Financial literacy and savings account returns

Savings accounts are owned by most households, but little is known about the performance of households’ investments. We create a unique dataset by matching information on individual savings accounts from the DNB Household Survey with market data on account-specific interest rates and characteristics.

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Digital Transformation for Banks

whitePaper | May 12, 2022

Conversational AI is a type of artificial intelligence that facilitates the human like conversation between a human and a software system in real time. It is a piece of software that a person can talk to, like chatbot, social messaging app, interactive agent, or smart device.

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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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Accelerating Digital Payments in Latin America and the Caribbean

whitePaper | May 20, 2022

They shape how people spend and save and many of their daily interactions. With the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the value of digital payments for individuals and businesses became even more apparent. In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) digital payments emerged as the preferred method of purchase: e-commerce grew 18% in 2020.

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ESG Investing Analytics

whitePaper | June 13, 2022

There are new global risks in the capital market that are impacting traditional investment approaches and investment managers’ decision-making capabilities. While extreme weather changes like floods and wildfires are becoming frequent, privacy, data security and regulatory pressures are accelerating new risks for investors. Investor perception towards investment has changed; they are increasingly thinking about methods to avoid investments that are harmful to the environment or contribute to societal problems; instead they are focusing on investments that are beneficial for all the members of investment stakeholder community.

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SUSTAINABILITY IN EXPORT FINANCE

whitePaper | May 31, 2022

In 2015, the UN General Assembly formally established the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be addressed by 2030 and that same year, 195 countries committed to keep global warming to well below 2°C. An estimated $5-7 trillion a year of new investment is needed until 2030 to realise the SDGs globally, including investments into infrastructure, clean energy, water and sanitation and agriculture.

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FIDO PASSKEYS for financial institutions

whitePaper | October 11, 2022

Over the past 30 years, authentication for digital banking services has evolved, from basic user ID plus passwords to various multi-factor authentication methods using hardware tokens, SMS OTP, dedicated authenticator apps and embedding authenticators in mobile banking apps. The goal has always been to achieve the best balance between security and user experience. But despite all the progress, one thing remains unchanged: everyone continues to depend on passwords, no matter how much end users and financial institutions dislike them. Until now

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