1520 Results from 2024
Raktim Singh Senior Industry Principal at Infosys
Across the globe, each household does financial transactions almost daily. It's part and parcel of every family's life. Though a large population is still unbanked, many families have used banking services in the last decade. But the moot question is whether all these banking services are tailored to that household's needs. Many times, it's a one-s...
22 January 2024 /retail /wholesale Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
Every organisation (enterprises, states, municipalities, 3rd sector) should asap deploy the now available simple EUDI-compatible applications for sending and receiving verified data (credentials) between each others, employees, citizens at large and many things. Why? Productivity leap (McKinsey: 3-6% GDPgrowth - EU commission slightly less), servi...
22 January 2024 /security /predictions Innovation in Financial Services
Retired Member
The recently concluded COP 28 has, once again, flood lighted the need for focused and positive action to facilitate movement towards a low carbon ecosystem and therefore a sustainable future for all. A crucial decision made at COP 28, as relevant to this article, is the need to reduce Greenhouse Gases by 43% by 2030 and 60% by 2035 (relative to th...
22 January 2024 /regulation /sustainable Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Shawn Conahan Chief Revenue Officer at Wildfire Systems, Inc.
After years defined by explosive growth and disruption, the business environment for fintechs is shifting. Fintechs and financial institutions alike will need to chart a strategic course to navigate these headwinds. To succeed this year, firms must understand and adapt to the key trends that will reshape their markets. Looking ahead, three trends ...
19 January 2024 /retail /predictions Fintech
Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in the level of banking inclusion. In 2022, around 70% of the population had access to a bank account, up from ~40% a decade earlier, according to the World Bank. This expansion is primarily attributable to the digital revolution. As of 2014, only 35% of the adult population worldwide could send or...
19 January 2024 /security /retail Biometrics
Sheza Gary Project Strategiest at Self Employed
Running a business isn’t easy, be it small or large scale. There are several things one needs to consider such as clients, relations, managing inventory and most important finances. A lot of business owners mix their personal finance with business finance leading to disaster in running a successful business. Money involved in running the day-to-d
19 January 2024 /retail /startups Business
Francesco Fulcoli Chief Compliance and Risk Officer at Flagstone
Francesco Fulcoli - Chief Compliance Officer The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on reforms to strengthen the EU's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing framework. The new rules aim to close regulatory loopholes and ensure illicit money from criminal activities and terr...
19 January 2024 /regulation Fintech
For consumers around the world, debit cards have long been a mainstay of the payments experience. But have you ever considered how this basic banking staple could help you drive growth? From novel concept to global conquest When debit cards debuted in the 1970s, the concept of paying directly from your bank account was nothing short of revolutionar...
18 January 2024 /payments /predictions Banking
Guy Melamed CEO at Exberry
We’re on the cusp of a new arms race. That is the description given to the phenomenon involving the world’s largest cloud service providers competing to invest into the largest financial exchanges. Last year, Microsoft announced an investment of £1.5 billion in London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to provide the exchange with data analytics, cloud ...
18 January 2024 /cloud /inclusion Capital Markets Technology
Shaju Nair Payments SME, Product Manager at Temenos
If you haven't yet stopped to notice that the payment industry is at the onset of a remarkable change - then this is just about time. If the hundreds of on-going experimental projects in various central and commercial banks are going to finish well - the face of the industry will not be the same as how we know it today. The very concept of money a...
18 January 2024 /retail /wholesale Innovation in Financial Services
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