Kirill Ovsyannikov, deputy general director for strategic directions at the Lithuanian company BS/2, recently spoke about how smart ATMs represent a new opportunity for financial institutions. The biggest investors and …
Read More »Top Technology Trends for 2022
Each year, Gartner identifies technology trends that are critical to business. This year’s list consists of 12 strategic trends that will enable CEOs to deliver growth, digitalization and efficiency as …
Read More »McKinsey Report Highlights “Inevitable Changes” from CBDC Adoption
On the first day of the Sibos 2021 online conference, McKinsey released it annual Global Payments Report. Overall, the report outlined a positive (albeit somewhat unbalanced) forecast for post-COVID financial …
Read More »Digital Development in the CIS
Economists often say that the financial infrastructure is the circulatory system of any economy. When thinking about economies on a supranational level however, things quickly become more complex. As the …
Read More »100,000 Banking Jobs to Disappear in Next 5 Years
Analysts at Wells Fargo have predicted that over 100,000 banking jobs could be displaced by technology over the next 5 years. This includes approximately two-thirds of back-office jobs and one-third …
Read More »Four Keys for Successful Post-Pandemic Financial Institutions
While many point to the COVID-19 pandemic as being a massive disruption to the banking industry (and it is), the fact is that the industry was already experiencing tumult prior …
Read More »The Big Business of Deep Tech
In recent years, an increasing number of European corporations in non-technology sectors are investing in and/or forming partnerships with startups and smaller companies engaged in developing solutions based on emerging …
Read More »Decentralized Finance Vs. Wall Street (Video)
Is a world without banks possible? Maybe. Decentralized finance (DeFi) is an emerging ecosystem of financial apps and protocols built on blockchain technology that has the power to challenge our …
Read More »The Importance of FinTech in Central Asia
Central Asia has enormous FinTech potential as access to mobile communication devices and the internet continue to increase, especially with the rising popularity of digital payments, better government support initiatives …
Read More »Celebrity Cryptocurrency Clout
A recent social media post from Kim Kardashian encouraging her followers to “join the Ethereum Max community” serves as a reminder that target audiences for cryptocurrencies are radically different from …
Read More »2nd International Plus-Forum to Be Held in Almaty
The 2nd International Plus-Forum is being held at the Rixos Almaty Hotel in Almaty, Kazakhstan October 27–28, 2021. This year’s theme, FinTech without Borders. Digital Eurasia, will feature speakers and …
Read More »Cloud Computing Services Industry Set to Boom
ResearchAndMarkets.com has published the results of their exploration into the impact of COVID-19 on cloud computing services. How FinTech is helping the unbanked and underbanked Global Insurtech Market Estimated to …
Read More »Open Banking Brings a Challenge to Card Dominance in Payments
Open banking platform TrueLayer recently commissioned independent research to examine open banking in the UK and EU. The report outlining the findings of this research clearly shows that: Open banking …
Read More »The Pulse of FinTech in the First Half of 2021: A New KPMG Report
KPMG has released their Pulse of FinTech H1’21 report, detailing the incredibly strong start for the global FinTech market in 2021. Moreover, this strong performance isn’t just dominated by one …
Read More »A New Age of Digital Assets: Deloitte’s 2021 Global Blockchain Survey
Deloitte has published the results of their 2021 Global Blockchain Survey, following up on the 2020 edition. The survey, conducted in March and April 2021, polled a sample of 1,280 …
Read More »Crypto Asset Management Market to Reach USD 9 Billion by 2030
Allied Market Research recently conducted fascinating new research into crypto asset management. The research suggests that the crypto asset management market size, which was just USD 0.67 billion in 2020, …
Read More »Financial Regulators Need to Rein In Big Tech
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is calling on central banks and financial regulators around the world to tighten controls over Big Tech. This comes amid concerns from global watchdogs …
Read More »Interest in CBDCs Growing Among Consumers Globally
New research from leading European deep tech company Guardtime shows that consumers worldwide are increasingly receptive to the launch of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The research, conducted across 10 …
Read More »Beyond Crypto: Why Blockchain Matters (Video)
Dealroom and Sifted recently co-hosted an expert panel discussion on the future of blockchain, including what it means for entrepreneurs and startups as well as why blockchain is important for …
Read More »State of FinTech in the 2nd Quarter of 2021
CB Insights continuously monitors the FinTech industry to provide useful, data-based observations on the most important FinTech trends. Their 2nd quarter report has some illuminating information. In particular, the 2nd …
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