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

Crypto trade group criticises SEC insider trading case

A US-based trade association representing crypto firms has called for the dismissal of an insider trading case brought by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) arguing that the regulator has unfairly labelled crypto assets as securities.

23 February 2023

Research/Dis-intermediation

The Future of Digital Banking in North America 2023

21 October 2022 1154 downloads

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Future-Ready Payments Solutions: Remaining competitive with reusable technology

09 December 2021 788 downloads

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Don’t go extinct - How Wealth Managers can remain relevant

29 November 2021 336 downloads

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Building the Road to a Hybrid Cloud Future

24 November 2021 251 downloads

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Prepare to Choose: 4 factors Banks must assess before committing to a SaaS Provider

22 September 2021 512 downloads

News/payments

EBAday 2021: Payments innovation and the benefits cascading down the waterfall model

EBAday 2021 has flown by, and the sessions throughout day three of the event served to build on the momentum from day one and two. Another punchy strategic roundtable addressed the need for industry-wide collaboration to drive payments innovation, while two boisterous chatrooms tackled the weighty subjects of Open Banking, CBDCs and stablecoins.

30 June 2021

News/cloud

EBAday 2020: Banks, fintechs or card networks, what will be disintermediated after cloud adoption?

While day one discussions centred around how open banking needs to reach a point where it is just accepted as a conventional way that consumers, corporates and banks can manage their accounts and make payments, panel sessions on the second day of EBAday 2020 focused on how the cloud and Payments as a Service (PaaS) can also act as an enabler for open banking, potentially cutting out rails that are currently acting as intermediaries.

25 November 2020

News/payments

EBAday 2020: Open Banking will be a success when we stop talking about it

Open Banking’s success will be confirmed when it is longer talked about, according to Dan Globerson, head of open banking at NatWest.

24 November 2020

News/cloud

How the cloud increases capacity and agility

The cloud propels financial institutions (FIs) forward and provides the opportunity to scale in line with market demands such as volatility in the capital markets space, new regulations in banking and payments or increasing data assets in the insurance industry.

18 October 2019

Company update/Dis-intermediation

Token secures $16.5m funding for open banking

Token, the turnkey open banking platform, today announced a $16.5m strategic investment from a pool of investors, including Opera Tech Ventures, the venture arm of BNP Paribas - one of the world’s largest banks and two other visionary banks headquartered in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

18 June 2019

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Interconnection and Data at the Edge: The Next Frontier Of Competitive Advantage In Financial Services

20 July 2018 695 downloads

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Europe begins Open Banking era in subdued style

The EU's second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) took effect on Saturday 13 January, bringing with it the start of Open Banking, however the prospect of a sudden revolution is likely to be thwarted by unresolved technical and regulatory issues and a lukewarm reception from consumers.

15 January 2018

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SETL goes live with blockchain funds platform

SETL, a blockchain-based settlement system for the investment funds industry, has gone live with its pan-European funds record keeping platform IZNES having successfully processed its first transactions.

11 January 2018

Company update/Dis-intermediation

Geezeo offers banks the chance to build their digital banks using Responsive Tiles

Geezeo, a leader in Fintech and data-driven solutions for financial institutions, has developed and introduced Responsive Tiles to help innovative banks, credit unions and technology partners build customized digital banking experiences.

29 August 2017

News/Dis-intermediation

MasterCard and PayPal hold talks about alliance - FT

MasterCard and PayPal have engaged in a "constructive dialogue" about a possible strategic alliance, according to a report in the Financial Times.

29 July 2016

Company update/Dis-intermediation

African banks losing their share of payment space - report

Traditional banks are poised to lose as much as 50% of their ownership of the payment space by the end of 2016.

29 July 2016

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Fintech founder calls Aussie banks hyprocrites over Apple Pay complaints

The founder of an Australian robo-advisor has accused the country's banks of hypocrisy over their cries of anti-competitive behaviour from Apple Pay

29 July 2016

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Hedge fund boss welcomes day when computers take over

The president of one of the world's largest hedge funds has told an audience of fund managers that he looks forward to the day when they will all be replaced by computers.

09 June 2016

News/Dis-intermediation

India sets focus on fintech market

India's central bank is to set up a committee to explore the potential for the country's fintech market which is predicted to double in worth to $2.4bn in the next four years.

08 June 2016