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Fintech, Blockchain & transparency: the anti‐corruption's "Trust System" for Public & Private Procurement. [Part 2‐2]
Blockchain as a tool for the reduction of the corruption
March 17, 2021 • Enrico Molinari
Bad dealing and corruption have its roots since the Greeks and Romans times and represent a negative value no longer attributable only to social and cultural factors. Nowadays, it's also ...
Data in the changing payments landscape and the role of ISO 20022
The opportunities created by payments data
March 15, 2021 • Akhil Rao
Data is an increasingly important part of the payment industry. It is collected, analyzed, and used at various points during a payment transaction, and plays a vital role in making sure the pay...
Hot Market: Why Latin America? And Why Now?
A brief overview
March 12, 2021 • Yulia Barabash
The pandemic has certainly scaled up the demand for digital financial services worldwide, and Latin America is not an exception. But was that true before 2020? Historically, the region had a...
The UK's contactless payment limit lifted to £100
Opinion by Fujitsu’s CTO, Financial Services
March 5, 2021 • Ian Bradbury
With the ongoing pandemic warranting a socially distanced society, it’s unsurprising to hear that the contactless limit is set to rise to £100 for major retailers. At the beginning of the pande...
ISO 20022 Translators, SWIFTgpi plugins and Optimization
What it takes for a successful transformation in payments area
March 5, 2021 • Akhil Rao
Payments systems have always been complex but critical parts of the banking world. Over the last decade, the payments environment has become much more dynamic, creating even greater challenges ...
Robinhood - Conflict of interest in trading
The Robinhood case conclusions
March 2, 2021 • Konstantin Rabin
Some of you might have heard about the drama which was going around GameStop lately those several weeks. Numerous parties were involved in financial manipulation which was initially started fro...
World’s Leading Neobanks
Top ten neobank in 2021
Feb. 26, 2021 • Yulia Barabash
The neobanking wave is sweeping all countries and continents, from the EMEA to South America. The term coined in 2017 means a new type of financial institution offering state-of-the-art, quick ...
London set to remain a key financial centre
Opinion from Fujitsu’s CTO, Financial Services
Feb. 23, 2021 • Ian Bradbury
The UK, particularly London, benefits from a vibrant and competitive financial services industry. It’s a validation of the way the country has adopted technology quickly while transforming the ...
The Threat Of Central Bank Digital Currency To Digital Payment Service Providers
Exploring the benefit of Central Bank in digital payments
Feb. 22, 2021 • Himanshu Kolhekar
Long before most of the Central Banks in the world started to mull on creating their own digital currency, I wrote about the concept of "The Smart Digital Programmable Money". Later i...
7 Ways APIs Are Revolutionizing KYC & AML
Feb. 17, 2021 • Luke Hinchliffe
Anyone working in a compliance role in financial services will appreciate the critical part that software plays in effective onboarding, due diligence and anti-money laundering investigations. ...