‘We are in the business of change’
Rob Heyvaert, Founder and Managing Partner of Motive Partners, on a quarter-century in fintech and what to watch for in five fast-moving sectors.
Future of money and finance
Latin America: A fertile ground for financial innovation
Thanks to regulatory changes, new technologies and an emphasis on putting consumers at the center of products and services, Latin America’s financial sector is undergoing a transformation. Continued growth will depend on strengthening regional integration, infrastructure and investment.
How good are LLMs in investor risk profiling?
As the financial industry increasingly looks to large language models for new solutions, a study asks how OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 and Google’s Bard compare with Swiss bank experts in determining investors’ risk profiles. The results: relying on the AI-based evaluations does not appear to make a significant difference to the bottom line. However, the LLMs are not good at explaining the reasoning behind the risk profiles.
The future of insurance
The insurance industry is hurtling toward the digital future, with innovations in the value chain, the exploration of innovative business models and more. As it finds support and challenges from InsurTech startups, the sector must remain vigilant and adaptable to both ongoing and unforeseen trends.
Financial system 2030
The financial system is evolving along multiple dimensions, from new institutions and means of intermediation to novel economic functions and entire infrastructures. The interplay between technology, regulation and nation states will define the financial system of the next decade.
The (re)invention of money
Analyst Ronit Ghose unpacks his new book, “Future Money: Fintech, AI and Web3,” a continent-hopping tour through the wild and wondrous state of financial innovation.
The future of the dollar in international finance
The dominance of the U.S. dollar is being challenged from twodirections: the geopolitical and the technological. The so-called“weaponization” of the greenback through sanctions, along withdigital alternatives like stablecoins and China’s eCNY, seem tothreaten the dollar’s global role. But for now, these alternativesare more potential than reality.