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The line between fintechs and banks is increasingly blurred for customers of financial services. However, for this particular industry, both players are split by specialization and segments, and despi...
A key advantage of correspondent banking as a global payment system is that it can reach almost any account in the world. Customer experience has also improved in recent years, with payments becoming ...
Part one: FX and hedging for SMEs – between a rock and a hard place The process of transferring money between international bank accounts has changed immeasurably. Rewind a few decades to when busine...
s the world is anxiously anticipating the arrival of long-awaited vaccines and people are hoping that the new 2021 will bring things back to normal, we are asking ourselves what the future of the glob...
Electronic payments in Canada has seen an immense growth in the last few years and with the onset of Covid, Canadians are more and more moving towards the digital payments as that provides options for...
A return to relationship banking The move away from customer-centric banking was so gradual that we barely noticed it. There was a time when having a personal relationship with your local branch mana...
The onboarding process for opening corporate accounts at banks is littered with friction points. But it’s not just the customers who are suffering, it’s also the banks themselves. It is evident just h...
Electronic payments have made a huge impact on the lives of millions of Indians in the last few years with various options to make and receive payments in a timely manner. With that in mind, RBI has...
DevOps has come a long way, and there is no doubt it will continue to shine this year. Since many companies are looking for best practices around their digital transformation, it's important to see wh...
The surge in electronic transaction volumes in 2020 was driven by the switch to contactless card payments and the increase in e-commerce, triggered by the behavioural changes of consumers faced with t...
Constant cash flow is the most significant aspect of every business. But depositing cheques is always a complicated task for small businesses. It can be painful for the businesses to go to the bank to...
2020 in review 2020 saw unprecedented societal change. The Coronavirus pandemic led to an acceleration in the use of digital tools across all sectors. In banking and finance, contactless solutions wer...