How Payment Flows and Direct Sourcing Are Reshaping International Trade
Your payment setup might be the silent reason your business fails. While you focus on tariffs, competitors are bypassing you completely—collecting faster, settling cheaper, and reaching your customers directly. One change in regulation or a blocked payment flow, and your funds are frozen, refunds pile up, and clients disappear. Most companies won’t realise it until it’s too late.
Read the article for more information here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-payment-flows-direct-sourcing-reshaping-trade-viktoria-soltesz-kegte/
Why Payment and Banking Can No Longer Be Ignored – The Hidden Business Risk No One Talks About
Most businesses still think payment and banking are just routine tasks managed by their finance or tech teams.
This outdated belief can cause massive financial losses, failed transactions, frozen accounts, and skyrocketing fees—problems that can cripple a company in no time.
I believe that Payment and banking today impact customer experience, risk management, technology, product development, data security, compliance, finance, and more. I argue that it should be considered a standalone function—an essential element of the business strategy, not just a part of finance.
I also think accountants are not adequately trained to manage payment and banking tasks. Key areas, such as how payments and banking affect technology, UX, compliance, and other essential aspects in a business, are absent from accounting, economics courses, and MBAs.
I want a paradigm change and see companies building strategies and scalable systems around payment and banking.
Business should have a holistic approach to their payment and banking setups.
Ignoring them as critical business functions is not just risky—it’s a guaranteed path to operational chaos.
Read my article for more information.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-payment-banking-can-longer-ignored-hidden-business-soltesz-v1ise
Most businesses still think payment and banking are just routine tasks managed by their finance or tech teams.
This outdated belief can cause massive financial losses, failed transactions, frozen accounts, and skyrocketing fees—problems that can cripple a company in no time.
I believe that Payment and banking today impact customer experience, risk management, technology, product development, data security, compliance, finance, and more. I argue that it should be considered a standalone function—an essential element of the business strategy, not just a part of finance.
I also think accountants are not adequately trained to manage payment and banking tasks. Key areas, such as how payments and banking affect technology, UX, compliance, and other essential aspects in a business, are absent from accounting, economics courses, and MBAs.
I want a paradigm change and see companies building strategies and scalable systems around payment and banking.
Business should have a holistic approach to their payment and banking setups.
Ignoring them as critical business functions is not just risky—it’s a guaranteed path to operational chaos.
Read my article for more information.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-payment-banking-can-longer-ignored-hidden-business-soltesz-v1ise
Why Payment and Banking Can No Longer Be Ignored – The Hidden Business Risk No One Talk...
Many businesses still believe payment and banking are just administrative tasks managed by the finance or tech teams. This assumption is not only o...
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One wrong trigger can block a company’s access to its own money, delay salaries, and ruin client trust in a single day. And once an account is frozen based on suspicion, the damage is done, even if it was a false alarm.
Read my article for more information: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/banks-demand-unlimited-power-freeze-accounts-without-any-soltesz-msszc/?trackingId=Rl9aIf7rIgQVuzwEUYcOeQ%3D%3D

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AI can now create fake passports that pass KYC checks.
It only takes minutes, and yes, your company is in danger, too!
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This isn’t a future threat - it’s already happening.
If your compliance setup relies on static photo checks and third-party tools, you might be exposed and risk some serious penalties, too.
Read the full article to understand what this means for your business, and why every company should treat payments and banking as a critical risk, not an afterthought: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-generated-passport-passed-kyc-check-real-world-failure-soltesz-g7gqf/
It only takes minutes, and yes, your company is in danger, too!
A Polish researcher just proved to us, just how easy it is to trick today’s onboarding systems using synthetically generated documents.
This isn’t a future threat - it’s already happening.
If your compliance setup relies on static photo checks and third-party tools, you might be exposed and risk some serious penalties, too.
Read the full article to understand what this means for your business, and why every company should treat payments and banking as a critical risk, not an afterthought: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-generated-passport-passed-kyc-check-real-world-failure-soltesz-g7gqf/

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Read this article for more information: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/one-step-forward-two-steps-back-the-global-between-cash-soltesz-i7zrf
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Read this article for more information: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/one-step-forward-two-steps-back-the-global-between-cash-soltesz-i7zrf

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Read my article below for the full story: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coin-without-purpose-why-money-needs-real-structure-viktoria-soltesz-fmhef
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I keep hearing about new coins - all of them are shiny, hyped, and useless from day one.
No structure. No control. No purpose. Just a symbol pretending to be money.
Well, the history repeats itself - only this time, it’s digital.
Let’s learn from it before millions are wasted on the same mistake online.
Read my article below for the full story: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coin-without-purpose-why-money-needs-real-structure-viktoria-soltesz-fmhef

