Money20/20 U.S.A Recap
Watch the Nium team discuss major trends they saw at Money2020 – from international remittance, to emerging markets, and real-time payments in the payroll process.
UBC Summer Finance Conference 2025
July 27, 28, and 29, 2023 | Westin Bayshore, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4.
The Finance Division of the UBC Sauder School of Business is delighted to host its annual summer conference in Vancouver on July 24 to July 26, 2025. We are pleased to continue our tradition of welcoming a small gathering of top academics in the field of Finance. Read More
4 Ways Artificial Intelligence Will Change FinTech
Companies in the financial sector can leverage artificial intelligence to analyze and manage data from multiple sources to provide valuable insights. These innovative results help banks overcome the challenges they face on a daily basis while providing day-to-day services such as loan management or payment processing. Let’s now look at some AI-driven FinTech innovation use
What prevents banks from providing excellent sales and service?
In today’s tough economic climate, it is certain that clients are looking for ways to minimize their costs whenever possible in the face of the increasing cost of living. Banks have a key role to play in supporting consumers and especially the most vulnerable who are struggling to pay for basic necessities like rent, energy
Enhancing Data Empowerment in Financial Services with Modern Cloud Analytics
Financial services are the backbone of the economy and data is central to its operations. In this white paper industry experts from Amazon Web Services and Tableau describe why and how financial services institutions are adopting modern cloud analytics to: Meet compliance objectives, Process data efficiently, Improve customer experience; Increase productivity, and Create new revenue
3 Free Banking Apps for Entrepreneurs
Financial institutions and entrepreneurs have a complicated historical relationship. Entrepreneurs need the means to finance their businesses and stay afloat, which means they rely on banks for everything from business loans to checking accounts. And banks need entrepreneurs too. Without small businesses driving the economy, there’s not many banks can do. This (sometimes reluctant) codependency
WHY FINTECHS AND BANKS ARE BETTER OFF WORKING TOGETHER?
Fintech and banks are not always the most comfortable partners, banks see banks as a digital threat to their business. This has created a “fear” among banks that fintechs are willing to beat them at their own game, as they serve customers in a way that banks may not, and fintechs too. tend to be
HOW BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS CAN PREPARE FOR A RECESSION
Banks and credit unions need to start planning for the difficult economic situation that lies ahead. Due to the greater availability of cash, growing inflation and interest rates, the number of available positions, and pay inflation, this upcoming recession will be very different from the one that occurred in 2008. However, banks and credit unions
Crypto- Why People are Choosing Matic Coin Over Alternative Blockchains
The Matic coin, an alternative cryptocurrency based on Ethereum, authorises the Polygon network (initially called the Matic network). It aims to provide a long-term scaling solution to issues like high transaction costs and slow speeds. The rising volume of transactions on the Ethereum blockchain has placed a significant stress on the network, causing decreased performance
Fed boosts focus on liquidity, other risks as economy weakens: Barr
Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official, said Monday the U.S. central bank is watching for any stresses to the financial system amid a weakening economy, and signaled that stiffer oversight of cryptocurrency is in the offing. The Fed “will be heightening its focus on liquidity, credit, and interest-rate risks as supervised institutions manage
RETHINK Retail Interview with Trustly’s Rick Castello, Head of Digital Commerce
Rick Castello discusses Open Banking with RETHINK Retail at the NACS Show.
CAN YOU BE SELF-EMPLOYED WITHOUT HAVING A BUSINESS?
The IRS states that if you work odd jobs for money, occasionally sell short stories or have both a day job and a side business, you are considered to be self-employed in the USA. Even if you occasionally declare a loss, what matters is that you operate your firm with the aim of generating a profit.