For various reasons which I share in today’s episode, many FinTech companies are now establishing their global headquarters in the UAE. Tune in today to hear how the UAE has become the new Switzerland when it comes to the FinTech space! If you found value in this episode, I would Read more…
Let’s talk about financial services and linked accounts today. What are linked accounts? – Those are accounts that belong to your clients who are, for example, entities with common ownership or persons from the same family or otherwise clients that are connected or coordinate their activities when it comes to Read more…
Let’s talk about FinTech and regulatory scenarios when people think they are “doing ok” and don’t realize they have a problem until it’s too late or costs too much to fix. I recently created a couple of surveys and here are some interesting observations: Over 80% of compliance officers feel Read more…
Today, I wanted to share with you some of the lessons learned from my first ever experience with a banking RFP process (which we did not win, but it was a great lesson after all). So, what may help to win the mandate, if the process involves RFP? ✅ Build Read more…
Selling products can be hard for introverts. Listen as Tom and Yana discuss why this is and ways to get around it. Making sales takes patience and a willingness to handle the hassles that might come your way. Yana believes that people shouldn’t waste her time. Either you want what Read more…
What is the difference between just in case and just in time? Listen as Tom and Yana speak about the difference between iterate or architect, how much time we need to get from an idea to a product, and what ontology means. They also share the much-awaited name of their Read more…
We run an ongoing survey of our website visitors and here are some interesting results of our online quiz. Do you agree? Which one of these innovators do you admire the most? Which one of these phenomena damaged financial industry establishment the most? What is the most exciting thing about Read more…
This is how I inadvertently “tested” my PayPal colleagues during August 2015 when sending this email below to a group of trusted colleagues. From there, I learned who had a great sense of humor, who was too serious and who just reads the first sentence in e-mails. Original message: ‘Hi, Read more…