38 Results from 2019, /startups
Bob Lyddon Consultant at Lyddon Consulting Services
We have recently blogged about NPA and Pay.UK’s loose governance procedures generally, but we need to focus in on the case of iPagoo/Orwell, and its implications for New Payments Architecture (“NPA”), and whether it is soundly based. NPA is essentially the brainchild of Orwell’s CEO and CTO. Orwell’s CEO was a full member of the Payment Strategy Fo...
29 August 2019 /payments /startups
Willem Lambrechts Managing Director at Drebbel
According to Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham, authors of the brilliant book “Street Smarts, an all-purpose tool kit for entrepreneurs”, a fairly common problem with most entrepreneurs is what they call a “sales mentality”. By that they mean the entrepreneur’s preparedness to sell a product or service at any price, with a small or even negative marg...
14 August 2019 /startups Fintech innovation and startups
Retired Member
Britain is on the cusp of seismic change brought on by the 2016 EU Referendum. Brexit has been variously touted as the end of the UK economy and the start of a new British renaissance – and everything in between. But high-profile tech investors including Tom Chapman, Michael Moritz and Michael Blakey are unlikely to be phased, and for good reason...
25 July 2019 /startups Fintech
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
It is no secret that the money contained within the Norwegian wealth management fund is derived from the discovery and appropriate use of the oil reserves that were found off the shore of Norway. What is more, the continued growth of the fund has been a direct result of the continued investment into the oil industry over the past few decades. But ...
22 July 2019 /startups Fintech
Michael Pearson Founder at Clarus Investments
Funding Circle achieved an IPO in September 2018, raising £300 million and valuing the company at £1.5 billion. Since then the share price has fallen by 72 percent (as of 22nd July 2019). The market capitalisation of the company is now less than the total equity that has been invested in the business since inception in 2010. An interesting aspect ...
Devendra Bhudia Solutions Director at IHS Markit
Earlier this year, Invesco's chief executive, Martin Flanagan, was quoted as saying that "a third of the asset management industry could disappear over the next five years". It follows Invesco's acquisition of OppenheimerFunds in support of Flanagan's comment that "Scale matters more than ever". The recent trend towards market ...
17 July 2019 /startups Data Management 101
Ferenc Muck Head uf UX/UI, Product Designer, Co-founder at Family Finances
Last week we shared our first 4 tips for designers about hackathons. In the following article, we are going to reveal the remaining 4 secrets to win! 5. Handling the handover The ultimate design thinking phrase “Show don’t tell” plays an important role here. If you want to create stunning UI animations: build the prototype, don’t leave your develo...
17 July 2019 /startups Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Linda Zaikovska-Daukste Co-founder | COO | CFO at UXDA
We have all heard of products that offer several features but still do not retain their share of the market. At the same time there are the “fortunate ones,” who seem to do nothing but have incredible demand anyway. Why is it? What does it depend on, and how do we use it purposefully? To answer this question, I will take you thorugh the five stage...
17 July 2019 /startups Innovation in Financial Services
Opinions are valuable, but when they are based on errors, they become dangerous. Following are the disparities, the claims of pundits and my truths: Claim: 4 core vendors owned 96% of the market in 2013. Truth: The four never owned that much. In 2013, "Automation in Banking" reported 81% was owned by Fiserv, JackHenry, FIS and Harland F...
08 July 2019 /startups
Rik Coeckelbergs Independent Advisor, Opinion Maker and Consultant at The Banking Scene
In April, I had the pleasure to participate in a challenger session with Julian Sawyer (COO at Starling Bank) and Noemi Papp (Head of Digital & Retail, at EBF) at 6th Nextgen Payments Forum in Cyprus. The panel was in the hands of an excellent moderator Peter Oakes. The title of this challenger session was: “Bank vs Fintech — Competition or c...
04 July 2019 /startups Fintech innovation and startups
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