193 Results from 2021, /predictions
René Schoenauer Director of EMEA Product Marketing at Guidewire Software
Insurance is traditionally thought of as being a retrospective business, using the events of the past to determine future levels of risk. Some more cynical commentators might also say the industry is stuck in the past upon which it bases its decisions. Whether true or not, what is becoming increasingly clear is that insurers cannot only rely on pa...
13 December 2021 /predictions Digital Insurance Trends
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
Last week I had the chance to attend the yearly "Digital Finance Summit" conference in Brussels. After a pure digital event last year, the event was a hybrid event this year, which allows to network in a much more effective way. Such conferences are always an excellent way to get inspired and take a step back from your daily work to get ...
09 December 2021 /startups /predictions Fintech innovation and startups
Retired Member
From eye-watering funding rounds to the acceleration of digital payments and the rise of ecommerce - the fintech sector has continued to demonstrate its innovation and agility, even in the most challenging of times. With the new year just around the corner, this is an opportune time to take a moment to reflect on some of this year’s most prominent...
09 December 2021 /predictions Fintech
Recently, Jack Dorsey announced that he has resigned from Twitter. Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s former CTO, will take over as CEO. In a resignation letter shared on Twitter, Dorsey explained that it was his decision to leave, adding “my trust in Parag as Twitter’s CEO is deep. His work over the past 10 years has been transformational. I’m deeply grate...
08 December 2021 /crypto /predictions Blockchain Observations
One of my guilty pleasures in sales is the opportunity to bring an enthusiastic expert to meet one of my prospects experts and to listen to them riff at a level way above my level of understanding. Irrespective of the complexity, enthusiasm compels you to concentrate and as a result there is usually a nugget of knowledge which I can simplify and u...
07 December 2021 /wealth /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Yahya Mohamed Mao Head of Business Development & Marketing at Swiss GRC
As in many other fields, this virtual space of the metaverse has sparked a desire among financial innovators to learn how fintech and new fintech solutions can provide financial services in this entirely new world. Metaverse technology to create new business models could lead to the emergence of crypto as a large-scale alternative financial system...
06 December 2021 /markets /predictions Fintech innovation and startups
Simon Moss CEO at Symphony AyasdiAI
The United Nations has estimated that between $800 billion and $2 trillion are laundered every year, though it’s almost impossible to know the true amount. In an attempt to deter this crime, we’re seeing fines continue to increase. In 2020, authorities handed out $5.6 billion in money laundering fines – a massive uptick from prior years – and when...
01 December 2021 /crime /predictions Exposing Financial Crime
Radek Zaleski Leading Partner at Netguru
Jack Dorsey is stepping down as Twitter CEO, and the world is freaking out about it. Just take a look at Twitter shares: a 12.6-percent increase in less than an hour after the announcement. Actually, it’s not that much of a surprise. If you’ve been using Twitter for the past few years, you may have felt that it lacked a certain ‘idea’ behind ...
01 December 2021 /crypto /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
2021 has been a monumental and groundbreaking year for the fast growing cryptocurrency industry across the planet, which has institutional and retail investors alike to thank for its growth. The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission and the nation’s Federal Reserve both said they won’t ban cryptocurrency, essentially greenlighting the industry to c...
01 December 2021 /crypto /predictions Cryptocurrency Insights
The very first chatbot was not very friendly When I was a kid, I read The Argonautica — a Greek epic poem by Apollonius Rhodius, written in the third century BC. It tells the myth of Jason and his crew (that included Hercules) having an epic journey full of heroic adventures in order to obtain the Golden Fleece, held in Colchis (modern Georgia — t...
30 November 2021 /payments /predictions Fintech
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