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

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Simplicity is key for banks

Damian Pettit, RBS, outlines how banks can keep pace in today’s payments climate and how they can stay fit for purpose.

07 June 2016

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Banks must not stand still

Damian Richardson, RBS discusses how banks can successfully manage the fast-paced changes in the payments industry and how to respond to the post-PSD2 world.

07 June 2016

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Banks need to co-operate for real-time

Fabio Stragiotto, Payment Products, UniCredit, and EBA Clearing Board Member, speaks about recent instant payments developments and how they will affect incumbent banks.

06 June 2016

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All banks must embrace real-time

Stefano Favale, Head of Global Transaction Banking, Intesa Sanpaolo, explains the risks banks face with instant payments, and how they should be managing the move towards real-time.

03 June 2016

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Banks must offer what the customer demands

Cristina Del Mastro, Clearing & FX Products Italy, UniCredit, outlines the key drivers of change in the international payments business and how these affect correspondent banking.

02 June 2016

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Banks must selectively invest in new payment tools

Massimo Tessitore, Head of Direct Channels, Mobile Payment and E Commerce Department, Intesa Sanpaolo, discusses how banks can stay ahead of the digital payments innovation curve and how they can manage the fine balance of customer convenience and security.

02 June 2016

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Banks need to enhance dialogue with corporates

Cedric Derras, Cash Management International Sales Italy, UniCredit, discusses the discrepancy between corporate and consumer digital services, and how banks can respond quickly to evolving transaction banking market requirements.

01 June 2016

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The Cambrian explosion of APIs

Jeremy Light, Managing Director, Accenture Payment Services, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Latin America, and Kim Berg, UK Industry Innovation Lead, Accenture Payment Services, speak about how APIs will operate in relation to PSD2, and what banks should be doing in preparation for the regulation.

01 June 2016

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Blockchain needs a native digital asset

Ferdinando Ametrano, Head of Blockchain and Virtual Currencies, Intesa Sanpaolo, discusses the relationship between bitcoin and blockchain, and outlines how banks can stay ahead of this evolving landscape.

01 June 2016

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Balance investor protection & collateral mobility

Mike Clarke, Director: Global Product Management, Deutsche Bank, talks about whether additional segregation of accounts will actually add investor protection, or will simply make collateral less mobile, discusses how banks are viewing T2S in the context of other initiatives impacting collateral, and assesses the potential of blockchain to improve transparency for investors.

31 May 2016

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New banks need to be flexible

Jamie Devlin, Fundraising/Operations, Tandem Bank, outlines how and why new banks need to be developed alongside innovative technologies.

31 May 2016

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Open access for payments innovation

John Box, Head of Strategic Partnerships, and Alex Reddish, Business Development, Raphaels Bank, pinpoint key findings of the white paper ‘Direct benefits: How fintechs can leverage open access for payments innovation’ on the role of immediate payments in the world of fintech, and how the landscape for access to faster payments is changing.

31 May 2016

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Omni-channel is the winning strategy

Mortiz Zimmerman, CTO, Hybris, speaks about where branch and in-person banking will go, and how banks and fintech companies can work together.

27 May 2016

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Market infrastructure recovery legislation

Angus Fletcher, Director, Head of Market Advocacy, Global Transaction Bank, Deutsche Bank, speaks about potential developments in recovery and resolution requirements for infrastructures, and the impact of new technologies.

26 May 2016

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Fintechs can catalyse change in bank behaviour

Rob Hetherington, Head of Financial Services, SAP, and Johan Van Rooyen, Head of Design and Engineering Lab, Discovery, speak about the technologies disrupting banking and how incumbents and new entrants can work together in this space.

23 May 2016

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Collaboration needed for cross-border payments

Wim Raymaekers, Head of Banking Market, SWIFT, outlines the challenges in cross-border payments and how correspondent banks can meet the growing requirements of their customer community.

18 May 2016

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Regulatory change is the new normal

Paul Harrington, Principal Consultant, GFT, outlines best practice in regulatory change management and the challenges banks and other financial institutions face in this space.

17 May 2016

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Finding the right investor is difficult

Christoph Drescher, Co-founder & CEO, DealMatrix, discusses the difficulties fintech companies face in achieving funding and what London offers these start-ups.

17 May 2016