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In 2018, corporate finance and small business services grew significantly thanks to the development of the FinTech industry, which has always sought to improve commercial payments, accounting, treasury and financial management. APIS and open banking were also a remarkable part of the growth trend. Strengths of open banking The strength of open banking resides in…
Defining your financial goals can be difficult, since establishing priorities depends on each person’s financial goals. Should you focus on paying your debts, saving for emergencies or contributing to your retirement savings fund? With so many financial goals, deciding what to focus on, you need to be honest with yourself and find the answers to…
Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund is promoting the use of cryptocurrencies as a financial instrument, but in an institutionalized and centralized manner in each country. Governments, then, should consider offering their own cryptocurrencies to prevent cryptocurrencies from becoming means to commit financial crimes. How would this work ? Under this scheme the…
Financial transparency is becoming normal within the generation of millennials. The new ways of sharing daily life within social networks is helping to put this generation in a position previous generations didn’t have: experiencing financial transparency. An open generation A new study by Bankrate.com revealed that approximately one third of the millennials share financial…
Today a decade ago, the mysterious founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, published a nine-page article called “Bitcoin: a peer-to-peer financial system.” This document would continue to act as the founding text of the popular cryptocurrency, under its principles the first Bitcoin transactions were carried out in early 2009. It’s impossible to say how much Bitcoin…
Fintech goes beyond online transfers or cryptocurrencies. The new technologies applied to the financial sector have an impact not only on personal finances, but in their daily life in general. In 2010, approximately a quarter of the world population was connected through the internet; by 2017, that number had increased to half the population of…
We have grown up with the idea that finance and economics are complicated and difficult concepts to understand, and that we need experts to manage our personal finances. effectively. Millennials are getting to the point where they have more money and need to make decisions about budgets, expenses and retirement savings, and many start companies…
For many, credit history is one of the most important things to watch out for in personal finance. We spend much time watching costs and striving to make our payments on time to improve our credit score, we might overlook the habits that could actually be damaging it. That is why it is important to…
