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Lenildo Morais

Can Fido solve the banks’ SCA problems?

March 4, 2022

How are banks implementing strong customer identification? How can Fast Identity Online (Fido) standards can be used in authentication to improve security and ease of use in online banking?

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Fintech funding surges as Middle East and African consolidation slows

March 1, 2022

Africa is becoming an increasingly attractive fintech funding destination for the international investment community 

Rita Martins

Is Web3 the future of finance?

March 1, 2022

Web3, if widely adopted, could drastically change many industries, including financial services as we know it.

Lenildo Morais

Digital front ends, analogue processes

February 25, 2022

Banks are creaking under the strain of not having end-to-end digital processes.

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How UK Faster Payments changed the world

February 21, 2022

Almost 14 years ago, the UK led the world in developing real-time payment rails. 

Lenildo Morais

Quantum will drive the future of financial services

February 18, 2022

Whoever gets into quantum computing today will set the tone in financial services tomorrow.

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Are regulations the roots of innovation?

February 9, 2022

For most of my time working with banks, regulators were about clipping banks’ wings to suit the market. Today they are all about opening markets and enabling innovation.

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Asia’s central banks working out CBDC bumps

February 1, 2022

Asia's central banks are leading the way on developing their own digital currencies, but cross-border interoperability will depend on regional collaboration. 

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Can the M&A markets continue their record-breaking run?

February 1, 2022

The signs are positive for another strong year in global deal-making, but it will be hard to recreate the dizzying heights of 2021.

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The need for talent transformation

January 12, 2022

When going through a digital transformation programme, talent is as important as technology in ensuring success.

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