Payments & Infrastructure
Payments and financial infrastructure are evolving rapidly through digital wallets, cross-border platforms, mobile payments, and new blockchain-based systems. Fintech Review analyses innovations reshaping transactions, payment rails, and the underlying infrastructure of digital finance.
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Helping e-commerce business and online sellers to grow: Interview with Jeff Parker, CEO of WorldFirst
Scaling a business is not easy, particularly an e-commerce one. That is the beauty of the internet… but also its biggest drawback. You can launch and run a business from absolutely anywhere with a decent internet connection. And so can help anybody else. In that intensely competitive environment, how do you help e-commerce business and…
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Payment Orchestration: Interview with Denys Kyrychenko
What is really payment orchestration? We asked exactly Denys Kyrychenko, CEO of Corefy. Like in any orchestras, you need a chief conductor when it comes to payments. For instance, organising things like payment authorisation, transaction routing, or settlement. This is the orchestration that many businesses so desperately need. Tell us more about Corefy. What is…
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The Reason Why China Will Fail at Banning Bitcoin Again…
Guest post by Elena Obukhova, Founder & CEO at FAS | Fintech Advisory Services All the news outlets are saying China banned Bitcoin, but does this ban actually change anything? Let’s start with remembering what Bitcoin is. It is a decentralized peer-to-peer currency that was designed to give people financial freedom. The immutability of Bitcoin…
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Bitcoin as a Widespread Payment Option? Interview with Sung Choi
Have you heard of Bitcoin? You need to read this with a sarcastic tone, obviously. The most famous cryptocurrency has been at the centre of all the financial news for quite some time. However, this has been more linked to its interest as a speculative investment or store of value. Depending on whom you ask.…
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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…
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10 Startups Showcase at UK-Ukraine FinTech Summit
On July 15, 2021 Sigma Software together with the Embassy of Ukraine in the UK, TheCityUK, and the London Stock Exchange held the first UK-Ukraine Fintech Summit. The main objective was to inform a British audience about the potential of the Ukrainian fintech industry. As well as finding common ground for future partnerships. Government representatives,…
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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…
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How is the International Money Transfer Market Evolving? Interview with Subhash Chander
There is a lot of activity going on in the international money transfer market. Beyond TransferWise rebranding to Wise. The foreign exchange market is the largest financial market in the world. Much larger than the stock market, with a daily volume of $6.6 trillion. Yes, trillion as in thousands of billions. Mind-numbing numbers. Money going…
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Is Covid-19 killing Cash?
Everybody has heard the motto “Cash is King” right? But is it really? Or is it slowly dying and Covid-19 will be its final blow? The King is dead, long live the King. It depends on the kind of cash we are actually talking about. Covid-19 might not be killing cash. There are two types…
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Stripe Scores a Big Funding Round, is it Surprising?
Stripe, the payments’ processing company, added $600 million to its Series G funding round in April 2020. Yes, Series G is a long way down from a Series A. Venture Capital heavyweights Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, GV, and Sequoia all participated in the fundraising. You kind of have to given the size of the round.…
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Top European startups in Fintech: do you know them?
If you want to work in Fintech today, you will have to choose if you want to work for a bank, perhaps modernizing their tech stack, or at a Fintech company. However, the latter does not mean startup like most people think. Maybe you are not looking for a job and you just want to…
