August 23, 2022 Travel And Fintech: Where Challenge Meets Flush Opportunity As travel deals with a myriad of cancellations [https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/2022-flight-cancellations-pandemic-data] this year and, until
July 26, 2022 The Conundrum Of Chargeback Fraud Chargebacks are a tool simultaneously essential to digital commerce, yet one deeply vulnerable to abuse. Chargebacks occur when
July 05, 2022 Integrated Solutions: The Sole Path To Sustainability And Scalability? Once upon a time, businesses focused on core competencies: do what you do best, and capture the given
June 21, 2022 Vietnamese Fintech: Sprinting Before Walking? In a region that stands out for fintech acceleration, Vietnam stands out. With a sizable, young and tech
May 31, 2022 Not All Fintechs Will Weather The Current Shock — And That’s A Good Thing Fintech may be among the worst-hit sectors amidst the recent market downturn, but that says nothing of the
April 13, 2022 Femtech: A Kaleidoscope Of Opportunities And Vision With an estimated potential market size of about $50 billion by 2025 [https://www.frost.com/news/press-releases/
April 06, 2022 Greece: The Digitization of an Economy Left Behind Greece has yet to recover from its economic crisis wrought in late 2009, with profound implications on the
March 30, 2022 Will The Metaverse Transform Fintech As We Know It? Crypto enthusiasts and Mark Zuckerberg have one thing in common: they love the metaverse. Their vision for the
March 23, 2022 Central Bank Digital Currencies: What Are They Good For? Two years after the Bahamas became the first country [https://www.forbes.com/sites/vipinbharathan/2020/10/21/
February 23, 2022 Smartphones In Africa: Reaching An Inflection Point? If Africa leapfrogged landline telephony into the mobile era, it has only shuffled towards the smartphone era. Yet
February 16, 2022 Out Of The Shadows: How B2Bs Are Reaching Informal Sectors The informal economy is a dynamic yet inefficient ecosystem consisting of laborers, small businesses and gig workers, comprising
January 05, 2022 Fintech 2022: A Retrospective And A Preview In 2021, as the world experienced its second year of the COVID pandemic — and the rapid acceleration of
December 22, 2021 Australia’s Digital Economy: On The Precipice Of Transformation? Buoyed by industry-leading initiatives like a rails-unifying New Payments Platform [https://www.rba.gov.au/payments-and-infrastructure/new-payments-platform/], optimists
December 08, 2021 Blockchain-Based Payments in Kenya: A Square Peg in a Round Hole? If you were to conduct a quick Google search on how many crypto owners there are in Kenya,
November 24, 2021 Fintech’s Funding Bonanza: A Bubble Or Warranted? Funding and valuations have skyrocketed across tech sectors, yet arguably none stands out more than fintech. One in
October 27, 2021 Big Tech in Financial Services: A New Regulatory Paradigm The digital age began in the 1990s with the Internet’s “information superhighway.” For the first time in
September 22, 2021 The Gig Economy’s Next Frontier: Africa As people across the globe embrace working from home and leave formal employment in favor of gig-based work,
September 08, 2021 Can Africa Leapfrog Towards Open Banking? Open banking is seen in some circles as the next great leap forward in digital finance. By allowing
July 14, 2021 Digital Lending’s Self-Regulation: A Redemption Story? For years now, digital lending in emerging markets has faced public rebuke for at times utilizing deceptive marketing
June 30, 2021 The Dangers of the One-Click Buy Paradigm The fintech revolution has centered around the idea of making payments frictionless, painless and flush with options. The
June 16, 2021 Chinese Fintech’s “New Normal”: What Does It Mean? The past two decades have seen China ascend as a fintech powerhouse, fueling much of the country’s
June 09, 2021 Rwanda: Land of 1,000 Digital Contradictions Small, mountainous and land-locked, Rwanda’s rugged topology subtly influences all facets of life for its almost 13
May 19, 2021 Fintech’s Cybersecurity Soft Spot: Vendors Recent cyberattacks on IT resources firm Solar Winds [https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/985439655/a-worst-nightmare-cyberattack-the-untold-story-of-the-solarwinds-hack] and
April 28, 2021 Emerging Market BNPL: An Opportunity for Growth and Inclusion As retailers continue to explore ways to incentivize customers to purchase more online, and as fintech providers look