Category: FinTech
Digital Payments – Security vs Speed
Abstract – In Digital payments world million dollar question comes in at every stage what is more important security or speed (Performance & Ease). Financial system security design principles can be organized into logical groups, for example, least privilege is a principle and appears
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Transformation of Payments
Digital transformation can detect potentially fraudulent operations and minimize risks. It can also help large organizations such as banks not only to secure their business but also fight crimes. How payment needs reinventing banking? How need of fast payments created Mobile
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Cross Border Remittances (CBR)
Cross Border remittances(CBR) expected to rise about $0.8 trillion USD. Numbers here are real big and yes this is a big deal. But since most of the world’s population now has access to the Internet or mobile phones, it is just a matter of time before the scales tip to
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Demystifying The Cross-Border Remittances (CBR)
Cross Border remittances(CBR) expected to rise about $0.8 trillion USD. Numbers here are real big and yes this is a big deal. But since most of the world’s population now has access to the Internet or mobile phones, it is just a matter of time before the scales tip to
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Digital Wallets: Innovation vs Security
Similarly American insurance companies are coming up with insurance technology or Insurtech based on this childhood joke basing business cases on same concept, offering dental insurance and mouth insurance based on data taken from toothbrush tracking. Security & privacy is gone if security does not match the speed and pace. In the start of the post I mentioned technology is good and will happen without a doubt but other critical factors should also come along not only technology.
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CashLess Payments to Drive LessCash Payments
The elimination of physical cash from economy is feasible is purely a technological perspective or assumption. Our hard earned money and investments disappear into a labyrinth of financial instruments so mysterious that “money” almost becomes more of an idea than a tangible reality.
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FinTech & Indonesia
Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan or OJK) a government agency, which regulates and supervises the financial services sector, has finally issued a regulation on financial technology (Fintech) firms that run peer-to-peer (P2P) lending businesses in Indonesia. On the other hand Bitcoin penetrates deeper into Indonesian market, exciting times. In August 2016 in Tangerang, Indonesia OJK was preparing for regulations to support financial technology businesses. Financial regulators
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2017 Year of AI & Digital Payments
To draw a rough sketch of exaggerated scenario of how these two technologies (AI & FinTech) may interact with us in the future and what warrants the, perhaps perplexing, 2 super powers. AI’s Control systems are widely used. They govern how a simple thermostat adapts to a target temperature.
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CashLess –OR– LessCash
CashLess –OR– LessCash – Journey from a cash-only transactional economy to a cashless economy without a full plan, education, and strategy look only a talk […]
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Mobile Financial Services – Intro to MFS Speed & Security
BaaS and BaaP are founded on the fundamental concepts of providing open banking services and APIs that are favorable for developers. One of the most significant issues regarding security in e-commerce is ensuring the employment of appropriate and trustworthy payment methods such as Internet banking, mobile payments, card payments, or instant payments.
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NFC – FinTech, Banking, Technology and Speed
While many consumers continue to have inquiries concerning the use of Internet banking and NFC stickers attached to their budget-friendly mobile phones, modern technologies with an open and integrated design offer easy solutions. These solutions include a broad range of products, such as retail, corporate, and micro-banking suits (credit, savings, insurance, etc.), offering complete front-to-back and back-to-front solutions.
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Will Banks ever be successful in Mobile Financial Services
To model the Fintech enterprise, its better use a method rather than make things up on the go. A method guarantees results and increases the productivity, predictability, repeatability and reliability of the business modelling and transformation. What would be part of this method though? It is good to have. Most of the FinTech companies wins on the principal of “The ability to relate to people, to inspire and motivate them is what you must ever work on as a leader”.
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What is FinTech and where does it Live?
Abstract – A few years back, I had a fascinating discussion about Fintech. Today every 3rd if not 4th profile on LinkedIn is about FinTech Expert. Few days ago someone asked me a million dollar question “What is FinTech?” I was intrigued with such a small, simple question but found it difficult to answer this to a person who is not from those 4 people from linkedin. My simple briefing note to answer this question was, “Fintech is a technical tool to support financial services”, making it simple for everyone on this planet earth along with promoting idea of “Financial Services as a basic right for every human being”. Financial technology, also known as fintech, is an economic industry composed of companies that use technology to make financial services more efficient. Why it is so inherently difficult to define the concept of Fintech, is because definitions change over time. Alternatively, traditional banking organizations are hindered by legacy operating systems, capacity to innovate, agility and technology expertise.
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FinTech the Champion of “Banking” Services
Despite the proclamations of some visionary Fintech founders, banks aren’t disappearing anytime soon. The engine under the hood of big banks — the compliance and money-transfer systems — are simply too difficult for any start-up to replace, which is why tech plays like Apple Pay are still built on top of existing bank systems and payment rails. To maintain the dominance they’ve enjoyed up to this point, however, banks need a radical redesign of their customer-facing assets. If banks fail to overhaul
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Social Good and Another Fintech
Many new individuals are venturing into this market due to its ease of access for entrepreneurs and employees seeking to transition into financial services entrepreneurship. Additionally, the abundance of resources, such as low-cost or even free capital, further supports their entry into the industry. One could easily mistake the current proliferation of alternative finance start-ups worldwide for a new gold rush. The reason could be that there is a scarcity of sectors that are expanding at a rate of approximately 200% annually.
