December 30th - I didn't think too much about the implication or the impact of start date in any company until last December as I quietly celebrated my two years at Visa. For one, starting a new job in December consciously motivated me to spend more time refreshing and recharging myself (thanks to less than
The world is not Silicon Valley...or Gen Y or even X. Surprised? Wondering what the hell I’m talking about? Good. I read about cashless and cardless payment methods. I read about the growth of apps and the need to be well placed in app stores (or else you might as well quit the software game and
I’m amazed. And I’ll tell you why. Just a couple of days ago, I was sitting in a coffee shop with some friends, and I happened to log into my mobile banking application to check if all was swell before pay-day. On the way, I quickly opened up Billguard to check out my spending habits
I vividly remember the UX scene some years ago. The user experience arena was saturated with new terms and trends were rising, as technology rapidly evolved and changed the way we interact with devices. The tech industry hasn’t slowed down and new trends are continuing to disrupt the world and leave us in awe. From
Finding a true UX professional is never an easy task; but, when it comes to finding a UX professional for a fintech project, the bar is raised even higher. There are no two Fintech businesses alike and there’s a minimum of business understanding required to even bring a UX professional onboard of which without it,
Living abroad and dealing with finances, whether it be a simple currency transfer from my U.S. account or a wire transfer from a client’s account to mine, can be a bit of a hassle. Those irritating fees and cuts banks and services take – I mean, what’s up with that? You’d imagine that with the
Trends here, trends there. Really, trends are everywhere. So, what better way to cover my own version of the top fintech and user experience trends than to highlight the already-existing ones which I found most valuable? (Kudos to the influencers who have taken the time to evaluate the market from 2014 and share their professional
It’s a funny (and not funny) story because just the other day, I got my credit card paper statement in the mail of all my charges from the previous month - not funny because that hefty number at the bottom of the statement was painful to swallow; funny because, well, who looks at these paper
Moving money around from one place to another is a focal point when it comes to the global financial technology/Fintech scene today. With the rising popularity of fintech technologies, among the main four segments – personal finance, lending, bitcoin, and payment technologies – the latter has received premium spotlight. In fact, 7/10 largest financial technology
Consumers have waited anxiously for quite some time for the introduction of mobile payments that will disrupt the tech world and make a lasting impact on their daily lives. Well, the long wait has been beneficial after all. As of 2012, the worldwide mobile payment volume in 2012 was 163.1 billion US dollars and is expected
