Luke Allchin Director - North America at RFI Global
A quiet but powerful shift is happening in wealth management. And if advisory firms don’t pay attention, it could cost them billions. I’m talking about women, specifically, women who inherit wealth after their spouses pass away. These women are increasingly walking away from the advisors they and their partners used for years. And it’s not bec
4 hours /wealth /retail
Afra De Leeuw Communications Specialist at Triodos Investment Management
The geopolitical shifts we've seen in recent months seem to have accelerated the backlash against Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices that had already been building up for some time. Are we witnessing a structural shift away from ESG principles or merely a temporary setback? Experts Rosl Veltmeijer, Lewis Johnston and Joeri de Wi...
7 hours /sustainable
Sanju Biswas Marketing Head at Abhiloans
If you’ve been investing in mutual funds for a while, you probably see them as long-term wealth builders. And rightly so. SIPs, lumpsum investments, and diversification strategies are all tailored to help you grow your wealth steadily over time. But what many investors don’t realize is that their mutual fund portfolio can also serve as a source o...
10 hours Trends in Financial Services
Joseph Ibitola Head of Demand Generation at Flagright
AML compliance has become an increasingly heavy burden for financial institutions. Globally, fintechs and banks spend an estimated $206 billion per year on financial crime compliance. In 2023 alone, 98% of institutions reported their compliance costs increased over the prior year, with over one-third citing ever-escalating regulations as the prim...
17 hours /payments /regulation Fintech
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
For decades, banks have fulfilled two core functions: Financial Intermediation: collecting deposits and channeling them into loans and investments. Payment Facilitation: enabling the smooth transfer of money between individuals and institutions. However, these traditional roles are becoming increasingly commoditized. The digitalization of money
23 hours /retail /startups Fintech innovation and startups
Artem Barmin Co-founder and CTO at Freshcode
Legacy systems still run the world's money, but they're not doing it gracefully. Most banks are stuck with codebases that can't move fast, can't integrate easily, and make even small changes feel like heart surgery. It doesn't have to be this way. Here's why these old systems are killing your momentum and how switching to functional languages like...
04 August 2025 /devops Trends in Financial Services
Casey Larsen Digital Assets Practice - Business Development at Rosa & Roubini Associates
The United States has now decisively rejected a government-issued digital dollar. Instead, it has chosen to empower the private sector to lead the development of stablecoins backed by the dollar—cemented through the recent passage of the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts. This is more than a monetary policy decision; it is a deliberate geopolitical strategy...
04 August 2025 /payments /crypto
Slava Mehovich Founder at AKDev Group
Financial technologies continue to develop rapidly, significantly influencing various aspects of our lives. I work a lot with this industry and want to share with you my insights on the main trends in global fintech. 1) Reducing the cost of services One of the key trends is the gradual reduction in the cost of financial services for end users. Te...
04 August 2025 /ai /payments Digital Banking Trends
Raktim Singh Senior Industry Principal at Infosys
Liquid Neural Networks: The Next Step in Making AI That Thinks Like a Brain What if AI could keep learning like a human brain, in new conditions even after it was used, deployed & put to use in real life? A Liquid Neural Network (LNN) is a new type of artificial intelligence model that can continuously learn and adapt in real time — even afte...
04 August 2025 /ai
Cliff Bunting Director at PurplePatch Broking Ltd
In May 2025, the FCA introduced PS25/3, a new regulatory return for firms with permissions for credit broking, debt counselling, and credit information services. It replaces the returns process introduced in 2014, which the regulator had concluded was no longer delivering the level of clarity needed to monitor risk in the market. The updated retu...
04 August 2025 /regulation /retail Banking
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