4794 Results from /payments
Tachat Igityan Founder and CFO at destream
The creator economy has seen an impressive surge of investment in recent years. In 2023 alone, this sector was valued at around $100B, and by Q4 2024, this figure has more than doubled, reaching $250 billion. However, while new projects keep coming up all the time, recent reports show that most of them are focused on the front end of creators’...
03 December 2024 /payments /inclusion
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
In software development, we often find ourselves reinventing the wheel—particularly when dealing with higher-level abstractions. As I mentioned in my blog "Unlocking Business Value: Moving Beyond Low-Level Programming", while open source has reduced redundancy at the technical level, user interfaces continue to see many foundational pat
02 December 2024 /payments /retail Business Knowledge for IT
Hugo Gomez Co-Founder & CEO at Bourgeois Bohème
With the great wealth transfer well underway, major changes are looming on the horizon in the family office landscape. These institutions — created to manage and preserve wealth across generations — are now facing several challenges, particularly as they are now overseeing diverse, cross-border assets. Additionally, they are aiming to adapt to th...
02 December 2024 /payments /wealth Innovation in Financial Services
Kathiravan Rajendran Associate Director of Marketing Operations at Macro Global
The UK’s National Payments Vision sets a bold agenda, reaffirming its leadership in global financial services. Processing nearly 50 billion transactions annually, the nation’s payment infrastructure underpins commerce, inclusion, and economic growth. Now, as the landscape changes, the UK stands ready to further modernise, striking a balance betwee...
02 December 2024 /payments /regulation Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Victor Irechukwu Head, Engineering at OnePipe Services Limited
The financial services industry is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by Open Banking — a movement that promotes customer-centric banking through APIs. By enabling secure data sharing and seamless integrations between financial institutions and third-party providers, Open Banking unlocks new business models and customer experiences. However, th
29 November 2024 /payments /inclusion Open Banking
Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.
In the great blockchain story, oracles are often the overlooked heroes. Sure, smart contracts get all the glory, but without oracles, they’re like actors without a script—brilliant but clueless. Oracles are the bridges that connect blockchain systems to real-world data, unlocking the full potential of decentralised technologies in banking and fina...
29 November 2024 /payments /crypto
Craig Ramsay Managing Director, Business Development Head, EMEA at Episode Six
In the digital age, businesses are rapidly adopting financial technologies to stay competitive, but there’s one crucial element that’s often overlooked: the ledger. As companies race to implement payment systems and financial tools, they often neglect the foundation that ensures financial precision which of course is the ledger. This can resul...
28 November 2024 /payments /regulation Frictionless Payments
Priyanka Rao Content Strategist at Jupiter Money
Article By: Team MoneyWorks4Me Investing is often akin to navigating the vast ocean. The gentle rhythm of waves can be soothing, but storms strike without warning, tossing you violently and making you question the strength of your ship against the ocean's mighty forces. Fear grips you—the fear of sinking and the dread of an unending storm. Yet, st...
28 November 2024 /payments /inclusion
Zach Meyers Assistant Director at Centre for European Reform
As EU law-makers update Europe’s payments laws, they want to tackle the bloc’s growing number of impersonation, romance and investment scams. Clamping down on these types of scams demands close collaboration between banks, telecoms companies, online platforms and public authorities. However, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) instead want t...
27 November 2024 /payments /crime
Investing is often akin to navigating the vast ocean. The gentle rhythm of waves can be soothing, but storms strike without warning, tossing you violently and making you question the strength of your ship against the ocean's mighty forces. Fear grips you—the fear of sinking and the dread of an unending storm. Yet, storms pass; they always do. The ...
27 November 2024 /payments /inclusion
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