Category : Guest Posts

Banking Guest Posts

Mobile Money and the Unbanked: How Mobile Payments Can Support Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets

Brad Hyett
by Brad Hyett0
The shift to a cashless society was already underway before the pandemic hit. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 has accelerated years’ worth of digital transformation within the space of a few short months. From contactless spending to the rise of e-wallets, it’s an exciting time for consumers as digital innovation offers easier......
Digital Digital Payments Guest Posts

The Digital, Contactless Payment Trend Will Push the Envelope on Payroll

Andrew Garner
by Andrew Garner0
The drive to digital is negatively impacting an already financially stressed segment of the workforce The COVID-19 pandemic has led restaurants, grocery stores, retailers and more to enable patrons to transact in digital, contactless Payment. At the same time, 14.1 millionU.S. adults are still unbanked, which means they generally may......
Cryptocurrency Guest Posts

Cryptocurrency No Longer Seems Like a Speculative Toy – Expect a New Rally This Summer

Victor Argnov
by Victor Argnov0
Cryptocurrency no longer seems like a speculative toy that you just need to profitably resell and forget. Seeing that the bears are unable to bring down the course to $20,000- $25,000, “hunters for cheapness” are increasingly buying BTC at levels of the order of $30,000. Having made such purchases, they become......
Banking Guest Posts

A Purpose-Driven Banking For The Post Pandemic World

Sanat Rao
by Sanat Rao0
The COVID-19 pandemic has made a profound impact on people and industry worldwide. In the case of banks, in addition to managing their own businesses, banks have had to assume a social responsibility to help customers and communities get through the crisis. Be it transmitting massive government relief packages, deferring......
Banking Guest Posts

Tips to Fight Vender Impersonation Fraud in 2021

John Heyel
by John Heyel0
The dual mandate of the finance and accounting team in my company is to support business growth and help mitigate against risk.  Due to the significant increase in people working remotely because of COVID-19, there has been a massive rise in vendor impersonation fraud. Through May of 2020, the Internet......
Analytics Fintech Primers Guest Posts

Embedded Finance Explored: How Financial Institutions Can Navigate New Territory

Zil Bareisis
by Zil Bareisis0
There’s growing buzz about embedded finance—with good reason. It is a burgeoning space with the potential to dramatically reshape the way customers engage with financial services. But because varied things get labeled as embedded finance, conversations can get confusing. What is it? What are the examples? How can financial institutions......
Guest Posts Security

Why SHOULD Customers Share Their Data with You?

Toby Evans
by Toby Evans0
The death of the third-party cookie. The” cookiepocalypse.” The cookie has crumbled. It’s the hottest of the hot topics right now: the big move by Google to do away with third-party cookie tracking – not to mention Apple’s privacy changes with iOS 14 – has pulled the rug from under......
Artificial Intelligence Fintech Guest Posts

2021: Back to Business with Fintech Learnings from 2020

Chen Amit
by Chen Amit0
When prognosticating 2021, it’s useful to consider some of the technology and payments forecasts made about 2020. Many predicted technical consolidations, AI, moving processes to  the cloud, and improved strategic positioning for the finance organization. These were pretty safe bets. What was unexpected was the pandemic, which had the impact......
Digital Payments Guest Posts Risk Management

Covid-19 Spending Habits – Has The Pandemic Caused An Increase In Acquirer Fraud?

Justyna Bialobrzeska
by Justyna Bialobrzeska0
As the Covid-19 virus started to spread around the globe and a sharp economic downturn became apparent in many sectors, acquirers, and the financial institutions who maintain merchant accounts in order to accept card payments, faced a decline in the number of transactions being processed through their systems, and therefore......
Capital Markets Fintech Guest Posts

Three Top Fintech Cyber Security Trends for 2021

Todd Golub
by Todd Golub0
The Fintech cybersecurity market is ever-evolving with new technologies and regulations influencing change. Here are three trends in the market we expect to see in 2021. Financial Services Firms and Exchanges Shift to High-Speed, Full Packet Capture and Analysis to Boost Security One of the first uses of PCAP, or......
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