Why Cybersecurity is the Weak Link in US Digital Finance
Digital thieves can operate from anywhere, execute instantly, and have access to immense amounts of money. As financial activities accelerate their migration online it creates...
Category : Spotlight
Spotlight feature story looking at the key trends and news within a given region
A Tale of Two Continents: Asia vs Europe
by Gina Clarke
It comes with little surprise that Asia continues to lead the way in the adoption and innovation of fintech solutions. After all, regulators in the...
Spotlight Middle East and Africa: Three Years As a Catalyst for Fintech with Bahrain FinTech Bay
Bahrain is a highly emerging fintech hub in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region and a visible catalyst of its efforts has been Bahrain...
Spotlight Middle East and Africa: Fintech Saudi’s Fintech Accelerator Programme Demo Day
The following Spotlight Middle East and Africa (MEA) series looks at the recent Fintech Saudi initiative, Fintech Accelerator Program, which was powered by Flat6Labs and...
EToro Data Finds Female Investors Help Drive Demand for Cryptocurrencies Like Bitcoin
A new wave of female investors are helping to drive the surge in demand for cryptoassets such as bitcoin and ethereum, according to new data...
A UK-India Trade Deal Could Create a Modern Silk Road, With Fintech a Key Export
The historic Silk Road connecting Europe with the Middle East and Asia saw centuries of trade of silk heading west, and wools and precious metals...
Spotlight MEA: Disrupting the Payments Landscape with rise
The changes happening in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) with respect to fintech and wider digital transformation have been noted. The Fintech Times sits...
Enterpryze: How Banks Are Crucial to Helping SME’s Succeed
As SMEs have grown in number, banks are potentially struggling to keep up as only 9% of small businesses feel like their bank supports them. ...
FinTLV Raises $120 million in Global Insurtech-Fintech Fund
Israel-based venture capital investment firm FinTLV has raised its second fund called FinTLV II. The new, $120 million fund will focus primarily on global growth-stage...
Is Silicon Valley Losing its Lustre? Big Tech and Fintechs Move Out
Some pundits in the Bay Area are raising alarms about what seems to be the flight not only of major companies like Oracle, Hewlett Packard,...