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Hamish Monk

Hamish Monk

Reporter at Finextra
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Bio Hamish is a fintech reporter, working across news, opinion pieces and commercial. Career History Before joining Finextra, Hamish was Senior Account Manager within the financial services division of PR agency, Finn Partners - working across CIB, GTB and sustainable finance, for clients such as Deutsche Bank, UniCredit and S&P Global Ratings. Hamish has an MA in Journalism from Falmouth University

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How to spot APP fraud

25 Jun 2024

According to Nick Green, director, Purple Patch Broking, “APP fraud is now the number one payments threat and is expected to reach $5.25 billion by 2026.” Last year alone, UK bank fraud losses topped £1 billion. Authorised push payments (APP) fraud is the increasingly sophisticated financial crime that tricks victims into sending funds directly...

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How to verify a digital identity

18 Jun 2024

In May 2024, the European Union’s Digital Identity Regulation came into force – requiring member states to offer at least one EU Digital Identity Wallet to citizens, by 2026. Given digital identity is a relatively new theme in Europe, the uninitiated’s perception of it will be prejudiced by the representation in films – whether it be Ethan Hunt a...

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How to realise the benefits of CBDCs

11 Jun 2024

With a good amount of responses to Finextra’s introductory short read, ‘What is CBDC?’ we follow up to address the prevailing commentary: “What would be the main purpose of introducing digital currency?” The answer to this can be given in terms of the benefits of central bank digital currency (CBDC). In this article we respond to our community by ...

Hyper-personalisation - Are super-apps over?

04 Jun 2024

Hyper-personalisation has become something of a buzzword in discussions of the Future of Digital Banking in Europe. On the ground there are many holes that need to be plugged – both in terms of the technology and scalability – before it can become prevalent. A Deloitte report, ‘The Future of Retail Banking: The Hyper-Personalisation Imperative’, ...