Key ASEAN fintech developments and trends to look out for in 2019
By John Pennington
In the Asia-Pacific region, the fintech market is projected to reach US$72 billion by 2020. In Southeast Asia, the market is growing quicker in some countries than others.
Singapore continues to lead the way, for example,...
LEVERAGING MACHINE LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR HEDGE FUND GAINS
by Kamalika Some
The one risk-on strategy was the norm of the decade since the financial crisis bottom-fishing equity indexes. Machine learning can implement varied versions of this strategy. A hedge fund that was started in...
NEO Founder: “Blockchain Can Barely Survive Within the Existing Financial Regulation System”
By Jose Antonio Lanz
Da Hongfei, Founder of NEO —the blockchain known as the Chinese Ethereum— was recently interviewed on the Project’s official blog on the occasion of the second anniversary of the launch of its mainnet.
Mr....
‘Not recommended’: Bank of Israel publishes report on central bank crypto
BY ED DRAKE
The Bank of Israel (BOI) has published its findings following an investigation into the feasibility of issuing digital currency, and whether blockchain technology should be integrated into central payment systems.
After devoting a team of...
What is Blockchain and What Can It Do?
The rapid emergence and implementation of a decentralised public ledger allowing peer-to-peer transactions without the trusted middleman, has unearthed countless uses for any system wanting to keep its data tamper-proof and immutable.
The global blockchain...
How to fight the fraud crisis through blockchain and self-sovereign identity
By John Ainsworth
The headlines keep coming with alarming frequency as are the bank alarms themselves: Earlier this month, HSBC acknowledged that the data of perhaps 14,000 account holders was breached.
But the words “data breach”...
FINTECH Circle and the African Fintech Network Introduce New FinTech Education Courses for Africa
9 January 2019, Lagos, Nigeria and London, UK: FINTECH Circle, the leading global community of FinTech entrepreneurs, angel and VC investors, financial services professionals and FinTech thought-leaders and its FINTECH Circle Institute, will launch its...
Executive Claims That The Ongoing Chinese Fintech Revolution Could Potentially Be A ‘Big Risk’...
By Shiraz
With the number of fintech companies setting up base in China increasing with each passing day, many business analysts have started to become worried about how the financial landscape of the eastern powerhouse will continue to...
Blockchain tech will not push fiat currencies aside anytime soon
By NASTASSIA ARENDSE
Wide adoption of blockchain technology for a cryptocurrency payments system is intriguing but decades away, says the Reserve Bank.
This effectively means SA’s consumers will have to wait before they can use cryptocurrencies...
Seis tendencias destacadas en el sector Fintech
El año 2020 es un enorme contenedor de hitos a todos los niveles, también en la industria Fintech, y 2019 es el último año para confirmar que se llegó (o no) a ellos. Nos...
