1147 Results from 2019
Retired Member
Bloomberg recently identified an uptick in ads for in-house compliance roles at influential fintechs. Positions at the likes of Betterment LLC, Coinbase Inc and the Wealthfront Corp started to crop up, suggesting a wider trend towards in-housing regulatory roles. Cynics might say this latest trend is simply a PR exercise, but there are other benef...
06 March 2019 /regulation Innovation in Financial Services
Marten Nelson Co-founder and CEO at M10
January 2019 marked a year since open banking came into play in Europe. While 2018 saw a steep learning curve for all involved, the next year will start to show serious, market-defining transformation. Will banks manage to capitalise on new ways to stay relevant in the digital era? As we head into the end of Q1, now is an ideal time to take stock...
06 March 2019 /payments Open Banking
Like the years before it, 2019 is sure to have its share of fintech industry research. Having recently commissioned surveys of our own at Gresham, we often find that these work best when they serve as conversation starters: to show the industry something we didn’t already see, or disprove conventional wisdom. Often this interest is reflected in a ...
05 March 2019 Fintech
Nancy Weir Industry Principal at Pegasystems
Let’s face it. Onboarding and KYC operational processes have had to change significantly over the last 10 years as regulatory requirements and customer expectations have changed. Long gone are the days of financial institutions being able to rely on relationship managers “knowing” who their customers are, and where they got their wealth. The fi...
05 March 2019 /regulation Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Today’s risk environment is dynamic. Businesses have to deal efficiently and effectively with a constant onslaught of new regulations, cybersecurity threats and the rise of the consumer voice via social media and sites like change.org. As such, many organisations have turned to integrated governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) technologies to help...
05 March 2019 /ai Fintech
Marc Philippo VP Sales & Marketing at Ezbob
Whether it’s in the media, London buses or in the newspapers, we are being inundated by high profile, corporate advertising from alternative finance providers promoting their easy SME lending experience. This is a very interesting development, because until now there has been a distinct lack of focus by the traditional lenders on this poorly serve...
05 March 2019
Anthony Hynes Managing Director & CEO at eNett International
In January 2018, the process of surcharging – extra fees of up to 20% that businesses levied on card payments – was banned under the European Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The roll out of the new regulation has forced companies across all industries to absorb the additional cost from transactions or redirect the cost back to the consumer. Co...
05 March 2019 /payments /regulation
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
Fintech has become a big deal in South Africa in the last couple of years. A large part of the African population is unbanked (They do no use the services of traditional banking systems). Because of this, an implementation of new ways to approach these problems became relevant, that’s when the Fintech companies stepped in. Especially in South Afri...
05 March 2019 /startups Innovation in Financial Services
Bhavesh Vaghela SVP B2B Product and Innovation at Collinson
Waiting for my flight home from Barcelona to sunny Luton here are some of my key take aways from MWC19. Artificial Intelligence The intelligence part of MWC is Artificial intelligence (AI). If you haven’t noticed there has been an evolution from internet of things to intelligence of things! Sensors, devices and software that can learn and make you...
04 March 2019 /ai Futuristic Banking
In 2018, the UK’s retail and hospitality sectors suffered a difficult year. This year, they will fight back. Fintech, and payments technology will improve customer experiences forming the cornerstone of retail’s renaissance. Retailers unlock the full potential of unified commerce: In the new payments world, unified commerce is king. Rather than a ...
04 March 2019 /payments Fintech
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