Leon Fischer-Brocks Co-Founder | CEO at Bloxley
As a founder that just completed a seed round, I’ve seen firsthand how much the funding environment has changed over the past couple of years. Yes, in 2025, there is more capital flowing into fintech again, but early-stage startups are playing by an updated rulebook. Investors are more disciplined, timelines are longer, and expectations are hig
1 hour /retail /startups Digital Banking
Paul Quickenden Chief Commercial Officer at Easy Crypto
Let’s be real… if you told a crypto fan six months ago that Bitcoin would go through its halving (which usually kicks off a major price run), get the green light on those shiny new ETFs (so big investors can pile in easily), and STILL be moving sideways in price, they’d probably look at you like you’d just downed three craft beers before midday. B...
2 hours /crypto /markets
Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter
Fintech is rapidly transforming the way that small businesses manage their money and oversee their accounting, introducing next-generation real-time data management and advanced predictive analytics. According to McKinsey research, revenues in the fintech industry are expected to grow at a rate almost three times faster than the traditional banki...
6 hours /startups
Alexey Reshko Chief Operating Officer at Transferra UN Limited
The era when SWIFT was synonymous with speed and efficiency in international settlements is quickly fading. Today, the corporate world is actively seeking and, more importantly, finding new, more flexible, and economically advantageous alternatives. One of these alternatives is stablecoins, which are rapidly transforming from a niche tool into a m...
9 hours /crypto
Anton Roe CEO at MHR
Despite widespread investment in AI, we are still seeing the adoption of superficial AI initiatives that are failing to deliver tangible value where it matters most. This is particularly true when AI strategies are imposed from the top down, overlooking the insights of those closest to a company’s daily operations. Enthusiastic individuals might e...
16 hours /ai /people Artificial Intelligence
Andrew Bonsall COO at AperiData
While Open Banking transactions remain significantly less prone to fraud than other payment types, financial crime, particularly Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, is still a major concern across the ecosystem. In fact, Cifas’ latest Fraudscape report shows a 76% surge in ATO cases, with more than 74,000 filed in 2024 alone. The spike in unauth...
16 hours Open Banking
Glenn Fratangelo Director of Product Marketing and Strategy at NICE Actimize
A quiet but significant transformation is underway in the U.S. payments landscape. In March 2025, the White House issued a mandate requiring that, by the end of fiscal year 2025, nearly all federal government payments—including tax refunds—must transition from paper checks to electronic channels, primarily through the Automated Clearing House (AC
21 hours /payments /crime
Naina Rajgopalan Content Head at Freo
In the uncertain world today, financial planning goes far beyond savings and investments. One of the most essential elements that any good financial plan needs to incorporate is proper health cover. Increasing medical expenses, a host of lifestyle ailments, and unpredictable medical emergencies have made the proper choice of health cover imperativ...
14 July 2025 FintechInsuranceMatters
The insurance sector, which was seen as overly complex, is undergoing transformations. With the rise of Insurtech (insurance technology), buying an affordable term insurance policy has never been faster, easier, or more cost-effective. What was laboriously time-consuming and paper-based is now digitalised, transparent, and customer-centric. Let's ...
14 July 2025 Digital Insurance Trends
Shagun Malhotra CEO and Founder at SkyStem
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the turbulence felt unprecedented. Fast forward to 2025, and turbulence is now the norm rather than the exception. Whether it's the impact of economic policies on global stock markets, disruption from emerging technologies or environmental events, barely a month goes by without a new headline event. From...
14 July 2025 /regulation /retail Financial Risk Management
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