Digital Finance and Citizen Action In Financing the Future of Climate-smart Infrastructur

March 5, 2019

The UN Environment Inquiry The Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) to advance options to improve the financial system’s effectiveness in mobilizing capital towards a green and inclusive economy—in other words, sustainable development. Established in January 2014, it has published three editions of its global, landmark report: the first in October 2015, the second in October 2016, and the third in October 2017. It published its final, global report in April 2018.

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Zenus Bank

Our mission is to take banking beyond borders. Operating in over 150 countries, we enable people and businesses to open a US bank account online, without the need to be a US citizen, resident, or company registered in the US — opening-up the security, stability and freedom of US banking to the world. As a signatory of the UN’s Principles for Responsible Banking, we are committed to making finance fair. Our state-of-the-art technology, exclusive partnerships and proprietary processes are now being made available via our Banking-as-a-Service tools to enable other businesses to create new financial experiences for their customers. We are a US digital bank with offices in Europe, the US, Central and South America. We have a diverse and inclusive team, drawing skills from multiple industries and backgrounds.

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Digital Banking: Accelerating Financial Inclusion

whitePaper | December 7, 2022

Financial inclusion can be characterised as a means to an end. By ensuring access for households and small and medium enterprises to safe, essential financial services, financial inclusion is a key facilitator of inclusive economic growth. Not only does financial inclusion promote regional economic objectives, it is also considered as an enabler for 7 of the 17 sustainable development goals defined by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

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Building a Business Card Program in Today’s Digital-First Landscape

whitePaper | April 11, 2023

Digital transformation has become the buzz of the financial services industry ever since COVID-19 came on the scene. A landscape that had begun bubbling with potential quickly hit a boil when even digital naysayers were required to leverage the technology for standard monthly transactions. For many financial institutions (FIs), that rapid transformation to a digital-first mentality greatly impacted technology prioritization and business objectives.

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EMBEDDED FINANCE - NOW ANYONE CAN INNOVATE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES. ARE YOU READY?

whitePaper | June 8, 2022

The ability to create products and services that address unmet customer needs is a key ingredient in the recipe to becoming a successful company. Innovators are leveraging Technological evolutions to rapidly create products and services which address such unmet needs. Embedded Finance is all about meeting such unmet needs.

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The Future of Private Assets in Retail Investors’ Portfolios

whitePaper | June 15, 2023

Asset managers headquartered in Europe saw their private market assets continue to grow in 2022, albeit more slowly than in previous years, and their total assets under management (AUM) exceeded €2.3 trillion (US$2.4 billion) by the end of the year. Institutional investors remain the region’s major allocators to private assets—European high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) investors are still underexposed to private asset classes, although that is set to change.

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Choosing a digital experience platform (DXP) for insurers

whitePaper | November 21, 2022

This white paper examines the challenges facing insurers in a rapidly changing marketplace. It focuses on the threat from insurtechs and other digital challengers, the emergence of new business models and technologies, and how customer expectations have changed.

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REARCHITECTING AND SIMPLIFYING POST-TRADEOPERATIONS

whitePaper | August 15, 2020

Capital markets institutions have traditionally devoted the bulk of their mind and wallet share on front office revenue-generating activities. Post-trade operations have been overlooked; they are mired in legacy systems and siloed operations that require significant manual intervention, making it a critical source of inefficiency and operational risk. As revenue streams are challenged by uncertain economics and growing competition, post-trade operations are coming under scrutiny for reducing costs, boosting margins, and improving return on equity.

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Zenus Bank

Our mission is to take banking beyond borders. Operating in over 150 countries, we enable people and businesses to open a US bank account online, without the need to be a US citizen, resident, or company registered in the US — opening-up the security, stability and freedom of US banking to the world. As a signatory of the UN’s Principles for Responsible Banking, we are committed to making finance fair. Our state-of-the-art technology, exclusive partnerships and proprietary processes are now being made available via our Banking-as-a-Service tools to enable other businesses to create new financial experiences for their customers. We are a US digital bank with offices in Europe, the US, Central and South America. We have a diverse and inclusive team, drawing skills from multiple industries and backgrounds.

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