Is Fintech Changing The Forex Landscape
The relationship between Fintech and Forex trading is undeniable. Find out how these two technologies are feeding into each other and benefiting everyone.
Fintech, SA's bright spot during the pandemic
Fintech companies in Africa raised more capital despite the Covid-19 pandemic, standing in contrast to their emerging-market peers such as Latin America that saw a decline. Most investment on the continent, according to a new report, flowed to South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya.
3 Ways That FinTech is Changing the UK
Financial technology – or ‘FinTech’ – has grown from a relatively obscure contraction into a near-household name over the past few years. While it may once have been associated with complex international transactions, governments and private banks have championed new ways of dealing with money all via the power of technology.
Why Fintech is the Biggest Driver of Financial Inclusion
Ensuring universal access to financial products and utilities features in eight of the UN’s seventeen Sustainable Development Goals, identified as an enabler for ending poverty and hunger and achieving gender equality.
Are fintech’s best days behind it?
Spend enough time with bankers, and you’ll hear whispers that the fintech industry has already seen the most exciting achievements it has to offer. The good news is I disagree — there’s a lot more still to see. But, equally, I share some of that disillusion because the truth is that today, true innovation in fintech is far and few in between.
The AltFi View on trust in fintech: Hard won and easily lost
As the trend of start-ups ‘disrupting’ financial services moves into the mainstream, fintech is at a crossroads. It must double down on building consumers’ trust to move in the right direction.
The Future of Fintech is Regtech
The rise of digital commerce has led to bold proclamations that the future of technology and the future of finance are increasingly intertwined: Forbes has described “How Fintech Is Eating The World”, while leading venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has predicted “Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company.”
Automating Cybersecurity For The Fintech Sector
Security automation solutions and threat hunting capabilities can secure enterprise infrastructure by gaining context and insights to enable faster detection and response.
The top 10 Fintech companies disrupting financial services
Fintech companies have been disrupting many areas of financial services, including banking, online transactions and accountancy. The mobile nature of the Fintech sector has eradicated the limits previously placed by physical locations, allowing users to manage finances from anywhere.
Is the fintech field breeding copycat startups?
Fintechs across the globe expanded, reported growth and showed resiliency, particularly in emerging markets, in 2020, delivering a stronger performance in general compared to 2019, according to a December joint study by the World Bank, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School, and the World Economic Forum.
What’s Next for Fintech: The Future of Retail Investing
There are several key trends in retail investing today driven in part by a demographic shift as millennials start to invest
China's Fintech Evolves on Fast Track, Diversified Applications
Fitch Ratings-Shanghai/Taipei-18 April 2021: Fintech continues to grow in China due to a favourable environment fostered by wide use of mobile devices and the internet, a strong digital payment ecosystem, and the government’s promotion of technological and financial innovation to support economic growth. The size of the addressable market also allows for scale benefits to be achieved over a short period, says Fitch Ratings.
Local fintech Payflex secures funding
In a press release, Paul Behrmann, CEO, and founder of Payflex says the investment and support by Zip Co is a vote of confidence in local fintech innovation and the market opportunities inherent in South Africa.
How The Cloud Is Changing Fintech
The 2020s are the era of the cloud. Not only are more organizations moving their infrastructure to the cloud, but over 55% say they are using multiple public clouds, according to the 2020 IDG Cloud Computing Study
S&P 500 Closes At Record High As Investor Optimism Reaches Highest Level Since 2017
With recently resurgent technology stocks heading up the market’s gains, the S&P 500 nabbed a new closing high on Thursday as investor sentiment hit its most bullish level in more than three years, a sign Wall Street may be getting over its concerns that rising interest rates might tank the market.