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News/startups
Innovation within Ireland's banking sector has been hindered by a lack of government funding, claims a newly published report.
15 September 2023
News/payments
UK Finance’s Payments Markets Report shows that during 2022, 50% of all payments in the UK were made using debit cards.
14 September 2023
News/sustainable
The number of UK banks investing in technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality is falling as the Metaverse hype fades away.
13 September 2023
News/retail
European fintech funding plummeted in the first half of 2023 as the sector faced up to the return of investment discipline which has triggered a fight for profitability to survive, says a Finch Capital report.
12 September 2023
News/crime
Losses resulting from stolen IT equipment and data, as well as digital and industrial espionage will cost Germany €206 billion in 2023, reveals a survey conducted by digital association Bitkom.
01 September 2023
Startups in Africa's fintech market have secured more than $2.7bn in venture capital (VC) funding in the last two years, according to a recently released report.
30 August 2023
News/devops
Digital payments innovation in different regions of the world is being spurred on by Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) adoption, as nations experiment with new payments options that can be more inclusive and dynamic. 130 countries are currently exploring the possibilities with CBDC adoption, which allows for digital money to be supported and used publicly alongside cash whilst supported by the nation’s central bank.
25 August 2023
News/inclusion
The Digital Dollar Project says a pilot carried out with Western Union into the use of CBDCs for cross-border remittances has found a host of potential benefits.
24 August 2023
News/crypto
Slovenia has emerged as the most 'crypto-obsessed' state in Europe, according to recently published research.
21 August 2023
Investment in Canadian fintech companies dropped three-fold in the first half of 2023 as valuations continued to slide to levels not seen since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, driven primarily by macroeconomic concerns, according to KPMG.
18 August 2023
The majority of finance professionals do not support the launch of central banking digital currencies (CBDCs) according to recently published research.
17 August 2023
Research/Research/analysisFuture of Report
09 August 2023 316 downloads
05 August 2023 450 downloads
The Digital Dollar Project has concluded their pilot study into digital currency opportunities alongside Western Union, BDO Unibank in the Philippines, and Accenture.
04 August 2023
Company update/crime
New figures released in the updated 2023 Fraud Report from the credit card experts at money.co.uk, which analyses police figures to reveal where in the UK has seen the biggest rise in fraud and cyber crime, show that reports of fraudulent attacks have increased yet again.
Brazil's Pix continues its runaway success, with more transactions made using the instant payments platform in the first quarter than credit and debit cards combined.
26 July 2023
20 July 2023 578 downloads
Research/Research/analysisEvent Report
13 July 2023 213 downloads
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says that proof-of-concept run with a host of banks has demonstrated the feasibility of a regulated digital asset settlement platform supported by shared ledger technology.
07 July 2023
Research/Research/analysisSurvey
07 July 2023 1391 downloads
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