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DCU Business School Start-Up Introduces Conversational Banking

Narrative Banking, an innovative AI-driven fintech start-up originating from DCU Business School, is set to transform small business banking experiences - starting this month! Founded by Professor Michael Dowling and Dr. Yulia Plaksina, Narrative…
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The Emergence of FinTech: Navigating Challenges and Seizing Opportunities

The world of financial technologies, or FinTech, is ushering in a new era of possibilities. Yet, as this revolution unfolds, it also presents formidable challenges to established players in the financial sector.  Recent advancements in digital…
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Is FinTech Ireland’s hidden secret and open opportunity?

It is a significant understatement to say that both the ICT and international financial services sectors are a major part of Ireland’s economic success. Ireland is a world leader in both. But imagine if you put them together. Welcome…
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Investors divide in peer-to-peer lending

With increasing difficulty in securing finance through traditional measures, SMEs have turned to new alternatives. By Prof Theo Lynn and Dr Pierangelo Rosati calculate the possibilities and the implications. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)…
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The phoenix effect: Can blockchain rise from the ashes of bitcoin?

Bitcoin’s hype, lawlessness and negative press could damage the wider potential of blockchain technology, argue Prof Theo Lynn and Dr Pierangelo Rosati. In Greek mythology – or, for those more attuned to pop culture, in the Harry…
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Alternative finance: From crowdfunding to P2P lending

Dr Pierangelo Rosati breaks down the alternative finance models for entrepreneurs and SMEs that have arisen since the global financial crisis. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) represent the backbone of the European and worldwide economies.…
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NEW OPEN ACCESS BOOK ON HOW TECHNOLOGY IS DISRUPTING FINANCIAL SERVICES LAUNCHED BY DCU

'Disrupting Finance – FinTech and Strategy in the 21st Century’, a new book that explores how technology is disrupting and transforming the financial services sector, was officially launched yesterday at the Davenport Hotel, Dublin. As…
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Just how much is changing in the world of asset management?

Opinion: there may be generational and economic challenges for the sector, but the big picture is still about big returns versus small risks The more things change, the more they are the same. In recent years, one might be led to believe…
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How DCU is Plugging the FinTech Skills Gap

The rise of financial technologies (FinTech) is opening the world to a host of new possibilities – but it also creates both business and organisational challenges for established players in the financial sector. Technology and Financial…

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