Sergiy Fitsak Managing Director, Fintech Expert at Softjourn
Walk into any bank's strategy meeting today and you'll hear the same refrain: "We need AI in our analytics." But here's what they're not telling you: most financial institutions are implementing AI/BI tools without understanding the fundamental shift required in how they think about data. I've spent years helping fintech companies
2 hours /payments /retail Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Saeid Kian Co-Founder and CEO at Ribbon
The finance industry is under constant pressure to continuously innovate and deliver faster. Added to that is the underlying emphasis to drive a digital-first experience, which has really shaped technological transformation across financial institutions. Efficiency has become the benchmark of success, but the focus on speed and automation risks...
10 hours /ai
Ben O'Brien Managing Director at Jaywing
The Bank of England’s Future Banking Data (FBD) programme has released its first major output: Consultation Paper CP21/25. It proposes a more streamlined approach to regulatory reporting, aimed at easing the administrative load for UK banks, building societies, and investment firms. This represents an important development. The FBD programme merges...
12 hours /regulation
Timely, accurate and high-quality data is the foundation of effective modelling, analysis and risk management. Regulators, through initiatives such as BCBS 239, have sought to strengthen control and ensure data is fit for purpose. Yet supervisors often expect straightforward answers, and struggle with ranges, error margins and the uncertainty that...
14 hours /regulation
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
It is now obvious that there is a need to advance much faster – and soon go deeper - than was previously thought in the EU Trust Infrastructure rollout. The critically important step is to take suitable issuing and verification agents in use in public sector units and progressive enterprises without delay and start data exchange testing. The tech...
14 hours
Katherine Chan CEO at Juice
As CEO of one of the fastest-growing fintech lenders in the UK, I’ve helped founders grow through calm and chaos. Right now, growth feels harder than ever. Nearly one million UK SMEs fear closure following April’s rise in employer National Insurance, minimum wage, and capital gains tax. At the same time, the British Chambers of Commerce shows fewe...
14 hours /startups /inclusion Fintech
Thorsten Hein Principal Product Marketing Mgr. & Insurance Lead at SAS
Insurance pricing is a complex exercise. To set the premium price for a policy, an insurer must evaluate various risk factors associated with the person, property or entity to be covered. And insurers shouldn’t be limited to their own internal risk assessment alone; they should combine their own data with market data to understand the pricing stra...
01 October 2025 /ai Digital Insurance Trends
Paul Quickenden Chief Commercial Officer at Easy Crypto
Imagine waking up and… Your alarm goes off at 6am. By the time your feet hit the floor, an AI agent has scanned your smart fridge, noticed you’re low on your favourite milk and already placed a grocery order that will be delivered by 8am. On your way to work, your agent has rebalanced your monthly budget after a spending ‘blowout’ at a restauran
01 October 2025 /ai /crypto
Carlo R.W. De Meijer The Meyer Financial Services Advisory (MIFS) at MIFSA
Since President Trump has signed the GENIUS Act a lot has been published on what that could bring to the traditional financial sector. It opens doors for traditional financial institutions (FIs) to enter the digital asset space with fewer regulatory hurdles. Banks can now more easily offer crypto services and provide banking to crypto businesses i...
01 October 2025 /crypto Blockchain Observations
Nick Jones CEO at Zumo
The rapidly growing crypto industry continues to make headlines, with the sector’s market capitalisation breaching the $4 trillion mark recently. It’s fair to say that developments are being led by the US. The Trump administration recognises that digital assets offer a significant economic growth opportunity, and the passing of the GENIUS Act has b...
01 October 2025 /regulation /crypto
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