Cyprus 4.0

Limassol is composed of 4 elements, according to cultural historian Prof. Mimis Sofocleous: Ochre: because all houses were once painted in this colour; The mandolin, which with the guitar, created the ...

“We have this big difference: We didn’t launch to build another new bank, or to offer another card. We launched to solve the problem that people find it difficult ...

“Marketing an online business is lot of work. To make it simple: First of all, you already have the Facebook and Instagram algorithms which enable you to detect whom you ...

by Kyriaki Raouna Editor’s Note: Kyriaki Raouna, 29, has been working in online business for about six years. For a discussion of online business, we don’t only want the ...

“We took the decision internally not to pursue any outside funding. We have been profitable and cashflow positive from the very beginning, because we self-funded all development. The initial software, ...

“Crypto is like the elephant in the room. It’s the missing piece in online payments. Using crypto assets, not just bitcoin, but XRP, Ethereum, etc. we can modernise the ...

Wargaming has been a leader in online gaming for more than 20 years. With 15 titles in the free-to-play online action games market, it has seen unprecedented success; World of Tanks, for ...

“I remember when Cyprus banks didn’t even want to open an account for companies operating on the Internet. They simply didn’t understand this business. Nowadays, of course, everything ...

“Building trust for a brand online is one of the biggest challenges for any product, but particularly for a product in which smell or taste is a key quality,” comments ...

by Invest Cyprus The worldwide shift towards e-commerce and online services amid lockdowns and other Covid restrictions is likely to continue as economies open up in the post-pandemic era, and ...

“We stand next to our client as business partners and consultants with technological expertise so that they can reach their full potential on digital payment solutions. This is a huge ...

GetForward connects people, cultures, entrepreneurs, and businesses with long-term mindsets eager to grasp the future. It acts as the springboard to empower decisions that lead to a better tomorrow. The ...

“You have to keep in step with the times,” said an official. “That depends, said the French diplomat Talleyrand, ”on what you have to step in.” This epigram may seem ...

Wealth Innovative Solutions Bank of Cyprus, being the largest financial institution in Cyprus, has a long history of servicing the Wealth and the Asset Management Industry through its Wealth & ...

For a small island, Cyprus has big ambitions. Having already established itself as a growing fintech centre, Cyprus has long recognised it must continually change and challenge itself to remain ...

Having started in financial services in London in the early 1990s, Mark Nowell has worked with high-net-worth clients across Europe and the Middle East. He is a registered European Financial ...

Born in Cyprus, Constantinides studied law in England, and took a Masters degree in international commercial law there. He then qualified in England for the Bar, and after some initial ...

Emilios Tannousis is the Manager Wealth Management at Bank of Cyprus. With an experience of almost 20 years in the Wealth and Asset management industry he is covering the Private Banking ...

Biography Richard Thomas is the Head of EFG International’s UK Region and member of the Global Business Committee since 02 January 2019. In addition, he is CEO of EFG Private Bank ...

The Harvard Business Review recently asked this question, noting that about 25 per cent of CEOs are thanked for their service and dismissed before their contracts are up. There is definitely ...

Cyprus is evolving, attracting new investment with business-friendly initiatives that have substantially increased the island’s appeal in today’s hi-tech world, and part of that is an ever-growing database ...

By Christos Karaolis, president of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the global economic system and forced a radical re-think of the strategies ...

“Blockchain technology follows the so called Gartner’s Hype Cycle that all nascent technologies go through. A lot of hype initially, many promises, people trying to invest or make money ...

“In business, authenticity matters; here, Cyprus has a strong voice, and that makes a difference,” comments Vicky Crease, a leader in the events industry with Cypriot roots in South Africa. “...