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

Fintech deals in Singapore reach record levels

Singapore's fintech sector enjoyed a mixed year in 2022, with a record level of activity but a significant drop in the level of funding, according to recently published data.

03 March 2023

News/cloud

Financial Cloud Summit 2023: Exponential change is coming

Kicking off Finextra’s inaugural Financial Cloud Summit, former Dragon’s Den dragon Piers Linney, entrepreneur and investor, founder and CEO of Moblox, set the scene for the day, focusing on cloud strategy, migration and optimisation.

02 March 2023

Company update/startups

Innovation Challenge connects fintechs from London to the Brazilian market

There is great synergy between Brazil and the United Kingdom in the area of innovation in financial services.

02 March 2023

News/regulation

Kalifa Review, two years on: What progress has been made?

Ron Kalifa OBE’s fintech review, released in 2021, outlined a comprehensive plan to bolster the UK sector’s dominance across the globe at an inflection point between opportunity and risk for the industry in 2021.

24 February 2023

Company update/startups

ADGM opens applications for annual innovation challenge

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the leading international financial centre based in Abu Dhabi, is pleased to launch the latest edition of the annual Innovation Challenge.

22 February 2023

Company update/payments

Nexi and Jakala found CVM Martech Lab

Nexi, the European PayTech, in partnership with Jakala, the leading Italian Martech company, has founded CVM Martech Lab, the new Customer Value Management centre for the financial services sector, which aims to provide banks and fintechs with the best data science, marketing know-how and technologies for CVM development, through solutions that leverage the key role of digital payments in customer engagement.

22 February 2023

Company update/wholesale

European Commission opens blockchain regulatory sandbox

The European Commission today launched a regulatory sandbox for innovative use cases involving Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT).

15 February 2023

News/regulation

BIS Innovation Hub sets sights on stablecoin monitoring

The Bank for International Settlements has set out the plans for its Innovation Hub network in 2023, including work on the systemic monitoring of stablecoins.

08 February 2023

News/regulation

FCA sets up Innovation Advisory Group

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed seven advisors to a new Innovation Advisory Group (IAG) which will meet for the first time this month.

06 February 2023

News/payments

Finextra's top research reports of 2022

With 2022 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded whitepapers, sentiment papers and surveys over the course of the past year. These reports are Finextra-led and cobranded, based on editorially balanced, independent, referenced desk-based and online research.

30 December 2022

News/payments

Finextra's top Future Series reports of 2022

With 2022 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded Future Series reports over the course of the past year. Finextra’s Future Series is an annual editorial report series covering a fintech topic at a high level and includes interviews from financial institutions, usually a global range from EMEA, APAC and the Americas.

29 December 2022

News/payments

Finextra's top impact study reports of 2022

With 2022 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded impact study reports over the course of the past year. Our impact study reports are how-to, best practice guides that support those in the financial industry in their utilisation and optimisation of particular technologies, as well as providing an outlook at future trends to watch.

28 December 2022

News/cloud

Financial Cloud Summit sneak peek: headline speakers announced

Finextra will be hosting its inaugural Financial Cloud Summit conference on 2nd March 2023 in-person at King's Place in London.

23 December 2022

Company update/retail

Sella Group receives 117 applications for metaverse acceleration programme

There are 117 projects nominated to participate in "Metaverse 4 Finance", the first Italian Web3 acceleration program - promoted by the Sella group and implemented by its Venture Incubator dpixel in collaboration with the Global Partner VISA.

13 December 2022

News/security

Combatting fraudsters is a ‘cat-and-mouse’ game - ING

In conversation with Finextra, Beate Zwijnenberg, chief information security officer at ING, canvassed new trends in cybercrime and how the banking giant is working against phishing and scams for its customers.

09 December 2022

News/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live: How can nature be made bankable?

How are different financial institutions approaching climate strategy and sustainable investment? The potential for sustainable investment was explored in the keynote presentation: How can nature be made bankable? by founder of ResponsibleRisk Richard Peers and CEO of sustainable investment company Mirova, Philippe Zaouati.

29 November 2022

News/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live: What is the role of risk in greening finance and financing green?

An increasing number of financial institutions are reconstructing the structure of their internal risk cycles and ESG reporting to align with ILAAP and ICAAP guidelines. Looking at the future of risk reporting in finance, head of model risk governance at Metro Bank, Suresh Sankaran discussed ESG data and risk in his Keynote: What is the role of risk in greening finance and financing green?

29 November 2022

News/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live: Is sustainable finance sustainable?

Sustainable Finance Live kicked off Tuesday morning in a hybrid format, in-person and online, where leaders discussed the problem statements and solutions that are defining the sustainable finance industry today.

29 November 2022

News/sustainable

ESG hacking: creating opportunities for sustainable innovation

As part of Finextra’s fifth Sustainable Finance Live conference, a concurrent Hackathon is taking place. The collaborative event will take place from the 29th of November to the 2nd of December and teams will have access to workshops, panels and the necessary technology to develop projects in real-time.

21 November 2022

News/devops

Isle of Man launches Fintech Innovation Challenge

Digital Isle of Man (an executive branch of the Isle’s government) has announced the launch of the Fintech Innovation Challenge, an opportunity to engage with international stakeholders and industries in their digital ecosystem.

11 November 2022