Cyber landscape, threats and trends in financial services
Investment in emerging technologies is likely to be a key theme next year.
Analysis
Mistakes, and how to avoid avoiding them
I make mistakes, I don’t know better, it’s a thing. It’s a superpower.
The uphill battle for European challengers success in the US
Find out if European neobanks can tackle the challenging US market.
Distributed compliance is the key to banks increasing CDD and KYC challenges
We must we re-imagine risk management and compliance.
The key segment to nurture in 2020 and beyond
The biggest challenge may be the paradoxical ways SMBs view their relationship with their bank.
Mobile technology enabling financial access to millions
Zenka is challenging its competitors and courageously conquering the Kenyan lending industry.
Trends in banking
Evolving the operational models to deliver faster customer services, cost efficiencies and competitive offering.
Carlsberg Bank – probably the best digital bank in the world
Banks need to identify new segments and go beyond banking
Big gains in the cloud, especially for small banks
But will putting our data in the cloud put our data at risk?
Bad bosses and hardy flowers
Moving away from bad bosses is not good advice, it is essential advice.
Why should banks and fintechs work together?
Partnering up with fintechs and leveraging their agility and technological edge is what will keep banks relevant.
Ask the expert: your questions on growing the business answered
How to generate leads and reach the right decision-makers – refining your approach.
Doing smarter, cleaner business: The analytics potential of trade data
Banks’ data-rich future should not begin and end with trade flows.
SME lending: banks aren’t using enough data
And it could be hurting their bottom line.
Is your fintech brand an awkward teenager?
From unpredictable growth spurts and occasional breakouts, to sleeping in.
Wild West to crypto best: How compliance separates cowboys from champions
Major players will be forced into closer collaboration with regulators.
A banker goes a-banking, volume 5: the gift that keeps on giving
The helplessness. The fear. The rage. And the shame.
The cloud journey for market infrastructures
Some steps to ensure cloud-based is successful and meets the approval of regulators.
Retail banks must be team players
Industry players question collaboration for fear of surrendering their competitive edge.
How regulations are bringing banks and fintechs together
There are plenty of benefits for both.
Secured cards: public relations ploy or financial health builder?
They can be a critical tool for financially vulnerable people.
Declaring time of death and other ways of surviving doing business with big banks
Don’t be afraid to declare time of death when it is true: it is not an admission of defeat.
Reshaping the banking experience
It’s time to stop looking at digital as the only key to client satisfaction.
Ask the expert: your questions on growing the business answered
When is the right time for a founder to take a step back from the business?
Turn to commercial banks for treasury management innovation
Commercial banks are taking up a starring role.
EBA Outsourcing Guidelines or Operational Resilience – which to prioritise?
Operational resilience (OpRes) is the new, grown up way of regulating the financial sector.
Fintech partnerships: the real benefit of Open Banking for incumbent banks
A deep dive into where the real value lies in Open Banking for incumbents.
Tesla-fy your bank
Will banks ever truly reinvent banking?
Getting to the future: learn, unlearn, persist. Repeat.
But unlearning is the only path to survival. Even if you can’t learn to like that, you learn to value it.
Backbase is named a leader in the Forrester Wave™: Digital Banking Engagement Platforms, Q3 2019
Download the Forrester Wave™: Digital Banking Engagement Platforms, Q3 2019
Libra cryptocurrency users face taxing problem
It is not clear how Facebook intend to solve this problem.
Three lessons traditional banks can learn from their younger siblings
Teamwork, transparency and creating a competitive culture is key.
Big banks are driving fintech to the mainstream
And it’s happening faster than you think!
Are non-bank payment service providers doing enough to protect customers’ funds?
Some heady advice for non-bank PSPs to avoid regulatory action.
The importance of specialised standard software for MAD/MAR compliance
Experience and insights from three years of practical use.
Something for nothing or the fallacy of ecosystem conversations
Those “big block of cheese” meetings…
Challenger banks in South Africa: who’s who and what’s their tech
A comprehensive list of South African challenger banks and banking services and the tech they are using.
Ask the expert: your questions on growing the business answered
My company is undergoing hypergrowth. How can I create a culture for business success?
Gay is for life, not just for June
Fintech firms can and must do more.
Is the next fintech unicorn being built by ex-bankers in Poland?
Three Polish ex-bankers are building their own challenger banks in Poland right now, as you’re reading this.
