09/22/2020
Coronavirus accelerates Nigeria's digital banking push
A new breed of digital banks, without physical branches, say they have had a boost due to the pandemic.
Comment & Analysis
09/22/2020
CIOs Wielding More Influence in the Boardroom as IT Spending Surges by $15 BILLION a Week
“To see it scale at basically $15 billion dollars a week, an annualized 20%, was massive”
09/20/2020
This upstart Chinese brokerage is now bigger than Credit Suisse
Like the popular Robinhood Markets Inc. app in the US, East Money has found a sweet spot with tech-savvy youth as millions, stuck at home amid the coronavirus, turned to stock trading.
09/17/2020
Benefit from Open Banking – it’s all a question of APIs
In the European Union, PSD2 mandates that banks allow third party providers access to accounts at the customer’s request.
09/16/2020
The future of tech is female
Artificial intelligence and game technology are advancing by the day – and women are at the forefront of this progress
09/16/2020
It’s all about the data: how to prepare for the future of banking
The first lesson learned is that legacy systems and thinking can create barriers, both because data needs to be exchanged between open networks and closed banking systems and because institutions have leaned towards caution and protectiveness in the past.
09/16/2020
UK banks outperform Europe in reducing card fraud
UK banks saw the largest single reduction of card fraud losses last year, down eight percent from 2018, according to a recent report.
09/15/2020
The CEOs of Chewy and Honeywell talk digital transformation
For Honeywell, that looks like new office automation tools and a gamble on quantum computing, while for Chewy, it's the company's first fully-automated factory.
09/15/2020
German fintech Monedo files for bankruptcy
A German fintech once backed by PayPal investor Peter Thiel, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to recover from the economic effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.
09/13/2020
How young African tech entrepreneurs can accelerate development across continent
With such widespread interest, effort must be invested into unleashing Africa’s true potential, with its young entrepreneurs at the forefront of creating this transformation.
09/11/2020
Fintech funding in Asia-Pacific saw spike in 2Q, led by Southeast Asia
Fintech investments in India declined 38% to US$339 million in the second quarter as the government continued to scrutinise and clamp down on foreign investments.
09/10/2020
75% of businesses are more likely to join a fully digital bank
The data, which was obtained via a survey of 200 senior business decision-makers in large and medium sized UK companies conducted by independent polling company Censuswide
09/10/2020
Banking is on the cusp of an explainable AI revolution
The latest survey on AI from Microsoft and EY found that an unsurprising “65% of organisations in Europe expect AI to have a high or a very high impact on the core business.”
09/10/2020
Ukraine, Russia, South Africa, Nigeria Among Top Countries by Cryptocurrency Adoption
Chainalysis’ 2020 Global Crypto Adoption Index, released Tuesday, ranks 154 countries based on their cryptocurrency adoption.
09/09/2020
How the wealth industry risks failing its clients
Technology and processes must help bring people closer to their money
09/06/2020
MEA Women in Fintech with Keren Chavkin from Israel
Keren has 20 years of proven international record in running operations and products in a multinational environment.
09/04/2020
9 Tips for Managing Remote Employees
HR should help managers with nine specific activities to ensure employees get the requisite support to tackle the emotional roller coaster of this crisis — and are productive and engaged.
09/03/2020
Avaloq awarded climate neutral company label by South Pole
The company takes responsibility for its unavoidable emissions by compensating the equivalent amount in carbon offsetting projects
09/03/2020
The disruption caused by Covid-19 means that fintech’s time has come
Yet it’s clear that the pandemic is accelerating the need for financial innovation and disruption.
09/03/2020
Decoding Outsourcing Within The Insurance Industry
The outsourcing providers are highly competitive and advanced, know their role and understand the need to incorporate latest technology into their processes to serve clients quickly and efficiently.