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Kaustuv Ghosh Founder at Nxtgen Payment Infra. Prometheus Labs.
Let’s talk about AI and remittances. Despite the enormous size and tremendous importance of the money transfer industry, little is heard about how AI is used or is proposed to be used. There are the usual mentions of Generative AI and some references about future developments. One reason for the paucity in news could simply be that many firms pref...
14 July 2024 /ai /payments
I had an hour-long conversation with my peers at the World Finance Council panel discussion in Singapore recently. While we were talking about ESG and fintech, it is becoming increasingly clear that we need to consider a whole-of-ecosystem approach rather than fitting issues within silos. The key challenge in all this is uncertainty. Global supply...
08 July 2024 /payments /retail
The future of core banking in rural/community banks Rural, thrift and community banks are where large numbers of people and small businesses find access to lending and possible wealth creation. As the Open Banking discussion grows, this segment is important for meaningful financial inclusion in many markets. With it's large population and geopoli...
02 June 2024 /payments /retail
King Leung Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech at InvestHK
Few can doubt China’s leadership in advancing green tech and green energy. Solar installations are growing at a pace that would increase global capacity by 85% by 2025. China today has more solar panels installed in large-scale projects than the rest of the world combined. While China has taken the global e-vehicle (EV) market by storm as the wor...
27 May 2024 /sustainable /inclusion
The MSME credit gap in ASEAN remains considerable. But MSMEs may be facing a new enemy. The threat lies in weather patterns and whether we can succeed in keeping the temperature rise at acceptable levels. Event-based vulnerability has always been in evidence anyway. It will just get more accentuated. Core issues, as many practitioners rightly poi...
15 May 2024 /retail /inclusion
Introduction I am inspired by the writings of my peers. Alex Johnson’s most recent blog post (https://fintechtakes.com/articles/2024-05-03/merchants-future/) is very detailed, well-informed and a pleasure to read-as always. Please do make time, if you could, to go through it. The convergence of merchants and banking is an exciting possibility.
07 May 2024 /payments /retail
A journey past a credit card sales counter is painful. The collateral on display is attractive, the offers very tempting. Take a holiday! Get a premium piece of luggage! Find discounts on everything! But like that ice-cream tantalizingly out of reach when you were a kid in the market, it is verboten for some. "Give us a salary slip after 12
29 March 2024 /payments /startups
Having traveled through Malaysia recently, I made heavy use of Grab. In Singapore, it is not necessary, of course. We travel by public transport and leg it when we want to eat out. But it is a boon to have a single app across countries and just get your card debited with the expense. When you are moving inside smaller cities or between towns, ther...
25 March 2024 /payments /startups
Hong Kong has a well-established playbook of why it’s a leading international finance centre. We have competitive and low tax structures, free flow of capital, access to the Greater Bay Area (GBA), fair and effective markets. It is a list many of us are familiar with and the reason why we have a thriving ecosystem of around 1,000 fintech companie
06 March 2024 /regulation /markets
Post-Covid Hong Kong is meeting the world with a new outlook on collaboration. Historically known as a trade hub in the East, we are now looking westwards with new projects launching in the Middle East. With the advantages created by Hong Kong’s geographical location and its regional expertise, we are perfectly poised to establish mutually benefic...
26 September 2023 /startups /crypto
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