136 Results from 2021, /markets
Retired Member
ESG investing is gaining momentum but how do fund managers and investment firms rapidly evolve to make it an integral part of how they do business? The climate crisis, corporate mismanagement, COVID-19, social justice movements – each in their own right have had a significant impact on how we perceive business value and business purpose. Combined, ...
05 July 2021 /sustainable /markets Trends in Financial Services
Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group
As the business models for exchanges and trading venues continue to evolve, the technological requirements to run them – be they established entities or a new entrant such as a digital asset exchange – are shifting as well. Modern exchanges need to meet a variety of requirements to service clients, from providing low latency order matching engines ...
04 July 2021 /crypto /markets Capital Market Technology
Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter
EverCommerce, a leading SaaS platform, has launched a $325 million IPO with the intention of paving the way to a valuation of up to $3.5 billion. The company’s multi-billion dollar ambitions are a significant reminder of how the Covid-19 pandemic has not only been a time of great challenges for the SaaS industry as a whole, but it’s also presented...
30 June 2021 /markets
The stock market has been in good form following on from a chaotic 2020 where the market fell during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic before recovering in spectacular fashion over the 12 months that followed. During this time, sectors like IT, healthcare and pharmaceuticals outperformed many other stocks while other industries like transport an...
29 June 2021 /markets
Simon Gegen Financial cloud services and wallet solutions at Holla-Tech
Image Credit: Unsplash If you work in property, chances are you’ll have heard the term “proptech” floating around, even if you’re not entirely sure what it means. That’s because proptech (also known as “property technology”) is ushering in a new age in property buying, selling, and management, and becoming ever more popular as a result. It has
29 June 2021 /startups /markets PropTech
Camlo Kalandra Marketing Executive at UTP Merchant Services
It has been a turbulent week for the UK stock market as inflation fears spook investors. Concerns regarding inflation have dogged both the US and the UK since the start of the year, with analysts worrying economies may overheat as Covid restrictions are lifted. Consumers with a glut of savings and pent-up demand are forecast to drive prices higher...
25 June 2021 /markets /predictions
Nataraj Sirisilla Senior Vice President at Temenos
SAAS and the new facets of Partner Paradigm : Search Sustain Scale Not all SAAS vendors and partners are born as SAAS but in fact most of them are evolving into SAAS and hence both the SAAS vendors and partners need to recalibrate their ways of working as they move into SAAS mode. Its no news that SAAS is everywhere and is only bound to percola...
22 June 2021 /cloud /markets Business Knowledge for IT
George Connolly President at Oneledger
The "Bitcoin 2021" Conference in Miami over the first week of June became a Covid 19 hotspot. Some Bitcoin die-hard fans argue that BTC frees people from the clutches of the governments. Using Blockchain technology to open the borders and secure events from COVID It was confirmed that many participants at the recently held event in
16 June 2021 /people /markets Bigger than Technology
In my previous blogs I talked about some of the challenges to platform modernisation and a game-changing approach to simplify modernisation. I finish with my tips for modernisation success whether you’re starting small or big… Tips for Success The tips for success vary depending on your goal. If you’re starting small wanting to solve an immediate...
15 June 2021 /devops /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Marius Costin Head of EMEA High Velocity Sales at PayU
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about massive changes in the world of commerce and consumer behaviour patterns, with merchants worldwide having to adapt to an unprecedented demand for online products and services. With the pandemic shifting the consumer buying habits from offline to online and e-commerce becoming the key element that every merch...
14 June 2021 /payments /markets Fintech
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