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40% of Brits abandon bank onboarding process

Results of new research shows that 40% of consumers abandon retail bank on-boarding process when applying for a new product or service.

01 April 2016

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Fintech dominates African startup investment

Almost a third of the money invested in African startups was gobbled up by new fintech firms, according to research from Disrupt Africa

01 April 2016

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American mobile banking popularity sees modest growth

Mobile banking saw its popularity grow in the US last year but more than half of Americans still do not use the channel, and fewer still make payments from their handsets, according to a Federal Reserve Board survey.

31 March 2016

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73% of American firms targets of payments fraud in 2015

Nearly three quarters of all American businesses were targeted for payments fraud in 2015, according to new research by the Association for Financial Professionals.

30 March 2016

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Capital Alpha to implement Singletrack CRM and research distribution platform

Singletrack, the capital markets CRM and research distribution solution specialists, has announced a new contract with Capital Alpha Partners, a leading US provider of strategic policy research to financial institutions.

29 March 2016

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Dutch central bank in digital currency plan

The Netherlands' central bank, De Nederlandsche bank (DNB) could be planning to develop its own digital currency based on blockchain technology.

29 March 2016

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Investment management ousts payments as fintech's hottest area

Move over payments, London's hottest fintech scene is now investment management, according to a report from PwC and Startupbootcamp which claims a host of upstarts are transforming the way money is managed.

24 March 2016

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Bacs claims growing awareness for struggling UK account switching service

A multi-million pound promotional blitz has boosted awareness of and confidence in the UK's struggling current account switching service (Cass), claims Bacs.

15 March 2016

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New report shows how making more information available with a payment could benefit UK customers

Today (Friday 11 March 2016), Payments UK publishes a short report which explains how more data linked with a payment would benefit the UK.

11 March 2016

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Faster Payments welcomes PSR report

Faster Payments responds to welcome the Payment Systems Regulator’s interim report into the competition in the supply of indirect access to payment systems

11 March 2016

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UK and Ireland's fintech funding scene lags

Is London's much-lauded fintech scene overhyped? New figures suggest that the value of UK and Ireland financial technology investments grew last year at a far slower rate that the general tech scene.

11 March 2016

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Migration to e-payments gives huge boost to GDP and jobs - study

The rise of electronic payments over the last five years has added nearly $300 billion to GDP across 70 countries and created millions of jobs, claims a new Visa-commissioned study.

10 March 2016

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Global funding for VC-backed fintech firms doubles to $13.8bn

2015 was the year that financial technology entered the mainstream, claims a new report from KPMG and CB Insights which estimates that VC-backed fintech firms around the world secured $13.8 billion in funding as they began having a serious impact in every area of banking and insurance.

09 March 2016

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Swift paper hails Asean exchanges' integration

Recently published research by the SWIFT Institute outlines the progress made by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – through the ASEAN Exchanges initiative, a collaboration of seven ASEAN-based exchanges aimed at growing the region's capital markets.

03 March 2016

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EU remittances market exceeded $135 billion in 2015

The European Union's remittances market demonstrated a 15-percent growth, to exceed $135 billion in volume, the France-based international service provider Tempo Money Transfer reported.

26 February 2016

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Oz central banker floats digital dollar; govt sets up fintech advisory group

Australia could introduce a digital version of its dollar, a senior exec at the country's central bank says, although any state-backed digital currency is in the distant future and likely to circulate in parallel with old fashioned notes and coins.

25 February 2016

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Talent trumps tech on buy-side trading desks

Increased spending on compensation in fixed income drove buy-side trading desk budgets up approximately 4% from 2014 to 2015, according to a new report, Trading Desk Optimization: Talent Trumps Tech, from Greenwich Associates.

24 February 2016

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Rise in collateral settlement fails has huge implications - DTCC Euroclear paper

Upcoming rules for bilateral clearing of OTC derivatives that will see a major increase in the number of collateral movements between market participants could see surging operational costs become "unsustainably burdensome", warns a new whitepaper.

23 February 2016

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