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  • Fintech

    Disrupting debt collection?

    2 January, 2023

    Lending money out is easy, the hard part is to get the money back. Could debt collection startups offer the tech solution financial institutions need? There has been an exuberance…

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    Disrupting debt collection?
  • Fintech, Central & Eastern Europe, Europe

    The CEE Crypto Hub

    26 December, 2022

    The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region has made a name for itself as a pioneering region for Enterprise Software. But it is now using this expertise to move beyond…

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    The CEE Crypto Hub
  • Fintech, Space Tech

    Fintech leveraging satellite data

    13 December, 2022

    Fintech companies and startups are increasingly integrating Space Tech into their operations. In particular, the potential of low-cost, high-coverage, repeatable and global Earth Observation data and of the capabilities…

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    Fintech leveraging satellite data
  • Fintech, Europe, Israel

    Fintech unicorn factories

    30 November, 2022

    Success breeds success. Europe and Israel’s unicorns have been acting as training grounds for entrepreneurial talent, who are now founding the region’s next generation of startups. In partnership with…

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    Fintech unicorn factories
  • Fintech

    Going green with climate fintech

    17 November, 2022

    Climate fintech took centre stage at the COP27 climate talks this week. The success of the summit heavily depends on finding an agreement on the “loss and damage” mechanism…

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    Going green with climate fintech
  • Fintech

    Crypto chess – checkmate for FTX

    10 November, 2022

    The biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Binance, has pulled out of its buyout of FTX, its largest competitor, after corporate due diligence. The “Prince of Risk” Sam Bankman has…

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    Crypto chess – checkmate for FTX
  • Fintech

    Fintech Q3 2022

    27 October, 2022

    Fintech hasn’t been able to shake-off the market downturn. Access the full report to learn more on how Fintech held up in Q3 2022.

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    Fintech Q3 2022
  • Fintech

    Fintech Q3 2022 report: light at the end of the tunnel

    6 October, 2022

    Fintech hasn’t been able to shake-off the market downturn. Funding has decreased greatly, especially at the late stage; exits value and count have fallen. Unicorns are once again a rare…

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    Fintech Q3 2022 report: light at the end of the tunnel
  • Fintech, Impact

    Credit scoring: breaking the exclusion cycle

    27 September, 2022

    The current credit scoring model is flawed. Credit scoring is a gatekeeper to wealth, career opportunities and housing in the US (and further afield), but it is a mechanism that also…

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    Credit scoring: breaking the exclusion cycle
  • Fintech

    The Merge: crypto history in the making

    14 September, 2022

    The Merge is coming tomorrow, after years of waiting! Ethereum will transition from the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism to Proof-of-Stake (PoS), in what is the biggest event ever in the blockchain and crypto space. …

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    The Merge: crypto history in the making