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The aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with increased inflation and the rising cost of living has forced the transport industry, like many others, to adapt. Therefore, as we enter 2023, publi...
Getting to common ground According to the Oxford dictionary, sustainability is: The avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance. This definition often ta...
Can blockchains be used as incentive networks for encouraging green activity and renewables? ESG is an important use case for blockchain. Regulators are understandably concerned about green investing ...
Over the past few years, the financial services sector has undergone a complex regulatory evolution. Even past the usual flow of regulation change and shifting reporting standards, there are two key t...
Daily, people’s lives are becoming increasingly automated as millions of algorithms make decisions and take actions on consumers’ behalf. The shift toward autonomous finance services starts with autom...
As the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference - or COP27 - nears, the world will be looking to global leaders for answers, solutions and commitments as they gather in Egypt. Climate change and ...
Good companies continuously ask themselves: what are we doing now to prepare for the future? When it comes to regulatory technology (RegTech), and specifically compliance technology, the temptation to...
Peer to Peer or P2P models in Fintech were one of the earliest to take hold post Financial Crisis. Some companies flourished and some got stuck. The asset base of Agriculture lends itself quite well ...
Last week I had the pleasure again to attend the yearly Digital Finance Summit (DFS) in Brussels (organized by Fintech Belgium). As each year, this was a super-interesting and fully-packed day of inte...
Embedded finance and retail go hand in hand and this is no different in Ag retail. Correct Agriculture Retail. This is important as this sector is worth $56bn in North America alone and some estimates...
The military conflict has dealt a blow to every sector of the Ukrainian economy, including entrepreneurship. And I could feel it in my own experience, watching Ukrainian businesses having to adapt to ...
Breaking through the glass ceiling in fintech While 30% of the fintech workforce are female, only 17% of senior fintech roles are women. To close the gender gap in fintech, we must first understand th...