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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 …

Stay up-to-date on all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor.  Around the World #Reports and Studies CB Insights has released an updated map …

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, …

Stay up-to-date on all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor.  Around the World #Reports and Studies A new Frost & Sullivan report indicates …

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 …

Binur Zhalenov, chairman of the board for the Center for Development of Payment and Financial Technologies of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, recently spoke at the FinTech without Borders: Digital …

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 …

Stay up-to-date on all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor.  Around the World: #Research According to a new Dealroom report, FinTech …

Experts from Business & Finance Consulting GmbH (BFC), with support from the Central Bank of Uzbekistan, recently presented the results of the first-ever independent sales & service quality audit (SSQA) …

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. 4 keys for successfully …

Speaking at the 2nd international PLUS forum (entitled FinTech without Borders: Digital Asia), Shukhrat Fayzullaev, deputy director of the Payment Systems Department of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan (CBU), spoke …

Stay up-to-date on all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor.  Around the World #Research Finch Capital experts are predicting the investments in fintech …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Stay up-to-date on all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor.  Around the World #Research Experts at Capgemini, in their World Payments Report …

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 …

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 …