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News and case studies on embedded finance, APIs, and much more
Alipay has become one of the most important and popular payment systems in the world. Owned by Ant Financial Services Group, a subsidiary of Alibaba, it currently has 1.3 billion users, becoming the most widely used platform globally to make cell phone payments.
Héctor Arias participates in one of the most relevant events related to open banking and how APIs have driven forward this new scenario.
Bank accounts are one of the most popular products taken out by Spanish citizens. Open banking is helping to further generalize this product among the population by offering digital accounts on third-party platforms. An incredibly attractive option with a number of advantages over traditional checking accounts.
Carlos López-Moctezuma analyzes the present and future of open banking in a roundtable dedicated to this matter, where essential questions such as user growth curve, the role played by fintech and the profound evolution that banks such as BBVA and others have experienced in the past few years.
Startups and existing companies in the process of digitization need a new set of digital tools to help them transform their businesses and get more in tune with their customers' needs. If possible, they should develop frictionless systems that do not create barriers to entry for the business, as occurs with some banking solutions.
A good cash flow management ultimately leads to more informed and wise financial decision making. Keeping operations up-to-date, knowing the cash flows well and discovering where there may be inconsistencies are just some of the processes that must be carried out on a daily basis to achieve this.
Taking a customer through the entire buying process until it is formalized is an arduous journey and one that faces the constant possibility of the customer leaving. However, there are ways to make the buying decision happen if you are given facilities such as agile, secure financing.
Open banking is transforming the banking business as we know it, and the mortgage market was not going to be left out. Mortgages are the main business of many banks, which is why many of them are seeking to adapt their marketing to this new reality.
