Finextra Research: Latest fintech news, analysis, interviews, features and opinion by industry experts

Finextra TV/Brexit

Disruption in SME Banking

Daniel Meere, Managing Director, Axis Corporate, talks about how UK SMEs are impacted by the lack of competition in the market for banking services aimed at them, how Williams & Glyn Capability and Innovation funding and Open Banking are currently under way to try to change this situation, how established and new players in the UK banking market are reacting and what they should be doing to better meet the needs of SMEs.

03 April 2018

Company update/Brexit

Cardstream 'Brexit-proofs' payment gateways

Cardstream, the UK’s largest independent provider of white label payment software and services, has today announced it has completed the Brexit-proofing of its payment gateway business.

28 March 2018

Finextra TV/Brexit

Fortune favours the bold in the face of Brexit

Darrell King, Director, Axis Corporate, talks about the key challenges and opportunities Brexit creates for the UK financial services industry, whether banks are thinking enough about the impact of Brexit on their clients and what steps they can take to ensure client service and experience don’t suffer as a result of Brexit.

21 March 2018

News/Brexit

France is best for croissants, London for finance - City Minister

Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen had had a dig at France's ambitions to replace the UK as Europe's leading fintech hub in a speech at the Innovate Finance Global Summit.

20 March 2018

News/Brexit

Barclays propels Coinbase into Faster Payments

Digital currency exchange Coinbase has been granted an e-money license by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and joined the Faster Payments Scheme as an indirect member courtesy of a tie-up with Barclays Bank.

14 March 2018

News/Brexit

Estonia's LHV to open UK bank to serve fintech industry

Estonia's LHV Bank is swimming against the Brexit tide by setting up shop in the UK to service the country's thriving fintech market.

14 March 2018

News/Brexit

London Mayor warns of Hard Brexit threat to London tech hub status

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is repeating his call for the UK to remain a part of the EU Single Market and Customs Union as new data demonstrates the UK capital's continued appeal as a magnet for international tech talent.

16 February 2018

News/Brexit

UK fintech hoovered up record-breaking VC investments in 2017

Venture capital investment in UK fintech firms more than doubled in 2017 to reach $1.8 billion, with 54% of the total coming from overseas VCs who appear largely untroubled by the UK's imminent break from the European Union.

07 February 2018

News/Brexit

Stripe picks Dublin for engineering hub

Stripe, the American payments processor founded by a pair of Irish brothers, is opening an engineering centre in Dublin.

05 February 2018

Finextra TV/Brexit

Building the real-time rails

Paul Thomalla, SVP Global Corporate Relations & Development, ACI Worldwide, talks about real-time payments and the differences between Europe and the US, how real-time is likely to affect both businesses and consumers, and how schemes are likely to develop in the future.

19 January 2018

Company update/Brexit

Blockchain Centre Vilnius courts UK firms

Lithuania is actively courting UK fintech and blockchain start-ups who want to retain the EU single market access in the event of a hard Brexit.

29 December 2017

News/Brexit

Finextra's 2017 in review

As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2017, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, and community engagement activities over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2018.

22 December 2017

Company update/Brexit

FCA statement on EU withdrawal

On December 15 2017 The European Council confirmed that sufficient progress had been made to move to the second phase of negotiations related to transition (the implementation period) and the framework for the future relationship between the UK and the European Union.

20 December 2017

Company update/Brexit

Bank of England provides EU passport workaround for international banks

As discussions on the UK’s future relationship with the EU continue the Bank of England is announcing today that it is consulting on an updated approach to authorising and supervising international banks and insurers, and it is issuing guidance on its approach to international central counterparties (CCPs).

20 December 2017

News/Brexit

France rewrites rules for trading on distributed ledgers

The French Government has cleared the way for the use of blockchain technology in the trading of unlisted securities, as it rewrites is rules to stimulate the innovation economy.

11 December 2017

Company update/Brexit

Vocalink:Payments innovation should play critical role in Government’s post-Brexit economic strategy

Vocalink, a Mastercard company, global payments partner to banks, corporates and governments, has published a set of payments innovation ideas that would provide a foundation for a more productive and efficient UK economy.

29 November 2017

Finextra TV/Brexit

Integrating sustainability into the risk framework

Ase Bergstedt, Chief Sustainability Strategist, Nordea, talks at NextGen Banking Nordics about what it means to work as Chief Sustainability Strategist, examples of sustainability risks and how they can be managed and what we can expect to see in the future around sustainability.

28 November 2017

Finextra TV/Brexit

Modernisation in South Africa

Chris Hamilton, CEO, BankservAfrica, talks at Sibos 2017 about the national payments system in South Africa, the modernisation programme being implemented, some of the challenges around open banking and distributed ledgers, and how financial inclusion will boost the region’s economy.

24 November 2017

Finextra TV/Brexit

Future investment in Latin America

Roberto Gonzalez Barrera, CEO, Indeval, talks at Sibos 2017 about the challenges facing the Latin America financial community such as falling behind other regions in terms of technology and investment and what trends are shaping the region for the future.

21 November 2017

News/Brexit

Brexit uncertainty causing skills gap say UK tech leaders

The ongoing uncertainty around freedom of movement post-Brexit is affecting the recruitment of technology talent and causing concern among UK tech entrepreneurs about a possible skills shortage.

16 November 2017