Depending on how much debt you have, 2023 could be the year you write off or significantly reduce those financial obligations. Either way, you can end the year on a stronger financial footing. No trick will do the job on its own, but organizing ideas can reduce debt dramatically. 1. Review your monthly budget Go
Fintech companies have been storming emerging markets for a while. In Latin America, for example, innovations have made it possible for unbanked people to access the financial services they have long awaited. And as mobile adoption has surged in recent years in Africa and Asia-Pacific, new payment solutions have emerged to serve the traditionally excluded.
Positive news, yes? Actually, no. The percentage of after-tax income that consumers save personally is known as the personal savings rate. The increment’s 1% increase is an issue. Among 100 people, none spend. Because they may only purchase in certain quantities, they “save.” Their after-tax income that hasn’t been spent rises along with their income.
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
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
Rick Castello discusses Open Banking with RETHINK Retail at the NACS Show.
BitPay, the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, has announced support for Polygon and MATIC. Consumers can buy, store, swap and spend MATIC within the BitPay app later this week. For the first time, BitPay app holders will have access to spend other ERC-20 tokens including USDC, DAI, ETH and WBTC on
N26 Crypto, which has been developed in partnership with crypto custodian Bitpanda, will initially be rolled out in Austria before being expanded to other key markets over the next six months. According to N26, the launch has been inspired by the strong local demand for crypto with 40% of its users either actively trading or
Fenergo, the leading provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), has launched a new perpetual KYC solution to enable financial institutions to streamline periodic KYC review processes and reduce costs through automation. The solution, Fenergo Smart Review, automates the ongoing monitoring of customer records for KYC compliance by
The origins of blockchain technology can be traced to David Chaum, who first proposed the idea in the early 1980s. You might be most familiar with blockchain today as the home of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. In an effort to increase transparency, blockchain technology keeps track of all Bitcoin transactions. However, blockchain technology is not just
bolttech, one of the world’s fastest-growing international InsurTech companies, announced Tokio Marine, alongside other shareholders, will lead bolttech’s Series B funding round. One year after closing the largest Series A funding round ever for an InsurTech, the investment values bolttech, Singapore’s own native InsurTech unicorn, at an up-round valuation of roughly $1.5 billion. Bolttech’s strengths and
Wio Bank PJSC, the region’s first platform bank, has announced a partnership with Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, which will enable SMEs in the UAE to access the power of e-commerce faster and more easily and conveniently. Through this collaboration, Wio Business, the company’s first digital banking application, will enable SMEs and independent contractors—who
