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
March 03, 2021 Is Covid the “Big Bang” of Digital Payments? As we enter the second year of the Covid pandemic, headlines are still dominated by the global transition
February 10, 2021 Have the Stars Finally Aligned for Middle Eastern Fintech? The story of digital technology adoption over the last year in simplest terms is essentially the same everywhere:
February 03, 2021 Pandemic-Proof? Revisiting Remittance Rails Succeeding in the money transfer industry is no mean feat, and requires mastering the ins and outs of
January 06, 2021 All Aboard: Why Every Bank Needs Omnichannel Consumer banking is sometimes seen as a zero-sum game. As banking goes ever-more digital, it’s perhaps natural
May 20, 2020 The Death Of Cash: Greatly Exaggerated? The death of cash has been foretold for years. Among other causes, the rise of digital payment tools
April 15, 2020 Digital Distancing: The Key To Payments Reimagined Digital payments are receiving much special attention at the moment. Firstly, officials in China and elsewhere hypothesized early
April 07, 2020 Startups Won't Survive Unless They Play Both Sides Three months in, and 2020 has already introduced significant risk into the financial services sector, from deposit runs
March 03, 2020 Better Payments, Better Apps: The Sharing Economy Wars The so-called “sharing economy,” led by ride-sharing pioneers like Uber and home-sharing pioneers like Airbnb, has expanded to
November 20, 2019 Will Banks Lead the Fintech Charge? It’s sometimes assumed that competition in the financial services space is good for end users. If consumers
November 06, 2019 Removing The Risk From Bank-Fintech Partnerships It's a worldwide phenomenon: instead of competing in a zero-sum game with emerging fintech firms, banks
October 29, 2019 Brazil: Digital Finance at the Speed of Light Less than a decade after the first startups began to challenge the traditional banking ecosystem in Brazil, growth
October 08, 2019 Digital Banking in Asia: How to Regulate a Revolution Since 2014, digital banking penetration has increased by between 1.5- and 3-fold across emerging markets in Asia.
October 02, 2019 The Biggest Ideas at Finovate Fall 2019 If the next billion-dollar fintech was being pitched this week, it was probably happening in New York. Over
January 15, 2019 Mortgages: Different Stages Of Digitization For many fintech entrants eager to capitalize on loan products, mortgages are the Moby-Dick of the lending sea.
November 27, 2018 Baking Financial Literacy Into Product Strategy Generally speaking, financial literacy has belonged in the wheelhouse of public entities. With even the citizenry of wealthy
October 25, 2018 Money20/20: You Say You Want A Revolution? As the figurative curtains began to close on Money20/20 in Las Vegas this past Wednesday, and exhibitors
August 14, 2018 Are Some Markets Immune To The X-Pays' Advance? Apple's recent earnings call grabbed a lot of headlines, and the resulting momentum has nudged the