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Fintech discussions and conversations around the development of fintech.
Extensibility is one of the most important aspects of software design. In an increasingly connected and interdependent world, this design principle becomes more and more of a must for any software sys...
A tidal wave of new regulations is coming, and it’s keeping KYC compliance officers awake at night. From the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive being implemented now to MiFID II and GDPR due ne...
With every passing month in 2017 , the blockchain action is only accelerating with more interesting applications and use cases of how blockchain technologies are being leveraged to driven innovations ...
Stumbling on news that a new payment network Satispay[1] from Italy gaining significant FINTECH investment. Looking at other payment schemes I wondered what made this so attractive to invest 27m Eur...
I felt compelled to write something about the so-called Blockchain hype that we’re seeing today and to provide an alternative viewpoint. It’s a buzzword dominating the BFSI world and beyond and is see...
When engaging into a customer-supplier relationship, you are usually faced with two types of associations. The most usual is what is called transactional relationship. In a transactional relationshi
This is the first of my series of blogs on how businesses can use the power of Blockchain technology to un-‘block’ the inefficiencies in their current models and practices. Almost every paper or blog ...
A while ago, I was driving an enterprise wide strategic marketing campaign. Given the nature of the campaign, business importance, impact and reach, I was fairly guarded on the planning and operating ...
An industry has built up due to the inability of banks to work together directly. PayPal ($70.7B) first came into existence to add a layer of ease and security to the card schemes because the card sc...
As someone who has worked within the FinTech scene for the past 3 years now, I've seen a lot of ups and downs. The industry continues to grow, even amid the challenging regulatory environments. I atte...
The World Economic Forum has just completed one of the most thoroughgoing studies into the effect of fintech on the financial services industry. Although ‘Beyond Fintech: A Pragmatic Assessment of Dis...
Historians use eras to help map out the big gearshifts in economic and social change in retrospect. For the people who lived during those periods, well-known historical terms like the Middle Ages woul...