The financial technology revolution is now spreading around the world and affecting various processes in sectors such as customer service, financial advisory, payments and transactions, lending, insurance services and account management. Today’s customers are looking for the next generation of financial service providers with a human-centred approach. As a result, the global financial landscape is changing and innovating constantly to meet their expectations.

Banks need to transform their infrastructure. But they also must invest in people and build frameworks that enable empowered decision-making. Digital transformation doesn't stop at "digital", says Rita Waite, who, after spending 4 years as a corporate venture investor in the US, joined Millennium bcp, the largest private bank in Portugal.

Many people will tell you that coming back to the same organisation after you had once decided to leave is not a great idea. For a very long time I absolutely agreed with that hypothesis. Over a year ago I decided I would like to come back to Netguru more than 2.5 years after leaving. 

The number of smartphone users worldwide now surpasses 3 billion, and is projected to climb to nearly 4 billion by the end of 2021. As of August 2020, Android is dominating the smartphone market with over 74% market share, followed by iOS with around 25%. 

Technology is advancing at a breakneck pace. Industries from healthcare to insurance are being disrupted by digital technologies, with many companies using new innovations to enhance their competitiveness and drive growth. 

E-commerce is a rapidly growing opportunity the world over. When it comes to start selling online, you need to make sure that you choose the best e-commerce system that will suit your business needs.

Startup conferences are where CEOs meet, deals get done, and a huge amount of knowledge is dispersed across all of the attendees. Conferences also provide some form of density for a city, which is needed for a startup hub to thrive. 

On his way to make a dent in the pharma galaxy (...) brutally honest leadership style (...) persistent confidence in employees to create value with guidance instead of instructions (...) excellent diplomat with a conscious bulldog attitude.

Business is all about who you know, right? If this is the case, attending in-person events is a crucial ingredient to finding success in the startup world. To best get involved in the New York startup scene, meet your future investor, business, partner or boss, we would suggest attending some meetups where the tech scene is hot. Here are a list of 13 meetups and events in New York to check out in 2020.

It all started with Silicon Alley. It may sound a little dated now, but back in the 1990s tech companies around the Flatiron District in Manhattan were popping up weekly, and it was becoming quite a tech hub. So it was dubbed Silicon Alley, a spinoff of California’s Silicon Valley. A lot has changed since then. Mainly that Silicon Alley has expanded to the rest of the city! With thousands of startups being funded each year now, there needs to be infrastructure to support these efforts.