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Scott Dawson

Scott Dawson CEO at DECTA

Is the UK quietly giving up on its small businesses?

There is a contradiction at the heart of the UK economy. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) employ six in ten people and generate £2.8 trillion in turnover, yet when consumers were asked if the UK is a good place for them, only 23% of consumers said yes. That figure should stop us in our tracks. When confidence in SMEs is low, it seeps into...

/payments /predictions Fintech

Leon Lin

Leon Lin Analyst at Comity

Ergodicity: What Does It Mean?

Takeaway Knowing whether a process is ergodic or non-ergodic is critical in knowing how much risk to take. Investing and wealth are non-ergodic processes, which imply that our first thoughts on expected values are very wrong. I’ve heard about ergodicity before, but wasn’t quite able to understand it until I watched this video by Ergodicity TV. I...

/wealth /predictions Financial Risk Management

Steve Durbin

Steve Durbin CEO at RYT

From Pilot Projects to Public Infrastructure: Why 2025–2026 Is the Year Governments Bet Big on Block

The Bahamas launched the world’s first retail digital currency in 2020. A few years later, Jamaica and Nigeria followed, while China began piloting the digital yuan at scale. Many dismissed these initiatives as niche or politically motivated at first. Yet, today more than 110 countries, representing 98% of global GDP, are exploring some form o...

/predictions Blockchain Observations

Giorgio Ippoliti

Giorgio Ippoliti Technologist for Field Applications Engineering at Sandisk

Financial Trading and the Role of Data Storage

It’s no secret that for global financial trading to be successful, speed is paramount. Transactions must occur within milliseconds, and being able to access and process data as quickly as possible to make real-time decisions is critical. Almost every aspect of financial trading now relies on fast access to data; from conducting risk assessments,

/markets /predictions

Luigi Wewege

Luigi Wewege President at Caye International Bank

Privacy, Diversification, and Growth: The Modern Case for Offshore Banking

For centuries, offshore banking has been a lightning rod for debate. Once cloaked in secrecy and associated with the wealthy elite, it has often been misunderstood as an opaque tool for tax evasion. Yet, in today’s interconnected financial environment, offshore banking has matured into a legitimate, strategic option for individuals and businesses

/wealth /predictions Law and Finance

Monica Eaton

Monica Eaton Founder & CEO at Chargebacks911 and Fi911

Disruption Only Goes So Far - Sometimes You Need to Build

For years, the word ‘disruption’ carried a kind of magic. If you weren’t disrupting, you weren’t relevant. Break this, flip that, move fast and forget the details. It sounded bold, but in reality, a lot of those ‘disruptors’ burned bright and fizzled out. Think about WeWork or Theranos. They promised revolutions but crumbled when the fundamentals ...

/people /predictions Business

Sharon Tan

Sharon Tan Field Marketing Lead, Financial Services, APJ at Oracle Financial Services

From Humans to AI Agents: Rewiring B2B Lead Funnels (Part 2)

In this 2-part series covering the new rules of B2B marketing in an AI-first world, we see how AI can really move the needle where businesses can see revenue growth, customer retention and increased productivity. In Part 1, we expanded on the value of contextual AI, and observed how combining your unique first party data to your AI models via API ...

/ai /predictions Marketing in Financial Services

Sharon Tan

Sharon Tan Field Marketing Lead, Financial Services, APJ at Oracle Financial Services

Trade and Supply Chain Finance Transformed: 5 Key Takeaways

Recently I hosted a roundtable discussion that brought together the leading trade finance and transaction banking practitioners to discuss the most pertinent trade and supply chain finance topics across digitalization, the impact of AI, standards and regulation. What emerged from the conversations was a clear picture of both the challenges and oppo...

/wholesale /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Naina Rajgopalan

Naina Rajgopalan Content Head at Freo

Impact of AI and Machine Learning on Financial Compliance

The financial services sector has always been one of the most heavily regulated industries in the world. From anti-money laundering (AML) directives to Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, compliance is not only a legal obligation but also a safeguard for maintaining trust in global financial systems. Yet, the pace and complexity of regulations ...

/ai /predictions

Philip Harding

Philip Harding Commercial Director at Cashflows

The Future of Embedded Payments: Why Licensing-as-a-Service is the Next Strategic Lever

As software platforms evolve into central hubs for commerce, the relationship between payments and the digital experiences they enable is undergoing a profound transformation. No longer an afterthought, payments are becoming a core feature of software itself, seamlessly embedded, deeply integrated, and increasingly owned by the platforms that use ...

/payments /predictions Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

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