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2024-01-15 13:08
2024 promises to be a year marked by innovation, adaptability, and the seamless fusion of cutting-edge advancements. As organizations strive to stay ahead in this dynamic environment, keepin… Read More
2023-12-07 17:28
One of my most recent encounters with the Romanian banking community was due to the Future Banking Summit, which happened this autumn. For 2 days in a row, together with my teammates managin… Read More
2023-11-27 11:14
Data privacy is a fundamental human right often challenged in the digital age. As we use more and more online services, we share more and more personal data with various entities, such as so… Read More
2023-10-26 09:06
E-commerce has come a long way, reshaping the way we shop and transforming the global economy. Especially in the last two decades, it has become a world of endless possibilities, letting peo… Read More
2023-10-09 07:40
Technology has woven itself into the very fabric of our lives, so it comes as no surprise that the realm of healthcare has undergone a monumental transformation. With the relentless march of… Read More
2023-09-19 11:48
The increased reliance on online services during the pandemic has caused consumers to put user experience (UX) above all the other service-related considerations. The pandemic also heightene… Read More
2023-08-10 11:46
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, where every click, swipe, and tap powers the engines of our interconnected world, lies a hidden sentinel that safeguards our digital exploits: s… Read More
2023-08-02 13:55
Never in the history of mankind have we had so many tools, ways, and possibilities to learn and better our skills and knowledge. The digital era is happening and developing as we speak, and… Read More
2023-07-07 10:31
A lot has been said and written about the importance of hearing and understanding the customer’s voice. And no matter how “old news” this might sound, the truth is that it… Read More
2023-06-15 11:02
Scale-up companies are well known for their ability to adapt quickly, the flexibility in navigating challenges, and the seemingly boundless capacity for growth.
However, the pandemic, the Uk… Read More
2023-05-15 08:51
It’s no surprise that the job market has undergone a massive transformation over the past years. The pandemic, the rising inflation, layoffs and now predictions of a possible recession… Read More
2023-03-14 12:47
Building up speed, innovation and agility across functions remain some of the biggest challenges that companies are facing in 2023. Complexity increases when the time element, which is still… Read More
2023-02-07 11:40
People have always felt the need to find out what the future holds. And this opened the door to so many so-called fortune tellers.
Wizards used tunes for their magical power to reveal what&r&hell…Read More
2023-01-05 12:09
Bucharest / January 5th, 2023 – We are excited to share with you that QUALITANCE has become part of ALTEN Group, following the approval of the acquisition transaction by the Romanian C… Read More
2022-12-15 13:40
With technology and demographics dramatically reshaping the payments value chain and fintech disrupting the financial world we find ourselves racing towards a cashless world.
According to Mc… Read More
2022-11-21 14:08
Fintechs are gaining more and more ground. From platforms to mobile apps and other technologies created to improve and automate traditional forms of finance for businesses and consumers alik… Read More
2022-10-18 13:16
COP26 – The UN Climate Change Conference’s key-message for companies is loud and clear. If companies want to reap monetary rewards, they need to integrate their sustainability go… Read More
2022-10-06 10:53
We are delighted to share with you that together with our partner BCR Asigurări de Viață VIG we have just launched a new digital experience which offers customers quick access… Read More
2022-09-28 13:56
We are excited to share with you that we have signed an acquisition agreement with ALTEN, according to which the international technology and innovation consulting and services group, operat… Read More
2022-09-01 11:08
“We just can’t consume our way to a more sustainable world.”, says writer, activist and founding editor of Eco Warrior Princess, Jennifer Nini. A very powerful affirmation… Read More
2022-07-01 08:14
In his book, “Work, a History of How We Spend Our Time” James Suzman points out that “the work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and… Read More
2022-05-27 13:58
In about 4 years, Total Experience (TX) is likely to be the business model of 60% of large enterprises, Gartner says. While Gartner forecasts are famously spot on, one cannot help wondering… Read More
2022-04-06 12:53
According to a 2020 study carried out by McAfee and the CSIS (Centre for Strategic and International Studies), the cost of cybercrime has reached over $1 trillion since 2018. This roughly tr… Read More
2022-03-21 12:17
We’re always aiming high when it comes to what we do and who we are as a team. On that thought, we’re aware that we can only accomplish our mission of making software more human… Read More
2022-02-17 12:36
In one of our previous articles we talked about product tools and techniques that will help your team thrive in a competitive market. Today we go back to another crucial aspect that every or… Read More
2022-02-17 12:36
In one of our previous articles we talked about product tools and techniques that will help your team thrive in a competitive market. Today we go back to another crucial aspect that every or… Read More
2022-02-01 10:32
The Oxford dictionary defines the word “growth” as: [noun.] /ɡroʊθ/ 1. (of people, animals, or plants) the process of growing physically, mentally, or emotionally… Read More
2022-01-21 10:08
We are excited to share the news of Radu Constantinescu taking office as our new CEO, starting January 20th, 2022. QUALITANCE co-founder Radu Constantinescu takes over as Chief Executive Off… Read More
2022-01-19 14:05
Managing the workflow can be quite the challenge, regardless of your company size, values, goals or even market share. Especially in these times of uncertainty, when everything moves at such… Read More
2021-09-30 09:59
We are delighted to announce that QUALITANCE has been selected by OMV Petrom to radically transform the traditional customer journey of SMEs in need of gas services and build together with F… Read More
2021-07-29 14:12
We bring together empathy and engineering, behavioral design and technology, art and science, design thinking and agile development, so that technology can truly serve people.
Without a top… Read More
2021-07-27 17:47
BUCHAREST – July 28, 2021 – We are delighted to announce that Cristian Anghel has joined our leadership team as Managing Director. As we continue our growth p… Read More
![[Video] Is Digital Democracy The Answer To Agile Transformation?](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/13070/1307047-920707227.w320.jpg "[Video] Is Digital Democracy The Answer To Agile Transformation?")
2021-07-15 16:34
Digital platforms, tools, and apps are rising fast. Because of this abundance of tools, employees have a hard time leveraging data, aligning and making decisions fast. Employees want t… Read More
2021-06-24 08:13
We are delighted to announce the co-design and co-development of the first mobile application of global beauty brand Anastasia Beverly Hills. The app, which is the result of a collaborative… Read More
2021-05-13 07:21
Bucharest, May 13, 2021 – We are excited to announce a new digital transformation partnership with Banca Transilvania, in which together with IBM Global Business Services (GBS), the se… Read More
2021-04-22 07:11
Bucharest, April 22nd, 2020 – We are excited to share that we have entered a new innovation partnership with Coca-Cola HBC Romania. The product discovery partnership, in which QUA… Read More
![[Video] Leading Practices For Virtual Collaboration In The Connected Economy](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/13070/1307047-3139631705.w320.jpg "[Video] Leading Practices For Virtual Collaboration In The Connected Economy")
2021-04-21 12:11
Back when we were all in the office, collaboration was more straightforward. We relied on proven ways to share our vision, make decisions, celebrate success, and learn from each other. The w… Read More
2021-03-31 09:52
Bucharest, March 31st 2021 – We are delighted to share that QUALITANCE has started a new innovation partnership with Patria Bank, aiming to create new seamless user experiences for the… Read More
![[Video] 2021 Emerging Trends In Tech & Collaboration](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/13070/1307047-4204502933.w320.jpg "[Video] 2021 Emerging Trends In Tech & Collaboration")
2021-03-24 14:13
The world is changing at lightspeed and we need to take a moment to understand this new wave of transformation. Under the pressure of social distancing measures and stay-at-home orders, &hell…Read More
2021-03-19 09:15
BUCHAREST – March 19, 2021 – QUALITANCE announced the expansion of the management team by appointing Madalin Serbanescu as Head of Sales. The team led by Madalin Serbanescu will… Read More
2021-03-01 16:55
Scaling digital products is hard. Once a product gets in the hands of users and is integrated into existing platforms, growth can be tough to manage. Software applications need to handle a g… Read More
2020-12-18 16:58
Never miss the latest.We’ve been talking about innovation and tech for more than a decade. We’d like to continue this conversation with you. Get our latest stories straight in y… Read More
2020-12-16 13:47
In May 2020, Shopify’s COO Harley Finklestein was already commenting on the outcome of forced digitalization in retail. “The retail world that would have existed in 2030 has been… Read More
2020-11-19 13:51
Bucharest, November 19, 2020 – International tech and innovation company QUALITANCE and Raiffeisen Bank have announced today the development of a 100% digital lending platform for smal… Read More
2020-11-02 17:35
We design and build frictionless technology that puts the human experience at the center. Our journey to every new app or platform that we create always starts and ends with the user. Becaus… Read More
2020-10-16 13:34
Defining what DevOps is doesn’t come easy. So one way to understand what DevOps entails is to focus rather on what it’s not. It’s not a team, it’s not a fancy name fo… Read More
2020-10-08 12:14
Design thinking is a problem-solving tool which focuses on empathy, experimentation, and learning from mistakes. Our BottomUp Skills podcast series breaks down design thinking into 13 bite-s… Read More
2020-08-20 15:40
We bring together empathy and engineering, behavioral design and technology, art and science, design thinking and agile development, so that technology can truly serve people. Without a top… Read More
2020-08-20 10:11
In our mission to help businesses navigate complex, changing landscapes and create high-growth digital products at startup speed, we combine Lean principles, Skunkworks practices, and Agile… Read More
2020-07-31 09:14
“Test and learn” is one of our daily mantras. We test ideas and prototypes with end-users, our clients, and each other. Because we’re so hooked on experimentation, we can e… Read More
2020-07-29 12:35
Twitter Peek, Apple Newton, Google+, Amazon and Facebook phones are only some of a long list of misguided products and services that made it to the market only to crash and burn.
If you look… Read More
2020-07-29 12:35
Twitter Peek, Apple Newton, Google+, Amazon and Facebook phones are only some of a long list of misguided products and services that made it to the market only to crash and burn.
If you look… Read More
2020-07-10 06:44
For more than a decade, we’ve been helping companies delight customers and empower employees with high-growth digital products and experiences. It’s been an exciting advent… Read More
2020-07-09 07:50
As businesses had to revert to working from home, Zoom became a global phenomenon. Their growth in Q1 fiscal 2021 generated some notable profit results for the company. Their net income, an… Read More
2020-07-03 07:19
We’re excited to announce that our client and partner ReadyUp has recently launched the interactive platform that keeps track of esports and gaming events, automates how they are… Read More
2020-06-30 13:47
In 2013, when Zoom launched, the market was crowded. With Cisco, Microsoft, Adobe, and Polycom already ahead of the game, the chances for Zoom to stay afloat, let alone beat such established… Read More
2020-06-29 14:25
If you’ve been following us, then you already know how much we value ownership. We encourage people to work with as much autonomy as possibly, because it gives them the opportunity and… Read More
2020-06-18 07:49
Before the spread of the coronavirus, Zoom was already a successful IPO, even though it was mostly known in the tech industry and the educational environment. However, as soon as the work-fr… Read More
2020-06-16 10:36
This year at Future Banking 2020, QUALITANCE CEO Mike Parsons brought challenger banks and traditional banks back into the conversation, highlighting 8 valuable lessons of great use for any… Read More
2020-06-11 09:58
Out of the dozens of video conferencing services, Zoom became the most popular during social distancing. Businesses connected with teams and clients. People found a way to stay social throug… Read More
![The Revolut Innovation Series [Part 4] Designing A Business Model For Growth And Profit](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/13070/1307047-2298249014.w320.jpg "The Revolut Innovation Series [Part 4] Designing A Business Model For Growth And Profit")
2020-05-28 06:42
Numerous business models change the way companies create value and get paid for it. Google and Facebook disrupted the world of advertising. After having completely transformed the taxi and v… Read More
2020-05-21 16:43
On their way to achieving product virality, most products and brands take the spam route. In the hope to disrupt and grab some audience attention, they tell stories no one really cares about… Read More
2020-05-13 08:00
In the first part of our innovation series, we highlighted how Revolut is changing the banking game at the level of product – creating tremendous value, liberating data, mastering the… Read More
2020-05-08 11:39
Revolut is the most successful neobank, shifting the paradigm in the financial industry and making it harder and harder for traditional banks to catch up. By offering all the core functions… Read More
2020-05-01 09:16
Bucharest, May 1, 2020 – QUALITANCE announced today that its leadership has appointed Mike Parsons as Chief Executive Officer, marking a new step in the company’s global growth s… Read More
2020-04-01 12:45
It’s already a couple of weeks now since most of us have been working from home. At the same time, it might take a while before we go back to our real offices and in-person interaction… Read More
2020-03-30 10:57
BUCHAREST | March 30, 2020 – QUALITANCE, the international innovation, tech, and Artificial Intelligence company founded and headquartered in Romania, is trading its corporate bonds on… Read More
2020-01-28 15:10
Less than 10% of companies that raise a Seed round graduate to a Series A funding round. The biggest pain behind the small success rate is the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that companies nee… Read More
2020-01-21 10:27
On December 9, QUALITANCE – the international innovation, tech, and Artificial Intelligence company founded and headquartered in Romania, issued a euro-denominated private placement co… Read More
2019-10-07 07:14
Revolut grew from 500k users in 2017 to 2M in 2018, 4M in Feb 2019, and 8M in Sep 2019. The number of users a fintech like Revolut brings in one day is as large as some banks’ en… Read More
2019-09-20 13:39
Bucharest, Romania – September 18, 2019 – In a joint press conference with BCR – one of the largest banks in Romania and part of the Austrian ERSTE Group, QUALITANCE launch… Read More
2019-09-20 13:39
Bucharest, Romania – September 18, 2019 – In a joint press conference with BCR – one of the largest banks in Romania and part of the Austrian ERSTE Group, QUALITANCE launch… Read More
2019-09-04 14:45
75 years ago Lockheed Aircraft Corporation built the first high-speed fighter jet for the US Army. Under the pressure of a 180-day deadline and compelling project constraints, Lockheed&rsquo&hell…Read More
2019-08-27 13:50
When James Dyson finally launched what soon became the most popular vacuum cleaner on the market, he had already thrown away thousands of prototypes.
“Initiate a failure by doing somet… Read More
2019-06-21 13:47
Customers’ expectations today are bigger than ever. An Assurant report from 2018 indicated that 90% of customers believed that best-in-class experiences raised their expectations for s… Read More
2019-06-20 10:01
In 1965, Herbert Simon predicted that “within twenty years, machines would be capable of doing any work a man can do.” Five years later, Marvin Minsky forecasted that “in f… Read More
2019-05-08 11:33
The collision of the global banking industry and FinTech players is like an Avengers Movie – full of pyrotechnics and special effects but underwritten by a simple human story.
I want t… Read More
2019-04-25 09:23
If you’ve been following our epic series with professor Dan Cautis, then you’re already familiar with intriguing aspects of the history of AI, the radical claims of Transhumanist… Read More
2019-04-05 14:24
Between March 28-29, entrepreneurs, professionals, and policymakers from Romania, US, Austria, and Israel got together at Impact Hub and shared approaches and strategies that foster innovati… Read More
2019-03-29 12:10
In the first episode of our “Artificial Intelligence from Hype to Reality” series, we did some serious time travel and revisited the highly intense history of Artificial Int… Read More
2019-03-01 11:40
The HoloLens represents everything that is both good and bad in Mixed Reality. Early this week the HoloLens 2 was released, and it looks great. It’s vastly improved from the first… Read More
2019-02-27 17:24
AI’s boom-and-bust cycles across its 70-year history show that predicting the moment machines will achieve human-level intelligence is not an easy thing to do. Be that as it may, techn… Read More
2019-02-07 13:49
We can all play a role in what happens in the future. Moreover, no future is brighter than one that involves technology.Emerging technology is playing such a significant role in how we work… Read More
2019-02-06 01:12
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2019-01-30 14:27
Artificial Intelligence is becoming ubiquitous, and more people are starting to notice. What’s more, even though most people do not fully grasp its complexity and implications, convers… Read More
2019-01-22 14:33
Nike is the heavyweight champion of sports brands. According to Brand Finance, the Nike brand alone is worth over $28 billion. A nice bonus for a company that has annual revenues of more tha… Read More
2019-01-14 15:06
Marketplace business ideas are a dime a dozen. These ideas are easy to sketch in PowerPoint, but are challenging to execute. The reality is that a marketplace business has many constituents… Read More
2019-01-11 12:31
Many people have yet to realize just how fast technology is changing. In a chain-reaction fashion, new technologies lead to even newer technologies – which proves Ray Kurzweil right. A… Read More
2018-12-21 09:35
Immersive experiences are starting to become available to an ever-increasing audience. From art fans and gamers to doctors, architects and engineers – only to name a few, more and more… Read More
2018-12-20 11:10
The gap between product and marketing has significantly reduced in recent times. Thanks to the internet and smartphones, the moment we use a product can sometimes be the same point in time w… Read More
2018-12-05 10:37
On November 30, “Romania 2118” Time Capsule was inaugurated at Alba Iulia, and QUALITANCE CEO and Co-founder Ioan Iacob was part of it, alongside +200 Romanians with outstanding… Read More
2018-11-21 16:20
On November 20th, QUALITANCE Co-founders Radu Constantinescu and Ioan Iacob were presented the “Zero Tolerance to Failure” Award by one of the leading Romanian publications in ec… Read More
2018-11-21 10:14
The brutal truth is that you will never recruit a dream team to your company. Accomplished product and innovation professionals are not eagerly waiting for you to post a job opening. They ar… Read More
2018-11-20 15:52
On November 16, “Ziarul Financiar”, the leading financial and business publication in Romania, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special retrospective conference tackling ho… Read More
2018-11-19 10:01
The journey of innovation can be cruel for designers. After long days and nights of hard work and uncertainty, a designer can find themselves building a product that nobody wants.Remember Mi… Read More
2018-11-16 14:50
Product designers are delusional. They have to be a little bit crazy. Because they need to achieve something that’s almost impossible. They attempt to create a brand new product that p… Read More
2018-11-15 16:09
On October 14, Future Makers held the 3rd edition of their Innovations for Tomorrow Conference, that QUALITANCE CEO and Co-founder Ioan Iacob was invited to open with a speech on “AI a… Read More
2018-11-15 09:56
Building a brand new product is not a quick adventure. It’s a long endeavour marked by late nights and uncertainty. Instagram’s billion-dollar cash out after two years was a frea… Read More
2018-11-14 14:47
Rapid prototyping is one the most profound career discoveries I’ve had. Thanks to Tom Chi in 2012, I learnt that prototyping a product idea is both humbling and compelling. After… Read More
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