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FinTech Weekly Magazine

  • Banking

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    Features Of A Winning Banking API Strategy

    APIs can be more than intermediary tools. When it comes to banks, what does it take to build a winning banking API strategy?

  • How Blockchain is Changing the Face of the Lending Industry

    We are living in the golden age of financialization. Everything we know is already financialized or is on the verge of getting financialized.

  • How To Kick-start Your FinTech Career in 5 Simple Steps

    FinTech is one of the most innovative sectors in modern business, so it’s no wonder that it’s also one of the fastest-growing. New technologies like blockchain and machine learning are being used to produce value at a blistering rate, so already it’s hard to imagine a digital economy without FinTech. More and more financial and technical professionals alike are catching on to the fact that FinTech is transforming the digital industry, but with such a booming market it can be difficult to know how to make your mark. Here are a few simple ways to get a solid start in this exciting new sector.

  • Industry 4.0 And Its Impact On The Financial Services

    Like manufacturing and other sectors of global industries, industry 4.0 has also impacted fintech and the financial services significantly. The impact of industry 4.0 precisely referred to as I-4 is very prevalent from online payments, digital loans, plastic money, cryptocurrency, online forex trading, and many other financial activities in the financial services.

  • Branded Article

    DIGITAL ASSETS INSIGHTS With Michel Lee, Executive President, HashKey Group

    Explaining the role of digital assets in portfolios according to different institutions with the Executive President of HashKey Group.

  • Innovation Lessons from the Biggest Global Banks

    There’s cause for celebration in the global banking industry – it’s more profitable and much more resilient than ever after the financial crisis. However, facing the next stage of growth, everyone from startups and established banks are at an inflection point. What they do now is going to determine how they capture the next generation of clients.

  • IEO, STO, and Blockchain IPO: New Blockchain-based Methods for Fundraising

    While ICOs were touted as one of the killer applications of blockchain technology, they had a fair share of pitfalls. Throughout the years 2017 and 2018, Billions of Dollars in capital were both raised and destroyed in what can be called blockchain’s equivalent of the Dotcom bubble. While many people attribute that to fraudulent schemes that were commonplace during the ICO hype, this is only half the truth.

  • PayPal vs. Visa: Which Mobile Payment Stock Should You Buy?

    Interested in investing in the mobile payment and fintech industry? Then you’re not alone. Fintech has been one of the biggest investment trends in the past couple of years and for many investors, it has paid very well.

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    Year of the Ox

    Executive President of HashKey Group, Michel Lee shares his top digital asset trends and opportunities to watch in 2021.

  • Top 5 Countries Leading in Fintech Innovation

    Today it’s easy to imagine yourself sending money to a friend, or buying a product within several seconds. It’s all thanks to the boom in fintech. The investment in fintech has been dramatically rising in the last years, as many countries want to become the hubs of cutting-edge fintech innovation.

  • How the IoT is Impacting Cryptocurrency

    Two of the most innovative and most recent explosions of technology into the modern world are, without a doubt, Internet of Things devices (IoT) and cryptocurrencies. Both have revolutionised the world in so many different ways, and when combined, amazing things are happening, all of which we’re going to explore today.

  • 2020 Fintech Trends to Watch Out For

    Fintech remains fearless in the face of traditional banking. Rapidly evolving to meet consumer needs that they never even knew they had. In ten short years, we have sped away from checkbooks and bank tellers and toward paperless, even wallet-less, payment methods. First, there were contactless card payments and now it is no longer necessary to carry a debit or visa card, just a mobile phone, and the necessary app.

  • Investments

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    Investing In Tech – A Digital Transformation?

    As we evolve in a tech-driven world, the tech industry is growing, hitting investment records and attracting investors.

  • Augmented Reality: How to Ride The New Phase of Fintech Evolution

    What started from Pokemon Go and Snapchat, the market of Augmented Reality (AR) has continued to flourish with every single day. It has not solely established its significance in the gaming and social media industry but has also entered into various other domains - with Fintech no exception.

  • Why The Usage Of Data Will Become Even More Impactful Within Fintech In 2020

    Fintech has become quite a mainstream topic with apps like Monzo and Revolut. The usage of technology-related strategies to ensure marketing results, sales targets and, overall, to manage risks within financial architecture is becoming more and more "mainstream".

  • A Quick Glance at the FinTech Industry and its Future

    FinTech is an acronym for Financial Technology and the definition of FinTech is the integration of technology in the financial services sector. These technologies are mostly used by the financial institutions themselves on the back end of their businesses.

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    10 Stock Market Investing Tips

    Investing in stocks isn’t that difficult. After all, you can invest with borrowed money, by taking out Payday Depot, for example.

  • 5 Most Common Mistakes to Why Start-up Fintech Companies Fail

    With the latest statistics detailing that around 90% of all business startups fail, there’s no denying that there needs to be some kind of awareness as to what is going on and why these businesses are unable to find their footing. While this is happening in all industries, one of the most prevalent is the fintech industry.

  • Why Fintech Startups will make a Revolution in the Banking Industry

    Given the developmental stagnation of traditional banking institutions in the past years due to their revenue generation and industry stability, both B2C and B2B sectors have started to look for new FinTech services to use. Whether you intend to build your own startup in the next several years or are looking for an industry to devote your time and resources into, FinTech startups and their presence in the banking industry might present you with the perfect opportunity.

  • 6 reasons why Finance is important in today’s business?

    As the term suggests, finance is the available cash that makes an organization can use. Whether you want to start a business, or expand an existing one, add more pieces of equipment or develop new products, finance is the core of every business organization today. Liquid money is important to run the day to day operations for the organization. Right from the smallest spending to huge business expenses, finance is a must. Agree?

  • Branded Article

    Digital payment innovations in 2020 which simplify business financial operations and save money
  • The cyber security landscape in financial services

    The financial sector is fighting a constant battle, and not just for market supremacy. In fact, the most critical battle faced by today's financial institutions is the war to protect IT assets and safeguard customer data. In other words, the quest to ensure maximum cybersecurity.

  • Competitors, regulators, and scammers: what threatens mobile banks?

    With the rise in availability and intuitiveness of smartphone devices, more and more people opt for mobile bank applications as their go-to financial solutions. While they may be user-friendly, convenient and available on the fly, these applications are also more vulnerable and prone to scammers, malware, and other cyber intrusions.

  • Fintech is Adding Value to the Industry It Was Meant to Disrupt

    With some of the most impressive benefits packages and salaries in the world, it would seem ludicrous for financial industry executives to leave their jobs. Even so, it seems almost weekly the industry learns of another former bank or financial CEO that leaves their cushy post for the scrappy and hard life of the startup world. For non-executives, the trend is more pronounced.

  • Bitcoin

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    How to Сhoose a Team to Develop a Mobile Application?

    Mobile applications have become an integral part of business — from startups to large corporations. However, the success of an application largely depends on who exactly is developing it. Choosing the right team is a key step that requires attention to technical expertise, experience, processes, and interaction models. One of the most promising areas today is mobile and software development in Eastern Europe — a region where many talented specialists are concentrated, offering a high level of quality at a reasonable cost. In this article, we will analyze what to pay attention to when choosing a team to create a mobile application.