April 2023

PensionBee. Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022

By PensionBee PensionBee is a leading online pension provider in the UK, with a mission to make pensions simple, so that everyone can look forward to a happy retirement. We are a direct-to-consumer financial technology company with approximately 183,000 Invested Customers and £3.0bn of Assets under Administration (‘AUA’) as at 31 December 2022 (2021: 117,000 Invested Customers and  £2.6bn of AUA). We deliver a leading customer proposition to pension holders in the UK defined contribution pensions market, catering for the mass...

March 2023

Exploring the Integration of AI and ML in Fintech: Emerging Trends and Future Directions

By Rahul Jain This research paper aims to explore the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the field of financial technology (Fintech). The paper examines the emerging trends in the integration of AI and ML in Fintech and evaluates the potential benefits and challenges associated with this integration. The study utilizes a qualitative research approach that involves an extensive review of relevant literature, including academic articles, industry reports, and news articles. The findings indicate that AI and...

February 2023

Leveraging Fintech To Drive Financial Inclusion: Strategies And Best Practices

Financial inclusion (i.e., the availability and accessibility of financial services for individuals and businesses) is a fundamental goal for governments and organizations around the world. Despite progress in recent years, there are still many individuals and communities that lack access to basic financial services such as savings and credit. Fintech, or financial technology, has the potential to play a major role in addressing this problem by making financial services more accessible and affordable for those who need them most. One...

How Fintech And Blockchain Are Evolving And Disrupting Financial Institutions

Blockchain technology is disrupting financial institutions in radical new ways. Rather than replacing what already exists, it creates an entirely new market and an avenue to bank the unbanked. Blockchain is creating new financial solutions that scale faster and are cheaper, more secure and more accessible to even ordinary men on the street. It has removed the barriers to enjoying financial services, enforced security, removed middlemen and enhanced transparency. Once touted by investors as worthless and called unprintable names by traditional...

November 2022

How technology can support pensions for the underserved

New technologies, including central bank digital currencies, can help to better distribute and protect wealth PROVIDING pension support for workers in the informal sector has always been a challenge. At a recent Green Shoots session held at Prudential Singapore’s office, panellists discussed how the use of technology and digital tokens can help facilitate the distribution of micro pensions, and what challenges remain. Micro pensions refer to small sums of money saved by self-employed individuals, that are then invested to yield...

October 2022

Fintech en el mundo. La revolución digital de las finanzas ha llegado a México

Por Bancomext La influencia de los cambios tecnológicos en todas las actividades humanas, así como en los valores de la sociedad, conllevan un desafío para todos los sectores económicos incluyendo las instituciones financieras, como Bancomext. La innovación tecnológica y digital representa para los bancos y, en particular, para la banca de desarrollo, una oportunidad de mejorar la eficiencia y productividad que otorgue un mayor respaldo a las empresas. Hoy por hoy, la tecnología es un aliado que facilita la actividad...

September 2022

Pan-European Pension Product is now available in the first EU country

The European pension is now available to clients in Slovakia. It has a strict fee cap, is portable, and is bound by European legislation. Slovak fintech broker Finax is the first European company that became licensed to offer it. All residents of the European Union can open a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP). It is not tied to employment or the place of work. Its goal is to provide the saver with an old-age income supplementing the state pension. Savers...

July 2022

Cruzando las Fronteras: Cómo el ecosistema Fintech está empujando a las compañías de FS y de TMT fuera de sus propias fronteras de industria

Por PWC En el pasado, la industria de servicios financieros (FS), y las de tecnología, medios* y telecomunicaciones (TMT) evolucionaban por caminos paralelos sin cruzar la frontera de industria con las otras. Esto no es lo que ocurre actualmente, en donde las fronteras entre FS y TMT se han desvanecido al punto que ya no existen, y estas industrias, anteriormente distintas y separadas, ahora están chocando. Muchas compañías TMT están aplicando a licencias de FS, y las compañías de FS han empezado...

Herramientas digitales para la seguridad y salud en el trabajo: revisión sistemática

Por Rodrigo Másmela Olivar, Ericka Alexandra Jiménez Rodríguez & Pablo Andrés Rozo Moreno Las organizaciones están expuestas a constantes cambios en el manejo y el procesamiento de la información interna dentro de sus sistemas de gestión y es por ello que la innovación, la digitalización y la virtualización de los procesos es un aspecto clave para la competitividad de las organizaciones; en los últimos años, se ha observado el aumento en el uso de las herramientas audiovisuales y tecnológicas como...

June 2022

Nuevas Modalidades de Financiación para Combatir la Pobreza en Colombia

Por Jorge Iván Jiménez Sánchez La pandemia de Covid-19 ha incrementado la pobreza en Colombia, el país retrocederá años de avances en esta materia, para salir adelante se requiere tener una financiación adecuada lo cual es bastante difícil. Los bancos tradicionales son reacios a prestar a los más necesitados, debido a los bajos montos a los que pueden acceder, la falta de garantías y colaterales, así como el alto costo que representan para las entidades, todo esto los hace clientes...