The author is Maxim Bederov. 

The once strict lines separating traditional finance and crypto finance are melting away. And it could lead to once-unthinkble cryptoasset prices much sooner than any of us believed possible. 

Digital transformation alongside automation enablers like artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA), coupled with the responsible utilisation of data assets will be determining business success factors over the next five years, according to Grant Phillips, Group CEO at e4.

Multi-award-winning payments processor, Global Processing Services (GPS), today announces that it has joined forces with Currencycloud, the experts simplifying business in a multi-currency world, to widen access to cross-border payments for financial institutions and fintechs, providing a passport to a post-COVID world.

●       Avast uncovers regional cybercrime differences across the UK, following research with the University of Birmingham

●       London and Wales most affected by cybercrime while the north of England reports significantly lower levels of victimisation

●       Findings draw attention to a gap in cybercrime perception versus reality in the UK with several regions underestimating the actual levels of cybercrime

Crown Agents Bank Ltd (“CAB”) is pleased to announce they have been selected as a new banking partner by Cambridge Global Payments (“Cambridge”), a FLEETCOR company and a provider of integrated cross-border payments and currency risk management solutions. The partnership allows Cambridge to expand its global banking footprint to facilitate payments across emerging and frontier markets in APAC and Africa.

Global technology provider Arrow Electronics announced an agreement with Unisys to become a Unisys Stealth Value-Added Distributor (VAD) in EMEA, initially focussing on the UK, Germany and France.

SEON, the fraud fighters, today announces its partnership with VCC Live, the cloud contact centre specialists. Through the deal, they will work together to help end fraud for contact centres in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector.

Apex Litigation Funding has been ranked in the Chambers Guide 2021, despite the firm only completing its first full year in recent months. It has achieved a ranking in the ‘Litigation Funding: Insolvency’ section of the latest Chambers Litigation Support Guide.

Saving for retirement is something that requires an early start and wise investments. A mere bank account accruing interest or solo 401k with minimal contributions might not be adequate for future needs. There are varied things worthy of investment, like gold or other assets, to help you attain a certain level of comfortability.

• Almost two thirds (65%) of global banking executives believe that the branch-based model will be “dead” within five years, up from 35% four years ago

• The same proportion (65%) of bankers see new technologies as the biggest driver of change for the next four years, up from 42% three years ago

• Four in five bankers believe that banks will seek to differentiate on customer experience rather than products