Sehrish Alikhan - Community Author: Finextra Research

The telecom-fintech overlap

With the common factor of being two sectors consistently on the forefront of innovation, the telecommunications and fintech industries have intersected in exciting new ways that redefine each industry and pushes towards new business models. There is significant overlap between the sectors, with both telecoms and fintech being heavily regulated indu...

05 June 2024 /payments

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What is pay by bank?

2024 might be the year that pay by bank hits the mainstream. Pay by bank is a direct account-to-account payment methods that many fintechs have been increasingly been drawn to as open banking has become more established in Europe. Pay by bank may be on track to replace card payments, as it is an alternate payment method that requires no log-in or a...

29 May 2024 /payments

Greenhushing: How will it impact sustainability efforts in financial services?

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Greenhushing: How will it impact sustainability efforts in financial services?

We have all heard of greenwashing – when companies lie or exaggerate their sustainable efforts to gain ESG brownie points and falsely reassure customers of their dedication to the environment, there is a new term that companies are getting the hots for called greenhushing. This terrible name for an even worse activity is when companies simply will...

13 May 2024 /sustainable

Top payments stories you missed in April 2024

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What Gen Z want from UK fintech

As the digital era of financial services progresses, the UK fintech sector has reached new and diverse audiences that have varying demands from their financial providers. Gen Z is a significant demographic that are currently entering or are in the workforce, and having been raised in a more virtual and digitalised environment, expect ease, speed, ...

19 April 2024 /retail

IFGS 2024: What do the 2024 elections mean for international finance?

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

IFGS 2024: What do the 2024 elections mean for international finance?

What do the UK, US, Mexico, South Africa, European Parliament, and India have in common? They, among many other countries, are all holding elections in 2024, which will impact the geopolitical state of the world and the global banking industry. In the session ‘The Globe At The Polls: What 40+ Elections Around The World In 2024 Means For Our Sec...

17 April 2024 /markets

Apple’s digital wallet monopoly: The juicy drama

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Apple’s digital wallet monopoly: The juicy drama

Digital banking is at the core in the war against Apple’s monopolisation of smartphones that has been occurring on a global scale. In the last few years, tech giant Apple has been hit by multiple lawsuits for monopolising the smartphone market by blocking third-party apps from offering contactless payments on their devices. Russia and US pushback ...

10 April 2024 /regulation

Climate anxiety on the rise as environmental crisis looms on the horizon

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Climate anxiety on the rise as environmental crisis looms on the horizon

Global warming, environmental catastrophes, and natural disasters are becoming more commonplace globally. With the climate crisis looming above our heads, there has been a serious negative impact on the general public’s mental health. Along with fear, hopelessness is encroaching on minds globally, with climate anxiety affecting people on a daily ba...

03 April 2024 /people

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What are eSIMs and what can they do?

eSIMs are a recent trend that have taken the world by storm. Short for embedded Subscriber Identity Module, eSIMs are designed as an alternative to the physical, plastic SIMs that you slot into your phone. SIMs hold your mobile number and allow you to send texts and receive calls on your phone. SIMs ease the process of changing your phone, but can ...

27 March 2024 /devops

Silicon Valley Bank collapse one year on: What was the impact?

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Silicon Valley Bank collapse one year on: What was the impact?

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed one year ago on Sunday, an event which created a ripple effect of widespread damage across the financial sector. The failure of SVB was the third-largest in US history, and the biggest bank to shutdown that year. Finextra previously covered the downfall of SVB, explaining the reasons for its failure, which was a...

11 March 2024 /markets

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What are AI chatbots?

The hottest trend in tech and financial services has been artificial intelligence (AI) and its infinite potential to revolutionise and transform the industry to make it more efficient, reliable, secure, and accessible. However, as AI grows in popularity, fear of the sentient AI also lurks in the back of many minds. Not exactly the apocalyptic Termi...

07 March 2024 /devops

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Top 5 payments updates this month

The payments field is a fast-paced and dynamic sector, with an increasing amount of products and services being launched on the daily. To keep updated with the latest innovations, here are the top stories in cards and digital payments in February 2024. Check out my colleague Niamh Curran’s payments update to see what you missed in January 2024. BN...

28 February 2024 /payments

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