Software Engineering Insights

As the popularity of public cloud services soared and businesses rushed to migrate their applications, the practice of monitoring and reporting on cloud expenses swiftly became an essential task for every team. However, what many organizations soon realized was that while a cloud migration may offer savings on data center costs, it also presents a whole new set of financial challenges to navigate.

Dated or legacy tools, systems, and operational methods are not enough to deliver the quality of optimized and innovative financial services that today's digitally savvy customers expect. So, multitudes of financial organizations are leveraging Artificial Intelligence to raise the growth rate and dynamism of IT operations through AIOps.

Increasingly today, Financial Technology (FinTech) companies have been using mobile devices and applications as promotional platforms. Biometrics technologies are a necessary addition to the FinTech domain and have the critical task of enhancing security through the accurate identification and verification of the customer's identity.

Post-pandemic, the retail sector has witnessed several transformations in the way it works, but the biggest paradigm shift has been the increased adoption of self-checkout systems. These systems give retailers the option of saving costs while enhancing the customer experience so that in-store resources can be better allocated.

In the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector every single transaction is of significance. Fintech solutions that allows the tracking and management of expenses, revenues, inventories, and personnel must be highly reliable. That is why financial institutions invest in Document Management Systems (DMS) or Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems as a priority, so as to keep a secure record of each financial event and activity.

The personal financial planning software market is witnessing the entry of a new generation of planning software. While many existing clients of the leading financial advisory firms are reasonably satisfied, there is a need for fintech software solution that helps serve more specific client needs. Incorporating uncertainties and building a robust financial plan are not the only requirements for reliable financial planning software.

Individuals and companies have been changing the way they manage their finances through WealthTech or wealth management technology. A digital ecosystem of finances consisting of technologies such as AI, big data, and SaaS, is governing the global flow of money. The trends surrounding this set of technologies are transforming and being reimagined continuously to meet global changes in financial governance.

The modern tech-savvy consumer has a horde of on-demand utility services available directly on their smartphone. A natural byproduct of the market demand for such services is the app-based money lending app, Brigit. Brigit is a payday loan app on a mission to combat unfair loan lenders who trap borrowers in a vicious cycle of debt.

Aspiring entrepreneurs from third-world countries and underprivileged communities often find it impossible to fund their dreams by applying for loans. This is because of their lack of credit history or sometimes even little to no access to formal financiers. However, fortunately, microlending apps such as Kiva are here to change the state of small businesses in dire need of funding. But how does the US-based online microfinance company Kiva really work?

The most wholesome and altruistic innovation to come out of the FinTech, or financial technology domain is that of microlending apps and platforms. Micro lending platforms leverage peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies to offer loans to small businesses as well as personal microloans to individuals without a standardized credit history.