53 Results from 2017, /startups
Bob Lyddon Consultant at Lyddon Consulting Services
This is the second of our predictions for the Payments industry in 2018, and it is about New Entrants to the payments business. The main focus is on Third-Party Providers and Payment Institutions as ordained under Payment Services Directive. We should also mention eMoney Institutions and – more UK-centric – Challenger Banks. In sum these are the ty...
29 December 2017 /payments /startups Transaction Banking
This is the first of our predictions for the Payments industry in 2018, and it is about the UK's Open Banking. This is a very high-profile and government-endorsed project to open up Retail and SME banking to technology-based new entrants, who will offer innovative and exciting propositions on top of the data they can receive from banks, and the pay...
27 December 2017 /startups Disruption in Retail Banking
Anne Leslie-Bini CEO at Pikcio RegTech
In a recent blog post, I floated the idea that it might be time to renew the ‘purpose’ of banking by incentivizing ethical behavior, and I asked whether challenger banks – such as Monzo, Metro, Tandem, Revolut, N26 et al. - are actually up to the challenge of rehabilitating the core of the banking industry, which has managed to entirely bankrupt ...
20 December 2017 /retail /startups Disruption in Retail Banking
Retired Member
As our company grows, so does our number of strategic stakeholders. Managing this growing group of executives is a difficult and delicate task because conflicting interests and a lot of big egos are hard to please. So, what are my tips for dealing with this challenge? I assume I have much to learn myself, but this is my method thus far; I would lo...
01 December 2017 /startups
Carl Rogers Director at Finceler8
In the last few years I have been mentoring multiple early stage fintech companies through accelerator programs as well as directly. Although I should not be I am continually surprised to learn that few companies at this stage put as much effort into sales as they do on product and funding, especially in the B2B space. Whilst it is clear you need ...
30 November 2017 /startups Fintech
On 22nd November, the UK government reaffirmed its commitment to having a leading regulatory and technology environment in the UK. Within the Autumn Budget 2017 speech, the Rt Hon Philip Hammond announced a new £10bn Regulators’ Pioneer Fund, established to “help regulators to develop innovative approaches aimed at getting new products and service...
29 November 2017 /regulation /startups Fintech
During the last decade the term “cloud” has become a mainstream keyword in most of IT topics. The cloud has changed the way institutions and companies are managing their needs. As a concept, when discussing regarding the cloud is actually talking about moving away from the product purchase orientation towards a service delivery one. Hence, custo
27 November 2017 /startups Fintech
Kunal Patel Product Director at Worldpay
I get asked this question a lot by the corporate community with whom I am typically engaged with, usually this would comprise of senior figures from the BFSI community. The people I am usually in conversation with have never worked for a start-up, let alone have had any professional dealings with any. For those that know me well, I am not short of...
13 November 2017 /startups Fintech
Jose Carvalho Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Payments at American Express
Starting a business is never an easy feat. But in the fast-moving and competitive world of fintech, and with worldwide economic and geopolitical conditions changing every day, start-ups in the fintech sector need to keep one step ahead. As well as making sure business plans, hiring strategies and regulatory compliance are spot on, it’s essential to...
01 November 2017 /payments /startups Fintech innovation and startups
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
Every now and then I come across a techie complaining that their sales is overselling, thus making their job of creating a satisfied customer harder. For example, take this OP on Quora, who asks: Is it common to oversell in B2B? My boss has a tendency to oversell our company services, but the tech team can't keep up. I’m new to the B2B setting. I ...
23 October 2017 /startups
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