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Latest thinking in respect to mortgages and savings within the digital age.
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Christopher Little Chief Revenue Officer at finova
If there is a single word that encapsulates the appeal of the digital economy, it’s seamlessness. The facts are straightforward: customers like seamless tech experiences, whether that’s making a contactless payment at the supermarket or tracking their physical wellbeing on a fitness app. Naturally, they would expect the same ease of use from their...
13 February 2024 /retail
Raktim Singh Senior Industry Principal at Infosys
A Digital Mortgage uses technology to connect with borrowers at every stage of the lending process, irrespective of where they are. This type of mortgage reduces costs, eliminates the manual process, and streamlines the entire operation. No more piles of paperwork, phone calls, or waiting in queues at the bank.This revolutionary approach uses tech...
22 December 2023 /retail /wholesale
John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited
An exhilarating evening was held with the members of the mortgage industry on 12 December with people dressed in black tie. The mood was set by the Director of Mortgages for UK Finance and further extended by the chair of akt Charity by providing safe homes for UK LGBTQ young people. Positivity for 2024 was palpable. The Director opened with givin...
17 December 2023 /regulation /retail
Darren Winfield Insight Consultant at Defaqto Ltd
Robo-advice, or digital wealth management, is gaining popularity, particularly with Gen Z, as a way for individuals to receive financial advice and invest their money using algorithms and technology through apps and web-based platforms rather than human financial advisors. As Gen Z continues to gain financial knowledge and independence, the adopti...
06 November 2023 /wealth /predictions
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
In Belgium, the traditional savings account remains highly popular, boasting a total deposit of over 300 billion EUR. With approximately 11.5 million inhabitants, this averages to about 25,000 EUR per Belgian on their savings account. However, this is an average value; most Belgians do not have this amount on their saving account, which means some...
17 October 2023 /retail /inclusion
Andrea Varga Head of Innovation at Aryza
The recent decision by the Bank of England to raise interest rates has sparked significant concerns and implications for homeowners, renters, and the overall lending landscape. With inflation remaining stubbornly high at 8.7% in May (according to the Office for National Statistics, more than four times the government's target), the 0.50 percentage ...
02 August 2023 /payments /regulation
Thomas Pintelon Head of Strategy at Capilever
Amid the Corona crisis, governments worldwide are urgently deciding on numerous actions to limit the economic impact of this unprecedented health crisis. Top priority in these plans is to help people and businesses overcome a period of low to zero income, which completely breaks their predicted liquidity forecasts. Such a shock in liquidity can ev...
26 March 2020 /covid-19
Retired Member
Banking Is More Than Software Disruption is the current name of the game. The promise is it will upturn any economic sector that’s not sufficiently hip to the new ways of doing business. In some cases that has certainly been true. Uber has taken its toll on traditional taxicab companies. Airbnb has altered the hotel and bed-and-breakfast sectors. ...
15 August 2019 /retail
Marten Nelson Co-founder and CEO at M10
There’s still hell to pay in the back-end, says Marten Nelson, Co-founder, Token.io. True digitisation in payments means overhauling the core infrastructure as well as its connectivity layer. All the hype about digital transformation in financial services risks eclipsing something really important: that this ‘new dawn’ of open banking extends only ...
05 June 2019 /payments
Sheza Gary Project Strategiest at Self Employed
The penetration of the internet of things and devices such as smartphones has brought in many advancements. This has made economic activities available at the touch of a button. Among the various sectors, the digital world has evolved the way traditional banking processes are being carried out. A growing number of businesses and individuals are fi...
24 April 2019
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