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Microfinance Centre (MFC) is hosting its 24th Annual Conference June 29–30, 2022 in Istanbul Turkey. The theme of this year’s conference is Microfinance Investing through Uncertainty, which will feature discussions …

The unexpected war in Ukraine has caused a refugee crisis on a scale not seen in modern Europe, leaving many scrambling to understand the financial needs of refugees as well …

The European Commission (EC) is launching the Fintech Challenge for Ukraine initiative, which will be an international coding competition that will take place in June 2022 in the format of …

Recent events are giving cause for fintechs to worry. In particular, there are concerns regarding investment cooldowns, large-scale layoffs and plummeting stock value following the very public implosion of the …

Interested in learning more about the Ukrainian refugee crisis and the financial issues resulting from it? Business & Finance Consulting (BFC), in close partnership with Microfinance Centre (MFC) and Triple …

Venture investors shape the future by funding the development of certain technologies. Until recently, they weren’t many surprises, with most trends easily seen 3, 5 or even 10 years out. …

In 2021, many financial institutions became much more proactive in questioning long-held assumptions about the banking sector. In doing so, they discovered that transformation can be a quicker and more …

Experts from Positive Technologies have identified the main cybersecurity trends from 2021 as well as forecast the most relevant cyber security threats for 2022. Take a look inside this revealing …

A recent study conducted by BlueWeave Consulting has shown that the global insurtech market was worth USD 5.3 billion in 2020. The study also revealed that the global insurtech market …

Disruptive change is reshaping the landscape of the payments industry as innovators rapidly acquire increasing market shares by leveraging foundations built on payments into expanding product offerings that are embedded …

2021 was a seminal year for crypto, and 2022 is poised to follow up with yet another big year. Here are 10 predictions for crypto in 2022, divided into 5 …

A survey of 300 technology and IT executives across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region has found that financial service firms are struggling to keep up with the unprecedented …

Dentons has conducted a survey of global business leaders on their organizations’ use of artificial intelligence (AI). The results of the survey reveal that companies around the world recognize the …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzW7DovBl_k Fintech’s disruptive nature has already changed the financial sector in a myriad of ways. As fintech continues to grow and companies look for ways to improve banking experiences (or …

The way that we pay for goods and services seems to be ever-changing, with new technologies leading to new innovations in how to transfer payments. This will no doubt continue …

According to McKinsey’s Global Banking Annual Review, financial institutions have just 18–24 months to position themselves for long-term success in the post-recovery period. In particular, the Review suggests that financial …

Though blockchain has many advantages, it still has a lot of growing pains to go through before its full potential can be unlocked. Here are a few of the main …

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) recently published a report on non-bank financial intermediaries. In the report, BIS assessed the decentralization of decentralized finance (DeFi) as “an illusion”. In particular, …

With the disruption of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions increasing, it’s important to think about what positive economic futures we want these AI solutions to help drive. The World Economic Forum …

GFT, which has been working with the cloud since its inception, recently commissioned a study (conducted by HTF Research) of how financial institutions view the cloud. This insightful infographic highlights …