Uber, Dropbox, Slack, Airbnb and many other respectable companies bet on illustrations. The reason? They all believe that an illustration is not only an adornment to a product. It’s also a powerful tool that can help increase vital business metrics, eg. conversion rates.
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2018 has been a volatile year for public equity markets around the world. Many institutional investors add alternative assets to their portfolios in order to decrease the correlation with public market volatility and pursue double-digit returns. Private Equity funds, a common investment amongst alternative assets, have been historically available only to institutional investors due to high minimums (starting around €10m). Moonfare, a Berlin-based FinTech startup, believes individual investors should also be able to invest in Private Equity funds. The company is building a technology platform that allows individual investors to invest in top-tier funds with low minimums (starting at £100k) and low fees (up to 0.5%).
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9 Key API Strategies in Fintech. Why Open Interconnectivity of Financial Services is the Future
Bartek Ciszewski
The financial sector is evolving towards a network of products and services. The trend sparked by business capabilities and customer needs is driven by the technology and catalyzed by regulations. Why have APIs become the symbol of the fintech revolution? What are the API strategies that help young companies disrupt the sector? Read this post to find the answers.
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Fraud Detection with Machine Learning: How Banks and Financial Institutions Leverage AI
Michał Dyzma
The financial services sector is on the eve of a major transformation, and the driving force behind it is AI. Innovative applications for AI have already been found across areas such as credit scoring, regulatory compliance, customer experience, and portfolio management. Thanks to rapid advancements in technology, tasks that once took employees hours to complete manually, can now be done in a matter of seconds.
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A Break-Even in Just 11 Months. Mentality of Scarcity and Other Lessons from a Multi-Billion-Dollar Fintech
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
This fintech is probably less known than many companies such as those operating in B2C markets. But OakNorth Holdings proved that it is possible to scale to the unicorn status in a market niche as long as you’ve the right strategy.
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The insurance industry has always relied on data to calculate risk and come up with personalized ratings. Today, the sector is undergoing a profound digital transformation thanks to technologies such as machine learning. Insurers are using machine learning to increase their operational efficiency, boost customer service, and even detect fraud. Here are 6 ways machine learning is transforming the insurance industry.
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What is the secret to building a successful fintech company? We might not give you a clear answer (if there is any), but we will help you achieve your goals thanks to our expertise, experience and efficiency at work. Read on to find out how Netguru can help you build cutting-edge technology that will disrupt the industry.
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Scalable Fintech Platform for Private Equity. How We Rebuilt Moonfare in Node.js – Case Study
Krzysztof Tucholski
Moonfare is a company providing its users - professional and semi-professional investors - with access to top private equity funds. The company has already developed an impressive network of skilled professionals who helped to build a successful offline product. However, Moonfare also strives to run its services online and, in doing so, it wants to offer unparalleled experience both in terms of accessibility and performance to its demanding customers.
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Common in applications that range from risk management to cryptocurrencies, Python has become one of the most popular programming languages among financial institutions and fintechs. Its simplicity and robust modeling capabilities make it an excellent tool for researchers, analysts, and traders.
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Access to capital? Naaah. Corporate tax rates? No biggie. The biggest concern facing the C-suite is finding access to skilled software developers and engineers.
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