Barnabás Birmacher CEO and Co-Founder at Bitrise
The past decade has seen wholesale adoption of cloud infrastructure across the finance industry. This trend has been underpinned by US technology providers, from Microsoft Azure to Oracle and Google Cloud, decreasing their prices as economies of scale in US-based data centres accelerate. And while going cloud native brings benefits to product deve...
29 July 2025 /retail /devops Fintech
Foday Joof Principal Economist at Central Bank of The Gambia
Dr. Foday Joof, an economic expert, has linked The Gambia’s persistent dalasi volatility to its heavy trade deficit and low market confidence, warning that the country’s overreliance on imports and limited exports continues to put pressure on its currency. In an interview with The Voice, Dr. Joof explained that over 90 percent of goods consumed in...
29 July 2025
Alex Kreger Founder and CEO at UXDA Financial UX Design
Have you ever seen a live black swan? I hadn't until recently. During my recent vacation, every morning and evening on the way to breakfast and dinner, I passed a flock of black swans housed on the hotel grounds. By the second day, they became just part of the scenery — beautiful, yes, but familiar. It made me think. In his book, Nassim Taleb des...
29 July 2025 /ai /predictions Innovation in Financial Services
Onkar Chachad Product Manager at Veefin
From tedious spreadsheets to sentient AI companions, the world of cash management is on the brink of a sci-fi revolution. Let's explore a future that's closer than you think. For decades, the heart of corporate finance has been the Cash Management System (CMS). It’s a world of screens filled with complex tables, multi-level authorization workflows,...
29 July 2025 /payments
Joseph Ibitola Head of Demand Generation at Flagright
Comparing Moving Averages, Simple Averages, and Weighted Scoring for AML & Fraud Financial crime risk is not static. A customer’s risk profile can shift rapidly with new transactions, behaviors, or data. Yet historically, many financial institutions relied on one-time or infrequently updated risk scores, leaving blind spots. In fact, in 2024 a...
Prashant Bansal Sr. Principal Consultant at Oracle
The global banking sector has made substantial investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), driven by the promise of enhanced operational efficiencies, sophisticated fraud detection capabilities, and hyper-personalized customer experiences. Despite high adoption rates, a paradoxical challenge persists: a significant portion of these AI initiatives...
28 July 2025 /ai Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
Regulatory pressure remains one of the most critical challenges facing financial institutions today. Regulations differ by country, are often vague or even contradictory, and continue to evolve - whether through the introduction of new rules or updates to existing ones. At the same time, regulators are becoming significantly more demanding, both
28 July 2025 /payments /regulation RegTech
Roman Eloshvili Founder and CEO at XData Group
Speaking as a company leader, I can say from personal experience that a lot of management tasks today no longer require in-depth human involvement. Filling out reports, checking deadlines, scheduling meetings, making their summaries after the fact — all of these are tasks that artificial intelligence can already do faster and with greater precisio...
28 July 2025 /ai /predictions
John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited
US has opened the door for Stablecoin innovation for Governments, Corporations and consumers by enacting on the GENIUS Act. This is a regulatory framework for stablecoins, backed by low-risk assets such as cash ($) and US T-Bills. This can drive value for: Government Economic Growth Stablecoins move instantly and with sub-second finality settlement...
28 July 2025 /regulation /crypto Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
The debate surrounding central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has reached a new but unexpected stage. The Bank of England (BoE) is reportedly reevaluating its digital pound plan, with internal discussions suggesting a potential shift away from prioritizing a digital pound, opening a new phase of CBDC reconsideration. While the global trend still ...
28 July 2025 /crypto Blockchain Observations
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