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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have continued to move from the fringes of the investing world to a priority topic. Most recently, ESG has become vitally important to investors and fund managers in the private markets. This is Part 1 of a series on ESG investing. View part 2, “The Top 10 ESG Metrics Private Equity Funds should C...
25 January 2019
Amid the rising complexity of M&A, the simple adage of ‘failing to prepare, then preparing to fail’ is as true today, as it always has been. That is because due diligence, the time and resource intensive preparation process, can ultimately define the success or failure of any M&A deal, which is why great importance is assigned to the metic...
22 January 2019
As more banks look to distribute new Fintech apps that integrate with core banking services as part of their platform strategies, opportunities for developers to respond with new apps are on the rise. But what should developers consider before jumping aboard the Fintech app movement? These five tips aim to help you accelerate the development proce...
21 January 2019 /devops
For several years, the narrative in financial technology has essentially argued, “The post-crisis period and its focus on heavy regulation is over. Enter Innovation.” That narrative was born of—and reinforced by—the fintech market heating up with venture capital, the idea that emerging tech could be borrowed from consumer banking and be simply rep...
21 January 2019 /regulation
Eleanor Stevenson Marketing Executive at Ebury
The huge margin of defeat suffered by Theresa May's withdrawal agreement paradoxically boosted the Pound last Tuesday, which finished the week atop the G10 rankings. A string of weak economic data from China and the Eurozone was positive for the Dollar, where the government shutdown means little macroeconomic news is being released. Market focus th...
21 January 2019
Towards the end of 2018, the British Standards Institution (BSI) published a set of guidelines, advising Fintechs how best to engage with financial institutions with the goal of delivering a successful outcome for all: banks, Fintechs and end customers. The report includes recommendations and common pitfalls to avoid. It’s a useful reference guid...
17 January 2019 /startups
Sadra Boutorabi Product Marketing Director at GPayments
The internet and mobile economy have been going through a boom in the last few years. As a result, the online identity authentication industry is growing and evolving quickly. Effective identity verification continues to be one of the greatest challenges facing business owners, payment providers, and card issuers. There are simply more risks online...
15 January 2019 /security /payments
Shailendra Malik SVP - Tech Delivery (Data Platform) at DBS Bank
Singapore is one of the most vibrant and evolving ecosystems of IT & mobile platforms that are pushing mobile & online payments towards new horizons. I have written about the role played by the banks in adding some vigor to this evolving theatre a few months back, but what we’re witnessing is the organic growth of these mobile ecosystems t...
14 January 2019
Over the past 12 months challenger banks have started to move their digital banking into the physical world. For example, ‘mobile-only’ bank Starling is partnering with the Post Office. The partnership will allow customers to deposit and withdraw cash through the Post Office’s 11,500 branches nationwide, to tackle bank branch deserts. This is a ke...
04 January 2019 /inclusion
The sharing of customer transactional data in the UK will undergo a significant change in September 2019, with legislation coming into effect due to end the decade old practice of screen scraping. In the past, screen scraping allowed third party companies to access financial transaction data by logging into digital portals on behalf of a financial
04 January 2019 /retail
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