Global finance and monetary system.
The pandemic has intensified the role of digitization, banks cutting costs, with customers handling transactions on their phones. Banks and fintech companies are competing for market share, sometimes collaborating, and competing to recruit top talents. Many African consumers are unbanked, underbanked, and underserved. Lack of access to financial services, especially in rural areas, affordability, expensive…
Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa in terms of nominal GDP, and 26th in the World according to the IMF World Economic Outlook. Being the continent’s largest unbanked population, with a population of 200 million—40 percent of which is financially excluded, and digitally savvy, middle-aged and young affluent individuals, Nigeria’s FinTech space is worth looking into. Regulatory drive to…
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have become an increasingly established part of the financial landscape. Bitcoin has become a reference point for controversy since it was introduced to the world. Licit and illicit traders quickly adopted cryptocurrency. One of the primary concerns for governments is the use of cryptocurrency as a means to accommodate illegal financial transactions and anonymity….
“Over the next five years, an even greater rise in digital interactions between buyers and suppliers will break traditional sales models. 80% of B2B sales interactions between suppliers and buyers will occur in digital channels.“ The Gartner Future of Sales 2025 report Civilization, no doubt, has benefited from bilateral trade and cross-border trade over the…
It’s been an explosive season in the financial industry. Just when some government and experts thought the industry couldn’t shift exponentially, the financial landscape keeps shifting. We are having local fintech leaders ramping up their ambition for global dominance. Yet, most innovations are around payments. Of course, payment is the first step for what’s to…
The debate on the future of money is not about inflation or deflation, fixed or flexible exchange rates,gold or paper standards, but about the kind of society in which money is to operate. – Georg Simmel, German sociologist What is a parallel Market? A parallel market is an unofficial market in goods or currencies, especially…
Even if you hate or don’t understand NFTs, it’s worth paying attention to. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the hottest trend for the past couple of months. We talked a bit about NFT in Tokens: Next Generation Capital.
We are seeing headlines about people making tons of money from selling NFTs. Many of us still don’t really understand what an NFT is. The creator of Bitcoin would have probably never guessed that the world would trade digital assets as NFTs. NFT is the latest trending iteration out of blockchain.
Technology adoption is rapidly increasing. The activity most affected by technological innovation and adoption has been payments. Money has taken many forms from objects like seashells, precious metals, paper, and now digital currencies, all to handle obligations between parties. Merchants are no doubt the lifeblood of economies. And one language every merchant speak is “payment”. The pandemic has accelerated the transformation of payments, with many countries looking into upgrading real-time gross settlement systems.
85% of central banks are considering digital currencies. The tedious process, overhead costs, and other costs associated with paper currency prohibit financial inclusion and explosive innovation in the financial market and economy at large. Digital currencies unlock broader possibilities for the unbanked and those excluded from the financial market. An area worth looking into is…
Centralized finance (CeFi) has dominated the financial market since the digitization of finance. We have had to succumb to expensive financial intermediaries who bury us in paperwork and elusive operations. This impediment has spurred the blockchain/cryptocurrency movement and its growing army of devotees. Decentralized finance (DeFi) is the latest iteration of this movement. DeFi sudden and loud growth from zero to a $100 billion market is putting traditional finance off the rails. It’s too early to say that DeFi will have dominion but it’s worth paying attention to. Central banks that banned cryptocurrencies are now coerced to regulate them.
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