{"id":16338,"date":"2021-10-04T07:59:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T07:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=16338"},"modified":"2021-10-04T07:59:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T07:59:56","slug":"bfc-fintech-monitor-18th-30th-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-18th-30th-september\/","title":{"rendered":"BFC FinTech Monitor (18th \u2013 30th September)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stay up-to-date on all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Around the World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The World Bank, the World Economic Forum and the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finextra.com\/newsarticle\/38857\/ccaf-world-bank-and-world-economic-forum-call-on-fintechs-to-uncover-covid-19-impact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching<\/a>&nbsp;a study on the scale of COVID-19\u2019s impact on the fintech industry.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/findbiometrics.com\/ping-survey-finds-consumers-will-abandon-services-with-poor-online-experiences-092205\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a>&nbsp;to a Ping Identity survey, good digital service is key to customer retention.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.ravelin.com\/marketplaces-fraud-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research conducted<\/a>&nbsp;by Ravelin indicates that online payment fraud has become one of the most serious threats to business in the modern world.<\/li>\n<li>An IDEMIA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tech\/tech-bytes\/indians-most-positive-towards-biometrics\/articleshow\/86341035.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">survey<\/a>&nbsp;has found that users in India have mostly positive attitudes about biometric technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The Financial Times&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/cc3e3854-5f76-4422-a970-9010c3bc732b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has found<\/a>&nbsp;the criminals thriving on the dark web are starting to migrate to Telegram.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#Innovations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Banking software provider&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finextra.com\/pressarticle\/89259\/temenos-transact-flys-to-ibm-cloud\/cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Temenos<\/a>&nbsp;has announced the availability of next-generation core banking systems Temenos Transact and Red Hat OpenShift on the IBM Cloud. Both are expected to accelerate the adoption of hybrid cloud services in the financial industry.<\/li>\n<li>Residents of Israel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ffnews.com\/newsarticle\/bank-of-israel-introduces-rapid-switching-between-banks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will soon be able<\/a>&nbsp;to change banks online for no fee. The procedure takes less than 7 working days.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gulfbusiness.com\/huawei-to-invest-15m-in-middle-east-huawei-cloud-oasis-programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huawei<\/a>&nbsp;plans to invest USD 15 million in the Huawei Cloud Oasis program, which is aimed at accelerating the development of technology enterprises and ecosystems in the Middle East.<\/li>\n<li>PayPal is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finextra.com\/newsarticle\/38877\/paypal-adds-savings-to-revamped-super-app#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planning<\/a>&nbsp;to launch a new version of its app that includes with savings accounts, a messenger and new online shopping tools.<\/li>\n<li>British fintech company Wise&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/09\/20\/wise-launches-investing-feature.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will soon allow<\/a>&nbsp;users to invest in Apple, Amazon and Google.<\/li>\n<li>JPMorgan Chase is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finextra.com\/newsarticle\/38882\/jpmorgan-chase-to-replace-us-retail-core-with-thought-machines-vault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching<\/a>&nbsp;cloud-based services for its retail customers.<\/li>\n<li>The UK regulator&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledgerinsights.com\/uk-regulators-progress-blockchain-for-regulatory-reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plans<\/a>&nbsp;to leverage blockchain to accelerate compliance.<\/li>\n<li>The United Nations Human Rights Office&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/findbiometrics.com\/un-human-rights-office-urges-governments-cease-use-ai-systems-that-encroach-civil-liberties-092003\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has called for<\/a>&nbsp;a temporary ban on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#Neobanking<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Western Union has entered into an agreement with open banking solutions developer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.saltedge.com\/psd2-compliance-western-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salt Edge<\/a>&nbsp;to open a neobank in Europe.<\/li>\n<li>American financial holding JPMorgan Chase has launched a new neobank under the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altfi.com\/article\/8335_jp-morgans-neobank-chase-goes-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase<\/a>&nbsp;brand.<\/li>\n<li>Monzo has introduced the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbankingexpo.com\/news\/monzo-and-curve-enter-bnpl-with-flex-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flex<\/a>&nbsp;service, a cross between a classic credit card and a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#Cryptocurrencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The head of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, called cryptocurrencies &#8220;speculative assets&#8221;, reasserting her position for the strict regulation of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/christine-lagarde-slams-crypto-153642877.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stablecoins<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finextra.com\/newsarticle\/38878\/trade-associations-urge-basel-committee-to-revise-planned-regime-for-bank-crypto-interests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a>&nbsp;for a review of its proposed stringent rules for financial institutions&#8217; investments in cryptoassets.<\/li>\n<li>The People&#8217;s Bank of China has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/china-central-bank-vows-crackdown-cryptocurrency-trading-2021-09-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a>&nbsp;all cryptocurrency transactions illegal. In response, Crypto exchanges&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.8btc.com\/article\/6691906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BitMart<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/m.biki.com\/noticeInfo\/5705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biki<\/a>&nbsp;have already decided to stop all business in the country.<\/li>\n<li>CoinDesk expert Isaiah Douglas&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2021\/09\/23\/how-bitcoin-is-more-esg-friendly-than-youve-heard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">details<\/a>&nbsp;why bitcoin mining is much less harmful to the environment than is commonly believed.<\/li>\n<li>Residents of El Salvador&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-58579415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continue<\/a>&nbsp;to protest against the legalization of bitcoin, which they believe will lead to inflation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finextra.com\/newsarticle\/38858\/revolut-to-pay-for-us-office-expansion-in-bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolut<\/a>&nbsp;will use bitcoins to pay for the opening of its branch in the United States, where it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/09\/21\/revolut-the-33-billion-fintech-player-is-rolling-out-commission-free-stock-trading-in-the-us-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plans<\/a>&nbsp;to start trading in shares.<\/li>\n<li>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-09-16\/treasury-to-flag-stablecoin-perils-as-u-s-readies-clampdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">draft regulation<\/a>&nbsp;from the US Treasury Department will allow owners of stablecoins the possibility to freely exchange cryptoassets based on the money they are tied to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visa&#8217;s research and product teams are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/ftp\/arxiv\/papers\/2109\/2109.12194.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">working<\/a>&nbsp;on a &#8216;universal payment channel&#8217; (UPC) that enables interoperability between different digital currencies including CBDCs and private stablecoins.<\/li>\n<li>Noel Quinn, CEO of HSBC Group,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledgerinsights.com\/hsbc-supportive-of-cbdc-working-with-8-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussed<\/a>&nbsp;his bank\u2019s work with regulators in 8 countries on CBDCs.<\/li>\n<li>Ruslan Beketayev, Minister for Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eec.eaeunion.org\/news\/ruslan-beketaev-%C2%ABtsifrovye-valyuty-tsentralnyh-bankov-mogut-stat-effektivnym-instrumentom-dlya-uskorennogo-provedeniya-transgranichnyh-platezhej%C2%BB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believes<\/a>&nbsp;that CBDCs can be an effective tool for accelerating cross-border payments within the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/events.cbinsights.com\/future-of-fintech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Future of Fintech Forum<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;will take place in New York October 5\u20136, 2021. The main topics will be digital assets, cross-border payments with stablecoins, super apps and the future of money.<\/li>\n<li>The second annual&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/ffnews.com\/newsarticle\/fintech\/kenya-is-set-to-host-the-2nd-annual-africa-digital-finance-summit-in-february-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African Digital Finance Summit<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;will be held in Kenya February 22\u201324, 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Central Bank of Russia has&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbr.ru\/Content\/Document\/File\/126471\/project_pnpdfu.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presented<\/a>&nbsp;a draft of priority areas for increasing the availability of financial services through 2024. The main areas identified include the development of open APIs, a platform for the digital ruble and the creation of infrastructure for the self-registration of biometric data in the Unified Biometric System.<\/li>\n<li>Skolkovo Foundation and Dsight have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.banki.ru\/news\/lenta\/?id=10953467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compiled a rating<\/a>&nbsp;of the most innovative Russian financial institutions, with the top 10 being Sberbank, VTB, Tinkoff, Ak Bars, Sovcombank, Raiffeisenbank, Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, Otkrytie and Rosselkhozbank.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plusworld.ru\/daily\/banki-i-mfo\/bank-dom-rf-pristupil-k-rabote-nad-pilotnym-proektom-tsifrovogo-rublya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOM.RF<\/a>&nbsp;Bank, together with the Russian regulator, have begun work on a pilot project for the digital ruble. In total, 12 financial institutions will be involved in testing it.<\/li>\n<li>Yandex has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnews.ru\/news\/top\/2021-09-29_v_rossii_zarabotal_yandeks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened<\/a>&nbsp;a financial institutions and invested USD 30 million in launching a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rb.ru\/news\/yandexcloud-in-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cloud platform<\/a>&nbsp;in Europe.<\/li>\n<li>Sberbank has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sberunity.ru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a>&nbsp;the SberUnity platform to facilitate increased interactions between startups, venture capitalists and corporations. It is expected that, by the end of next year, there will be more than 5,000 Russian and foreign participants on the platform.<\/li>\n<li>FINOPOLIS 2021&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/finopolis.ru\/program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will be held<\/a>&nbsp;in Sochi November 10\u201312, 2021 and will feature large-scale panel discussions as well as several sessions and roundtables dedicated to various fintech topics.<\/li>\n<li>Sberbank has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/frankrg.com\/51876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invested<\/a>&nbsp;RUB 2 billion into AI-powered debt collection solutions.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vedomosti.ru\/finance\/articles\/2021\/09\/21\/887658-iskusstvennii-intellekt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinkoff Bank<\/a>&nbsp;is also planning its own use of AI-based solutions, especially for combatting fraud.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ministry of Finance<a href=\"https:\/\/psm7.com\/cryptocurrency\/stalo-izvestno-kogda-mincifry-nachnet-vyplachivat-sotrudnikam-zarplaty-v-elektronnoj-grivne.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;will start paying<\/a>&nbsp;salaries to its employees in digital hryvnia by the end of the year. The Ministry is eyeing a full-fledged introduction of the digital hryvnia in the country by the end of 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Monobank is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.liga.net\/bank\/novosti\/monobank-zapuskaet-uslugu-ekvayringa-oboydetsya-bez-privychnyh-terminalov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preparing<\/a>&nbsp;virtual terminals and has already started testing its first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ain.ua\/2021\/09\/28\/monobank-testiruet-bankomaty-foto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATMs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Analysts of the National Bank of Ukraine have outlined the risks cryptocurrencies pose to the hryvnia in its Monetary Policy for 2022. At the same time, the Policy also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bank.gov.ua\/admin_uploads\/article\/MPG_2022-mt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recognizes<\/a>&nbsp;the importance of technological innovations related to virtual assets and sees &#8220;a number of promising opportunities&#8221; associated with them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Belarus<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mikhail Demidenko, head of Research and Strategic Development at the National Bank of Belarus, discusses the introduction of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/myfin.by\/stati\/view\/cto-dumaut-v-nacbanke-o-vvedenii-cifrovogo-belorusskogo-rubla-kommentarij-eksperta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital Belarusian ruble<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Kazakhstan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A project to establish the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dknews.kz\/ru\/eksklyuziv-dk\/202130-preferencii-i-lgoty-dlya-zhivotnovodov-mangistau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital tenge<\/a>&nbsp;has only managed to bring 3 financial institutions on board so far. Sources purportedly close to the project have revealed that the regulator is still discussing the main technical characteristics of the digital tenge project and that the issuance of the CBDC within the public will be no earlier than 2023.<\/li>\n<li>So far this year, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kapital.kz\/finance\/98891\/kazakhstantsy-aktivno-perekhodyat-na-beznalichnyye-platezhi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">share of cash<\/a>&nbsp;withdrawals from the total turnover of cards has decreased from 36.9% to 24.1%, indicating an active move toward non-cash payments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Kyrgyzstan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kyrgyzstan is studying the benefits and risks of a potential&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.sputnik.kg\/economy\/20210919\/1053955224\/kyrgyzstan-ehlektronnyj-som-akylbek-zhaparov.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electronic catfish<\/a>&nbsp;project that is backed by gold from the country&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.sputnik.kg\/economy\/20210923\/1054001378\/kyrgyzstan-cifrovoj-ehlektronnyj-som.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deposits<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Two members of Parliament discuss a new draft law on the regulation of fintech in the country in a two-part article for the newspaper Vecherniy Bishkek. Check them out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vb.kg\/doc\/406563_kriminalnyy_finteh_i_ykaz_prezidenta_chast_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vb.kg\/doc\/406609_legalnyy_finteh_chast_2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Visa and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/smebanking.news\/ru\/40494-halykposkg-xalyk-bank-kyrgyzstan-i-visa-zapustili-visa-tap-to-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halyk Bank Kyrgyzstan<\/a>&nbsp;have launched a tap-to-phone solution for accepting payments from a smartphone.<\/li>\n<li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbkr.kg\/DOC\/17082021\/000000000057240.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">number of payment cards<\/a>&nbsp;in Kyrgyzstan has increased 15%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Uzbekistan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spot.uz\/ru\/2021\/09\/23\/uzcard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UZCARD<\/a>&nbsp;has signed cooperation agreements with two Russian companies (Innopolis and Innotech) within the framework of implementing fintech, big data and AI solutions as well as the development of a venture and innovation ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li>Asakabank has launched a new global payment&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spot.uz\/ru\/2021\/09\/15\/asakabank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">innovation service<\/a>&nbsp;that provides companies with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trend.az\/business\/finance\/3488895.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ability<\/a>&nbsp;to track international transactions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Azerbaijan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visa and Expressbank are launching the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/smebanking.news\/ru\/40571-expressbank-zapustil-platezhnuyu-set-visa-b2b-connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visa B2B Connect<\/a>&nbsp;payment service for business clients in Azerbaijan. The service will allow faster, safer and lower-cost international transfers.<\/li>\n<li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trend.az\/business\/finance\/3488932.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turnover<\/a>&nbsp;of payment cards in Azerbaijan has increased by more than 20%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Armenia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hidden cryptominers only&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.armbanks.am\/2021\/09\/23\/135478\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked the computers<\/a>&nbsp;of 0.73% of Armenian users in the second quarter of 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Georgia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TBC Bank has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/smebanking.news\/ru\/40291-tbc-zapustil-dlya-biznesa-kvalificirovannuyu-elektronnuyu-podpis-i-pechat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a>&nbsp;qualified electronic signatures and seals for business clients.<\/li>\n<li>Spanish technology company Making Science has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/adweek-wire\/making-science-acquires-sweeft-digital-a-leading-ecommerce-payments-and-app-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;the acquisition of Sweeft Digital, an e-commerce payment solutions software company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-16338 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='NextGen Banking London 2018: the artificial intelligence revolution'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/nextgen-banking-london-2018-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/121313123-660x252-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8097\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8097'>\n\t\t\t\tNextGen Banking London 2018: the artificial intelligence revolution\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='New project to boost access to digital finance'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/new-project-to-boost-access-to-digital-finance\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/New-project-to-boost-access-to-digital-financ-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-6755\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/New-project-to-boost-access-to-digital-financ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/New-project-to-boost-access-to-digital-financ-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-6755'>\n\t\t\t\tNew project to boost access to digital finance\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Gartner Identifies Top 10 Government Technology Trends for 2021'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/gartner-identifies-top-10-government-technology-trends-for-2021\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fdef9607-24ad-3348-2d3c-9944d03e2a4a1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-16027\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-16027'>\n\t\t\t\tGartner Identifies Top 10 Government Technology Trends for 2021\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay up-to-date on all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor.&nbsp; Around the World #Research The World Bank, the World Economic Forum and the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance are&nbsp;launching&nbsp;a study on the scale of COVID-19\u2019s impact on the fintech industry. 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