanding of the market. This article will cover popular trading investment strategies around fantasy finance. Source Traditional investing can provide many tried and tested strategies that, with a little modification, can be a...
23 September 2021 /markets /predictions High performing teams
When Reddit users coordinated themselves to use their Robinhood accounts to buy GameStop shares en masse, the short squeeze they created sent shockwaves through Wall Street. The 1,600% rally that was created turned retail investors and individuals who were new to trading wealthy overnight. But the squeeze also caused a liquidity issue on Robinhoo...
15 September 2021 /markets
Tatsiana Kuchminskaya Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Andersen
What is an API? Why has this technology revolutionized the investment industry? Let's talk about API-based FinTech solutions used by financial institutions to introduce new products and services, increasing their competitive power in the market. What an API is The word 'API' stands for ‘Application Programming Interface’ and is used for one appl...
13 September 2021 /inclusion /markets Innovation in Financial Services
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