Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
As the 2024 markets opened for trade, Solana’s (SOL) price tanked by just over 6%. It was not the best start to the 2024 trade year, which saw the coin drop to fifth position. SOL continued to trade slightly below the $100 mark for a while. The dip at the beginning of the year is a stark difference from its over 700% gain in 2023. Solana rose to f...
29 July 2024
Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA
The usage of Customer Journey Mapping (CJM) has been a topic of debate. While some dismiss it in digital service design as a mere formality, others see it as an indispensable tool for crafting successful digital products. Moving beyond guesswork, CJM is proving to be a transformative tool, shaping the future of financial tech in profound ways. Aft...
29 July 2024 /retail /devops Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Oliver Tearle Head of Technology Innovation at The ai Corporation
Fighting fraud is like playing a game of cat and mouse. But what if the 'mouse' could learn the cat's every move? Machine learning in fraud detection creates a system that constantly gets better at spotting fraudulent transactions, no matter how the fraudsters try to disguise them. This technology has been around for a while, with the first system...
29 July 2024 /ai /crime Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Abhinav Paliwal CEO at PayNet Systems- A Neo Banking Software Platform
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) area has witnessed a notable surge in the e-commerce industry in recent times, coinciding with notable progressions in point-of-sale (POS) payment systems. This dynamic change, which reflects a larger worldwide trend toward digital transformation, is reshaping how customers make purchases and how organizatio...
29 July 2024 /payments Fintech innovation and startups
Rinesh Patel Global Head of Industry, Financial Services at Snowflake
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is set to come into force on the 17th of January 2025, aiming to strengthen the resilience of financial institutions against ICT-related incidents in five key areas: ICT risk management, ICT-related incident management, digital operational resilience testing, ICT third-party risk management and informa...
29 July 2024 /regulation Financial Services Regulation
Jacobo Weizenblut CEO Trading ADR at TradingADR
Agricultural innovations are a necessity to meet the challenges of the ever-growing population of our world. This article focuses on a number of companies whose groundbreaking agricultural innovations are redefining farming practices and setting new standards for efficiency and sustainability. These agricultural solutions are significantly impacti...
29 July 2024 /sustainable /markets Business
Foday Joof Risk Management Officer at Central Bank of The Gambia
Summary: The author constructed an exchange rate market pressure index (EMPI) as an early warning signaling mechanism for predicting currency crises in The Gambia using monthly data from 2002 to 2023. The analysis revealed that the Gambian economy suffered six major currency crises during the period under review. These episodes stemmed from both ...
28 July 2024 /markets
Kaustuv Ghosh Founder at Nxtgen Payment Infra. Prometheus Labs.
I was pleased to be at the Reuters NEXT APAC Conference in Singapore earlier this month. This piece considers where ASEAN is placed, why it is important for the European Union(EU), the United States and power blocs, and the big ideas that are likely to firm up into actions after this event. I have drawn upon what speakers have said and added my ow...
28 July 2024 /wealth /sustainable Artificial Intelligence
Eldad Tamir Founder and CEO at FINQ
A recent CNBC/Generation Lab survey illuminates a stark reality: while many young adults recognize the stock market as a vital tool for wealth accumulation, a similar number are not actively saving for retirement. This gap between awareness and action highlights broader challenges of financial engagement among millennials and Gen Z, who often face...
28 July 2024 /ai /markets Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Anna Antimiichuk Head of Communications at Corlytics
Money launderers are increasingly using cryptocurrencies to conceal the origins and movement of illegally obtained funds, according to the latest money laundering and cryptocurrency report from Chainalysis, a blockchain analysis firm. This pattern of increasing money laundering cases, also those that are driven by the widespread use of cryptocurr...
26 July 2024 /regulation /inclusion Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
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