Luigi Wewege President at Caye International Bank
As we approach the third quarter of 2025, fintech is no longer a disruptor on the margins, it has become a cornerstone of the global financial ecosystem. Recent figures from the World Economic Forum (WEF) highlight fintech’s remarkable trajectory, with revenues surging by 21% year-over-year in 2024, significantly outpacing traditional banking’s m
6 hours /ai /predictions Fintech World
Steve Carpenter Chief Operating Officer of North America at Creditsafe
U.S. businesses are in limbo. Faced with ongoing tariff uncertainty, many are choosing to stockpile inventory and delay payments—some anticipating that current policies may ease over time, others preparing for long-term continuation. But leaning too heavily on short-term tactics while waiting for political clarity is a risky bet. April’s historic ...
19 hours /payments /markets
Kirill Lisitsyn Co-founder & CEO at Torus
I often encounter three misconceptions about interchange fees. They may seem trivial, but they are truly fundamental to understanding the payment market, which will help you discuss fees more meaningfully with your partners and influence your company's revenue. First of all: where did the commissions come from and where are they flying to? One of t...
23 hours /payments
John Adam Chief Revenue Officer at Aimprosoft
General purpose AI tools like ChatGPT often require extensive training and fine-tuning to create reliably high-quality output for specialist and domain-specific tasks. And public models’ scopes are simultaneously limited to and diluted by training materials. Output is based on their range of unidentified training material so it may diverge from o...
23 hours /ai Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Naina Rajgopalan Content Head at Freo
Digital security has never been more important for family offices. With sensitive data at stake, advancing protection measures isn’t optional—it’s necessary. From leveraging cutting-edge software to adopting smarter protocols, explore how family offices strengthen their defenses against modern cyber threats. Streamlining Family Office Security w...
01 August 2025 /security /wealth
Nikunj Gundaniya Product manager at Digipay.guru
Your customers don’t want to wait anymore. They want all payments to be instant and quick. They just want to tap, pay, and move on. So, if your banking experience feels slow, cluttered, or outdated, they’ll leave. By 2026, over 500 million users are expected to use neobanking platforms worldwide’ says Plaid. And that number is only rising. The me...
01 August 2025 /retail
Jamel Derdour CMO at Transact365 - www.transact365.io
India’s shift toward becoming a global leader in digital payments continues at a rapid pace. UPI, mobile wallets, and fintech platforms have scaled impressively: UPI recorded 18.67 billion transactions worth ₹25.14 trillion in May 2025, averaging 602 million transactions daily. (The Times of India) For FY24–25, UPI handled approximately 186 billio...
31 July 2025 /payments /markets Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Paul Quickenden Chief Commercial Officer at Easy Crypto
Let’s be honest - ‘Invest like the uber rich’ sounds like classic headliner clickbait. But here’s the thing… in a tokenised world, that headline is actually starting to hold up because the old barriers to high-value, long-horizon investing are crumbling fast and blockchain is the earthquake shaking the establishment's foundations. There’s always
31 July 2025 /inclusion /crypto
Ben O'Brien Managing Director at Jaywing
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has confirmed that it will publish a Discussion Paper (DP) this summer, aimed at improving access to Internal Ratings Based (IRB) model permissions for residential mortgages among mid-tier banks. The IRB approach, which allows firms to use their own credit risk models to determine capital requirements, rem...
31 July 2025 /regulation
Paul Holt EMEA Group Vice President at Digicert
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is now very much in play across the EU, setting a new standard for cyber and operational resilience in financial services. While it is a European regulation, its implications are anything but local. Any organisation working with EU-based financial institutions is now part of the DORA conversation, no
31 July 2025 /regulation /retail Banking Regulations
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