Erica Andersen Marketing at smartR AI
Financial institutions are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, transforming compliance from a burden into a potential competitive advantage amid growing pressure to innovate while maintaining strict regulatory standards. In the United States alone, banks must comply with multiple regul
05 May 2025 /ai /regulation Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.
Once upon a time, calling yourself a “degen” was financial heresy. It meant you YOLO’d into dog coins, aped into DeFi yield farms with 6,000% APRs, and spent more time in Discord than on Bloomberg. You were a creature of chaos, allergic to compliance decks and powered by memes and Metamask. But times have changed. Today, the degen banker is no lon...
05 May 2025 /crypto /markets
Sam Boboev Founder at Fintech Wrap Up
Hey folks — in this edition of Fintech Wrap Up, I dove into the engine behind one of the most interesting players in global payments: Adyen. The company has been quietly but powerfully evolving from a payments processor into a full-blown financial technology partner. In 2024, they doubled down on their all-in-one platform approach, making big
04 May 2025 /payments
Artem Goryushin Business Analyst at Self-Employed
Binary options signal services help traders spot opportunities by sending real-time trade alerts based on technical setups or algorithmic triggers. With dozens of providers emerging across platforms like Telegram and broker-native systems, it's important to separate structured tools from noise. Below is a curated list of five signal providers acti...
03 May 2025 /wealth /markets Banking
John Wu President at Ava Labs
Back on January 15, 1520, the Kingdom of Bohemia started minting silver coins, stamped with the Bohemian lion. They called them Joachimsthalers, after the town where they were made. Over time, that name shortened to "talers" and eventually evolved into the Spanish dólar. Fast forward a couple of centuries, and Alexander Hamilton, U.S. Tr...
02 May 2025 /crypto
Aymeric Monod-Gayraud Co-Founder at LoanTube (#Sifted100)
There’s a persistent myth in UK financial services that credit brokers are simply comparison engines, digital middlemen shuffling applications from one side of the internet to another with little added value. This outdated perception ignores how technology has fundamentally transformed the role of digital credit marketplaces, delivering additional...
02 May 2025 /retail /inclusion Innovation in Financial Services
Judy Bloch VP, Industry Executive Advisor, Financial Services at Medallia
With increased market competition and the rise of challenger banks, traditional financial institutions must differentiate themselves by keeping, or even out-pacing, consumer demand and ever-evolving expectations. Medallia research suggests that convenience, consistency and personalisation are key to sustained customer retention, with companies th...
01 May 2025 Customer Service 2015-2019-2025
Igor Kostyuchenok SVP of Engineering at Mbanq
The world of banking is at the verge of big changes that most incumbents are desperately trying to ignore. They see the change coming, they realize that their inactivity will cost them their existense but they are choosing to play dead. It's easier to cut the jobs and walk out with the bonuses then to start acting to still be relevant in 5-10 year...
01 May 2025 /retail /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Steve Morgan Banking Industry Market Lead at Pegasystems
Customer demands, technology automation and artificial intelligence (AI) have all been driving forces behind innovation in financial services, and now with the greater emergence of generative AI (GenAI), it has taken this evolution to another level. In many markets, up to three quarters (75 percent) of banks are already using AI, and a further 10...
01 May 2025
Roy Prayikulam SVP Risk & Fraud Division at INFORM GmbH
The globalization of the financial world has not only brought markets closer together but also created new opportunities for criminals. Cross-border fraud is rapidly evolving into the greatest threat to the integrity of the global financial system. According to the INTERPOL Global Financial Fraud Assessment (March 2024), fraud has reached epidemi...
30 April 2025 /ai /crime Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
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