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Crash of Bitcoin: is the crypto winter here to stay or coming to an end?

Crypto market is going through wild changes, and record drawdown of key coins during the last five months has made people nervous

Oct. 25, 2022 • Yulia Barabash

Crypto market is going through wild changes, and record drawdown of key coins during the last five months has made people nervous. However, the current decline is a natural and, in my opinion, ...


Compliance Monitoring for the Finance Industry: Voice Recording

Why Voice Recording is Important

Oct. 18, 2022 • Nigel Cannings

Whether it's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules, Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, or operating guidelines, financial regulations to ensure the safety and security of the financial system an...


The Untold History of the Credit Card

A payment revolution that began in the 1800s

Oct. 17, 2022 • Basil Chatha

The idea of giving credit to customers so that they can “buy now, pay later” isn’t new. As Americans headed west to cash in on the gold rush in the 1800s, merchants used credit coins and charge...


Adapt to survive in 2023: A step change for business models in FinTech

FinTech industry needs an urgent step change

Oct. 13, 2022 • Pat Patel

The origins of FinTech date back to the Global Financial Crisis of 2007 to 2008, when financial institutions suffered large losses and needed government assistance to survive. In the same peri...


A Quick Overview Of The World's Financial Market Regulators

If you want to join any financial market, you have to accept more international regulator requirements because not all of them are accepted in different countries.

Oct. 4, 2022 • Konstantin Rabin

Even though there are plenty of different local and international financial market regulators, their main aim is the same, to guarantee customers' safety. Each legislative framework is foc...


Fintech and Crypto Early-stage Funding in Developed Countries: Deals, and Themes Sept 23rd to Sept 30th

This week features 20 deals, with total revealed funding continuing to hover between US$250–300ml.

Oct. 3, 2022 • Roger Portnoy

Overview: This week features 20 deals, with total revealed funding continuing to hover between US$250–300ml. Crypto deals dominated the overall funding value, while many smaller and early-sta...


9 key questions to ask customer onboarding tech providers before you buy

it’s absolutely crucial to ensure that you only onboard customers that have passed all the tests that determine whether or not they pose a risk to your business

Sept. 28, 2022 • Luke Hinchliffe

When considering partnering with a KYC onboarding tech provider, there are several key questions you should ask in order to guarantee they deliver the solution you need, and not just the soluti...


Top Fintech SPAC deals of 2022

Revenue numbers from the very beginning of this year and experts are stating that the upcoming months will be even more high-yielding

Sept. 21, 2022 • Konstantin Rabin

The 2022 year has been highly prolific for the financial industry in terms of both funding rounds and SPAC deals. The majority of fintech companies have drawn immense investments and revenue nu...


What if FinTech Product Management Started by Saying Yes?

Building great products, the lesson goes, demands focus. And focus is about saying no.

Sept. 19, 2022 • Harrison Smith

The first principle you learn as a Product Manager is a simple one: how to say no. Steve Jobs famously said “I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. In...


Financial Services Regulation – Is it ready for the next crisis?

The importance of the data-driven regulatory approach in delivering stability when the next financial crisis arrives.

Sept. 15, 2022 • Rachel Scanlon

Throughout history, financial services regulation has come about in times of panic, in response to one crisis or another. Most recently the financial crisis of 15 years ago led to significant ...