Andrew Abraham Global Managing Director of Data Quality at Experian
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend this year’s Gartner Data & Analytics Summit where global data leaders came together to explore how organisations are navigating an increasingly complex digital landscape. One theme echoed across every session: as data ecosystems continue to evolve, the need for trusted, well-governed, high-quality dat...
22 May 2025
Paul Quickenden Chief Commercial Officer at Easy Crypto
Let me tell you a story… Fifteen years ago, a guy bought two pizzas for 10,000 Bitcoin. At the time, Bitcoin was only worth a few cents and crypto was still regarded as an experiment. Today, those pizzas are worth over US$1 billion. The story has become folklore in industry (touted as ‘Bitcoin pizza day’) and a symbol of just how volatile and unpr...
21 May 2025 /inclusion /crypto
Alex Rees Web Strategy at Facctum
Regulatory compliance has traditionally been a slow-moving function—reactive, rules-based, and tethered to manual review cycles. But the pace of modern finance demands a fundamental rethinking. As financial crime becomes more sophisticated and real-time transactions dominate, the compliance function must operate at the speed of risk. Legacy compl
21 May 2025 /regulation /crime RegTech
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
I once argued that Banks Will Never Catch Up With The Frictionless UX Of Fintechs. Since then, I've seen some improvements in the user experience of banking apps. My go-to Payment app now has a four digit PIN (down from six digits) Stock trading app keeps me logged in the whole day (instead of logging me out after five minutes of inactivity) Netb...
21 May 2025 /payments /retail
Slava Mehovich Founder at AKDev Group
When companies expand into global markets, they face not only an influx of customers and revenue growth, but also limitations of rapid growth. The burden on the company increases, and processes can begin to break down. However, all successful companies cope with this. the secret is in competent outsourcing Outsourcing is a whole separate market. ...
21 May 2025 /people /startups Business
Jf Sullivan Chief Strategy Officer at Snowdrop Solutions
a.k.a. “It's about Context, Stupid!” Despite big investments in time, energy and money, Personal Finance Management has failed to engage customers at most traditional retail banks. Just look at the numbers. On average, only 12% of a typical bank’s customer base actually use any PFM features such as pie charts, graphs and planning guides. And in pri...
21 May 2025 /ai /retail
Nikunj Gundaniya Product manager at Digipay.guru
Security is the foundation of a reliable money transfer platform. Customers trust you with their hard-earned money. They expect safe and seamless transactions through your platform. A single security breach can damage your reputation, which may result in financial losses and lead to compliance penalties. To protect your business and customers, you...
21 May 2025 /payments
Ruchi Rathor Founder at Payomatix Technologies
As digital transactions become faster, smarter, and more seamless, one question takes center stage: How do payment platforms attract users—and keep them—without compromising revenue? Enter the freemium model — a strategy that offers essential features at no cost while unlocking advanced capabilities for paying customers. Originally popular in SaaS,...
21 May 2025 /payments /markets Fintech
Shriram Bhashyam COO at Sydecar
After a COVID and economic policy-induced coma, the secondary market for venture has bounced back. Interestingly, this cycle of venture secondaries (or pre-IPO secondaries), has seen the rise of a new feature–the special purpose vehicle (SPV). How did we get here? Monetary and fiscal policies in response to COVID supercharged an asset bubble ...
20 May 2025 /startups /markets
Chris Poulios Product Marketing Manager at Moveo.AI
The banking and financial industry is entering a pivotal era. Over the past decade, banks and fintechs have invested heavily in automating repetitive tasks, but a more profound transformation is underway. What comes next is not simply faster service or cheaper operations. According to McKinsey, Agentic AI represents the next evolution in financia...
20 May 2025 /ai Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
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