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Claro takes anti-BNPL campaign to London's streets

As a new study suggests that the ballooning BNPL industry is not taking market share away from credit cards, financial coaching app Claro Money has taken to London's streets with a billboard campaign urging Brits to "Say bye now to Buy Now, Pay Later".

24 September 2021

News/regulation

UK fintechs call for smart data right to drive open finance

A coalition of UK fintechs has signed an open letter calling on the government to fast track a 'smart data right' that enables consumers to control their data, opening up the potential of open finance.

21 September 2021

Company update/sustainable

Banks need to accelerate practical implementation to meet climate risk deadlines

Acin has today published a barometer charting the preparedness of the world’s leading banks and asset managers to meet upcoming challenges in managing climate change-related risks.

21 September 2021

News/regulation

CCAF, World Bank and World Economic Forum call on fintechs to uncover Covid-19 impact

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), World Bank and World Economic Forum are calling on fintechs to participate in data collection for the group’s Global Covid-19 FinTech Market Impact & Industry Resilience Study before its October deadline.

20 September 2021

News/startups

UK sees drop in new fintechs as investors focus on sure bets

After a whirlwind decade that has seen more than 1000 startups launched and go on to raise over £11 billion between them, the UK fintech scene is starting to mature, with investment in early-stage rounds slowing and the number of companies founded declining as investors focus their bets on established players that are expected to make it big, suggests new analysis.

16 September 2021

News/sustainable

Hedera Hashgraph beats DLT competitors on energy consumption

A research report by University College London (UCL) has examined the varying environmental impacts of six different distributed ledger technologies (DLT), finding that Hedera Hashgraph boasts the lowest overall energy consumption of the group.

08 September 2021

News/sustainable

ING reveals $12.4 trillion required to green Asia's transport sector

Powering a new generation of net-zero transport with clean energy – in China, Japan, and South Korea – will cost US$12.4 trillion, a ING bank report has just revealed. This equates to over 90% of China’s 2020 GDP.

08 September 2021

Company update/payments

44% of Indonesians use digital payments platforms at least four times a week

Kadence International Indonesia has released the results of its latest research, Digital Payments and Financial Services Usage and Behavior in Indonesia. The report was based on an online survey of 1,000 respondents conducted during July 2021 in six major cities in Indonesia: Greater Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar, Medan, and Palembang.

06 September 2021

Research/Research/analysis

Competitive Advantage through Cloud Connectivity

06 September 2021 173 downloads

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 339 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