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Dexter Penn

12 Scams of Christmas

As Christmas Day fast approaches, many of us will be frantically last-minute shopping to ensure a Christmas to remember, not least after last year’s lockdown Christmas. Typically, UK households spend ...

22 Dec 2021
Financial Inclusion
A Finextra Member

Digital transformation in banking – how to ensure success?

The term digital transformation has been bandied around the banking and financial services industry for many years now, but despite the hype, for most banks, their digital transformations have a long ...

22 Dec 2021
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
A Finextra Member

Work smarter, not Harder: How to Generate Passive Income with Crypto

When you take your hard-earned money to the market, your main goal is to grow your wealth so you can achieve financial independence. One way to do this is by diversifying your portfolio so that it in...

22 Dec 2021
Cryptocurrency Insights
A Finextra Member

Accepting Cryptocurrency Payments in 2022: Benefits, Downsides, and How to Get Started

You'll want to consider who you'll collaborate with and how you'll integrate, as well as your cash-conversion strategy. The appeal of instant riches might overshadow the fact that Bitcoin was initiall...

22 Dec 2021
Cryptocurrency Insights
Maria Schuld

The BNPL Opportunity for Regional and Community Banks

The Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) market is seeing remarkable levels of growth, and this growth is projected to continue for years to come. By 2024 the market is expected to grow 181% and to account for 13...

21 Dec 2021
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Jamel Derdour

Precision of Tech - Fine Margins of Error...

Boarding new merchants from a sales perspective is both an art and a science. The art of sales is a well-trodden field with numerous different approaches. We see it in every industry with experts impa...

21 Dec 2021
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Henrik Grim

Three ways Europe’s startup financing is maturing into a new type of capital market

It’s been a boom year for startup financing in Europe, which is great news because the world needs innovative startups to take on the big challenges it's facing, from pandemic recovery to climate chan...

21 Dec 2021
Trends in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

Tech infrastructure design doesn’t need to be difficult

It’s become a cliche, but the pandemic has accelerated a decade’s worth of change into just a few short years. But it’s already time for entrepreneurs, business leads and tech teams to look ahead to t...

21 Dec 2021
Digital Bank Transformation
Dmitry Dolgorukov

Fintech Developments: How AI and ML Will Impact Finance Next Year

2021 was a year marked by the implementation of the rapid digital transformations that began accelerating when the coronavirus pandemic first hit the world in 2020. Fintech firms and other businesses ...

21 Dec 2021
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Robert Prigge

Why financial institutions must address digital identity in 2022

According to UK Finance, there was an 84% surge in “impersonation scams” at the start of the pandemic as fraudsters looked for ways to capitalise on COVID-19. With our financial lives now heavily onl...

21 Dec 2021
Information Security
Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Main blockchain and crypto trends in 2022: unexpected expectations

For me it is becoming a sort of tradition. Writing a blog about the upcoming trends in the Blockchain and crypto arena for the next year and beyond. A year ago I concluded with the sentence: always ex...

21 Dec 2021
Blockchain Observations
Luigi Wewege

Understanding Why Now is the Right Time to Invest in Gold

Including precious metals, especially gold, in an investment portfolio is one of the best strategies to ensure your assets are diversified. As with all types of investments, the value of gold can incr...

20 Dec 2021
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