Summer Series

Evergrande: The Chinese Lehman Brothers?

Heavily indebted group Evergrande has been the topic of conversations worldwide. Will China drag the global economy down with them and...

Are EVs really accelerating towards a greener future?

Dhruv Agarwal explores whether electric vehicles (EVs) are really as green as advertised and whether their adoption can accelerate global...

The IPO of Wise & Remitly:

Debuts of two FinTech firms accelerated by the global pandemic Wise and Remitly have been operating for around a decade and finally went...

“Super apps”- A boom or bane to bankers?

Dhruv Agarwal explores the emergence of “superapps” and their symbiosis with the banking sector. 59.5% of the world (up from 51% in 2019)...

How Jim Simons and a legion of mathematicians are solving the market

Simple statistical models form the fundamentals of performing stock predictions. This is how the best do it. Renaissance Technologies...

China: The tech crackdown persists

China's recent regulatory onslaught has fundamentally shifted the way Chinese markets are viewed — this is its impact on tech giants and...

Open Banking: The Limits

Khadra Mohamed explores the key limitations and barriers Open Banking faces in its race to be adopted and what this may mean for...

Payroll systems of the future

Adam Wrona interviews Piotr Smoleń, co-founder of symmetrical— a start-up that builds technology for a changing global payroll system...

Open Banking: Who are the game changers?

Khadra explores the key players in the Open Banking space and the impact they may have on consumers’ financial behaviours. Providing...

Pay on-demand as a remedy for liquidity problems in personal finance

Adam Wrona describes the pay-on demand solution as an employee benefit that can help stabilize the liquidity of the household budgets

Open Banking: Customer-centred financial services?

Khadra Mohamed explores the merits of Open Banking including its transformation of financial services, paving the way for the removal of bar