Four Ways Social Commerce Can Help Solve E-Commerce Challenges Today!
While some industries have taken a hit during the pandemic, e-commerce continues to boom. Online purchasing adoption has been accelerated as it offers shoppers the convenience they need. Despite the growth, e-commerce continues to experience some challenges. Below are 4 Social Commerce actionable insights to solve for e-commerce challenges today: 1. Meet consumers where they […]
Top 4 Ways to Create Successful Social Content Across Paid, Owned, Earned and Shared
Four key areas of focus will ensure that you give your customers the best experience across social. Consumers’ time on social media has spiked since the COVID-19 outbreak and users are absorbing more digital content than ever before. In fact, Gartner research shows 80% of consumers in the U.S. and U.K. are consuming more social and digital […]
US Federal Reserve Thinks about Thinking about a Digital Currency
In the papers today (see Fed Launches Review of Possible Central Bank Digital Currency) there was news of a report from the Federal Reserve that suggests it is thinking about and exploring the pros and cons of a digital currency. Given the progress made with electronic currencies the world over surely it’s a matter of […]
Storytime! Making I&O More Agile
I’m pleased to share a true labor of love with the publication Improve Infrastructure Agility — A Story for a New Era! As an I&O leader, you know all too well the relentless pressure to improve I&O’s ability to enable the organization by providing the foundations that products and applications are built on such as […]
CHK partners with Nordigen to deliver account reconciliation
Free open banking platform Nordigen has entered into a partnership with CH Konsultatsioonid on their accounting solution Trigon to deliver financial data directly into the application and simplify the reconciliation process. Source: Fintech News
Tanzanian instant payment system to be launched in February 2022
The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) is now expecting to launch its new payments system, the Tanzania Instant Payment System (TIPS) in February, the Citizen reports. The system was initially intended to roll out in December 2021 but was delayed as upgrades were made. Source: Fintech News
SIX and BearingPoint partner for Request-To-Pay service
The partners are jointly pursuing the goal to establish a fully digitalized solution to be used by major banks and invoice issuers in selected European markets for invoice issuing and payments processing. Source: Fintech News
Starling to offer SaaS and expand lending tools in 2022
In her annual letter, Starling founder and CEO Anne Boden has announced that the bank will launch a Software as a Service (SaaS) proposition during 2022. Source: Fintech News
Embedded finance company Rupifi raises $25m Series A
Rupifi, India’s 1st Embedded Finance company which operates in the B2B Payments space through its B2B Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and SME focused Commercial Card products, has raised a $25M Series-A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Tiger Global. Existing Investors Quona Capital and Ankur Capital also participated in this round, along with […]
Bahrain central bank trials JPM Coin
The Central Bank of Bahrain has teamed up with JP Morgan’s blockchain and crypto unit Onyx to test the Wall Street giant’s JPM Coin digital currency. Source: Fintech News