Posts tagged as Fintech


By | 01 March 2021

How Fintech Companies Can Get the Best From Private Equity Investment

For Fintechs looking to secure external funding through Private Equity Investment in today’s COVID-19 environment, we walk through the steps and considerations needed to harness your investment for transformative growth. Read More


Calling all insurance fintechs: South Africa has hung out a welcome sign for micro-insurers

Banking via cell phone has spread faster than most people thought possible. It is Africa’s latest success story, with companies like Kenya’s M-Pesa at the forefront of technology evolution with a user base of more than 37... Read More


By Sam Khoury | BDO Canada | 31 January 2019

Part 3: Fintechs and privacy – not to be taken lightly

Privacy is perhaps the most difficult to manage of the three areas of IT security risk that I’ve talked about in my blogs. (In the first article, I discussed security and in the second availability.)Indeed, if privacy risk is... Read More


By Sam Khoury | BDO Canada | 24 January 2019

Part 2: Availability is non-negotiable

Watching how fintechs and established financial services companies come together is a bit like watching a romantic comedy.There always seems to be some big mismatch between the two partners that may seem inconsequential but is actually... Read More


By Sam Khoury | BDO Canada | 17 January 2019

How fintechs can turn their IT security into a USP

Watching how fintechs and established financial services companies come together is a bit like watching a romantic comedy.There always seems to be some big mismatch between the two partners that may seem inconsequential but is actually... Read More


By Martin Geisler | BDO Germany | 04 January 2019

Location, location, location: What Germany is getting right in supporting its fintechs

In a networked economy, the German model of building strong economic infrastructure in each federal state, instead of centralizing institutions in one city, like Paris or London, is proving to be very valuable. Today, we can see the... Read More


Liechtenstein and blockchain: A marriage made in heaven?

Often people ask me how much money they need to set up a fund in Liechtenstein. Indeed doing so is quite a popular move for asset managers and family offices. The regulatory minimum is low compared to other countries: 1.25 million euros.... Read More


How banks can gain experience with cryptocurrencies without taking too much risk

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies grab headlines on a regular basis, but those headlines are not always the type that investors and banks want to read. Sometimes they’re about phenomenal gains in the currencies’ values, like... Read More


Tale of a client: Making pay-per-use possible for leasing companies and manufacturers

 My colleagues at BDO Financial Services have been blogging quite a lot in the last weeks and months.Now, I’m pleased to say it’s my turn to have a chat with our readers. In this article, I have decided to take a... Read More


By Alina Ley | BDO Germany | 22 March 2018

Three interesting business ideas that combine artificial intelligence and blockchain

Ever since I began working on my master’s thesis about the success factors of cryptocurrencies, I’ve been fascinated by blockchain technology.  For me, it’s clear that blockchain will be a real game-changer. This... Read More