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The world is increasingly going digital, including the monetary system. The economy has been flooded with digital assets and mobile apps that consumers are flocking to over traditional money and financial institutions. Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are taking the lead on the digital transformation in a global economy where inflation has reared its head and seemingly intends to stick around for a while. The rise of bitcoin has challenged the legacy financial system and placed a fire under the feet of countries that have not already done so to go digital. Continue reading Europe’s Potential Digital Euro a Reality Check for ECB Officials

The millennial generation is growing in influence around the world. For example, in the United States, more than 50% of the population is either part of the millennial generation/Gen Y or younger. In the EU, there were roughly 102 million millennials living in member countries as of 2017, representing one-fifth of the population. As of 2020, more than 20% of the global population falls under the millennial category, representing about 1.8 billion people around the world. Asia is out front for the millennial generation, with this segment comprising 24% of the continent’s total population. Continue reading How Millennials Are Taking Major Industries by Storm

The European Commission has for some time now placed much focus around fintech capabilities and drivers it would like to see move forward so that European economies can harvest its potential. They started off by drafting various reiterations of a Digital Strategy as well as a FinTech Action Plan. Continue reading The future of fintech in Europe

Fintech, which is the intersection of finance and technology, came on the scene more than a decade ago but it is gaining even more momentum in 2021. No longer are fintech firms just coming on the scene and trying to muscle their way into the bigger landscape. Now they have become the trendsetters whose innovation is sought after by even the largest tech firms and financial institutions.  Continue reading Fintech Trends on the Rise Across Europe

The Philippines is a country situated in South East Asia, rich in history, diversity, challenges and opportunities. It has a strong international presence and the World Bank describes it as “one of the most dynamic economies in the East Asia Pacific region,” while its household consumption drives about 70 percent of the entire economy as of 2020 according to a report from Bloomberg. Continue reading Philippines Economic Outlook for Consumer Lending Investors

Nearly everyone throughout the world needs to interact with money in some way or another for them to survive. We work to earn and then pay to maintain our way of life. How we manage that way of life is often what we have most control over.
To that end, the smart or responsible way of managing your personal finances in your daily life is based on how well informed you are about the subject matter. This is known as being financially literate and being able to apply your knowledge thereof often determines or measures just how well versed or financially literate you really are. Continue reading Is Europe Financially Literate?