By Pat Patel, Executive Director, Elevandi The origins of FinTech date back to the Global Financial Crisis of 2007 to 2008, when financial institutions suffered large losses and needed government assistance to survive. In the same period, mobile technology exponentially grew, which further yielded a new breed of financial institutions. Web 2.0 created opportunities for […]
By Andrea Bianconi Part I of this article deals with the following topics: Is Libra a cryptocurrency or a stablecoin? Libra will compete with commercial banks and central banks not with Bitcoin Libra: how to make your money work for … Facebook&Co. Part II Libra will not solve the “unbanked” problem The unbanked are “unbanked” because […]
Lasse Meholm has a unique insight into how at least some of the traditional financial players think about blockchain and blockchain-based areas such as tokenization and security tokens. Just recently he left his position as Head of Blockchain & DLT Strategy in Norway’s biggest bank, DNB, to seek new challenges. In this interview, he will […]