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(First published April 2023) Type “financial system challenges” into Google and over one billion, four hundred and fifty million results will pop up in milliseconds — a number so large I had to pause ...
Cryptocurrency Ethereum, in early 2021 processed over one million transactions a day, a figure that stayed relatively stable in recent years. It is a meteoric growth, given its humble beginnings in Au...
Introduction In recent years, it has become easier than ever to move businesses and money into the global economy. This has prompted banks and fintech companies to invest in more efficient technologie...
The financial services sector is complex and laden with niche specialisms. Companies have had to integrate a range of disparate tools and workflows to cope with such a convoluted and sensitive environ...
INSPIRATION FROM RESPONSIBLE AI-USE CASES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES AND RETAIL Pause or accelerate AI-development? Some of the biggest names in tech are calling for artificial intelligence labs to stop th...
The failure of FTX and Silicon Valley Bank both involved investors seeking to withdraw billions of dollars after realising the exchange / bank were on shaky ground. To the layman, this is often where ...
Cybersecurity is a very real threat to the UK’s 5.5 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The often-limited cybersecurity tools many SMEs use to protect their operations mean they are the weak...
The pandemic has acted as a catalyst in the widespread adoption of digital payments, propelling contactless payments to the forefront of this transformation. According to a recent report from Juniper...
In the second part of this blog, I examine how banks can improve their offerings for customers travelling abroad. Whilst traditional banks may think that consumers use neobanks abroad and then return...
The EU UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner) register is a central database that contains information about the beneficial owners of companies and other legal entities within the European Union. It is desig...
Cross-border payment processing refers to the process of sending and receiving payments between businesses and consumers in different countries. Cross-border payments can be complex and challenging, r...
“In the morning, I have an idea. During the day, we discuss it with colleagues, and we can start implementing it the next day. Every day I go home satisfied because I know I’m working for results.” On...