Predictions

Finextra TV/payments

Live @ NextGen Nordics 2022 - Event Highlights

Setting the blueprint for payments innovation to help shape the future. Highlights from the NextGen Nordics 2022 event in Stockholm, Sweden on 27 April 2022, hosted by Finextra. Topics and latest trends in the Nordic payments ecosystem include the status of the P27 initiative, CBDCs, ESG goals, cross-border & real-time payments, liquidity management, the metaverse, and what is driving upcoming changes. Join us again next year for NextGen Nordics 2023.

10 May 2022

Research/Predictions

The Future of Digital Identity 2022

06 May 2022 1077 downloads

Finextra TV/sustainable

LIVE @ NextGen Nordics: The road to achieving ESG goals with meaningful action

LIVE @ NextGen Nordics, Angela Hultberg, Global Director of Sustainability, Kearney, speaks just off her panel about the road to achieving ESG goals with meaningful action. We hear how organisations are now responsible for driving positive change, the challenges Nordic players need to overcome when considering climate-related losses and whether enough progress is being made.

29 April 2022

News/startups

Santander launches global blockchain challenge

Banco Santander and Oxentia Foundation are inviting startups and scaleups from 11 countries to compete in a blockchain challenge and the chance to win cash prizes.

29 April 2022

News/crypto

Hong Kong publishes CBDC discussion paper

Hong Kong is pushing ahead with its exploration of a retail central bank digital currency, launching a discussion paper on the policy and design aspects of a potential e-HKD.

28 April 2022

News/crypto

ECB's Panetta calls for urgent action to curb crypto Wild West

Global regulators need to hasten efforts to introduce a coordinated framework to tackle the crypto-asset Wild West, the European Central Bank's Fabio Panetta has warned.

25 April 2022

Finextra TV/payments

Realising the benefits of digital transformation: Turning challenges into learnings

Richard Morgans, General Manager, UK & Ireland, Mambu speaks on FinextraTV about how digital innovations are shaping the future of banking. We hear about the top drivers for change and disruption in the banking space, the challenges associated with realising the benefits of digital transformation, how banks should respond with their business models, and the significance of embedded finance in the future of banking.

25 April 2022

News/retail

CBI launches campaign to get UK businesses to embrace fintech

Confederation of British Industry (CBI) president Lord Bilimoria has launched a campaign to get more businesses using fintech to fuel growth.

25 April 2022

News/predictions

Retail banks must embrace data-centric capabilities to see off fintech challenge - report

As fintech upstarts snap at their heels, retail bank executives are concerned that they are lagging in their ability to offer true omnichannel and personalised experiences, according to a report from Capgemini and Efma.

21 April 2022

Finextra TV/payments

Banking as a Service is gaining unstoppable momentum

Margaret Franco, CMO, Finastra & Craig Ramsay, HSBC Global Head of Innovation and Partnerships, Global Liquidity and Cash Management share their outlook for BaaS in 2022 and beyond, and discuss the unstoppable momentum that is being gained.

20 April 2022

Finextra TV/predictions

Citi's Future Of Finance Analyst On Money & The Metaverse

Sophia Bantanidis, Future of Finance Analyst, Citi Global Insights, speaks on FinextraTV about all things Metaverse. We discuss what is it, why should we care about it, how will we use it, and the challenges and opportunities that come along with the Metaverse.

12 April 2022

News/predictions

Apple Pay most popular payments app with US teens

Apple Pay is the most popular payments app among American teens although the vast majority still regularly use cash, according to a survey.

11 April 2022

News/crypto

E-krona could be integrated into banks' existing systems - Riksbank

It should be possible to integrate an e-krona into banks’ and payment service providers’ own existing systems, Sweden's central bank has concluded following CBDC research.

07 April 2022

Long read/Predictions

Finextra Research Writer at Finextra

IFGS 2022: Sequoia's George Robson on fintech predictions for 2022

05 April 2022

News/predictions

Metaverse economy could hit $13 trillion by 2030 - Citi

The Metaverse economy could be wort up to $13 trillion by 2030 while what counts as money in this next generation of the internet will look very different from today, according to a new report from Citi.

04 April 2022

News/predictions

Apple looks to bring payment processing in-house - Bloomberg

Apple is working to bring a host of financial services work, including payments processing, in-house to reduce its reliance on outside fintech partners, according to Bloomberg.

31 March 2022