Identity Vs Access – Demystifying Identity and Access Controls

Demystifying Identity and Access Controls Differences: Identity and access differ in that one is about who you are and the others about what you’re allowed to see or do. If you can prove your identity, that’s called being authenticated. If you can prove you have a right to access something, that’s called being authorized. When …

What is Artificial Intelligence in FinTech

As artificial intelligence (AI) starts to enter the financial technology (fintech) sector, there is a lot of buzz and excitement around what it could mean for the future. Artificial intelligence is the next frontier in fintech, and it is changing the way we do banking. Imagine a financial world where you can open an account …

Is fintech-banks convergence inevitable?

Fintech: Born to Challenge The very beginning of the fintech movement can be traced to 2008 financial crisis and later attempts for the reinvention of financial services by leveraging digital technologies. Since its inception fintech was challenging the status quo of the financial industry. It used to promise (and still does so) to change the …

The Fintech ecosystem is exploding. Alloy is at the heart of that.

Building a successful financial services offering requires a delicate balancing act. Fintech startups need to manage risk and compliance while also delivering innovative solutions. Doing both things well is far from easy, which is why Alloy provides such a vital piece of the Fintech infrastructure stack. As financial services become increasingly digital, companies often struggle …

What’s the Deal: Lithium-ion Battery vs. Sodium-ion Battery?

On July 29th, 2021, China’s CATL unveiled a lithium-free Sodium-ion Battery, which according to the Company could disrupt the current battery landscape. What does this mean, and, more specifically, what does this mean for the lithium-ion battery? There are two most probable development trajectories: Na-ion battery will eventually ‘replace’ the Li-ion battery or Na-ion battery …

The importance of R&D in the EV battery industry

The battery industry never stands still. Even after over 20 years in this industry the speed of innovation still has the ability to take my breath away. So the message is simple. If you want to be at the forefront of the battery industry, relentless development is essential. At Britishvolt the headline mission is to …

New Battery Technology Is Accelerating Autonomy And Saving The Environment

If the robotics world had a celebrity it would be Spot Mini of Boston Dynamics. Last month at the Robotics Summit in Boston the mechanical dog strutted onto the floor of the Westin Hotel trailed by hundreds of flickering iPhones. Marc Raibert first unveiled his metal menagerie almost a decade ago with a video of …

What’s Hot or Not for Food & Farm tech in 2022?

Cellular Meats, the Metaverse, Vertical farming, Sustainability, Digital farms, China & Covid-19. Aliens visiting our planet could be excused for questioning our sanity. The divergence between what the inhabitants of the Earth say what is important, and how we actually behave, has never been greater. We are more global than ever before, but also more …

What is Farm Automation in Agriculture?

The importance of farming and agriculture is as old as time. While newer techniques make it possible to improve the quality and quantity of harvests, farmers still need better ways to maximize their efforts. Working under the sun can take a toll in more ways than one, but with the help of transformative technologies, even …

Future impact of IoE and IoT on AgriTech and Smart Farming

With the growing adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), connected devices have appeared in every aspect of our life, from health and fitness, home automation, automotive and logistics, to smart cities and industrial IoT. Its logical that eventually that IoT, connected devices, and automation would find its application in agriculture, and as is often …