Issue #284 - How Fintech Can Help The Financial Health Crisis

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The pandemic might have accelerated some of these moves, but the industry was already headed there.

Genuine digital transformation of banking means reimagining, not just putting technology lipstick on a legacy pig. This means building a legacy culture that can move a financial institution from 'business as usual' to a competitive force in the marketplace.

When we caught up with Gusto last year, the small business payroll startup had just raised $200 million and was launching a new office in New York City.

SWIFT, VISA, MasterCard and other regional and national systems like BACS, CHAPS, CHIPS, Fedwire and such like, were all created in the 1970s or thereabouts.

As the limitations and costs of running decentralized finance (DeFi) apps on Ethereum continue to ride high, a growing list of projects are lining up on competing blockchains.

Amazon has unveiled technology that lets shoppers at physical stores pay for their purchases by scanning the palm of their hands.

Over the past decade, the desire to share and collaborate has fueled the rise of multiplayer software across many markets and industries: files, documents, design projects, software development, photo boards, and more.

Interbank messaging network Swift is to move into the low-value remittance market, providing member banks with the means to make instanteous transactions across borders for small and medium-sized companies and consumers

In 2017, Didi Taihuttu sold everything for Bitcoin, convinced he’d be a multi-millionaire by 2020. How’s that working out for him and his family?