The Future of Payments in 4 Amazing Infographics

There is an incredible spotlight right now on the future of payments. The focus on technology, fintech, blockchain and the Uber effect on financial services is culminating in some crazy, and some more mainstream payments trends. There are loads of interesting articles out there, but sometimes its just so much nicer to see the key payments ...

The 21 Most Popular Tweets from the WEF in Davos 2016 1

The annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos 2016 has instigated plenty of debate and discussion around many of the current and anticipated global trends. The main topic at Davos was the Fourth Industrial Revolution – yep, you heard about it here first! The Economic Forum agenda provides a very informative insight into a range of topics. ...

29 Global Risks from the WEF You Need To Know

To put it mildly it has been an uneasy start to 2016. Global stock markets are plummeting, there are geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe and on the Korean peninsula, a refugee crisis on the European doorstep that has instigated a global debate, horrific terror attacks, concerns about the economic health of China and uncertainty over ...

10 Technology Trends for 2016 by Gartner 3

Technology is changing everything! In the post the World Is In Beta, the importance of digital is highlighted – both as a way of maintaining competitive advantage in a fast changing world and as a way to explore new business models and products. One of the themes that comes across when we talk about disruption ...

How DANDYGIT can help you understand Blockchain… 11

Ok, so let me start off by saying that i am having a bit of a laugh here, and making a random and unexpected link to blockchain. One of my favourite programs is 8 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown, and while i was watching some clips on YouTube an interesting conundrum came up. The ...

The World Is In Beta… Eh?!?!? 1

Over the Christmas period, i spent a bit of time reading up on things that i had been putting off for a while. One of those things was to find out what the heck the World Is In Beta is all about. It turned out to be quite interesting, so in this post i have ...

6 Global Trends Financial Regulators Are Thinking About 2

As we look ahead to 2016, there are a number of industry experts making informed predictions and forecasts for the year ahead. The truth is that some of these will happen and others will not – nobody really knows what the future holds and therein lies the excitement for the next 12 months. But there ...

2015: The Major Payments News Stories with an Epic Twist

Its New Years Eve and like many people I’m looking back and pondering on 2015. There are some pretty cool and intelligent fintech and payments news reviews of 2015 (see sources at the end of this post), and so i thought i would offer my own (unique) perspective. In this recap of the top payments ...

The Top Payments News Stories in December, 2015

Here we are on the brink of 2016, and like every month this year i have rounded up the top payments news stories. The main story that seems to have emerged this month is the continued growth of cashless payments. With both Apple Pay and Samsung Pay looking to launch in China next year, Android ...

8 Christmas Myths, 7 Fintech Tales and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 3

Alright, so i am about ready to put on my Christmas jumper and start celebrating the festive season. Before i do i thought i would share some, what i found, interesting Christmas myths alongside a list of popular fintech myths. Myths are often a convenient way of looking at a particular phenomenon which over time ...