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Viacheslav Kostin

Viacheslav Kostin CEO at WislaCode Solutions

Top 5 Fintech Features Revolutionising Personal Finance

Managing personal finances can be a daunting task, but fintech innovations are simplifying the process with powerful tools. From automating savings to providing detailed spending insights, these features enable individuals and financial professionals to take control of their money. This article examines five key fintech functionalities that are re...

/retail Innovation in Financial Services

Nkahiseng Ralepeli

Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.

The (Kinda) Never-Closing Bell: A Re-imagined World

For generations, stock markets have operated on a schedule as routine as sunrise and sunset. Exchanges open in the morning with a ringing bell and close in the afternoon with another, giving traders nights and weekends off. A new world beckons though, one where the closing bell never truly ringsโ€”where trading continues through the dead of night an...

/crypto /markets

Slava Mehovich

Slava Mehovich Founder at AKDev Group

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ?

Scaling in fintech isnโ€™t just about adding more devs or shipping faster. Itโ€™s about doing that without breaking thingsโ€”security, compliance, or team morale. Over the past few months, Iโ€™ve spoken with founders and CTOs who are facing the same bottlenecks: ๐Ÿ’ Internal teams stretched thin. ๐Ÿ’ New features stuck in backlog. ๐Ÿ’ Hiring good engineers tak...

/startups Fintech

Onkar Chachad

Onkar Chachad Product Manager at Veefin

CBDC in Corporate Payments and Transaction Banking

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are no longer a speculative concept, theyโ€™re rolling out in pilots across the globe, and theyโ€™re poised to reshape how corporates, banks, and governments exchange value. Hereโ€™s a at the evolution, real-world potential, and future of CBDC-linked instruments in transaction banking. Past Trends Paper to Digita...

/payments

Erica Andersen

Erica Andersen Marketing at smartR AI

AI Meets The Final Frontier - Can Satellites Really Detect Your Farts?

Manchester: The Phoenix City (With Persistent Panhandlers) After 45 years away, I returned to Manchester for the UK Space Conference, half-expecting to find the same gritty, sun-starved city I remembered from the 1970s. Back then, Manchester was about as glamorous as a wet Tuesday in a car park โ€“ all industrial grime and Victorian melancholy. But

/ai /predictions

Sam Boboev

Sam Boboev Founder at Fintech Wrap Up

Deep Dive: Plaid - Products, Tech, and Business

Open banking has become the backbone of modern fintech, and at the center of this ecosystem is Plaid โ€“ a company that functions as the โ€œfinancial data networkโ€ connecting banks, fintech apps, and consumers. If youโ€™ve ever linked your bank account to a budgeting app, a payment service, or an investment platform, chances are Plaid powered that con...

/payments

Dmytro Spilka

Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter

Opening a JISA Account in 2025: 5 Must-Know Factors to Consider

A Junior Individual Savings Account (JISA) is a tax-free way to save or invest for children in the UK. Opening and contributing money to a JISA is an excellent way to prepare for your child's financial future. However, there are five must-know factors to consider when opening a JISA account on behalf of your child in 2025. 1. There are two types o...

/wealth

Nick Jones

Nick Jones CEO at Zumo

The UK has one of the most vibrant crypto retail markets in the world - it needs to capitalise on it

The value of the global cryptocurrency market recently reached $4 trillion for the first time, with retail investors all around the world eyeing up the exciting new opportunities on offer. In Spain, BBVA has unveiled its cryptocurrency trading and custody service for Bitcoin and Ether, which is now available to all retail customers of legal age i...

/regulation /crypto

Slava Mehovich

Slava Mehovich Founder at AKDev Group

๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—— ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€

Biometric technologies such as Face ID and fingerprint scanning are actively discussed in the financial technology industry. Let's figure out which one is more reliable in the context of financial transactions. Face ID uses an infrared TrueDepth camera that projects more than 30,000 dots to create a 3D map of the face. The data is converted into a...

/security /identity Biometrics

Nikunj Gundaniya

Nikunj Gundaniya Product manager at Digipay.guru

How to Prepare Your Bank for a Seamless Digital Payment System Shift

Did you know that over 80% of global consumers now use digital payment methods regularly? That number keeps growing every year. Your customers expect you to keep up. They donโ€™t want to wait in lines or deal with outdated systems; they want speed, ease, and control. As Bill Gates once said, โ€œBanking is necessary, banks are not.โ€ If you donโ€™t adapt...

/payments

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