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News/regulation
The potential of open APIs, cloud, blockchain and AI to transform the financial services sector will only be realised if regulators keep up and accept the "new realities" created by emerging technologies, argues a new Deutsche Bank white paper.
19 October 2018
News/Research/analysis
The payments industry remains one of the brightest spots on the financial services landscape, according to a report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Swift, which predicts global revenue to grow by more than $1 trillion by 2027.
18 October 2018
The use of distributed ledger technology in the US equity markets could be a viable option, a DTCC benchmark study suggests, with the tech proving that it can process more than 100 million trades a day.
16 October 2018
A federal science agency in Australia has claimed a world first after completing testing on a global blockchain network that is capable of processing 30,000 cross-border transactions per second.
26 September 2018
Criminals stole more than £500 million from UK bank account holders in the first half of 2018, according to industry figures.
25 September 2018
The Irish government has continued its bid to develop the country as a European fintech hub with the launch of a five year, €5m fintech research and development project.
21 September 2018
With barely half of them satisfied with their experience, nearly a third of bank customers around the world say that they might consider jumping ship to big tech providers such as Amazon and Facebook.
The UK government should take action to regulate the "Wild West" crypto-assets market, says a group of senior MPs, arguing that with proportionate oversight the country could become a global centre for the fast-growing sector.
19 September 2018
Fear of failure is holding back digital projects at UK financial services firms, which admit spending almost one million pounds on unsuccessful or cancelled efforts, according to a survey from Fujitsu.
Cards now account for more than three quarters of the value of retail purchases in the UK, as contactless payments continue to eat into cash's share of the pie.
11 September 2018
Fintech is proving a lucrative sector for top level executives, with the average CEO pulling in total compensation of more than $850,000, according to a survey from Morlands Human Capital.
10 September 2018
A Securities and Exchange Commission pilot designed to encourage trading in the shares of smaller companies has cost investors more than $300 million over its two years run, according to analysis from Pragma Securities.
07 September 2018
Artificial intelligence is changing the finance industry, with some early big movers already monetising their investments in back-office AI applications. But as this trend widens, new systemic and security risks may be introduced in the financial system, warns a new report from the World Economic Forum and Deloitte.
24 August 2018
Alternative payment methods such as mobile wallets now account for just over half of ecommerce transaction value in Asia Pacific, according to research from GlobalData.
14 August 2018
It may dominate industry chatter, but Open Banking has still to enter the public consciousness, with nearly three quarters of Brits unaware of the initiative, according to a YouGov survey.
01 August 2018
The US Treasury Department has called for a radical overhaul of financial technology regulation, backing a new national fintech charter, the introduction of sandboxes, and the opening up of access to consumer data.
31 July 2018
Despite regular reports of its imminent death, the British bank branch is not going anywhere for some time, suggests a new report from the FCA which says that, even with the rise of mobile banking, physical networks are still crucial in attracting new customers and fending off competitors.
29 June 2018
Institutional investors plan to use less sell-side research in the coming years, relying more on proprietary in-house work that takes advantage of AI, according to a study commissioned by Thomson Reuters.
Singapore's government has outlined plans to develop a governance programme around the use of artificial intelligence and personal data in its bid to become an international centre for new technology.
13 June 2018
Britain’s challenger banks are outperforming incumbents when it comes to overall customer satisfaction, according to research from vendor FIS.
29 May 2018
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