Investing in the face of complexity
Volatility returns Global capital markets are seeing some major gyrations, but a short-lived correction appears unlikely to derail the underlying mega-trends around digitalisation and technological breakthroughs that span IT, finance, […]
Artificial Intelligence, Going Where No Human Can
How the sausage gets made We all love to get excited about the potential of new technologies, services and products, but we typically glance over the underlying complexity of the […]
Digital for Financial Inclusion Hackathon
The first LTS International Online Hackathon: 38 students brought together to fight poverty Today, there are more than 2 billion people who do not have access to basic financial services. […]
Surfing the Fintech Rogue Wave
Lasting change When the pandemic erupted, one could have entertained the notion that changes in consumer behaviour and the adaptations required from the business community might be fleeting. As the […]
Fintech Trends That Will Echo Through 2021
Flashback: 2020 2020 was called many things. Above all, it was the year of self-discovery. For digital natives and digital immigrants, 2020 was the year of recognising our limits, challenging […]
The Big 7 2021: Regtech, Cybersecurity, Payments, Blockchain, AI, Financial Inclusion and Venture Capital
At the beginning of last year we revisited our predictions from 2019, how the industry had shaped up, and some thoughts on the state of the industry from key figures. […]
Asset Tokenization and Its Implications on Securities Markets
The digitalization of finance is long overdue. The rise of fintech solutions shows how the transformative power of technology can tackle the inherent limitations of our current financial system. Distributed […]
Every Day is A School Day
Assuming ‘FinTech’ as a thing started in 2005 with the appearance of Zopa in the UK and picked up speed as the smartphone became ubiquitous, we have been learning new […]
First Fintech Entrepreneurship Program by LHoFT and CFTE successfully completed
ESG Radar and Ticked Teams win the final pitching competition after one week-long training program organized by the LHoFT and CFTE Last Saturday, 5th December, ESG Radar (AKA the Governance.com team) and Ticked (AKA the Lingua Custodia […]
A payments and currency (r)evolution
A tale of two 2020s The year 2020 will not be remembered fondly by many due to the significant sacrifices which we had to make globally, yet we may consider it […]
AI in finance: state of play
Data-driven change in full swing An increasing number of indicators point towards a prediction we at LHoFT will never tire of repeating: tomorrow’s financial sector will operate very differently from […]
There is no silver bullet in cybersecurity
October is, of course, Cybersecurity Month here in the EU, and we are in the midst of Cybersecurity Week in Luxembourg. The semi-official days, weeks and months dedicated to various issues of societal significance have […]
