State of play: 2023 so far
What’s the current state of play for the financial services sector and what can we expect for the remainder of 2023?
Coronavirus/COVID-19
News, intelligence and resources on the global fintech industry including topics such as coronavirus/COVID-19.
White paper: Building a business card program in today’s digital first landscape
How to make a card program for SMBs a conduit to continued customer/member loyalty and growth for an FI.
White paper: Solve hybrid work compliance challenges with Theta Lake and RingCentral
RingCentral and Theta Lake’s collaboration on hybrid work compliance enables firms to avoid “blind spots”.
eBook: Microsoft Teams and telephony – UCaaS providers for financial services firms
How to achieve the full benefits of Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS).
How to collect your outstanding debt in a few steps
Avoid incremental bad debts by adopting few recommendations that will bring quick wins and improvement in your collection’s activities.
2022: The year of fintech job cuts
FinTech Futures takes a look back at a bruising year of job cuts in fintech.
Survey & report: The race to ISO 20022
Download Celent’s survey and report based on over 200 banker interviews and deep analysis.
DBS and digitalisation: what the West can learn from the East
“Meaningful innovation is the true litmus test,” says DBS’ Shee Tse Koon.
Danske Bank UK appoints Martin Stewart as new board chair
Stewart will replace current chair Gerald Gregory, who will leave the bank after nine years on the board.
Temenos cuts 2022 guidance, CRO leaves after just seven months
CRO Erich Gerber, who only joined the company in March, has left the business “effective immediately”.
Sibos 2022: How HSBC wants to power the Web3 economy
“We want to be the ecosystem platform provider to power up the Web3 economy,” says HSBC’s Catherine Zhou.
Global PSP Worldline obtains 40% stake in Dutch Online Payment Platform
OPP founder and CEO between them own the remaining 60% of the company.
London-based open banking app sync. goes into administration
Start-up sync. was planning “massive growth” in 2021, powered by Railsr’s BaaS platform.
Digital challenger Varo Bank lays off 75 employees in effort to cut costs
CEO Colin Walsh says the firm is “not immune to the impacts of our current environment”.
Less than two weeks until nomination deadline for Banking Tech Awards 2022
The deadline for nominations for the Banking Tech Awards 2022 is Friday 22 July.
Video: SmartStream at Money 20/20 Europe – Levelling the playing field
We chat with SmartStream about how the firm is helping financial institutions keep up with new tech developments.
Video: Railsr at Money 20/20 Europe – Old finance vs fintechs
We chat with Nigel Verdon of Railsr to discuss how embedded finance will evolve over the next few years.
Video: Bitstamp at Money 20/20 Europe – Putting trust in crypto
We chat with Bitstamp CEO JB Graftieaux to discuss how trust in and adoption of crypto varies across the world.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 9 | Smart applications for AI and ML
We are joined by Jethro MacDonald, product manager, artificial intelligence and machine learning at SmartStream.
Canadian wealthtech Wealthsimple sheds 12.6% of workforce due to market volatility
As well as the layoffs the wealthtech will be “laser-focused” on core businesses investing, banking and crypto.
Robinhood announces layoffs, sheds 9% of full-time workforce
CEO Vlad Tenev cites duplicate roles and job functions and “more layers and complexity than are optimal”.
Video: Greg Palmer at Finovate Europe 2022 – The future of fintech
Finovate’s Greg Palmer on how the pandemic accelerated the digitisation of financial services.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 5 | AI in financial services
In this episode of the What the Fintech? podcast, we’re joined by Kevin Levitt of Nvidia.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 8 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Banco de la Nación del Perú live with Temenos core banking system
The cloud-based Temenos Transact platform supports Cuentas DNI, the bank’s new digital account.
Digital business bank Grasshopper relaunches with focus on supporting SMEs
The bank has brought in a new leadership team and implemented a new technology strategy.
Banking Tech Awards 2022 now open for nominations
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
Seven ways “saving” has changed during the pandemic
Seven changes we’ve seen during the pandemic that will drive long-term changes for savings providers.
Digital acceleration shines a light on new challenges facing small businesses
The search for adequate SME funding and opportunities to minimise costs are at an all-time high.
Technology holds the key to solving the Covid loan repayment crisis
The adoption of new tech by governments can help SMEs access the cash needed to repay their Covid loans.
White paper: How insurers can build better relationships with their customers
Researching behavioural trends amongst insurance prospects and clients, especially throughout the pandemic.
Change at the top for Credit Suisse as Horta-Osório resigns as chairman
Horta-Osório resigns after it was found he broke Swiss and UK Covid-19 isolation rules.
E-commerce one-click checkout fintech Bolt raises $355m in Series E
Bolt says it has doubled its valuation in three months.
UK fintech sees record investment in 2021 following pandemic slump in 2020
Nearly half of all fintech investment in Europe was made in UK, Innovate Finance data shows.
CBI: Collaborative open finance ecosystems for a market success story
80% of the Italian banking market (around 300 PSPs) has adopted CBI Globe to meet the requirements of the PSD2.
Global digital payments growth in the pandemic and beyond
The pandemic compressed decades’ worth of transformation and digitisation into the space of several months.
Reimagining business models for a post-COVID banking future
Banking was already in the throes of change when the pandemic hit, but how does the industry recover?
CBI: Collaborative open finance ecosystems for a market success story
80% of the Italian banking market (around 300 PSPs) has adopted CBI Globe to meet the requirements of the PSD2.
Sibos 2021: Banking beyond Covid-19
Covid has changed the world, and now we have to pick up the pieces and deal with the aftermath.
Extended deadline announced for Banking Tech Awards 2021
The new nomination deadline for the Banking Tech Awards 2021 is 20 August.
