1397 Results from 2021
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Most businesses have some problem they need to solve at any given point in time. These days, getting stellar growth may be a challenge, and the cost of acquiring a new customer seems to go only one way. Up. Ouch! For others, it may be that the business you set up a few years back is no longer performing as expected, and a change is needed. But you...
24 March 2021 /startups /inclusion Innovation in Financial Services
Conchur Gill Associate Partner, Payments at Be | Shaping The Future
Investment in FinTechs is at record levels and they must scale in an ever complex and competitive marketplace Investment in FinTech businesses has been reaching new heights on a consistent basis for some time now. Last week Stripe received a further $600m in funding and the company is now valued at $95Bn. This marquee headline overshadows a plethor...
24 March 2021 /payments /retail Fintech
Embedded Finance is an ecosystem. It is an industry with a plethora of different players, and it is growing rapidly. Brands looking to leverage the power of Embedded Finance to help them develop new products or integrate financial services into their existing offerings can be overwhelmed by the options available. If you’re looking for an Embedde...
24 March 2021 Embedded Finance
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
South East Asia has seen a Fintech boom and immense growth since 2016 but this market is still considered underpenetrated, and the reason is obvious: a limited availability of financial services creates major potential for development. For instance, according to the World Bank, only 49% of adults in Indonesia have official bank accounts; in Cambod...
23 March 2021 /payments /markets Fintech innovation and startups
Alistair Catto Managing Director at Beyond
I recently co-hosted an industry workshop with Arachnys, a KYC and AML data specialist, exploring the potential benefits and challenges associated with adopting Perpetual KYC. Limited to just 20 participants, we were joined by representatives from several leading banks and asset managers including, Goldman Sachs, Investec, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and...
23 March 2021 /regulation /crime Financial Risk Management
Akhil Rao Director at Nth Exception
Cross-border payments are more than moving money from one country to another. It’s also about making payments safe, efficient, and compliant with regulations, and the data about the payment that must be transferred as well. For this to take place, a number of checks and processes need to be ensured before the payment is made, while it is moving th...
23 March 2021 /payments Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Austin Talley Founder and CEO at Everyware
The way we bank began shifting long ago and commercial banking is now being confronted with similar challenges as corporate clients expect online/mobile banking, touchless processing and overall improved efficiency. Fintechs, offering the power of automation paired with payment processing capabilities and gateways to swiftly bring new products and...
23 March 2021 /wholesale /predictions
Wealth managers must master hyper-personalisation in order to retain revenues during the great wealth transfer. For wealth managers striving to achieve competitive advantage, the depth of client relationships heavily influences service quality, loyalty, share of wallet and – ultimately – profitability. Increasingly, wealth managers are reassessing...
23 March 2021 /wealth Capital Markets Technology
Josh Rix Director at Woodhurst Consulting
One of the biggest challenges when purchasing insurance is the complex nature of the product. Many customers are put off by the sheer volume of data they must enter, only to receive lengthy policy documents filled with jargon. In fact, less than 50% of customers understand what factors determine the price of their insurance policies. The Insurance...
23 March 2021 /retail /startups Open Banking
Derek Boirun CEO at Realio Fund
The dust has settled on the GameStop saga, and so has the stock price. Noise about Robinhood's questionable trading restrictions is calling into question the feasibility of current market infrastructure in our new, digitally connected world. The redditors came and saw, but they didn't conquer in their valiant mission to "beat the hedge funds....
22 March 2021 /inclusion /markets Blockchain Observations
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