1397 Results from 2021
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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 change. But what I’m really excited about is how much the world of startup finance has matured this year. Founders now have an even wider ranging of opti...
21 December 2021 /startups /predictions Trends in Financial Services
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 the next decade of challenges in financial services. The big challenge ahead for traditional financial institutions however, is that their infrastruc...
21 December 2021 /payments /retail Digital Bank Transformation
Dmitry Dolgorukov CEO at GiniMachine
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 around the world invested heavily in transforming to meet the needs of the new normal—remote working, social distancing, and a business world changed...
21 December 2021 /predictions Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Robert Prigge CEO at Jumio
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 online, accelerated by the pandemic and 100 bank branches shutting every month across the UK, financial organisations are under increased pressure to ke...
21 December 2021 /regulation /identity Information Security
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
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 expect the unexpected. And unexpected was the upcoming of the DeFi market, as well that of NFT. But also a growing number of traditional banks entering...
21 December 2021 /crypto /predictions Blockchain Observations
Luigi Wewege President at Caye International Bank
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 increase, and it may go through periods when the worth holds steady or decreases. It’s no secret that gold enjoyed a steady uptick in value between Augus...
20 December 2021 /wealth /predictions Marketing in Financial Services
Victor Martin CMO at SquareRoot
App development is getting costlier and more complicated because of the ever-evolving features, user experience standards, and new skill requirements. This is why app projects often prefer to outsource development, particularly for certain niches such as fintech outsourcing development has become a regular phenomenon. But why not find app develop...
20 December 2021 /people /startups Fintech
Vicki Gladstone CEO at Moorwand
The fintech sector has seen astronomical change over the last two years. In 2020, the pandemic caused a huge shift towards contactless payments and online shopping. This year we’ve seen the position of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)’ solidified, as offerings such as Monzo Flex and Curve’s now famous offering of almost exactly the same name, Flex, have...
20 December 2021 /predictions
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
In What Is Subscription Trap? (Part 1), we saw several Dark Patterns used by brands and service providers ("Merchants") to make it difficult for us to cancel subscriptions like Social network e.g. LinkedIn Premium Digital media e.g. Wall Street Journal Streaming video service / OTT e.g. Netflix Hosting service e.g. Hostgator SAAS softwa...
20 December 2021 /payments /crime
Peter Shubenok Founder at RNDpoint
Lending to 100%-verified, reliable clients is straightforward — the risk is clear and, so too, are the terms. However, not every customer who approaches your business will fit neatly into this box. Some may fall into the “gray area” between reliable and risky. Does this mean you should discount this group and concentrate only on certainties? No. I...
20 December 2021 /inclusion /predictions Digital Bank Transformation
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