2018-01-18 10:30
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2018-01-18 10:00
Being home to the largest unicorns in the world, China has been continuously leapfrogging the world in fostering rapid technological innovation adoption. Dozens of reasons for China to becom… Read More
2018-01-18 09:30
In a conversation with Rise Mumbai as part of the Rise Mumbai FinTech Prodegree, Ram Gopal, CEO of Barclays Bank India, shares his vision on what FinTech and what is Read More
2018-01-17 10:30
Of all emerging technologies, executives believe the IoT will be the most important, ranking it above others such as artificial intelligence or robotics, Forbes reports. Some of the most rec… Read More
2018-01-17 10:00
Being one of the game changers providing Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platforms, it comes as no surprise that IBM seeks to transform business models and enabling infrastructure in another… Read More
2018-01-16 10:30
With an increasing number of enterprises expressing interest in distributed ledger technology, tech companies are rushing to meet the demand. To democratize blockchain technology, Microsoft… Read More
2018-01-16 10:00
There are at least nine reasons to launch and expand a business in this European country. This country is a rare example of how a little nation relentlessly competes with Read More
2018-01-14 23:00
YES BANK, India’s fifth-largest private sector bank, has been a pioneer of several key technology innovations since its inception in 2004. YES BANK continues to be at the forefront of Read More
![FinTech & Beyond: More Than A Technology Shift [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-3885809598.w320.jpg "FinTech & Beyond: More Than A Technology Shift [Video]")
2018-01-14 22:00
FinTech and new ways of operating money have brought a significant paradigm shift in our lives. As technology changes, it affects our behavior. Kai Ren, Former VP of Goldman Sachs Read More
2018-01-12 10:30
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. Successfully and sustainably scaling a financial Read More
2018-01-12 10:00
Here is an interesting twist – why don’t governments offer public services as a software? After all, the business of government doesn’t have to be synonymous to tedious bur… Read More
2018-01-11 10:30
Just like financial institutions, insurers are no strangers to leveraging advanced technologies in various aspects of the business. Some of the practical applications of machine learnin… Read More
2018-01-11 10:00
One of the most interesting reads of the day brings up a grand picture of business model development – ecosystems and platforms. While both with industry-specific opportunities and cha… Read More
![What’s Google’s Vision For India? [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-657048442.w320.jpg "What’s Google’s Vision For India? [Video]")
2018-01-11 09:30
Google Inc., one of the world’s biggest and most influential tech companies is led by Sundar Pichai. Speaking to the audience via an India-made Beam robot, Pichai talks with Shah Read More
2018-01-10 10:30
As one of Europe’s hubs of innovation along with London, Berlin has an impressive array of FinTech companies successfully operating both within and beyond Germany’s FinTech ecosy… Read More
2018-01-10 10:00
China won’t stop stealing the thunder of 2018. Chinese dragons continue to awe the world with domestic and international developments. This time, WeChat makes a move towards a stronger… Read More
2018-01-09 10:30
The advent of FinTech has led to many FinTech-oriented conversations focused on aspects other than technology – regulatory, sales, business, ecosystems, etc. The role of “Tech&rd&hell…Read More
2018-01-09 10:00
Being denied an opportunity to buy an entrance ticket into the US market, Ant Financial nonetheless finds a way to establish a channel for future endeavors with MoneyGram. This collabor… Read More
2018-01-08 10:30
Success in any industry, in financial services especially, is attributed to a combination of factors including economic conditions, federal support, regulatory environment, the role of the m… Read More
![How Cognitive & Blockchain Are Transforming RegTech, Counter Fraud & Customer Service – Interview With Vivek Bajaj, Global VP, IBM Watson Financial Services [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-660483207.w320.jpg "How Cognitive & Blockchain Are Transforming RegTech, Counter Fraud & Customer Service – Interview With Vivek Bajaj, Global VP, IBM Watson Financial Services [Video]")
2018-01-08 10:00
In an enlightening interview at Money20/20 Europe 2017, Vivek Bajaj, Global Vice President at Watson Financial Services Solutions, IBM, answers questions such as: What is the future of artif… Read More
2018-01-05 10:30
I love insurance, and I have dedicated my career to the innovation introduced by InsurTech. 2017 has been a year full of InsurTech discussions for me: I took 187 Read More
2018-01-05 10:00
Canada’s competition authority just released an insightful paper outlining the specifics of the FinTech industry in the country, and, more importantly, the government’s approach… Read More
2018-01-04 10:30
At a time when disbelief in decentralized systems may end up being an offense in Silicon Valley and beyond, I’d like to give a benefit of a doubt to the Read More
2018-01-04 10:00
As P2P lending in China is crippled with fraud and trials, institutions do not wish to miss out on an important revenue stream. One Chinese province sees an emergence of Read More
![Beyond Price: Bitcoin’s Impact On The Future [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-3123554568.w320.jpg "Beyond Price: Bitcoin’s Impact On The Future [Video]")
2018-01-04 09:30
In this inspiring talk, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin, reviews the early his… Read More
2018-01-03 10:30
There are 10,000+ FinTech startups around the world, innovating across roughly 18 segments. The global FinTech industry can be categorized into roughly 18 segments, a number of which have mu… Read More
2018-01-03 10:00
As the tradition goes across industries, every year starts and ends with predictions. The year 2018 is not an exclusion, and one of the recent roundups brings together very interesting Read More
2018-01-02 10:30
The recent spike in the value of Bitcoin has captured the imagination of many people around the world. It is hard to believe that the cryptocurrency, which recently crossed the Read More
2018-01-02 10:00
Benjamin Gomes-Casseres, an expert in alliance strategy and a professor at the International Business School, Brandeis University, has been studying, teaching, and consulting on the strategy… Read More
![Innovation And Ecosystem [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-679026148.w320.jpg "Innovation And Ecosystem [Video]")
2018-01-01 10:30
Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, interviews the leader of one of the most important companies in the modern financial and communication worlds – Pony Ma, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Tence… Read More
2017-12-29 10:30
Let’s flashback to a scenario that some of you may know: It’s 1999. The CMO of a large community bank needs to build a customer website. So he sends a Read More
2017-12-29 10:00
Africa, a highly diverse in business opportunities continent, is the largest unserved market that has dropped out of sight of the global financial system. With the latest news, Africa takes Read More
2017-12-28 10:30
The holidays are here, and it has been said that this is the most wonderful time of the year. Snow is falling, parties are on every weekend, families are reunited Read More
2017-12-28 10:00
WeChat, the Swiss Army knife of the Chinese digital world, does not stop to amaze the world with its latest development – two, in fact. WeChat now is a digital Read More
![The Future Of Machine Intelligence [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-2503394595.w320.jpg "The Future Of Machine Intelligence [Video]")
2017-12-28 09:30
With machine learning advancing at a rapid pace, machine intelligence is expected to have altering implications across industries. The transition to the machine intelligence era is likely to… Read More
2017-12-27 10:30
AI could boost banks’ revenues by 3.4% and cut costs by 3.9% over the next three years, UBS says. While AI-powered technologies – assistants, advisors, bots – have signific… Read More
2017-12-27 10:00
One of the applications of blockchain technology – in the IoT segment – sees a vote of confidence as professionals expect the emergence of a new industry – blockchain IoT Read More
2017-12-26 10:30
The development of biometrics on mobile devices is set to have an outsized impact on mobile wallets and international money transfer. Advances such as fingerprint login, retinal scan, and fa… Read More
2017-12-26 10:00
With software evolution comes the hardware revision. As advanced AI requires new levels of computational capabilities, the very hardware that fuels it is being redesigned to allow emerging i… Read More
2017-12-25 10:30
I would start with a quote by Edewede Oriwoh: “The Internet of Things is not a concept; it is a network, the true technology-enabled Network of all networks.” I truly Read More
2017-12-22 10:30
The holidays are a major stress test for professionals supporting the retail pipeline. Every year, e-commerce retailers (eTailers) vow to fight the wave of holiday fraud better than the year Read More
2017-12-22 10:00
High connectivity is one of the hallmarks of the modern society. At any moment in time, individuals are plugged into society through the range of devices, which as well are Read More
2017-12-21 10:30
As the blockchain-focused community of entrepreneurs expands worldwide, so does the ecosystem aimed to support and nurture top-performing solutions. Being FinTech-focused is not enough &ndas&hell…Read More
2017-12-21 10:00
Given that three-fourths (75%) of the world’s mobile data traffic will be video by 2020, there is a strong chance that the future of payments will migrate from buttons in Read More
![To Solve Poverty, We Need A New Type Of Innovation [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-2859163187.w320.jpg "To Solve Poverty, We Need A New Type Of Innovation [Video]")
2017-12-21 09:30
“In trying to solve poverty, our challenge is not a lack of money. The money is there, but it needs to be redirected to innovative ideas with social impact that Read More
2017-12-20 10:30
In our discussions lately with CXOs and innovation heads of major banks, we have been seeing an interesting trend shaping up. Many of them are trying to find ways to Read More
2017-12-20 10:00
Just like the guys who produced and sold shovels made a lot more fortune during the gold rush, something similar is happening in the Bitcoin world – there is an Read More
2017-12-19 10:30
Despite constituting more than 43% of the workforce, women occupy only 37% of positions from management in Brazil, according to the IBGE Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. In s… Read More
2017-12-19 10:00
Machine learning applications are storing the financial services industry with institutions and regulatory bodies putting technology into real use. Real-world applications, however, are not… Read More
2017-12-18 10:30
While financial use cases of blockchain technology are at the spotlight due to the significant interest of powerful parties – banks, investors, and even governments – non-financi… Read More
2017-12-18 10:00
Frank Yiannas, VP of Food Safety at Walmart, and John Cohn, IBM Fellow & Chief Scientist for Internet of Things, share the opportunistic area of supply chain quality control in Read More
2017-12-15 10:30
With demand comes supply, and the old truth proved to be working in 2017 when we saw a significant proliferation of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Regulatory bodies have come through fo… Read More
2017-12-15 10:00
Developments in blockchain technology have taken a leap to a whole new level – the first license for FinTech firms using blockchain distributed ledger technology has been introduc… Read More
2017-12-14 10:48
I had the pleasure of speaking with Brion Bonkowski, the Founder & CEO of Tern Commerce, a company created to help brands launch global prepaid and stored value programs through Read More
2017-12-14 10:00
Governing authorities in the Middle East did not lose time in 2017, setting up innovation labs, Sandboxes, and establishing strategic partnerships with international institutions in order to… Read More
![The Future Of Money: Banking On FinTech [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-4168552145.w320.jpg "The Future Of Money: Banking On FinTech [Video]")
2017-12-14 09:30
FinTech startups are innovating across broad categories — in core banking, new financial services, insurance, and investing. What’s driving this change? And how do these startups… Read More
2017-12-13 10:30
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Nadeem Khan, President of Aflac Corporate Ventures (launched in March 2017) in their newest office situated in the Packard Place building in Read More
2017-12-13 10:00
As technology companies are gradually invading the financial world, the circle tightens up around the most expected step – fully-fledged banking services from the likes of Amazon. The… Read More
2017-12-13 09:30
A fraud has the power of causing enormous financial losses and put your business upside down. To not fall for something like this – what is most of the time Read More
2017-12-12 10:30
It was a big year for FinTech in 2017 – and 2018 is shaping up to be every bit as exciting. Here are some FinTech predictions for 2018: 1. Bitcoin Read More
2017-12-12 10:00
There are currently between 2.9 million and 5.8 million unique users actively using a cryptocurrency wallet, according to a study performed by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. D… Read More
2017-12-11 10:30
After many NFC pilots and Apple Pay, Samsung seems to have cracked the code! For many in the contactless payments industry, they have had a genuine conviction each of the Read More
![The New Wave Of FinTech: The End Of Banking [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-2293071675.w320.jpg "The New Wave Of FinTech: The End Of Banking [Video]")
2017-12-11 10:00
Mike Sigal, an entrepreneur, early-stage investor & Partner at 500 Startups, presents his views on the wave of financial technology startups that facilitate long-term changes in the fina… Read More
2017-12-11 09:30
IULM & MEDICI will partner on FinTech modules for the first edition of IULM Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MIE) – an I level master’s program in collaboration w… Read More
2017-12-08 10:30
Worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics will grow from $130.1 billion in 2016 to more than $203 billion in 2020, at a CAGR of 11.7%, IDC estimated. “The Read More
2017-12-08 10:00
The WealthTech industry is one of the most promising areas attracting substantial funding, talent and, probably, the most active on events. Financial institutions are aggressively pushing bo… Read More
2017-12-07 10:30
Imagine you are a small-business owner running a profitable family restaurant for several years and looking to expand to another location. To do this, you need a $70,000 loan, but Read More
2017-12-07 10:00
The biometrics market is expected to experience a substantial growth over the coming years. Some estimates suggest that by 2020, global mobile biometric market revenues will reach $34.6 bill… Read More
2017-12-07 09:30
Alex Rampell, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, discusses the underlying trends, shifts, and where opportunities for the tech industry lie thanks to mobile as the router through the di… Read More
2017-12-06 10:30
The rise of FinTech has already had huge implications for the financial services industry. From digital currency to digital deposits, financial services organizations are having to divert fr… Read More
2017-12-06 10:00
While one of the primary goals of technology is to extend and enhance the quality of services across industries to existing and previously overlooked customers, sometimes, tech innovation ca… Read More
2017-12-05 10:30
The LTP Team had a pleasure to interview Brad Weisberg, CEO & Founder of Snapsheet (previously known as BodyShopBids), a free app for iPhone, Android and the Web that allows Read More
2017-12-05 10:00
“The brave new world of global finance is getting braver. Real-time and near-real-time payments systems have changed the fabric of online commerce.” – Patricia Pozuelo, Ent… Read More
2017-12-04 10:30
The term ‘credit’ means different things to different people. In a developed economy, it’s about measuring the value of one’s availability to receive goods and servic… Read More
![Will FinTech Partnerships Be The Future Of Banking? [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-792909629.w320.jpg "Will FinTech Partnerships Be The Future Of Banking? [Video]")
2017-12-04 10:00
Christoph Rieche of iwoca and George Bevis of Tide discuss how they have teamed up to remove these barriers for small businesses and turn their experience from a pain to… Read More
2017-12-01 10:30
Robots are coming. But don’t worry – they’re here to help. Over the next few years, chatbots will take on a bigger role within the remittance industry. Reports on the Read More
2017-12-01 10:00
Virtual real estate is the perfect storm in the making, and blockchain technology may become its driving force in the 2018 and beyond. How Blockchain Is Breathing New Life Into Read More
2017-12-01 09:30
The mobile payment service is now part of the Italian Public Administration’s electronic payment system Paying taxes, fines and service fees by smartphone has never been so easy, fast… Read More
2017-11-30 10:30
Mid-October, FinTech firm conta.MOBI, which provides payment account (including a free version), announced a collaboration with Correios, the state-owned company that operates the national p… Read More
2017-11-30 10:00
“Amazon knows something about me that a bank never will. It knows everything about my revenue, and they know my audience – that’s something that I might not even know Read More
![Creating UX That “Just Feels Right” With Progressive Web Apps – Three Key Feel Good Principles [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-1073686804.w320.jpg "Creating UX That “Just Feels Right” With Progressive Web Apps – Three Key Feel Good Principles [Video]")
2017-11-30 09:30
On mobile, a seamless user experience can be the difference between success or failure for a product. In this talk, Mustafa Kurtuldu, Senior Design Advocate at Google, and Owen Campbell-Moor… Read More
2017-11-29 10:30
Chinese e-commerce colossus Tencent is an elephant in the room that is impossible not to talk about as the company surpasses Facebook in value after a blockbuster year that saw Read More
2017-11-29 10:00
Annual worldwide AI revenue is projected to grow from $644 million in 2016 to $37 billion by 2025, with top use cases including algorithmic trading strategy performance improvement; static i… Read More
2017-11-28 10:30
Annual worldwide AI revenue is projected to grow from $644 million in 2016 to $37 billion by 2025, with top use cases including algorithmic trading strategy performance improvement; static i… Read More
![InsurTech Is Hitting Critical Mass: ZhongAn Sold Over 7 Bn Policies To 490 Mn Customers [Curated Content]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-2425975977.w320.jpg "InsurTech Is Hitting Critical Mass: ZhongAn Sold Over 7 Bn Policies To 490 Mn Customers [Curated Content]")
2017-11-28 10:00
Right partnerships will define success stories across industries. The insurance and financial services industries are the ones to benefit the most as it becomes clear that technology compani… Read More
2017-11-27 10:30
We have a historical basis for establishing that money – fiat, commodity or otherwise – is a state-backed utility. And for good reason! What is more important is the understandin… Read More
![How AI Startups Must Compete With Google [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-1245352019.w320.jpg "How AI Startups Must Compete With Google [Video]")
2017-11-27 10:00
“Cloud is the biggest computing platform the humanity has ever created. The marriage between AI and the cloud is the perfect vehicle to democratize AI.” In an enlightening conve… Read More
2017-11-24 10:30
The Next Money Global Conference Edition São Paulo held at the beginning of November (the only one in Latin America), brought together entrepreneurs, technology, and financial compani… Read More
![Zelle Processed $1.5 Billion Worth Of Payments In October – Up 90% From The Same Month Last Year [Curated Content]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-2841744507.w320.jpg "Zelle Processed $1.5 Billion Worth Of Payments In October – Up 90% From The Same Month Last Year [Curated Content]")
2017-11-24 10:00
Pre-Thanksgiving week has been rich on interesting updates across sectors, some of which represent a significant push in adopting new technology, embracing startup partnerships, and expansio… Read More
2017-11-23 10:30
The LTP Team had the pleasure of speaking with Juan E. Tavares, Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer at LendingPoint. Juan works to distill stories from data, leverage investor relations… Read More
![Meet The Pioneers That Enable Access To Their Banking App Through Iris Scanning [Curated Content]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-2520048593.w320.jpg "Meet The Pioneers That Enable Access To Their Banking App Through Iris Scanning [Curated Content]")
2017-11-23 10:00
As the culture of convenience pushes boundaries across segments, banking sees accelerating adoption of biometrics as the way to access personal accounts – Spanish heavyweight BBVA inch… Read More
![Is Hashgraph The Future Of Decentralized Technology? [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-777184637.w320.jpg "Is Hashgraph The Future Of Decentralized Technology? [Video]")
2017-11-23 09:30
In a panel moderated by Demetri Kofinas, host of the Hidden Forces podcast, the conversation at The Assemblage NoMad looked at how Hashgraph – an entirely new distributed led… Read More
2017-11-22 10:30
According to MEDICI data, Germany’s FinTech landscape counts ~475 companies. While FinTech companies in Germany collected €400 million for the whole of 2016, the inflow of capital… Read More
![Online + Offline = The Future Of Retail [Curated Content]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-4022426601.w320.jpg "Online + Offline = The Future Of Retail [Curated Content]")
2017-11-22 10:00
Contrary to the widespread belief that physical retail is widely believed to be playing a diminishing role in modern lifestyle, the future of commerce will be at the intersection of Read More
2017-11-21 10:30
The year 2017 was the most pivotal year for wealth management – technology startups shot themselves in the foot, empowering the next wave of transformation in one of the most Read More
![$2.8 Billion Worth Of Transactions Were Sent Over Bitcoin Network In A Single Day In November [Curated Content]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-3533105174.w320.jpg "$2.8 Billion Worth Of Transactions Were Sent Over Bitcoin Network In A Single Day In November [Curated Content]")
2017-11-21 10:00
Bitcoin crosses new highs every other week despite sometimes unfavoring regulations coming into action. Last week was no exception – the value of daily transactions sent through Bitcoi… Read More
2017-11-20 10:30
The world’s largest FinTech Festival took place in Singapore on November 13-17 and was attended by more than 25,000 participants from over 100 countries. Organized by the Monetary Auth… Read More
2017-11-20 10:00
The India FinTech Awards (IFTA) is a platform to celebrate and recognize the best innovations from FinTech companies. The awards platform has been conceptualized to give FinTech firms a chan… Read More
![Rethinking Capitalism With The Blockchain [Video]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3339/333870-4216093075.w320.jpg "Rethinking Capitalism With The Blockchain [Video]")
2017-11-20 09:30
Capitalism is a cultural construct as much as economic. In his talk, Kary Bheemaiah, Head of Research at U Change, Associate Researcher & Scientist at Cambridge Judge Business School, ex… Read More
2017-11-20 09:00
By 2020, RegTech will become a $100-billion-dollar business. Join Virtusa xLabs – Google Cloud Regathon to solve regulatory compliance with cutting-edge technology. Virtusa, a leading… Read More
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