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Last December, we invited Nick Ogden, founder of ClearBank and WorldPay, to our offices for a presentation about RTGS, and a new interbank network the company was developing, where the benefits of the real-time gross settlement are uniquely matched to real-time guaranteed liquidity. RTGS Limited was founded by Nick Ogden, the entrepreneur who, as the founder of WorldPay, invented e-commerce. More recently, Nick founded ClearBank, the first new clearing bank approved by the Bank of England in 250 years. 

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Business Reporter, a UK based B2B media outlet are producing the ‘global Future of Banking & FinTech filmed thought leadership series’ in 2020, a series of interviews and on-location documentaries aimed at educating business owners globally on the innovation trends that are reshaping the way financial services are structured, provided and used.

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Community of Practice (CoP): Risk Management - A recap on 2019 meeting held in Amsterdam

Credit Scoring's Contribution to Sustainable and Profitable MSM Loan Growth and Key Success Factors for Use of Credit Scoring

A study by Stanford University, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology found investors are more likely to bet that a company will see its stock prices rise if it reported “higher-than-average” gender diversity among its staff.

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Among the leading fintech companies that are performing well in India are Paypal, PhonePe, Paytm, Google Pay. Trading companies like Share Khan and Money Control too have a large presence in the market.

The cofounders of Kabbage -- CEO Rob Frohwein, and president Kathryn Petralia were interviewed at 2019 LendIt conference, who shared how they’ve built a company that has extended $6 billion in credit to 165,000 people in the United States.

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While initial forms of platforms have been around for centuries, more prominent ones have emerged in the last 15 years with the rise of the internet. New models which connected initially developer applications and customers arose (the first softwares), eventually connecting people together, sellers and buyers, hosts and visitors, drivers with people who need a ride etc.

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