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Matt White

North America editor

Finextra

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27 Nov 2006

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The future of fintech: Money2020 v BAI Retail Delivery

Anyone who spent the last fortnight at these two events will have been struck by the growing divide in the fintech industry: between old and new, physical and digital, Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Money20/20 has ridden, and driven, the fintech wave to become a monster. In just three years it has grown to such an extent that many of the 7500 dele...

18 November 2014 /payments

Wonga bad, Zopa good?

The name Wonga rarely appears in the media (Finextra included) these days without the accompanying adjective 'controversial'. Contrast the perception of the company with that of another innovative, technology-reliant online alternative to traditional lenders; Zopa. Far from 'controversial', the latter is often held up as a model for the future of ...

06 June 2012 /retail Innovation in Financial Services

f!?kberks

That was the verdict of comedian Al Murray, on Twitter, when Metro Bank made a song-and-dance to celebrate the opening of its 12th branch this weekend in Chiswick. 'I have actually crossed the road to avoid the toe curling god awful pisspoor balloon waving music blaring launch of my local Metro bank' said Murray on Friday before sharing a picture ...

21 May 2012 /retail Cringeworthy marketing gallery

EBAday: a single migration end-date for Sepa?

For the first time in a long time Sepa hasn't really dominated EBAday. Finally, it seems, we're nearly there on migration end-dates and can start concentrating on other matters. The EC's Michael Thom told delegates at the migration session that the commission is now ready to get down to negotiations with the European Parliament and an agreement sho...

16 June 2011 /payments /wholesale EBAday

EBAday: online payments - it's all about mobile

Unsurprisingly, EBA Clearing's just-announced plans for a pan-European e-payments service - dubbed mybank - took up a fair chunk of EBAday's ‘innovation in online payments and e-services' session. There was just a hint of choreography in Thuiswinkel.org's Wijnand Jongen declaring that his industry is desperate for a bank-backed cross-border payment...

15 June 2011 /payments EBAday

EBADay: political will and Sepa

It was encouraging to hear a strong commitment to the Sepa ‘project' from EBADay's keynote speaker, Soledad Nunez from the Treasury of Spain. A lack of political will is often cited as a factor in the sluggish adoption of Sepa credit transfers and direct debits so Nunez's unequivocal backing is welcome. What's more, the Spanish central government'...

15 June 2011 /payments EBAday

Finextra World Cup Fantasy Football league reminder

The World Cup kicks off tomorrow afternoon with hosts South Africa taking on Mexico in the opening game ahead of England's sensational soccer showdown with the USA on Saturday. So, time is running out for those who want to join the Finextra Fantasy Football league. If you think you've got what it takes to beat the fintech world's finest football m...

10 June 2010 Whatever...

Finextra World Cup Fantasy Football league

World Cup fever has hit Finextra HQ, with the team coming close to blows over the rules and regulations governing our (entirely legal, we checked) internal sweepstake. After drawing North Korea, I'm considering taking the case to arbitration but in the meantime, with competitive juices flowing, we invite our community members to join the Finextra ...

04 June 2010 Whatever...

Shaking up digital security

As Finextra community members are well aware, digital security is a hot topic of debate and there's little consensus out there. Enter the Global Trust Council, a non-profit that is proposing a serious shake-up of the way we conduct our digital lives. It argues that we are forced to hand over far too much personal information when going about our d...

03 December 2009 /security /retail Information Security

Kiva and transparency

A few weeks ago David Roodman, research fellow at the Centre for Global Development, kicked up a bit of a storm when he posted a lengthy blog raising concerns about the transparency displayed by micro-lending site Kiva. You can read the post here, Kiva CEO Matt Flannery's response here, a NY Times article here, another Flannery response here an...

13 November 2009 /retail Innovation in Financial Services