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European Commercial banks and the Digital Euro: Inaction not an option (Carlo R.W. De Meijer)
A lot has already been written on the launch of a digital euro. The ECB is continuously talking abou...
Pressure and Purpose: How Sustainability NGOs are Proving Their Value in a Hostile Climate (Kanchan Mishra)
For decades, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been the primary force pushing sustainabilit...
The Impact of Mobile Banking on SACCO Growth and Member Satisfaction (Nikunj Gundaniya)
Did you know that over 60% of Africa’s adult population still lacks access to formal banking service...
Navigating the Future of Payments: A Guide for Key Players (Stanley Epstein)
A New Era in Payments The global payments industry, a sector generating an astonishing $2.5 trillion...
Saying Goodbye Well: Why Customer Offboarding Deserves Attention (Joris Lochy)
Enormous investments have gone into optimizing the customer onboarding process. Fintechs have led th...
Agentic Payment Protocol solves important problems that enable agentic commerce (Akshar Prabhu Desai)
Large language models have simplified how people use the internet. People do not have to sift thro
How Trump’s Tariffs Have Inspired Innovative Businesses to Reimagine Their Supply Chains (Dmytro Spilka)
The impact of tariffs has been one of the major confounding factors for businesses around the world...
How the Artificial Intelligence Boom is Transforming Talent Acquisition in the Fintech Sector (Dmytro Spilka)
More fintech firms than ever are beginning to embrace the transformative potential of artificial int...
The EU AI Act and the NIS2 Directive: What does increased legislation mean for Banks and Fintechs? (Aare Reintam)
Over the summer, we saw the second phase of the European Union (EU) AI Act come into force, with the...
Balancing Trust, Agility, and Speed: The Critical Trio for AI Success in Banking (Erica Andersen)
The relentless march of artificial intelligence (AI) offers unprecedented opportunities for efficie
Deep Dive: CB Insights’ Fintech 100 2025 — Decoded for Builders (Sam Boboev)
Fintech in 2025 isn’t about flashy apps anymore. The era of cheap money and consumer buzz has given...
Risk Analysis: Central Bank Digital Currencies as a Mechanism for Authoritarian Control (Stanley Epstein)
A few days ago, I published an article, “Understanding Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs): A Gu...
How Banks and Fintechs Can Use Prepaid Cards to Capture the Nigerian Market (Nikunj Gundaniya)
Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy with over 220 million people, most of them young and tech-driven...
Fintech’s Green Footprint: How Digital Finance is Driving Sustainable Infrastructure (Sanjay Barot)
For the past decade, global finance has shifted steadily toward sustainability commitments — yet the...
Credit risks and costs – and how the tide may be turning (Bo Harald)
Travelling offers time to read — and Buttonwood’s Into Thin Air column in The Economist, reflect
The AI Growth Lab could be the UK's next fintech moment (Ritesh Singhania)
Earlier this week, Technology Secretary Liz Kendall MP announced plans for an AI Growth Lab - an am...
The Hidden Fraud Economy: Why Synthetic Identities Demand a New Defense Strategy (Uma Shankar Kulasekaran)
The Hidden Fraud Economy: Why Synthetic Identities Demand a New Defense Strategy By Uma Shankar Kula...
How can we share more, whilst revealing less? A new era in digital ID (John Wu)
The internet is built on proof. Proof you’re old enough to buy a product. Proof you can afford a loa...
Money 20/20 USA 2025: Key themes to look out for (Laurent Descout)
It’s that time of year again! Money20/20 USA is returning and promises to be bigger, bolder and more...
OpenAI versus ClosedAI (Bo Harald)
Snippets from ClosedAI – by Schumpeter in the Economist - followed byt ChatGPT's take on it: OpenAI...
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