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5 of the Hottest Fintech start-ups to Watch in 2019 Who are the fintech start-ups worth banking on in the year ahead? We are in the grip of a fintech revolution and 2019 is set to be a pivotal year, with seismic developments ranging from Brexit ructions to the onset of GDPR, the implementation of open banking data aka PSD2 and the ongoing evolutio...
06 November 2018 /startups
Anna Kuzmina Expert at Fintech
So many mighty and powerful are drawn to the African countries, and I am not even talking about Chinese and their generous investment in infrastructural projects in 53 out of 54 countries of the continent. There are also 500 more companies from around the world, famous and not so much, that are actively investing in various business projects in Af...
31 October 2018
Over the last 12-months, several high-profile FinTechs and challenger banks have experienced multiple outages for cards processing, leading to reputational damage, anxious tweets, irritated customers, and potentially, lost revenue. Why does it keep happening? Most FinTech money management companies and challenger banks issue debit cards for their ...
Shaun Thomas Product Manager at Namescan
Providing physical documentation such as your Passport or Birth Certificate to prove your identity is currently the biggest issue government services are facing in their attempt to digitally transform their service offerings. In Australia, the Passport Office still requires all applications to be lodged in person. Whilst I can understand the reaso...
30 October 2018 /regulation
Jason Bell Regional Sales Director, FS&I at ServiceNow
Face the music There are times when the power within a trend is not self-evident. It can appear to be a passing tremor in the status quo, rather than a movement or a development or a growing force that can possibly change not just how things are done but how the world perceives them. The impact of FinTechs on the financial services sector has been...
26 October 2018
Raz Rafaeli CEO at Secret Double Octopus
If today’s fintech sphere relies on one thing, it would be smooth and unfettered digital access. The fast pace of financial transactions and commercial activity means financial institutions need to give their clients and employees ways of moving funds and authorizing actions in a seamless and reliable way. When it comes to handling digital access, ...
24 October 2018 /security
Ivy Schmerken Editorial Director at FlexTrade Systems
When the stock market plunged 1300 points in two days on Oct. 10th and 11th, many analysts scrambled to reconcile the market turmoil with U.S. companies reporting strong corporate earnings. While U.S. stocks roared back in subsequent sessions on healthy earnings from banks and tech stocks, the surge in volatility adds to uncertainty about the U.S
22 October 2018 /ai /startups
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData
And no private customers either - just human customers in several roles. A legal person has btw never done anything. So remember this when you create services. Same user experience across roles - and across services. A primary example is to allow the use of e-banking codes as ID in other services that need a strong e-id - and then use them also f
03 October 2018 /ai
Shailendra Malik SVP - Tech Delivery (Data Platform) at DBS Bank
We’re all going overboard with the AI boom and the hype cycle. Problem with all hype cycles is that when we’re at peak the horizon looks beautiful and when the slide begins the avalanches tear apart everything. The AI hype cycle is all in the media houses and newsrooms. On ground ZERO we know how sticky the situation is. Any AI initiative will nee...
29 September 2018 /ai
FS&I: The new order The financial services ecosystem is transforming. While no organisation would deny the pressing need for digital transformation, I'm referring here to anther kind of change; the very structure of the financial services sector itself. A new order is emerging. Fresh vigour is in evidence across the sector. It's a time of consi...
27 September 2018 /startups
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