Community
A community to discuss the future of financial services and any other interesting trends, strategies, ideas, views.
As the owner, you will also give up ownership if you leave this group.
Matthew Phillips Head of Banking, UK and Ireland at Diebold Nixdorf
We are truly in the era of the customer. Gone are the days when standard products sets and a one size fits all approach was possible, as technology and intelligence propels us into an ever increasingly digital economy. Taking an outside in mind-set, it is imperative for financial service providers to reassess their purpose and direction to keep th...
09 August 2022 /retail /predictions
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
There is a clear trend with the young generation to be averse of credit cards. They have seen from their parents what a too high usage of credit cards can lead to and at the same time feel that credit cards are complex and lack transparency. The rise of BNPL is a clear consequence of that, i.e. these companies provide a different means to the same ...
29 June 2022 /payments /retail
Thomas Pintelon Head of Strategy at Capilever
In a previous blog "Are credits not too commoditized?" in February 2020, we already raised the concern that loans in general and mortgages in particular have become too much of a commodity product, for which price is nearly the only differentiator. Many customers are however unaware that the loan with the best price or interest rate may ...
22 June 2022 /retail /startups
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
How war in Ukraine effected the world Fintech? Russia's war in Ukraine affected all the CIS countries and somewhat all the world. As well the war influenced fintech companies, whose rapid development was observed after the pandemic. Let's take a look what fintech companies have been targeted by the russian invasion and how they can expand their bu...
13 June 2022 /payments /markets
The advancement of technologies expectedly leads to growing client requests, stimulating the Fintech industry to keep up with the times and be quick in offering popular services. The last year spurred substantial transformation in financial technologies and highlighted issues which need to be addressed in the nearest future. Here is an overview of ...
03 May 2022 /payments /markets
Roy Prayikulam SVP Risk & Fraud Division at INFORM GmbH
2021 was a year of innovations in payments, from the wider acceptance of blockchain and cryptocurrency to new forms of digital wallets and currency. However, this meant that online fraudsters were also innovating and devising new ways to scam consumers out of their money or personal information online. Here we will dive into some of the ways fraud...
03 May 2022 /payments /crime
Saloni Ramakrishna Author; Senior Director at Oracle
There were two primary principles that I touched in my previous blog Climate change Management- whose job is it anyway. The first is, boundary definitions with clear responsibility/ accountability for the major stake holders and the second, need for smooth collaboration between them. Central banks and commercial banks are the critical stake holde...
18 April 2022 /regulation /sustainable
Alistair Catto Managing Director at Beyond
Digital technologies are revolutionising the Asset Management industry. From the development of digital first customer journeys to the automation of critical back-office functions, the influence of digital is now being felt across every aspect of these organisations. It’s no surprise why, KPMG report that between 2017 and 2020, digitally mature or...
12 April 2022 /wealth /markets
Retired Member
Welcome to a new era of customer-centricity. Today, customers enjoy a wealth of options at their very fingertips. They are made more powerful as a result. Hyper-responsive brands such as Netflix and Amazon have driven changes to customer expectations. Financial services providers need to catch up. Technology offers both incumbents and disruptors t...
11 March 2022 /retail /sustainable
Harriet Christie Chief Operating Officer at Mirrorweb
2021 was a major year for cryptocurrency. We witnessed all-time-highs and steep plummets, but one clear trend amongst the volatility is that public discussion on the topic reached hitherto unseen levels. This was fueled by such diverse factors as bitcoin upgrades, NFT artwork, China’s September ban, and Elon Musk’s SNL antics. The spotlight has c...
07 March 2022 /regulation /crypto
Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.
Please read our Privacy Policy.