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Company update/payments

More than half of Canadians experience payments friction

Consumer payment options and frictionless transactions are critical to drive business advantage in an era of digital payments — Canadians seek more payment choices, including to pay bills and taxes.

19 August 2021

News/payments

LSE joins Hedera Hashgraph Governing Council

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) was today announced as the newest member of Hedera Hashgraph’s Governing Council, joining UCL as the second member from the higher education sector.

19 August 2021

News/crypto

Global fintech investment rebounds to hit $98bn in H1

Global investment in fintech bounced back strongly in the first half of 2021, hitting $98 billion with a record number of deals, according to KPMG.

10 August 2021

Research/Research/analysis

SMEs Front and Centre

10 August 2021 524 downloads

Research/Research/analysis

Stemming the tide of Social Engineering Scams with Behavioural Insights

06 August 2021 223 downloads

Company update/markets

BIS: Quantifying the HFT 'arms race'

We use stock exchange message data to quantify the negative aspect of high-frequency trading, known as "latency arbitrage". This means arbitrage opportunities that are sufficiently mechanical and obvious that capturing them is primarily a contest in speed.

04 August 2021

Research/Research/analysis

How to Gain a Competitive Advantage with Data Access in the Cloud

22 July 2021 36 downloads

News/startups

CCAF, World Bank, World Economic Forum launch second Covid-19 fintech impact study

Building on findings and insights from its landmark 2020 survey, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) is once again partnering with the World Bank Group and the World Economic Forum to investigate the impact Covid-19 has borne on fintech firms.

20 July 2021

News/retail

Researchers use bank data to understand how to reduce gambling-related harm

After analysing behavioural data from HSBC and Monzo customers, UK charity GambleAware has published a guide for financial services firms looking to help vulnerable customers.

15 July 2021

Research/Research/analysis

Driving successful Cloud Transformation

15 July 2021 338 downloads

Company update/wholesale

Mosaic and Limeglass drive digitisation of research and analytics for banks

Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the real-time capital markets data analytics company, and Limeglass, the financial research innovation company, have formed an alliance to enable banks to unlock the value buried deep within the research reports associated with the transactions their clients are involved in.

14 July 2021

Company update/crypto

CBDCs can makes cross-border payments more efficient - report

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have the potential to enhance the efficiency of cross-border payments, as long as countries work together.

09 July 2021

Company update/cloud

AI users outperforming peers says survey

Unit4, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for people-centric organizations, today announced the findings of Finance, AI and the future of decision making, Unit4’s global survey of finance professionals.

09 July 2021

News/retail

Comparing progressive vs traditional banks’ digital progress post Covid-19

Providing a view into the status of financial institutions digital transformation across the US, banking consultancy CCG’s recent survey ‘The Banking Battleground: Views From the C-Suite’ considers the attitudes and capabilities of banks toward digital in a post-pandemic world.

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/inclusion

Norway leads the way for female opportunity

A study released by German digital bank N26 has found that Norway, followed closely by Finland and Iceland, is leading the charge with overall female opportunity, scoring highly on political representation, corporate leadership, and women’s legislation.

07 July 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/Research/analysis

Successful strategies in adopting Hybrid Cloud in Financial Services

29 June 2021 320 downloads

News/wholesale

BaaS to make a splash - survey

Banking-as-a-Service and embedded financial services are set to have a notable impact on the industry in the next 12 months, according to a global survey from Finastra.

28 June 2021

News/startups

UK's fintech industry becomes less London-centric

The UK's fintech scene has become much less London-centric over the last couple of years, with the likes of Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow developing into thriving hubs, according to a report from Findexable.

24 June 2021