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News/markets
A move by Europe to a one-day settlement cycle (T+1) could bring significant benefits but would face a host of barriers, cautions a paper from Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme).
21 September 2022
News/crypto
The White House has put together a framework for the "responsible development" of digital assets that includes a more aggressive push by regulators to take on fraud in the sector.
16 September 2022
The European Central Bank has picked five partners - including CaixaBank and Amazon - to help it develop a digital euro prototype.
News/retail
Embedded finance is set to redefine how consumers and businesses build and manage relationships with financial services, according to research which predicts that its transaction value will double in the US to $7 trillion by 2026.
14 September 2022
UK fintech investment fell to $9.6 billion in the first half of 2022, down from $27.8 billion in the same period the previous year, as the global economic slowdown took its toll on the sector, according to a report from KPMG.
13 September 2022
After a record-breaking year in 2021, investment in Canadian fintech dropped by more than 50% in the first six months of 2022, according to a KPMG report.
08 September 2022
News/security
Digital transformation of the financial industry has led to a major rise in global phishing scams and cyber-attacks. In order to protect consumers from falling victim to fraud, banks must enhance security protocols.
07 September 2022
Company update/crime
Fraud fighters, SEON, has released a new report which examines the potential impact that global economic uncertainty may have on fraud.
06 September 2022
News/payments
Upgrading the UK’s ageing payments infrastructure and increasing real-time payments adoption are forecast boost the UK economy by $3.8 billion by 2026, according to a study from ACI Worldwide, Global Data, and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr).
02 September 2022
Company update/inclusion
The Global Findex database is a global extensive survey done every 4 years by The World Bank. Its goal is to track the development of financial inclusion and digital finance in the world.
News/wholesale
Competition between Big Tech and banks in attracting borrowers can lead to greater privacy but could also result in more defaults and reduced investment, according to research from the BIS.
01 September 2022
The Digital Dollar Project has launched a technical sandbox programme as it bids to jumpstart the exploration of a US CBDC.
News/startups
A survey of fintech executives has labelled Hong Kong as uncompetitive in relation to other financial centres around the world.
26 August 2022
Revenue derived from cryptocurrency-related crime is down by 65% in the first half of 2022 compared to the corresponding period in 2021.
22 August 2022
A new UK Finance Payment Markets report finds Faster Payments volumes increased by 23% to 3.6 billion from 2020 to 2021. The report looks at the latest payment trends from 2021 and forecasts up to 2031.
19 August 2022
Digital challengers Starling and Monzo have been ranked the top personal and business current account providers in the UK.
15 August 2022
News/cloud
Research by Gartner identified 25 “must-know” emerging technologies across three key areas which it predicts will greatly impact business and society over the next two to ten years.
12 August 2022
News/regulation
The United Nation’s Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, has released three policy briefs on the dangers of cryptocurrency in light of the rising use of digital assets in developing countries.
If an open and decentralised metaverse grows, the risks from cryptoassets may scale to have systemic financial stability consequences, say a pair of Bank of England wonks.
10 August 2022
A well-designed central bank digital currency may enhance rather than weaken financial stability, according to a working paper from the US Treasury's Office of Financial Research.
09 August 2022
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