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Top tips to drive financial inclusion and better cash management for SMEs 

Cash flow management is crucial to ensure that small businesses – often operating within tight margins – can run effectively and efficiently. From the basics, to top tips on how you can improve, Ralph Rogge, CEO and Founder, Crezco, highlights everything you nee...

Gartner says four actions drive finance AI success 

Four implementation behaviours are the most important in quickly delivering finance Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives that meet or exceed the expected impact and deliver critical finance and business outcomes, according to Gartner.  Given the...

Blockchain market is predicted to grow from US$8.3 billion in 2022 to US$155 billion in 2032 

The  blockchain market  is expected to advance at a CAGR of 34.1% throughout the forecast period, from US$ 8.3 billion in 2022 to US$ 155 billion in 2032.   As per the  global blockchain market study, the demand for cryptographic ledger solutions to increase...

ActiveOps’ Financial Crime Solution to reduce risk for banks 

ActiveOps, a management process automation company, has introduced a new solution to support the workforce management needs of Financial Crime operations. The new solution is designed for banks and other financial institutions to help them handle case-based...

Report identifies 600 mobile apps for banking, investing and cryptocurrency and examines the risk of Trojans targeting them 

Zimperium – a mobile security platform purpose-built for enterprise environments – has published new research detailing the increasing risk financial institutions and consumers worldwide face due to Trojan horse malware targeting mobile applica...

Fraud costs increased more than 10% over pre-pandemic levels for APAC businesses 

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has released the latest Asia-Pacific edition of the LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study, which surveyed 387 risk and fraud executives in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The study analysed fraud trends in retail,...

Cloud Security Alliance and Cyber Risk Institute create Cloud Controls Matrix  

The  Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), one of the world’s leading organisations dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, has announced that it has partnered with the Cyber Risk Institu...

How TCS is investing in innovation 

Sumanta Roy, Vice President & Head of Middle East Africa, TCS, speaks to Intelligent Fin.tech about the banking and financial industry in the Middle East, how TCS has impacted it, industry requirements in the Middle East and how businesses in this region can...

Tech stocks remain under pressure, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel 

Marc Deschamps, Co-head, DAI Magister, speaks to us about tech stocks, arguing although the immediate future inevitably looks less bright for the tech sector, it’s by no means doom and gloom, and what investors should look forward to.   Technology companies hav...

Real-time rails can unlock new value creation opportunities for UAE financial organisations  

With new digital payment trends on the rise, a new set of impactful use cases are now possible. Craig Ramsey, Global Head of Real-time Payments, ACI Worldwide, talks about this and how real-time rails can create new opportunities for financial institutions in...

New study shows CIOs have ultimate control of organizational budgets and strategies

Today’s Chief Information Officers viewed as ‘de facto Chief Operating Officers’, responsible for business operations and direction. CIOs now control the majority of organizational budgets and are second only to the CEO in terms of shaping and delivering busin...

Region’s top Web 3.0 innovators celebrated at inaugural Middle East Blockchain Awards

The first edition of the Middle East Blockchain Awards (MEBA), held on 18 November in the five-star W Hotel on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, 14 of the region’s best in the field of Web 3.0. Award winners were announced during a glittering ceremony attended...