Latest Brexit News: Finextra Research

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Taking back control of European payments

Michael Steinbach, CEO, equensWorldline SE, spoke at EBADay 2019 in Stockholm about Open banking and the introduction of Instant Payments, what these developments mean for the European payments industry, how the position of the European payments market might be strengthened and why cooperation and a global perspective is so important going forward.

08 July 2019

Finextra TV/Brexit

How it should be: Travellers receive real-time exchange rate

Stephen Lemon, Co-Founder, VP, Corporate Development, Currencycloud & Todd Latham, CMO & Head of Product at Currencycloud speak at Money 20/20 Europe about the importance of partnerships in the banking industry, Currencycloud's collaboration with Visa and how their cloud based payment platform is helping drive innovation.

04 July 2019

News/Brexit

UK challenger banks vulnerable to no-deal Brexit

UK challenger banks may be more vulnerable than established banks to an economic downturn and Brexit-related risks, Fitch Ratings says.

26 June 2019

Company update/Brexit

FCA raises objections to Esma no deal scenario planning for share trading

ESMA has today published a statement on the revised scope of the EU’s share trading obligation (STO) under a no deal scenario, following their initial announcement on 19 March 2019.

29 May 2019

News/startups

Fintech is UK's top tech sub-sector

Fintech is the UK's top technology sub-sector when it comes to attracting investment, according to two new reports.

14 May 2019

Finextra TV/Brexit

The Impact of AI on Wealth Management

Martin Frick, Managing Director, APAC, Temenos, speaks at The Temenos Community Forum 2019 in The Hague, about the impact of AI on wealth management, how AI is shaping financial services in the APAC region and how the two will likely evolve along side each other in the future.

10 May 2019

Finextra TV/Brexit

US banks in need of transformation

Emily Steele, President of North America & Daniel Latimore, Celent, speak at The Temenos Community Forum 2019 in The Hague about the increase of digital banks being launched, what US banks need to focus on in order to succeed in the future, what the future US banking landscape look like and what developments we can expect to see.

29 April 2019

Finextra TV/Brexit

Encapsulating themes from the payments market

Marion King, Director of Payments, NatWest, speaks about her role and the responsibility it entails, including determining payments strategy for a major UK Bank, keeping NatWest's customers secure, regulation and innovation, what key themes we are seeing in the payments market and the developments to come.

29 April 2019

News/Brexit

Tackling the fintech talent deficit

Amid continued concerns around the impact Brexit will have on the talent deficit in the financial services industry, Felicity Burch, director of innovation and digital at CBI and Omar Ali, partner at EY discuss how to inspire the next generation of fintech talent with Finextra.

23 April 2019

Company update/Brexit

Liquidnet sets up shop in Dublin

Liquidnet, the global institutional investment network, announces that it has launched its EU operations in Dublin.

15 April 2019

Company update/Brexit

PFS readies for Brexit with Irish license

Challenger FinTech PFS, one of Ireland’s largest issuers of payment cards, is Brexit-ready after receiving a license from the Irish financial Regulator, the Central Bank of Ireland.

09 April 2019

Company update/regulation

Apiax opens in London; hires RegTech expert from FCA

Apiax has hired a former FCA expert on regulatory technology and is opening a new office in London.

09 April 2019

Company update/Brexit

Azimo secures Dutch passport

European digital money transfer firm Azimo today announced it has secured a licence from the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank) to operate its services in the Netherlands.

08 April 2019

Company update/Brexit

PPRO granted e-money licence by Ministry of Finance in Luxembourg

PPRO, a cross-border payment specialist, has officially been granted an e-money licence by the Ministry of Finance in Luxembourg, securing its long term future in Europe The new local entity ‘PPRO SA’ (société anonyme) has been authorised to conduct financial services across the EU under the supervision of the national financial services regulator, the CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier).

04 April 2019

Company update/Brexit

Open Banking body urges UK firms to prepare for no-deal Brexit

The uncertainty surrounding the UK’s withdrawal from Europe is having repercussions for some firms operating within the Open Banking ecosystem.

03 April 2019

Finextra TV/Brexit

The impact of developing real-time payment schemes in ASEAN

Debopama Sen, Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions - Singapore & ASEAN, Citi, speaks at Money20/20 ASIA in Singapore about how real-time payment schemes are developing in ASEAN, the intended impact, how banks and regulators responding to this transformation, and where we can expect to see new transaction services and innovation.

27 March 2019

Finextra TV/Brexit

Can incumbents, neobanks and fintechs all coexist in the future?

John Stecher, Chief Innovation Officer, Barclays, speaks at Money20/20 ASIA in Singapore about the level of collaboration happening between incumbent banks and fintechs, how this is evolving in the near-term and whether incumbent banks and neobanks will be able to coexist together in the future.

26 March 2019

Company update/Brexit

Satispay passports out of London with Luexembourg licence

Satispay SpA announces that its subsidiary, Satispay Europe SA, has received authorization from Luxembourg regulator to operate as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI).

26 March 2019

Company update/Brexit

Esma registers UnaVista Trade Echo as trade reporsitory

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU supervisor of trade repositories (TRs), has registered today UnaVista TRADEcho B.V. as a TR under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), with effect from 25 March 2019.

25 March 2019

News/Brexit

Brexit brain drain hitting UK financial services industry

The Brexit brain drain is hampering UK financial services firms in the chase for highly sought-after tech talent, according to a report from TheCityUK and Odgers Berndtson and supported by Banco Santander.

19 March 2019