Category: Insight
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Serverless and Cloud-Native in 2026: Running AI Workloads Without Managing Infrastructure
The serverless computing market hit $32.59 billion in 2026 and is growing at a 22.94% CAGR through 2031. The driving force isn’t web APIs or event-driven microservices—it’s AI. Agentic workloads are inherently bursty and stateless between invocations, which is the exact profile serverless was built to handle. Engineering teams that have deployed AI in production…
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Staff Augmentation or Outsourcing: choosing the best delivery model to scale engineering at speed
Mid-market companies face a unique growth curve. They expand faster than their internal structure can support, operate with products that increase in complexity, and compete against players with larger engineering budgets. In this environment, the question Staff Augmentation or Outsourcing becomes more than an operational choice. It becomes a strategic decision that determines how well…
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Money 20/20 2025: The fintech inflection point between hype and execution
Las Vegas hosted more than 11,000 financial industry professionals from 85 countries at Money 20/20 this October. Still, this year’s conference revealed something different from previous editions — a shift from innovation theater to enterprise-scale execution.The event’s main focus wasn’t on questions like “What can AI do?” or “Will crypto work?”. Instead, executives and product…
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Compliance in credit: scaling credit products while maintaining regulatory confidence
The rapid expansion of digital credit is rewriting the rules for fintechs and banks alike. As institutions extend lending beyond traditional boundaries, the question is no longer whether credit products will scale, but how to grow without exposing the business to regulatory, operational, or reputational risk.According to the 2023 Alloy State of Compliance Benchmark Report,…
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Global Trends in Instant Payments: Pix, UPI, FedNow, and Portugal
The digital transformation of payments is reshaping the global financial system. Over 50 countries now operate instant payment systems, and this revolution extends far beyond consumer convenience. We’re witnessing a structural shift that impacts financial inclusion, economic efficiency, and even digital sovereignty.Brazil, India, the United States, and Europe are each taking different paths on this…