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FinTech’s green revolution: Nurturing sustainable practices among small businesses  

Ashish Srivastava, Chief Commercial Officer, Triterras, dives into how FinTech has emerged as a crucial catalyst, motivating and supporting small to medium enterprises on their path towards environmental responsibility through sustainable trade finance.  In ...

Banking on innovation: Insights from Sopra Banking Software’s CEO 

In this exclusive interview, Eric Bierry, CEO of Sopra Banking Software, unveils his unexpected journey from Sopra Steria Group to spearheading SBS. He candidly discusses challenges in transitioning to a software-centric model, offers keen insights into...

How is data analytics expected to impact decision-making in the FinTech industry? 

Introducing this month’s question with insight into auto insurers, AI and data is Simon Axon, EMEA Financial Services Industry Consulting Director at Teradata.  Navigating a perilous road  It is a tough time to be in auto insurance. Historically, in...

How challenger banks can become the future of financial services 

Jeremy Grinbaum, VP EMEA, Amplitude, dives into the importance of financial services embracing technological innovation and the future of challenger banks.  When it comes to innovation, the financial services (finserv) industry has been notoriously slow. ...

Empowering patients and providers: What healthcare can learn from FinTech’s success

In this article by Jon Payne, Director of Sales Engineering and Education at InterSystems, we contrast and compare two sectors and how they can learn from one another through empowering users and patients through data.  Across the world, the healthcare ...

Mastercard’s CBDC tokenisation pioneers Web3 commerce 

Richard Wormald, Division President, Australasia at Mastercard, highlights the success of Mastercard’s innovative solution. By tokenising CBDCs onto various Blockchains, consumers now have a secure and convenient option to engage in commerce across...

Richard Carter, the Founder of Lopay 

2024 will be the year tap-to-pay technology becomes truly embedded in the way small businesses and sole traders take payments.  Millions of people already manage their entire life through their smartphone, therefore, for mobile devices to become the...

How intelligent automation will bring a new era of insurance 

In this article, we hear from Jerry Wallis, Head of Industry Strategy, SS&C Blue Prism, about the impact of intelligent automation will have on the future of insurance productivity from underwriting to information processing.  The insurance sector has ...

Securing FinTech futures with digital evolution at Giesecke+Devrient  

We chat with Rüdiger Vogt, Head of FinTech Programmes at Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), a trusted provider of secure currency solutions for physical and digital realms. Partnering with major payment schemes, they’re involved in 200+ digital payment projects, ...

Is short-term insurance at an inflexion point?  

In a world where short-term insurance is gaining momentum, we hear from Andrew Ponter, Insurance Product Manager at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, UK and Ireland on whether short-term insurance is at an inflexion point. Many of us have used temporary insurance at...

Providing digital and affordable financial solutions to East African farmers

Bram van den Bosch, Co-founder and CEO of Emata, a company dedicated to providing digital and affordable financial solutions to East African farmers, shares the remarkable journey of the organisation, from its inception to a recent successful seed fund...

Analysing the role of investment brokers in an era of the AI-enhanced financial market 

Technology is always changing the rules and now Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing roles across sectors such as the day-to-day duties of the investment broker. From streamlined decision-making to enhanced predictions, Seraj Asad Khan, Managing Director...