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Capital Markets, Crypto & Central Bank Digital Currencies in 2021

LMAX Group’s David Mercer speaks to FinextraTV about how Bitcoin’s surge over the last few months can be attributed to investors seeking an inflationary hedge in the face of unprecedented government spending and printing of money by central banks, how Bitcoin's maturity as an asset class is likely to progress in 2021 and what role the value of cryptocurrencies will play in ongoing discussion and development around central bank digital currencies.

11 February 2021

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Michele Foradori Investment Director at BlackFin Tech

6 Fintech & Insurtech Predictions from a Pan-European VC

11 February 2021

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Prajit Nanu CEO and Co-Founder at Nium

A new frontier for fintech in 2021

09 February 2021

News/crypto

Tesla bet sparks bitcoin surge

Bitcoin hit a record high on Monday after Elon Musk's electric car maker Tesla revealed that it has bought about $1.5 billion of the cryptocurrency and will soon let buyers purchase vehicles using it.

08 February 2021

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Hottest trends in Russian fintech & the role of AI in 2021

Neri Tollardo, Head of International Investor Relations and Partnerships, Tinkoff Bank, gives his predictions for the role of AI in banking & AI banking as a trend, how digital banks can ensure both profitability and scalability for the year ahead and what trends we can expect to develop from Russian fintech in 2021.

08 February 2021

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How the demand for Sustainability is being reflected in business's 2021 agendas

Johan Javeus, Chief Strategist for SEB Research tells FinextraTV how Sustainability is being put high on the business agenda as climate change is becoming a snowballing concern, the significance of Covid-19 for businesses planning ahead, and what the response will be from banks, governments & regulators.

08 February 2021

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Mariana Gomez de la Villa Principal Commercial Product Manager at ING

DLT Predictions for 2021

08 February 2021

News/payments

Nordic change is in the air for 2021

As part of Finextra’s Predictions Series for 2021, Hannah Wallace spoke to Erik Zingmark, Nordea’s head of transaction banking to unpack some of the leading trends he expects to see throughout 2021.

05 February 2021

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Simon Wilson MD, Transaction Automation at valanticFSA

2021 Predictions: Realising the Value of Payments Transformation

05 February 2021

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Liz Benson Senior Director, Strategy at Kofax

8 Ways Intelligent Automation Will Transform Financial Firms in 2021

04 February 2021

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Ian Raine VP Product Management at iManage

The 3 Key Risk, Compliance, and Governance Challenges for Finance to Tackle in 2021

03 February 2021

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Enabling Mobile Payments & empowering the unbanked in sub-Saharan Africa

Esther Chibesa, Treasury and Trade Solutions Head for Sub-Saharan Africa, Citi, speaks about empowering the unbanked in sub-Saharan Africa, the importance of financial inclusion, and banks’ priorities for 2021.

02 February 2021

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Building resilience, mobilising digitisation & sustainability top of the agenda in 2021

Mark Smith, EMEA Head, Treasury & Trade Solutions at Citi, speaks about the importance of building resilience and managing business disruption post-pandemic, mobilising digitisation initiatives to adapt to the emerging new landscape, and how banks are changing their agendas to accommodate the transition to a more sustainable future.

01 February 2021

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Retired Member 

Treasury 2025: Finance departments in mid-sized corporates need to become innovation enablers

01 February 2021

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A recipe for E-commerce growth & success in 2021

Lola Adebanji, EMEA e-commerce lead, Treasury and Trade Solutions Business, Citi, speaks about the direction commerce is heading in and what changes are we likely to see among consumer demands and traditional corporates. We talk about B2B e-commerce, what SMEs can expect to gain in 2021, and the best recipe for a company’s e-commerce growth and success for the year ahead.

29 January 2021

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2021 predictions in Fintech from Standard Chartered

Lucy Demery, Global Head of Fintech Banking, Standard Chartered, speaks about embedded finance, digital assets infrastructure, and green finance for the future.

28 January 2021

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Yaela Shamberg CPO at Communify

The future of wealth management

28 January 2021

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Group Head of Sustainable Business at LSEG gives his predictions for 2021

David Harris, Group Head Sustainable Business, London Stock Exchange Group, considers the impact of the new US administration, COP26, regulation, standards, and data on Sustainable Finance in 2021.

27 January 2021

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Priya Iyer CEO at Vee24

Jump Start 2021: Fintech Innovation Accelerates Digital Strategies in Financial Institutions

27 January 2021

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Nordea's outlook for trade flow recoveries & supply chains post-pandemic

Patrik Zekkar, Global Head of Trade Finance & Working Capital Management, Nordea, speaks about his 2021 expectations for recoveries in trade flows, how supply chains will look as we begin to move out of the crisis, the adoption of digital technology next year, and what role supply chain finance and other trade finance solutions will have in aiding the recovery.

26 January 2021