243 Results from 2020, /payments
Luc Gueriane CCO at Moorwand
By Luc Gueriane, Chief Commercial Officer, Moorwand The whole of the UK has slowly been moving away from using cash over the last decade, and with London being the fintech capital of the world, it’s not surprising that more and more people are exposed to and are becoming comfortable with digital payments. From contactless cards to contactless paym...
24 September 2020 /payments /covid-19
Retired Member
Advances in technology, along with increased internet access around the world, has meant that global banking networks are evolving; boosting cross border trade and investment. Obstacles and challenges are being removed as these networks become more digitalised, introducing businesses and consumers to new products and services from anywhere in the ...
24 September 2020 /payments /inclusion Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
In February this year, the number of smartphone users worldwide surpassed a whopping three billion and is forecast to grow by several hundred million more in the next few years. And it’s easy to see why. The feature evolution of smart devices has extended far beyond just making calls and texts to include apps that have become, for just about every...
24 September 2020 /payments Mobile Financial Services (MFS)
Laura Francis Head of Brand and Marketing at Form3
Any chief technology officer (CTO), in any financial institution big or small will tell you that the challenges in payment processing are the same. After all, a payment is a payment and people want them to be fast, really fast. Speeding up payment processing is one thing but being able to handle the complete, end to end payments journey from first ...
23 September 2020 /payments /cloud Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Anthony Walton CEO at Iliad Solutions
The pressures of time and cost are constant barriers to effective implementation. These pressures can be offset, for example, by spending more money to reduce testing time. Adding to this inherent testing challenge is the increasing complexity of integrated processing systems. But if we invest in tools which increase productivity, we can deliver m...
21 September 2020 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
When I think about my own role (smaller than some say) in driving the Nordic digital mission – good for society at large - starting in banking and now aiming at verifying and connecting all data to life events and automation – there are some observations that may be relevant also from here forward. 1. Everything is based on teamwork – in constantl...
20 September 2020 /payments /inclusion Innovation in Financial Services
Are investors getting pickier when it comes to Fintech? It’s hard to say for sure, but there are recent developments that point towards a shift in investor interests. First, research from Innovate Finance shows that investment in UK fintech dropped by 39% in the first half of 2020, compared to the same period in 2019. In H1 2020, $1.8 billion of ve...
18 September 2020 /payments /startups Fintech
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
The United Kingdom has one of the world’s largest and most influential economies. Over 66 million citizens of Britain share the GDP of around $3 trillion, making them some of the biggest spenders globally. Many internationally successful companies and trends were born here which gives the country particular significance. It was one of the first de...
18 September 2020 /payments /inclusion Finance 2.0
When the COVID-19 pandemic started rapidly spreading in early 2020, many of the world’s largest remittance-sending nations, including the United Kingdom, United States, France and Italy, gradually imposed nationwide stay-at-home orders to slow the infection rate within their borders. But while these measures may have slowed the spread of the coron...
15 September 2020 /payments /covid-19 Fintech
Scott Raspa Head of Marketing at Hydrogen - www.hydrogen.tech
Can fintech and banking play nicely together? Although traditional banks might have once eyed fintech companies with concern or suspicion, the stance of traditional financial service providers seems to be evolving. Traditional banks and financial service companies no longer necessarily look at fintechs as intruders in the field but instead often c...
14 September 2020 /payments /inclusion Finance 2.0
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