Fintech on Alibaba Cloud

May 17, 2021

The FinTech industry has undergone a period of rapid growth, thanks to advancing digitization and the integration of smart devices into our day-to-day lives. As a result, a range of innovative e-lending and e-payment solutions now exist, helping customers around the world gain access to these financial services. This is especially true in emerging markets, where traditional financial services companies are not growing quickly enough or providing the level of ubiquitous that FinTech companies can seamlessly provide, thanks to their impressive accessibility.

Learn how the Alibaba Cloud FinTech on the Cloud solution can boost end user satisfaction and expedites their time-to-market.

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CardinalStone

CardinalStone Partners Limited is a full service investment banking firm with a vision to build a world class investment banking firm of African origin; operating out of Lagos, Nigeria. The firm was incorporated in April 2008 and began operations in June 2008. CardinalStone is duly registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission in Nigeria to carry on business as an Issuing House, Fund Manager and Broker.

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Embracing a New Service Model for the Digital World

whitePaper | July 1, 2022

The rapid shift to digital-first engagement, remote work, and changing consumer preferences has launched customer service into a new era, with the financial services industry impacted in various critical ways. This trajectory is only accelerating as a host of factors - including customer behavior, industry dynamics, workforce needs, and technology trends - simultaneously require and support service organizations in rolling out new strategies and systems.

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WHITE PAPER - Globiance

whitePaper | July 4, 2022

The goal of the Globiance White-paper, is to offer the reader a comprehensive understanding of Globiance services and platforms, the problems it addresses and the technologies used to solve them. Anyone who regularly engages in trade and finance and is looking to integrate crypto currency usage with on-line banking facilities, will find reading this White-paper essential, while also discovering the specifics about Globiance.

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Security Essentials for FinTech Apps

whitePaper | November 29, 2022

Based on our experience of building financial and banking products, we can state that there are corners FinTech companies should never cut. The past shows that core security features and software compliance should be an integral part of any MVP coming to the market. Therefore, you either put it in the MVP backlog from the very beginning or use a prebuilt software that already comes with the core security components.

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The future of local banking services and access to cash

whitePaper | August 8, 2022

Technological and social change have led to decreased reliance on both physical cash and traditional bank branches. While cash accounted for 45% of all payments in 2015, five years later it was used in only 17% of transactions in the UK. The coronavirus pandemic reinforced this tendency. Similarly, the number of bank and building society branches in the UK fell by about 34% between 2012 and 2021.

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Open Banking and Open Data: Ready to Cross Borders?

whitePaper | July 29, 2022

Would you like to be able to aggregate your data across your bank accounts? Enable your tax accountant to see your financial information? Enable the App of your choice to make a payment on your behalf? Or perhaps you would like to enable your residents or customers to perform these tasks in a low cost, secure and interoperable way? There is a global movement towards “Open Banking/Open Data” the paradigm shift where a user authorizes the release of their data from one entity (a data holder like a bank) to an entity where they would like it to go (a relying party like a FinTech). This is also known as “user-consent based data sharing.” Although this movement started with banking use cases and gaining access to data held by banks, it is now expanding to a range of other verticals including brokerage and mutual fund services, insurance, telecommunications, utilities, health and more.

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Muni Bonds: making every basis point matter

whitePaper | November 14, 2019

Municipal bond funds experienced strong flows in 2019, as tailwinds from the country’s new tax code (the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act “TCJA”) and low interest rates found investors flocking to the asset class for the tax benefit. Add in strong year-to-date performance, and investors may be asking if they missed the boat and if it’s too late to invest in municipal bonds. Yet, there are clear and distinct reasons why municipal bonds are still an attractive investment for investors today.

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CardinalStone

CardinalStone Partners Limited is a full service investment banking firm with a vision to build a world class investment banking firm of African origin; operating out of Lagos, Nigeria. The firm was incorporated in April 2008 and began operations in June 2008. CardinalStone is duly registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission in Nigeria to carry on business as an Issuing House, Fund Manager and Broker.

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