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consumer protection
What Must Be in Your Consumer Rights Policy?
Many of the startups ask me: What are the key areas that must be addressed by the Consumer Protection or the Consumer Rights Policy. In my view, the following areas should be addressed: Rights defined in the banking or payments Read more…
consumer protection
Best Practices in Marketing Communications
Today I wanted to warn you about some common mistakes I see in marketing communications and public statements. 1) Making market predictions or offering personal investment advice Many startups and especially startup founders are “tempted” to make market predictions and Read more…
consumer protection
What is Market Manipulation?
Today I’m going to offer you a brief overview of how to define market manipulation and some common examples of what constitutes market manipulation. Market manipulation is an action (e.g. entering into a transaction, placing or cancelling an order, disseminating information, Read more…
Governance
FATCA and FinTech Startups
Today I wanted to address a few most common questions about FATCA and the most common elections that usually apply to FinTech startups. As you probably know by now – there is no way I could fit in the mountain of Read more…
corporate governance
Why People Are So Afraid of GDPR and Privacy Topics?
I recorded this video to reflect on why people might be afraid of GDPR 😉 By the way, in just few days myself a several dozens of other FinTech experts are starting together a 5-Day Privacy Policy Challenge which will Read more…
News and Trends
Selling in Modern Art and Modern FinTech
I was at #ArtBasel Hong Kong exhibition in March 2019. If you don’t know about Art Basel – it’s one of the most prestigious art fairs, mainly focused on contemporary art. One of my main curiosity points this time around Read more…
My favorite companies
2018: The Year of Building Communities
Based on my observations, 2018 was a year when smart FinTech startups deliberately focused on building online communities. From what I have seen, very few startups were able to improve their profitability or add substantial new revenue streams. Very often, Read more…
AML
Regulated or Non-Regulated? That is the Question
It is not uncommon to see regulatory requests for cryptocurrency-focused businesses to split activities into 2 parts: regulated and non-regulated. For example, the licensed (e.g. regulated) entity may be dedicated to operations with fiat funds and fiat deposits, and Read more…