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Fintech discussions and conversations around the development of fintech.
Despite 2022 being, on average, a strong year for M&A, 2023 has got off to a slow start. In fact, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, globally it was the slowest start to a year in two decade...
Partnerships between fintechs and financial institutions can be mutually beneficial in a number of ways. In addition to better addressing customer needs and positioning an institution as a provider o...
The birth of FinTech or Financial Technology can be traced back to the 1960s as traditional banking paved the way for easier and more efficient transactions through ATMs. But when mobile banking took
As much as we try to get everything right at the outset, sometimes it becomes necessary to renegotiate a contract. Maybe there’s been unforeseen challenges or shifts in the market that might mean you ...
Financial institutions (FIs) are facing a critical period. As modern technology advances, the shortcomings of legacy technology will hamper the competitiveness of these established organizations that ...
It’s funny. A few months ago, bankers were fretting that fintechs and crypto startups were “too risky”. After the sudden implosion of Credit Suisse, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Silvergate and Signature...
The rate of residents opening a bank account in Latin America has notoriously lagged with only 342 million adults in the region having a bank account, that’s a 55% average. Instead, this population h...
Lately, the FinTech industry has witnessed a significant transformation due to the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI). This cutting-edge technology has opened up novel avenues, streamlined and ...
As technology advances at lightning speed, the digital finance industry constantly evolves, creating more opportunities for innovative liquidity providers. As more traders look to invest in various ma...
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Credit Suisse in March sent shockwaves through the fintech industry. Many neobanks are vulnerable to similar forces to those that drove SVB and Credit Sui...
Down the ages, agility – whether mental or physical – has allowed human beings to adapt and thrive against a background of changing conditions. That agility requires an unsentimental willingness to ac...
At the end of 2022, I hosted a podcast alongside Nelson Yiannakou of Revolut about how we as an industry can improve our anti-money laundering processes and better tackle financial crime. Following on...