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Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
Fintechs rely heavily on blockchain to make the transactions smooth and safe and while both of these technologies often face criticism for being vulnerable to attacks, the fintech industry keeps growing and expanding its reach over the world. Alchemy technology is a fintech infrastructure development company that just recently announced its partn...
11 March 2020 Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Yet another African startup is raking up millions from investors around the world during its round of financing and this time around the major investor is America’s most prestigious investment bank- Goldman and Sachs. The bank is just one of the investors willing to put its assets into the South African fintech startup Jumo that just recently clos...
06 March 2020 /inclusion Fintech
A Southeast Asian country is set to become one of the top fintech countries, showing impressive rates of adoption and the willingness to work for progress. Malaysia which is typically known for its beaches and rainforests isn’t very active on the tech market, or so we thought till very recently. Malaysia has managed to create a thriving fintech s...
03 March 2020 /inclusion Fintech
Citibank is one of the most active larger banks that actively tries to follow the trends and the demands of their customers and for the longest time, the prime request for their customer has been more present in fintech. Last year Citibank was involved in one of the biggest fintech projects, partnering up with Google on Google Pay and backing all...
17 February 2020 /inclusion Fintech
Earlier last month, news feeds were abuzz about a major acquisition within the financial industry, when Visa purchased fintech startup - Plaid, for a substantial sum of $5.3 billion. Although major news, for the majority of the readers this was the first time they have heard about Plaid, raising the questions of how could this company that many ha...
11 February 2020 /inclusion Fintech
Cryptocurrencies had a great year in many respects. For the first time, large banks started collaborating with cryptocurrencies and considered the idea that this form of payment might actually be here to stay for a long time. We also saw a lot of resistance from the governing bodies and regulators that don’t want to see that change happen and woul...
03 February 2020 /crypto /crime Law and Finance
Trading is a complicated process that requires time, attention and resources. While the gains that come from it is what convinces so many people to dedicate a huge part of their lives to trading, as the industry had gotten bigger and stronger the technology is being used a lot more not only simplify the process for the investors but also to save t...
30 January 2020 /inclusion Financial Inclusion
Cryptocurrency has completely changed the way people approach currency trading and market regulations in general. While the concept is still relatively new to some people it has become one of the most popular talking points for everyone involved in finance and technology. Most countries are on the journey towards creating a crypto friend environme...
28 January 2020 /regulation /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
2019 saw a lot of big companies getting into fintech and trying to develop their own innovations or invest in the right startups across the world. We’ve seen some companies do it right and many do it very wrong. It is a shaky industry in terms of what works and what doesn’t. When companies like Goldman and Sachs decide to go into something that d...
21 January 2020 /inclusion Fintech
A big part of why fintechs are taking up so much of the space in the financial industry is because of their lending practices. Online lending technology combines all the positive attributes that fintechs have and banks lack and allows for people with bad credit to access loans and possibly get out of the bad financial cycle. 2019 was a big year fo...
18 January 2020 /startups Fintech
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