Blog
Writing by Anslem Oshionebo on fintech, AI, payments, corporate strategy, finance, upstream oil and gas, entrepreneurship and the immigrant experience.
2027
- Embedded Finance: When Every Company Becomes a Fintech Anslem Oshionebo on embedded payments, lending and insurance inside non-financial platforms, and the regulatory responsibilities that follow.
- Digital Transformation in Oil and Gas: From Field Data to the Boardroom Anslem Oshionebo on how data, automation and AI can improve production, compliance and decision-making for oil and gas operators.
- Forensic Accounting in the Digital Age: Following Money Through Apps and Wallets Anslem Oshionebo, CFE, on how forensic investigations trace funds through mobile money, fintech apps and crypto wallets.
- Tokenization of Real-World Assets: Separating Promise from Hype Anslem Oshionebo on tokenizing real estate, commodities and securities: what tokenization can genuinely improve and what it cannot fix.
- AI Governance for Boards: The Questions Directors Should Ask Anslem Oshionebo on how boards can oversee AI: the questions directors should ask about strategy, risk, controls and accountability.
- Credit Scoring with Alternative Data in Africa Anslem Oshionebo on how mobile, transaction and behavioural data can widen access to credit in Africa, and the risks lenders must manage.
- Data Protection for Fintechs: Lessons from Nigeria and the United States Anslem Oshionebo on how fintechs operating in Nigeria and the US can build data protection into products under the NDPA and US privacy rules.
- Real-Time Payments and What They Mean for Cross-Border Money Anslem Oshionebo on instant payment systems in Nigeria and the US and how linking them could transform cross-border transfers.
- Internal Controls Before the IPO: SOX Lessons for Growing Companies Anslem Oshionebo, CPA and former PwC professional, on building internal control over financial reporting before a listing or major investment.
- Building a Compliance Monitoring System Regulators Trust Anslem Oshionebo on designing compliance monitoring that is automated, evidence-based and credible to regulators in energy and financial services.
- Agentic AI in Financial Services: What Changes for Banks and Fintechs Anslem Oshionebo on AI agents that act, not just answer: where they fit in banking and fintech, and the controls they demand.
- Why Every Executive Should Understand Product and Software Development Anslem Oshionebo, engineer turned CEO, on why business leaders need a working understanding of product and software development in every industry.
2026
- Financing Nigeria's Upstream Oil and Gas: Why Technical and Financial Diligence Must Meet Anslem Oshionebo, MD/CEO of Haricot Energies, on why upstream oil and gas deals in Nigeria succeed only when engineering and finance are tested together.
- Nigeria's Fintech Regulation: What Founders Need to Know Anslem Oshionebo on the regulators, licences and compliance obligations every fintech founder building in Nigeria should understand.
- Fraud in the Age of AI: Deepfakes, Synthetic Identities and What CFOs Should Do Anslem Oshionebo, Certified Fraud Examiner, on deepfake payment scams, synthetic identities and the controls CFOs should put in place now.
- Stablecoins and the Future of African Remittances Anslem Oshionebo on whether regulated stablecoins can cut the cost of sending money to Africa, and what still stands in the way.
- AI for Finance Teams: Where It Helps in Close, Audit and Reporting Anslem Oshionebo, CPA and former PwC technical accounting professional, on where AI genuinely helps finance teams and where human judgment still decides.
- AI in Debt Recovery: How Machine Learning Finds Debtors and Assets Anslem Oshionebo, CEO of Tenaza Asset Recovery & Intelligence, explains how AI changes skip tracing, asset tracing and debt collection for lenders.
- Why Sending Money Home Still Costs Too Much, and What Will Change It Anslem Oshionebo on why remittances to Africa remain the world's most expensive, where the cost really comes from, and the technologies bringing it down.
2021
- Africa's Role in Fintech Anslem Oshionebo on how Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Egypt became fintech hubs built on mobile phones and financial inclusion.
- How Fintech Generates Profit Anslem Oshionebo explains how fintech companies make money across crowdfunding, logistics and personal finance platforms.
- Ep. 5 of Challenges of an Immigrant Episode 5 of Anslem Oshionebo's Challenges of an Immigrant series: acceptance, sharing your culture and self-promotion in Western workplaces.
- Ep. 4 of Challenges of an Immigrant Episode 4 of Anslem Oshionebo's Challenges of an Immigrant series: leaving the comfort zone and building trust in informal work settings.
- How Is Fintech Changing the Financial World? Anslem Oshionebo on how fintech improves access to financial services, brings transparent pricing and draws in large companies.
- Challenges of an Immigrant: Ep. 3 Episode 3 of Anslem Oshionebo's Challenges of an Immigrant series: drawing on inner strength and looking beyond your own community.
- Anslem Oshionebo, Fintech Professional and Entrepreneur, Based in Dallas, Texas Profile of Anslem Oshionebo: Dallas-based fintech professional, engineer, FCA, CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner and community volunteer.
- #ChallengesOfAnImmigrant Ep. 2 Pt. 2 Episode 2 part 2 of Anslem Oshionebo's Challenges of an Immigrant series: accepting the inevitable, patience and joining a community.
- How Covid-19 Has Affected Immigrants Anslem Oshionebo on how the Covid-19 pandemic affected immigrants in the United States: travel restrictions, jobs, healthcare and detention.
- #ChallengesOfAnImmigrant: Ep. 2 Episode 2 of Anslem Oshionebo's Challenges of an Immigrant series: language, housing, work, status and staying engaged when it is hard.