Research/analysis

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The Future of Payments 2021

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/retail

UK shoppers struggle to be understood by chatbots

Lucidworks, provider of the Connected Experience Cloud, shared results from a survey of 800 respondents about shopper behaviour and preferences in the U.K. and U.S.

/predictions

Mir breaks Visa-Mastercard duopoly in Russia

As Europe's proposed alternative to Visa and Mastercard takes shape, evidence from Russia suggests that an upstart rival can break the American giants' duopoly - if government is prepared to put its finger on the scale.

/security

Americans trust banks over fintechs and Big Tech with personal data

Americans trust traditional banks more than government agencies or fintechs - and far more than Big Tech - to safeguard their personal data, according to a BIS survey.

/devops

CQC develops algo to accelerate Monte Carlo integration with quantum computers

Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) says it has discovered an algorithm that accelerates quantum Monte Carlo integration.

/markets

DTCC paper calls for increased adoption of central clearing in US treasury market

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today released a new white paper that explores the risks created by U.S. Treasury market fragmentation.

/payments

More than half of Brits still use cash every week

New research from Diebold Nixdorf has found that over 50% of the public are still using cash on a weekly basis, reinforcing the importance of access to cash as lockdown restrictions ease.

/crypto

As Bitcoin tumbles, BIS examines the future of digital currencies

New digital currencies that transcend national borders could affect the nature of currency competition, the architecture of the international monetary system and the role of government-issued money, says a BIS working paper.

/crypto

Swift makes its case for place in CBDC world

Swift has a unique role to play in a payments ecosystem that includes central bank digital currencies, according to a joint paper from Accenture and...Swift.

/sustainable

2021: A year to unite sustainable finance standards and taxonomies

In his FinextraTV predictions interview for 2021, David Harris, group head of sustainable business at London Stock Exchange Group, speaks to how the year is likely to see sizeable progress around sustainability.

/retail

Clearpay and Accenture: Gen Z and Millennials are the most financially savvy generation in the UK

New research from BNPL provider, Clearpay, has shown that despite being the generation hit hardest by the pandemic, Gen Z and Millennials are the most financially savvy generation in the UK – with 68% of Gen Z and 61% of Millennials budgeting and saving more responsibly than their older counterparts.

/security

FIs see pandemic spike in cybercrime; banks cut security budgets

Nearly three quarters of financial institutions have seen a rise in cybercrime since the Covid-19 pandemic began, according to a survey from BAE Systems.

/people

Jill Pay and mnAI to create UK SME female entrepreneurship benchmark report

Jill Pay and mnAI announce the creation of the UK's first and largest report visualising female entrepreneurship; The Gender Index.

/payments

‘Massive’ potential for embedded finance in Europe - Solarisbank

Research by Solarisbank and the Handelsblatt Research Institute has found considerable conversion potential for e-commerce providers to offer financial services in Germany, confirming the significant opportunity embedded finance may hold across Europe.