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At FINANTEQ, we've watched mobile banking change over the past two decades. The pace of change and adoption of new tools is faster than ever. On top of that, the sheer number of solutions and vendors claiming to offer the banking "must-have" is overwhelming.

July 8, 2026

Ask financial institutions how they deliver software today, and nearly every CTO will answer the same way: Agile. But did their last major implementation truly deliver iteratively, with genuine stakeholder feedback shaping each cycle? The reality is often more nuanced. There is still a gap between adopting Agile and practising it. And in financial services, that gap has consequences.

June 9, 2026

Replacing or modernising business software is one of the highest-risk initiatives organisations undertake. Failed implementation can disrupt daily operations for months and severely strain company budged. Constant market pressure and high expectations from users – both internal and external – require fast, stable, and innovative solutions.

May 15, 2026

Growing companies face the challenge of choosing the right software to support their operations. Digital systems play a crucial role in optimising and automating processes while increasing team efficiency. Their impact extends beyond daily operations — the right system can significantly improve customer service, enhance competitiveness, and support scaling efforts.

April 17, 2026

In the previous parts of this series, we looked at what happens when you ask an AI tool to generate an application interface. The results did not meet expectations. The generated screens lacked hierarchy, structure, and product thinking. Rather than forming a coherent interface, they appeared as loosely assembled components. This outcome confirms what many designers already believe: AI cannot design a good screen; it can only assemble visual elements.

March 26, 2026

Artificial intelligence is conquering new industries, software houses are competing to create "AI" labelled products, and tech giants are introducing new add-ons and features powered by freshly trained models, so that they don't fall behind. These changes reached the creative industry a long time ago. Despite this, UX/UI designers could sleep peacefully until July 2025. That's when Figma released Figma Make, AI tools that were supposed to revolutionise digital product design, for all users. In the meantime, the market was flooded with similar solutions.

February 27, 2026

Artificial intelligence is conquering new industries, software houses are competing to create "AI" labelled products, and tech giants are introducing new add-ons and features powered by freshly trained models, so that they don't fall behind. These changes reached the creative industry a long time ago. Despite this, UX/UI designers could sleep peacefully until July 2025. That's when Figma released Figma Make, AI tools that were supposed to revolutionise digital product design, for all users. In the meantime, the market was flooded with similar solutions.

February 20, 2026

The fintech industry has always relied on bold predictions. In 2025, some of those forecasts materialized: AI-powered customization reshaped customer journeys, digital wallets became ubiquitous, and embedded finance matured. Others, like blockchain based retail payments, remained more hype than reality.

January 14, 2026

The year 2025 turned out not so much revolutionary as exceptionally intense in terms of implementing technologies that had been maturing in banks’ and fintechs’ R&D labs for years. Many predictions from previous years finally materialized, while others - despite significant hype - did not deliver expected results.

December 17, 2025