News and Trends
Key FinTech Trends of 2017-2018 That Will Continue Well Into 2020
AI first” principle. In the recent past, the key principle of all Fintech products was “Mobile First”. All products were designed to be user-friendly on mobile devices. By contrast, all new products and even backend solutions now are designed to be able to benefit from Artificial Intelligence inputs. If it’s not Read more…
Career
Happier Compliance
Over the last months I have interviewed many compliance experts who wanted (or at least considered) making a career change, living their corporate jobs and moving into a FinTech startup. One of the common reasons was “my job no longer makes me happy” – and it was not about money. Read more…
Conferences
Key Compliance and Related Takeaways from VivaTech 2017 in Paris
Courtesy of Pavel Afanasiev Compliance thrives when regulatory frameworks solidify. The overwhelming majority of speakers on subjects with links to compliance (mostly in fintech, mobile payments and banking roundtables) have nodded to the idea that even if there are substantial differences in regulation of financial institutions and payment services across Read more…
Conferences
MoneyConf 2018 Dublin
Courtesy of Pavel Afanasiev Entirely aside from the fact that Dublin is a phenomenal city that unifies greenery, industrialism and (post-?) modernity in a successful marriage, it was a great place to host this year’s MoneyConf! On top of being the obvious entry gate into Europe for foreign tech firms Read more…