Fintech Trends 2020

January 15, 2020

Investment into Fintechs has grown exponentially and the expectation is that this boom will continue in 2020, if at a slightly slower pace. Venture capital (VC) poured about $40 billion into Fintechs in 2018 – an increase of 120% on 2017, an up from just $1.8 billion in 2011.1 Almost a third of survey respondents believe that investment in 2020 will be at least 50% higher than in 2019, and just under half predict it will be somewhat higher.

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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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Eye of The Storm: F&A’s Role in Responding to Instability & Volatility

whitePaper | October 31, 2022

Finance and Accounting (F&A) has a reputation for remaining calm and pragmatic in a crisis. Most F&A professionals have worked through at least one recession and numerous peaks and troughs in company business cycles.

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Climate-Related Financial Risk

whitePaper | February 1, 2023

Climate-related financial risk has become a prominent theme that is high on the agenda of U.S. and European policymakers and regulators. A number of these organizations have publicly declared climate-related risk a potential threat to global financial stability, and many have published formal consultations related to this topic.

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Central banks and the future of digital money

whitePaper | January 20, 2020

Over the past year we have seen a number of groundbreaking announcements from central banks around the world exploring the issuance of central bank digital currencies (CBDC). In this paper we provide an overview of the potential and risks of CBDC, as well as an example of how a CBDC could be designed and built on the Ethereum blockchain. The intention is to give the reader not just a good background to this important topic, but also – by means of a concrete proposal – a practical look at what the implementation of a CBDC might entail.

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The Road to Smart Banking

whitePaper | May 3, 2022

A world-class customer experience is mandatory for banks that wish to build engagement and loyalty, and expand their share of wallet. Smart banking is crucial to providing and supporting such an experience.

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How banks can innovate lightning fast

whitePaper | July 27, 2022

As banking players have embraced the digital era, customers want to do more and more online and via their mobile apps. They expect their financial transactions to be seamlessly embedded in their daily lives.

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