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A community to discuss the future of financial services and any other interesting trends, strategies, ideas, views.
Tackling profitability challenges in asset management Henri Wajsblat, Anaplan’s Head of Financial Services Solutions, interviewed Accenture Managing Director Julien Ciroux about profitability challen...
During the past year, a number of acquisitions of software providers within the fintech space by large banks and holding companies have the potential to shape the industry and the way software is depl...
I was recently surprised to read an article on Finextra that highlighted Which? had reviewed UK banking security and concluded that seven of the top twelve UK banks did not offer 2FA for online banki...
Fintech is a sector that thrives only through innovation. It’s in constant flux; changing and evolving all the time. While we can see spikes of activity and the general trajectory, it’s hard to predic...
Technology based predictions often appear to veer from, “really” will that happen? to disrupting paradigm shifts that can catch traditional players out. We should be wary of accepting every prediction...
The 2018 McKinsey Banking Review noted that, on average, between 2012 and 2017, banks valuations lagged those of all other industries, meaning that investors are and will be looking elsewhere for val...
The turn of the year offers a perfect opportunity to review the past 12 months and to anticipate what might happen in the next 12. So, how was the past year for the UK banking and payments sector and ...
As Autumn turned to Winter and the Christmas tree went up, I’ve found myself daydreaming of a European holiday somewhere sunny. Maybe it’s the Instagram feed full of friends on a sojourn to Italy, Fra...
Personal Financial Management (PFM) has evolved greatly since its birth in the early eighties. Originally developed to bring money management into what was then a widespread technological shift to the...
Considering the increasingly strict approach of regulators to tokens and cryptocurrencies in recent years, attracting investments through Security Token Offering (STO) is the next logical step for the...
Late payments are a perennial problem for businesses. They have a pernicious effect on global supply chains, placing undue constraints on smaller suppliers and even putting them at risk of going bankr...
The Bank of England recently woke up and issued its Financial Stability Report and Stress Test results - November 2018. In it the Bank warned that a “further deterioration in Italy’s financial outlook...