Why the Serial Investor is Betting on the Future of Bitcoin
- 14.01.2021
- Sheldon Inwentash, Chairman and CEO
A collective interest has been sparked around Bitcoin over the past decade. Since its inception, Bitcoin has seen dramatic highs followed by a few crashes, but overall it has consistently retained a significant portion of its gains. To shed some light on where Bitcoin is headed, we sat down with Sheldon Inwentash, Chairman and CEO of ThreeD...
Fintech Trends For 2021
- 28.12.2020
- Alexander von Schirmeister, Executive Vice President for Europe
What can we expect in general for the fintech industry in 2021 (what will be trending in Europe / key markets)? Next year we should expect continued growth all around as consumer behaviours keep demanding better and more innovative products. The general acceleration towards online (which was particularly accelerated by the 2020 pandemic) will...
ICSFS Sees Growing Tech Adoption Among Islamic Countries
- 14.12.2020
- Wael Malkawi, executive director
Tech is disrupting the conventional banking sector from back office core banking to customer-facing processes. Islamic banking is no different. Wael Malkawi, executive director at ICS Financial Systems (ICSFS), spoke with IBS Intelligence about how technology has disrupted Islamic banks in recent years. How has Islamic banking evolved...
A New Era for Global Financial Transactions
- 08.12.2020
- Tom Zschach, Chief Innovation Officer,
SWIFT’s Chief Innovation Officer, Tom Zschach, speaks to Financial IT about the cooperative’s ambitious new strategy and its innovation agenda moving forward You have been Chief Innovation Officer at SWIFT for a year now and the world has changed significantly in that short time, how do you see financial services adapting to the ‘new normal’?...
PayRetailers helps companies to offer payment solutions in the LATAM region
- 17.11.2020
- Rodrigo Puig-Mir, Head of Product Development
The Barcelona-based startup PayRetailers (PayR) helps companies that want to enter the markets in the LATAM region with its diverse suite of payment options through a single integration. Founded recently in 2017, PayR has already managed to build a strong network of partners in multiple Latin American countries with operations that span from north...
Challenger Banks Are Not Immune to Challenges of COVID-Related Consumer Changes
- 19.10.2020
- Tom Ainsworth, Account Executive UK/Ireland
Financial IT: Please introduce us to your company. Tom Ainsworth: Jitterbit Harmony is an API integration platform provider. We help our customers quickly connect disparate apps and data sources within their business to solve data challenges and to make their processes more efficient.. We’ve been around for 17 years and started off working with...
AI is Set to Lead Banking Innovation in the post-COVID World
- 13.10.2020
- Rajashekara V. Maiya, VP, Global Head-Business Consulting
At the end of last year, Infosys published a 2020 trends forecast looking at Artificial Intelligence in banking, but much like everyone else, COVID-19 has forced us to reassess that. A significant change is that banks – and industry, in general – will assert their demands from Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, rather than waiting for AI...
Prioritising A Customer-Centric Approach In Banking
- 28.09.2020
- Nanda Kumar, CEO
Please introduce us your company and products/solutions you are offering. Nanda Kumar: The financial services industry is in a state of flux. Regulations are constantly evolving, customer loyalty is inconsistent, competition is non-traditional, and a global pandemic has fundamentally impacted the way consumers engage with banks and other...