Non-bank competitors

Research/Non-bank competitors

Responding to Lending Disruption

27 July 2021 604 downloads

News/payments

Google plans fintech move in Japan

Big tech firm Google is reported to be planning a push into Japan's financial services market

08 July 2021

News/startups

London fintechs enjoy record VC investment in H1

The first half of 2021 has seen London-based fintechs raise more money in venture capital (VC) investment than any previous year.

08 July 2021

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

Bank execs predict branch model will be dead within 5 years

With Covid-19 leading to an uptick in digital banking, nearly two thirds of industry executives from around the world think that the branch-based model will be dead within five years, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit survey.

29 June 2021

Research/Non-bank competitors

The advantage of Machine Learning in preventing fraud

17 June 2021 390 downloads

Research/Non-bank competitors

Identity verification’s integral position in evolving digital transformation

15 June 2021 326 downloads

News/startups

Curve breaks records with largest ever equity raise of £9.9m on Crowdcube

Setting multiple records on Crowdcube, Curve has closed the largest equity raise on the platform, sourcing nearly £10m in funding from 11,795 investors in 54 hours to support the rollout of the Curve OS platform in the US and the launch of Curve Credit in the UK and Europe.

28 May 2021

Research/Non-bank competitors

The Future of Digital Banking in the UK 2021

21 May 2021 881 downloads

News/regulation

Tony Craddock: FCA’s ‘Dear CEO letter likely to destabilise the e-money sector’

In a ‘Dear CEO’ Letter sent out by the FCA yesterday, the regulator called on UK electronic money institutions (EMIs) to ensure their customers understand how their money is protected.

19 May 2021

Research/Non-bank competitors

Payments Modernisation: The Cloud Imperative

18 May 2021 573 downloads

News/payments

Twitter Tip Jar users cite PayPal privacy concerns hours after rollout

Hours after Twitter announced the new money transfer feature Tip Jar, early testers took to the social media platform to air their concerns over addresses being included in PayPal receipts.

07 May 2021

News/payments

French anti-trust watchdog says banks could be marginalised by Big Tech giants

France's competition watchdog has warned of the dangers posed by the encroachment of Big Tech firms into the payments sector.

30 April 2021

News/crypto

EToro launches new bitcoin portfolio

Multi-asset investment platform eToro has today announced the launch of a new thematic portfolio – BitcoinWorldWide. Based on the companies in the value chain behind bitcoin, the portfolio is intended to further catalyse adoption of the booming cryptocurrency.

26 April 2021

News/startups

Israeli fintech Pagaya plans to enter Wall Street at $8 billion

Having registered revenues reflecting $300 million annually for the first three months of 2021, Israel-based startup Pagaya is allegedly planning to enter Wall Street at $8 billion, as well as execute a traditional IPO.

23 April 2021

News/regulation

How regulators have catalysed collaborations and technological innovations

Co-founder and head of client delivery of RegTech Associates, Dr Sian Lewin has urged the financial community to stop thinking of regulators simply as “powerful organisations, here to control our behaviour, and stop us from doing certain things in the name of public interest.”

22 April 2021