Fintechs are companies that rely primarily on technology and cloud services—and less so on physical locations—to provide financial services to customers. These days, you’re almost more likely to see t...
If you want to understand what is happening, follow the money. For banking and financial services, this points to a long-term shift in how we think about and use money. Boston Consulting Group this ye...
Last week, 300 hundred venture capitalists descended on Nairobi for the Kauffman Fellows Summit, one of the world’s largest venture capital gatherings – and the first time it took place in Africa. The...
Banking and financial services have been cautious and slow with innovation and progress. But what if we are looking at our sector as we dream it to be rather than what it is? There is a scene in the J...
Piraeus Bank’s market cap is now around €4bn, compared with €1bn just a year ago. CEO Christos Megalou says he is determined to do everything in his power to ensure it stays there. Anita Hawser report...
Even with a recession looming on the horizon, financial institutions are still looking to invest in new technology, with a majority of banks expecting to increase their tech spending this year. Arizen...
The initiative was meant to enable an ecosystem of competitive fintech services, but its stately progress over the past five years has left many in the sector disappointed. What needs to change? Open ...
While some careers can be relatively stress-free, maintaining a healthy work-life balance can seem impossible for many. The easy access to technology, blurred boundaries around work and personal time,...
Majority, a mobile banking company offering financial services to U.S. migrants, closed on its fourth funding round in two years as it opens a community meetup space in Laredo, Texas. The new location...
When all around you are retrenching… We are once again at that unenviable part of the business cycle when uncertainty looms high, the spigot of easy money has suddenly been shut off and as Warren Buff...
Fintech revenues are projected to grow sixfold from $245 billion to $1.5 trillion by 2030, according to a recent report from the Boston Consulting Group. Banking fintechs are expected to constitute al...
Small business banking services in the digital world go beyond the basic checking account and line of credit. Agile fintech competitors are set on smoothing over some of the challenges business owners...
Dans un contexte d’inflation et d’augmentation des taux d’intérêts, post-crise sanitaire, la situation n’est pas simple pour les acteurs numériques du secteur bancaire. Une étude de Colomb...
The idea of the cashless society has long been a staple of Utopian science fiction, a kind of paradisal conquering of the old Biblical idea that money – or the love of money, for the purists – is the ...
As smartphone security measures like biometrics become more advanced, more consumers feel safe conducting financial transactions via mobile, including over half of seniors and baby boomers. The study ...