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The switch to Ethereum PoS, previously known as Ethereum 2.0, can be easily credited as the event of the decade in the crypto industry. Riddled with multiple technical issues and subject to numerous postponements, it looks like the transition is finally nudging closer to its final stage. The announced Ethereum Merge date was between September 13 a...
15 September 2022 /payments /crypto
Cryptocurrencies experienced a brutal loss this year, diminishing by $2 trillion in value since the height of a massive rally in 2021. The value of the top 100 cryptocurrencies on September 5, 2022, is lower than it was nine months earlier. The last similar period of major losses happened between 2017 and 2018, which was largely caused by the abun...
06 September 2022 /payments /crypto
The crypto industry has been subject to a great deal of criticism because of security issues. Hacks, fraud, and other types of activities have caused millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency to end up in the pockets of criminals. Yet, in reality, many crypto hacks happened not because of blockchains’ failure but due to users’ poor security meas...
18 August 2022 /payments /crypto
While strong customer authentication (SCA) enforcement is still in its early days, it’s already clear that the more robust identity requirements are better protecting ecommerce checkout from fraudsters looking to commit payments fraud. And while that’s indisputably good news, one of the key indicators of SCA’s effectiveness is certainly bad news. ...
04 August 2022 /payments /regulation
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
The focus of SBSB activity is the support of fintech and crypto projects. However the requests of business relocation from Ukraine to some other countries became more frequent lately, because of ongoing military operations. One of my recent clients and a friend of mine, Dmitry, had the same request. It motivated me to write an article with some gen...
04 July 2022 /wealth /markets
Kevin Eley VP of Sales, UK and Europe at LogRhythm
Over the last 18 months, the need for greater cybersecurity across the globe has risen due to a significant shift to remote working and more vulnerable security infrastructure as a result of this. Organisations need to detect and neutralise a threat before it attacks, not play catchup once the impact has been felt. Some organisations use formal s...
01 July 2022 /security
Abhinav Paliwal CEO at PayNet Systems
During the Industrial Revolution, companies attempted to maximize the output of their factories by keeping them running as many hours as possible, Typically implementing a “Sun up to Sun down” workday. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...
02 May 2022 /people /startups
Paul Okhrem Managing partner at Elogic Commerce
Fiat money is a means of the mutual financial settlement between the market players. Be it for physical products or services, consumers look for flexibility in payment methods. Digital currencies are no exception, especially in the e-commerce world where flexibility is a key to creating better user experiences and higher conversions. From the very...
26 April 2022 /crypto /markets
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
If you want to get results and generate leads in digital marketing, you'll need the right tools. Conversion rate optimization solutions are essential if you want to maximize your SEO and marketing efforts. Businesses of all sizes are continually looking for methods to enhance their conversion rates to get more loyal consumers. To maximize the valu...
11 April 2022 /startups
Nick Boyer Senior Director, Strategic Consulting at PROS
UK businesses are being hit by the highest levels of inflation in over 30 years, with Input Producer Price Inflation hitting 13.6% on the year to January 2022. In comparison, output price inflation was 9.9 percent during the same period. The fallout from Covid-19 is driving up the cost of raw materials and disrupting global supply chains, not to m...
29 March 2022 /cloud /markets
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