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Bekhzod Botirov Сo-owner and member of Supervisory Board at PayWay
Author: Bekhzod Botirov, fintech expert, co-owner and member of the PayWay Supervisory Board In recent years, Uzbekistan has emerged as a key destination for international investors in Central Asia. The country’s economy is experiencing rapid growth: in 2024, GDP expanded by 6.5%, reaching $115 billion. The government's ambitious goal is to incr...
11 April 2025 /payments /markets Private Equity Investing in Financial Technology
Prakash Bhudia HOD – Product & Growth at Deriv
Economic discussions in the United States have increasingly revolved around one pivotal question: Are we already experiencing a recession or merely bracing for a downturn that has yet to emerge fully? Shifting corporate sentiment, considerable market volatility and ongoing trade disputes have all contributed to the conversation. Below is an in-...
10 April 2025 /markets
Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter
The disruption caused by tariffs on trade with the United States threatens to adversely impact Southeast Asian economies, particularly the regional juggernaut, China. However, early indications suggest that these challenges are being met with a strong degree of resilience. It seems as though the uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump’s tarif...
08 April 2025 /markets
Oleg Boiko Founder at Finstar Financial Group
Launching a fintech business in a new region presents both opportunities and significant risks. Emerging markets demand financial products, but ambition alone is not enough. How can one choose the right country and avoid failure? Where’s the Fintech Boom happening? Developing countries with rapidly growing GDPs are attracting investors’ attention.
03 April 2025 /inclusion /markets Financial Inclusion
The Japanese yen is once again in the spotlight, caught in a storm of trade tensions and monetary policy uncertainty. With the global economy teetering on the edge of major shifts, forex traders are on high alert. The stakes are high-escalating trade policies could trigger massive market volatility and create unique trading opportunities. Let’s di...
02 April 2025 /markets
Fiaz Sindhu Head of Community Banking at FIS
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." This timely quote could apply to many aspects of banking but holds especially true for community bankers trying to establish themselves as first choice treasury management providers to their business customers. Why is this strategy important today? Rising interest rates create challeng...
27 March 2025 /retail /markets
Jacobo Weizenblut CEO Trading ADR at TradingADR
What is Regenerative Agriculture? The global agricultural system is not only obsolete and failing to feed the world’s population, but centuries of intensive farming have caused extensive damage to fragile ecosystems. Regenerative agriculture is a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore soil health, improve the water cycles and increa
27 March 2025 /sustainable /markets Business
Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA
Digital banking has rapidly ascended to the forefront of customer engagement. Yet, despite millions invested in digital app interfaces and innovative functionality, many banks continue to underestimate one vital truth: poor User Experience (UX) isn’t merely a design problem—it’s a hard-hitting business problem. The stakes are high, and ignoring UX...
25 March 2025 /retail /markets Innovation in Financial Services
Naina Rajgopalan Content Head at Freo
It's not about trading financial markets, but understanding what influences price action, sentiment, and economic trends. You're on this website because you're interested in forex trading, but you have to look beyond surface level definitions and understand what propels this multi-trillion dollar marketplace. The Australian Foreign Exchange Market...
24 March 2025 /payments /markets Banking Architecture
Jesse Knutson Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities
The increasing number of corporations allocating part of their treasuries to Bitcoin has certainly captured headlines. Thanks in part to a crypto-friendly Trump administration and the legitimacy that ETF approvals have delivered, Bitcoin is very much on treasurers’ radars. Over 80 public companies are already investing in Bitcoin and the amount ...
20 March 2025 /crypto /markets Capital Markets Technology
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