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Alex Malyshev

Alex Malyshev CEO, Co-founder at SDK.finance, FinTech software provider

Hybrid Cloud in Banking: Is Combining a Public Cloud and Own Data Center Worthwhile?

Today, cloud computing is a crucial component of the banking and financial services industry. The American Bankers Association estimates that more than 90% of financial institutions use cloud solutions for some or all of their banking activities. However, despite the widespread use of cloud computing in fintech, most banks are still hesitant to tr...

/retail /cloud Cloud Banking out of the Box

Nick Green

Nick Green Director at Purple Patch Broking Ltd

Case study: Why fintechs are turning to data benchmarking to cut costs

During economic uncertainty, fintechs and all other credit providers face a very different landscape. The real risk of global and national recessions means that net interest margins are wafer-thin. Business as usual (BAU) costs are unusually high. Ultimately thriving in an uncertain environment with shrinking margins, increasing competition, and d...

/regulation /retail Fintech

Fatemeh Nikayin

Fatemeh Nikayin Co-Founder at Rivero

Pay by Bank- prioritising consumers and merchants interests remains a challenge

Account-to-account transactions, otherwise known as ‘pay by bank’, is a fast growing payment trend that leverages existing payment infrastructure and new open banking protocols to securely make a transaction. Thanks to its low fees and high security it's becoming a popular payment topic, but some pressing issues could come to light as the technolo...

/payments /retail SEPA and European Payments

Joris Lochy

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Every neobank its own niche

In some of my previous blogs (cfr. "Is a new bank consolidation wave inevitable?" - https://bankloch.blogspot.com/2021/03/is-new-bank-consolidation-wave.html and "Neobanks should find their niche to improve their profitability" - https://bankloch.blogspot.com/2020/12/neobanks-should-find-their-niche-to.html) I already shared my...

/retail /startups Fintech, you get me!

Nick Green

Nick Green Director at Purple Patch Broking Ltd

How fintechs are negotiating RPI-linked reductions in bureau data contracts

While the consumer price index measure of inflation hit 9.9% in the year to August 2022, marking a small fall, following a 40-year-high of 10.1% in July – it is still well above the Bank of England’s 2% target. The squeeze on business operating costs is also reflected in the latest retail prices index (RPI), as it hit 12.3%. Fintechs are absorbing...

/payments /retail Financial Supply Chain

Anoop Gala

Anoop Gala EVP - Financial Services at Orion Innovation

How Holistic Digital Transformations Create Human-Centered Experiences

Although digital transformation was seen as a luxury for financial services companies in the pre-pandemic era, today it’s a necessity for every organization in the industry. Global investments in digital transformation are on track to reach $1.8 trillion in 2022, a 17.6% increase from 2021. And it won’t stop there: spending is expected to double b...

/retail /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Maria Schuld

Maria Schuld Head of Regional and Community Banking at FIS

The right products can enhance your small business relationships

As U.S. small businesses strive to carefully manage their finances and overhead, they should look to community and regional bank partners for innovative financial products. Local bankers serving local businesses remain foundational to small businesses’ financial success. These smaller firms often need the services large global banks offer and sho...

/retail Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Aurélie L'hostis

Aurélie L'hostis Principal Analyst at Forrester Research

How Should Financial Services Respond To The Cost-Of-Living Crisis?

Consumers around the world are facing a cost-of-living crisis. Those in vulnerable circumstances will be hit hardest. In the UK, 89% of adults reported an increase in their cost of living in August 2022. Sixty percent of those who reported a rise in the cost of living between August 3–14, 2022 say they are spending less on nonessentials as a resu...

/retail Consumer Financial Health

Stan Cowan

Stan Cowan 

Drive Top-Line Growth with the Right Fraud Prevention Solution

We’re now entering a new age of digitalization. Simply providing banking consumers with digital access to accounts and services is no longer enough to remain competitive, retain account holders or improve cross-sell ratios. Financial institutions (FIs) must do all of this quickly, accurately and seamlessly end-to-end. In other words, experience is...

/retail /crime Financial Risk Management

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Insourcing v outsourcing - how can firms decide?

The issue of whether to outsource a transformation project or lean on in-house expertise is a question many Executives wrestle with. It may seem safer to keep control and offer personal development to in-house teams – after all they have the legacy system knowledge. But will playing it safe differentiate you from your competitors? True innovation ...

/retail Fintech innovation and startups

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