4 Results from 2024
Anna Kuzmina Expert at Fintech
Issyk Kul Photo by Igor Tverdovskiy on Unsplash I love to share personal stories of the troubles I get into in different places around the world. Especially when it comes to payments, my professional field. This is a story of the payment product UX gone wrong because of one teeny tiny detail, and the
25 September 2024 /payments /regulation Fintech
Recently I visited a rather peculiar place, a self-declared independent community in South Africa. It is called Orania. What is peculiar about it? Well, they have their own unofficial currency — Ora (a great and catchy name) and its digital equivalent dOra. All the while being simply a town in South Africa with South African rand in circulation
10 September 2024 /payments /markets Fintech World
The company valuation rating might not be the correct way to understand the leaders but it does paint a picture of the global trends and patterns. Recently, CB Insights published their Global Unicorn Club 2024 edition. In the ‘Financial Services’ section, there is a patchwork of what is happening worldwide. 1. Account2Account Payments Tech & M...
27 March 2024 /payments /markets Fintech
“We are a cash-free hotel. Payments can be made with the most common credit cards”. This was the message I received from the hotel in Stockholm when stepping onto the Viking land of Sweden. “We are cashless,” “We only accept card payment,” and “No cash” — these were the messages virtually everywhere I went in Stockholm. From the moment you land,
20 February 2024 /payments /markets Fintech
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