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A community to discuss the future of financial services and any other interesting trends, strategies, ideas, views.
Around a decade ago, the global Decentralised Finance (DeFi) movement started to develop financial applications that no longer required traditional central financial intermediaries such as banks and e...
Although the global pandemic continues, glimmers of hope, in the form of vaccines, are appearing that promise the potential to get the world moving again. And this is fantastic news. But what will the...
The fundamental notions of “bull” and “bear” trends originating from the stock exchange have penetrated the cryptocurrency market and represent the tactics of animal attacks in wild nature. Should y
The Fintech industry is thriving as ever. Investments, cryptocurrencies, cashbacks and other similar notions have come into common use, and not only that of the millenials. But how much effort and mon...
COVID-19 has prompted investment managers of all sizes to undertake a comprehensive review of their operating models. Market volatility, extreme margin pressure, technological complexity and business ...
Traditionally, software products were programmed with business logic using multiple programming languages. There was an underlying business which was converted into logic using different software prog...
The pandemic has certainly scaled up the demand for digital financial services worldwide, and Latin America is not an exception. But was that true before 2020? Historically, the region had always be...
On the one hand, the Covid-19 pandemic has paralyzed much of our day-to-day lives, with billions experiencing its health effects directly or indirectly. Businesses have suffered, with one estimate thi...
Before the financial crisis (especially in the 90s) it seemed that the banking landscape was strongly consolidating, resulting in a handful of Tier-1 (often international) banks in every country. Afte...
With most financial services employees now working from home, one challenge that is having a profound effect on productivity is decreased collaboration. Modern communication tools and video calls have...
As a means of securing capital with profit performance, investments had been a reliable source of passive income for several centuries. Ten years ago the world saw a new investment vehicle emerge in a...
Demand for Fintech and digital banking products, already rising steeply before the COVID-19 pandemic set in last year, was given even greater impetus during 2020 and is likely to have gained years of ...