2020 review: A year which saw fintechs cut jobs, pay & business arms
A number of fintechs have still been tested during COVID-19, some to the brink of collapse.
Analysis
2020 review: 10 largest regulatory fines this year
The fines kept flowing even in a year as turbulent as 2020.
QR Codes: will COVID-19 be the great global equaliser?
Across China QR codes are already ubiquitous, and the pandemic only accelerated user adoption.
2020 review: 10 largest bank job cuts this year
This year has seen several job cut announcements.
Banks and bad actors: the race to digitally adapt
Financial services are far from reaching a “new normal”.
2020 review: Top 10 fintech and bank M&A deals
Despite COVID-19, the financial sector has still enjoyed some notable M&A deals.
Modernising through legacy tech: powering the next wave of fintech innovation
It’s clear that mainframes are the ideal solution for fintech enterprises.
2020 review: Top five cyberattacks this year
Cybercriminals haven’t stopped their activities in 2020.
Personalisation: the Gen Z banking imperative
This generational cohort represents a lucrative target market for financial services institutions.
2020 – A shock to the system for the banking industry
Fintech Futures talks to James Buckley, vice president and Europe director for Infosys Finacle.
EXCLUSIVE: Neobank First Boulevard launching next year to target Black America
CEO and founder, Donald Hawkins, tells FinTech Futures about the process of the name change.
Fintech projections for 2021
Top five fintech trends to watch in 2021.
Fintech digital transformation challenges during COVID-19
How to get ahead in realising revenues and returning profits to shareholders.
Swift calls for collaboration to help build the future of global transactions
Swift’s ambitious new strategy to reinvent global financial transactions.
Top 10 Women in Fintech Power List 2020
We bring you a shortlist of ten women in – or investing in – fintech.
The music of embedded finance
Embedded finance is all about making the admin of life seamless, low-friction and invisible.
Connect bank operations from front to back
Improve efficiency and compliance while simultaneously lowering costs and risks.
The time is now to update your finance operations
Modernising the finance department should be a priority.
Ask the expert: what’s the “partnership problem” – and how do I solve it?
Alongside raising investment, securing the right partnerships is critical for business survival.
The Fintech Review: 2020
We cover embedded finance, competition, open banking, and CBDCs.
Fear of enforcement uptick just compliance theatre, says AML panel
“Compliance doesn’t solve financial crime,” says Fenergo’s Rachel Woolley.
Don’t turn a blind eye to spreadsheet vulnerabilities
Introducing PrizmDoc Cells, a secure solution in an intuitive, Excel-like web interface.
Banking’s Christmas ghosts
Charles Dickens’ popular novel, “A Christmas Carol”, gets a banking spin.
The perennial BNPL crown
Blind allegiance has seen the BNPL sector explode in 2020.
The times are always a’changing
The story we try to reconstruct and the story we tell ourselves isn’t the full story.
Solving payments and card challenges with a platform approach
A platform approach improves efficiency and customer trust.
Innovations – moonshot thinking and the art of walking the Earth
In wealth management, innovations need challengers, ambitious goals… and patience.
FinTech Futures Jobs: the fintech job market is absolutely booming
The global fintech market is predicted to grow at an annual rate of almost 25% – exciting times for jobseekers!
Say it to my face
It’s impossible to give feedback that isn’t evaluative; and equally hard to give feedback that isn’t prescriptive.
AI will explain it to you
Explainable AI removes removes the last barrier in entrusting transaction monitoring to algorithms.
Principles for a global central bank digital currency and a single global payment system
The new global payment system should replace all current payment and settlement arrangements.
FinTech Futures Jobs: the six best things about working in fintech
On the job hunt or looking for a perfect candidate? Head over to the FinTech Futures Job portal!
Navigating the new normal – how to redefine KYB and enhance the SME experience
The “one size fits all” approach to compliant onboarding is simply no longer relevant.
Halfway hall
It’s time to focus. If nothing else, think how fast the last few years have flown by.
AI rewrites 21st century debt collection practices
It’s likely that AI will find a range of uses in the debt collection sector.
On-demand payment innovation at the heart of digital “new normal”
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered industry changes in rapid time.
Building out a payments hub with Infosys Finacle
Peter Ryan, senior product manager at Infosys Finacle, speaks to FinTech Futures about payments.
FinTech Futures Jobs: five things a fintech start-up founder will ask you in an interview
Interviewing in a fintech company is different from interviewing in other industries.
The growth springboard for your bank
Coforge and Profinch execs share their thoughts on Oracle Flexcube.
Opportunity costs for cynics
The only new opportunity COVID gives us is to be honest about the opportunities we missed.
