Tag: Startup

  • What is going on in payment solutions? Interview with Valeria Vahorovska

    What is going on in payment solutions? Interview with Valeria Vahorovska

    Payment is a vast world. A lot of things are happening at every corner, all the time. That makes it a really exciting segment of the fintech industry. Payments were one of the low-hanging fruits that fintech sought to disrupt first. But what is really going on in payment solutions? We asked a few questions…

  • Why is NFT a Game Changer for the Ticketing Industry?

    Why is NFT a Game Changer for the Ticketing Industry?

    Guest post by Elena Obukhova, founder & CEO at FAS | Fintech Advisory Services. FAS is a global and fully decentralized advisory ecosystem that bridges blockchain and fintech experts from Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America with SMEs willing to evolve in those domains. NFT, a concept that created hype around Digital Art, is…

  • Ukraine’s Approach to Digital Transformation for Banks

    Ukraine’s Approach to Digital Transformation for Banks

    Guest post by Hanna Khrystianovych, Fintech Program Manager at Sigma Software Group The UK and Ukraine have a long history of business relationships. The UK is already one of our biggest partners, with the volume of trade reaching £1.5 billion in 2019. In 2020 the two parties signed a major political, free trade, and strategic…

  • Payments in Latin America: Interview with Carlos Steneri

    Payments in Latin America: Interview with Carlos Steneri

    In case you have not noticed, yet, fintech is absolutely booming in Latin America. The market was obviously ripe for disruption, and a number of fintech companies have emerged to become global giants. But what is really going on in LATAM? What are the key trends? As ever, the easiest way to understand what is…

  • Wealth Management: Why is JP Morgan Acquiring Nutmeg?

    Wealth Management: Why is JP Morgan Acquiring Nutmeg?

    Big news in UK wealth management: JP Morgan is acquiring the digital wealth manager Nutmeg. It seems that the U.S. banking giant has big plans for the UK, as it has been slowly but surely working on a digital bank for a few years already. It is due to launch later this year, and the…

  • Are fintechs better at lending than banks?

    Are fintechs better at lending than banks?

    Banks have been lending money to people and businesses for a long, long time. A lot of the incumbent banks can trace their roots back to the 19th century. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which is the oldest bank in existence, was founded in 1472. Although they often rely on cranky processes and old…