In early October, The Amsterdam Fintech Event 2025 (#AFE25) brought together professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, and fintech enthusiasts from around the world for three dynamic days of engagement. Unlike traditional conferences, AFE25 focused on creating an informal and interactive atmosphere, encouraging participants to engage in meaningful conversations and explore innovative ideas shaping the future of financial technology.  Jointly organized by the Holland Fintech A

FinanceX Research by Sean Murphy Something remarkable is happening in finance. After years of eye-rolling and denial, the crypto and traditional banking worlds are finally learning to speak the same language. When I first started working in fintech ten years ago, these groups could not have been further apart. I remember a conference in Dublin in 2017 called MoneyConf. It was like two different planets sharing a venue. One side was packed with crypto evangelists, many of whom

By Ian Campbell, Director of Solutions at Equals Money Fraudsters pose a major threat to online payments. In the iGaming sector, where people bet on sports, gamble in virtual casinos, and play online poker, the measures and controls are needed to combat fraud have become their biggest barrier to innovation.  Yet these measures are necessary: between 2022 and 2024, fraud in the iGaming sector increased by an average of 64 percent per year. On some gaming platforms, losses now

By John D. Evans, CFA, Founder & General Manager, SEIML It has been an interesting career to date. I have been fortunate to work and live in many locations from America to Europe to the Middle East and now in Asia. It has also been diverse from investment banking to academia and now to start-ups and venture capital. But there has always been one constant, mixing industry with education.  Business and finance at universities focus on core knowledge and theoretical research, a