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Alex Rees

Alex Rees Information Technology at Facctum

Breaking the Compliance Cost Spiral: How Automation Is Transforming Financial Crime Compliance

Financial institutions are pouring record sums into financial crime compliance, yet the system remains riddled with inefficiencies. According to LexisNexis Risk Solutions, global financial crime compliance costs have surged to $206 billion annually, driven by more complex regulations, heightened enforcement expectations, and legacy technology lim...

/regulation /crime RegTech

Paul Quickenden

Paul Quickenden Chief Commercial Officer at Easy Crypto

Bitcoin breaks the rules - but that might just be the point

Let’s talk about price. Or more specifically, let’s talk about how Bitcoin defies the neat rule we try to impose on financial markets. While Wall Street was catching its breath this May with equities softening under the weight of interest rate uncertainty and macro drag (including the Nasdaq, S&P 500 and the Dow Jones losing ground) Bitcoin ca...

/inclusion /crypto

Priyanka Rao

Priyanka Rao Content Strategist

Britain to Follow Trump’s Lead and Bring Crypto Into the Forefront of Politics

There is something happening in the UK. The traditional political establishment of the Labour and Conservative parties looks like it is breaking apart, and for the first time in over a century there looks to be a new political party on the block, Reform UK. For those new to the British political scene, Reform UK is a party that sits on the right o...

/crypto /markets

Andrew Stevens

Andrew Stevens Global banking and financial services specialist at Quadient

Supporting customers through economic uncertainty: a renewed mandate for UK banks

UK consumers are once again facing significant financial headwinds. With tariffs climbing, inflation forecast to rise after a temporary respite, and the broader economic outlook clouded by geopolitical instability, many households are bracing for renewed pressure on their day-to-day finances. In this environment, the obligation on banks to support...

/regulation /inclusion

Stephen Terry

Stephen Terry UK MD at Arctera

Act Now or Pay Later: How DORA Sets the Standard for Cyber Resilience

Cyberattacks are costly affairs. However, for some they are more costly than for others. The global average cost of a data breach is $4.88 million but for financial institutions this figure goes way up, with the average cost hitting over $6 million. The financial services sector has always been a honey pot for hackers with its lucrative assets an...

/security /regulation

Nikunj Gundaniya

Nikunj Gundaniya Product manager at Digipay.guru

Top 5 Benefits of Closed-Loop Cards That Can Transform Your Business

Modern businesses don’t suffer from a lack of payment options; they suffer from a lack of control they have over payment experiences. Open-loop payments get the job done. But they’re built to serve the transaction, not the relationship. These generic payment networks don’t know your brand. They don’t carry your identity, and they certainly don’t he...

/payments

Alex Kreger

Alex Kreger Founder and CEO at UXDA Financial UX Design

The Convergence of Fintech and Banking: The Gap Between UX and Functionality Is Closing

In the past decade, the financial landscape witnessed a dramatic transformation driven by two distinct forces: fintech startups and traditional banks. Initially, fintechs emerged as UX-rich but often monofunctional challengers, while banks remained service-rich but struggled with digital customer experience. Today, however, these lines are blurrin...

/retail /markets Innovation in Financial Services

Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

It is the administrative burden, stupid.

Many of us know that SMEs and also employees in larger enterprises and the public sector complain about an ever-growing administrative burden. Much caused by nitty-gritty difficult-to-decipher regulation. This is also coming from the work to make the Single EU market real. There politicians can always blame Brussels. One way of counteracting it ...

/ai /identity Innovation in Financial Services

Frank Moreno

Frank Moreno CMO at Entersekt

6 Ways banks and credit unions can use fraud prevention for better CX

Banks and credit unions are under constant pressure to retain customers, especially younger generations who are happy to switch primary bank accounts. Rather than adding yet another product aimed at younger cohorts, smart financial institutions (FIs) are capitalizing on their scam and fraud prevention systems, using them to build strong competitiv...

/security /retail Marketing in Financial Services

Naina Rajgopalan

Naina Rajgopalan Content Head at Freo

Building Wealth Steadily: Smart Strategies for S&P 500 Investors

With exposure to 500 of America's biggest and most reputable corporations in various industries, the S&P 500 is a potent tool for accumulating long-term wealth. When considered over long periods of time, this investment strategy has continuously proven its worth over decades, yielding average yearly returns of about 10%. The S&P 500 offe...

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