05/04/2020
Learning from SJP’s use of Salesforce
SJP’s digital proposition is further advanced than that of many IFA firms
Comment & Analysis
05/04/2020
Digital Banking, Online Payments, and Software as a Service for Financial Institutions are the Fastest Growing Fintech Sectors in Cambodia
Clik Payment is another high-potential Cambodian Fintech firm that’s focused on creating a payment processing service, which aims to fix the nation’s fragmented payment sector.
05/04/2020
Meet the women driving change in Dutch fintech
Things are also moving in the right direction in the European startup and venture capital scene, where more and more women are founders or hold decision making roles.
05/03/2020
UAE sees 78% surge in contactless payments: report
The service aligns with this consumer trend and can be used to make safe, quick, and easy purchases from almost any location.
05/03/2020
Investing In Africa During A Pandemic: 3 Tech Sectors That May Be “Recession-Proof”
COVID-19 and economic catalepsy Early projections made out the year 2020 to be the “winning shot” the world so desperately needed. But things have unraveled rather quickly; the world’s now facing a biting recession. Fast rewind to Janu
05/01/2020
Ecobank records significant increase in customers adoption of digital channels
Ecobank Pay, our payments platform saw a 61% increase in merchant acquisition numbers to 195,000 merchants.
04/30/2020
Harnessing technology convergence to manage climate change
Scaled investments in trusted climate solutions will help drive development of global standards and help fight climate change.
04/30/2020
What Asia-Pacific Can Learn From EU’s Open Banking Initiatives
Regulators are determining how to change these standards and where they apply for best results in a way that keeps both FIs, third-party providers and consumers as safe and secure as possible.
04/30/2020
Taking A Data-Driven Approach To Meeting CU Members’ Banking Needs
CUs that are adapting to an online-only banking reality thus also have to keep an eye out for more fraud schemes
04/29/2020
AWS machine learning head joins Clearwater Analytics as technology chief
Cloud computing and machine learning expert Warren Barkley joins data aggregation and portfolio reporting platform Clearwater Analytics.
04/29/2020
How technology can save advisers time and money
Systems have developed in such a way that rather than sucking up time and money, they are becoming intuitive and faster, enabling ever more varied clients to be triaged more quickly.
04/28/2020
Saudi banks need to accelerate digital transformation plans amid COVID-19 disruptions
KPMG in Saudi Arabia has published its analysis of COVID-19 impact on the banking sector and the potential countermeasures to cope with the new normal, based on the results of a high-level survey and discussions with C-suit executives in the sector.
04/27/2020
Financial Advisors Accelerate Shift to Holistic Financial Planning, Receptive to Support from Asset Managers and Technology - Broadridge Survey
Fifty-one percent of surveyed advisors stated that there will be an increased focus on holistic financial planning within their practices moving forward.
04/27/2020
Heather Hopkins: Lack of tech integration is an ‘industry disgrace’
Co-operation is needed to fix the financial planning technology industry’s data woes, says NextWealth managing director Heather Hopkins.
04/26/2020
Banking's New Reality: Getting Remote Work Right (Part 1 of a Multipart Series)
Here are the common missteps banks should avoid to successfully enable remote work and digital operations, during the pandemic and beyond.
04/26/2020
Harnessing the power of digital
Wael Salem, Chief Executive Officer, Tradesocio, on the new era of bespoke investment
04/26/2020
COVID-19 Spot Survey: Implications on Globally Mobile Employees
Assignees remaining in host country locations are being directed to follow local country mandates including stay-at/work-from-home and self-quarantining as needed.
04/24/2020
How will fintech fare through the COVID-19 crisis?
The world of fintech – which broadly refers to challenger banks and other financial services firms using computer programs and other tech to enable enhanced products and services – has been positively impacted by the current market change.
04/24/2020
A robot is helping medical staff fight COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia
The Arab region may not be Japan and its student-controlled robots accepting diplomas during lockdown but it's acting quick enough to catch up with the trends.
04/24/2020
Digital strategy in a time of crisis
The COVID-19 crisis seemingly provides a sudden glimpse into a future world, one in which digital has become central to every interaction, forcing both organizations and individuals further up the adoption curve almost overnight.