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.    Duckbucks: You started your first company at age 24, developing capital markets settlement infrastructure, and ten…

Bruno Diniz 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.…

Alexander Braun   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…

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein and Thomas Puschmann 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…

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.