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/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.

/regulation

EBAday 2021: Will 2021 see proactive regulators eschew their reactive reputation?

Spurring a seismic shift in the way financial services operate and are supervised, the pandemic forced regulators to reassess strategy and increasingly adopt new technologies to modernise their processes.

/retail

Bank of Ireland embraces hybrid working model

Bank of Ireland is the latest financial services firm to embrace Covid-19's disruption of office life by rolling out a hybrid working model.

/retail

Consumers still wary of Open Banking

Just over half of people have never heard of open banking and many who have still worry about sharing their data, according to a global survey from Mambu.

/security

Terminal fraud attacks in Europe drop during Covid-19

The European Association for Secure Transactions (East) has just published a European Payment Terminal Crime Report covering 2020 which shows that terminal related fraud attacks have dropped significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic.

/markets

Interoperability crucial for DLT in post-trade processes - ECB

Market participants working on the use of DLT in post-trade processes need to ensure interoperability if the technology is to succeed, according to a European Central Bank report.

/crypto

E-krona needs further investigation - Riksbank

The solution based on blockchain technology that has been developed and tested by the Riksbank in its e-krona project provides new possibilities, but is also new and needs further investigation.

/inclusion

Madhvi Mavadiya a ‘Standout 35’ winner for Innovate Finance’s Women in FinTech Powerlist

Finextra’s very own head of content, Madhvi Mavadiya, has been named in Innovate Finance’s Women in FinTech Powerlist for 2020.

/regulation

ClearBank: Third of fintechs face regulatory scrutiny due to agency banking partners

Based on an independent survey of 100 fintechs across the Netherlands, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK, a report by ClearBank reveals a multitude of challenges fintechs experience at the hands of their agency bank’s shortcomings.

/payments

How Covid-19 changed the UK's relationship with cash

Today, almost 12 months since the UK Government announced the first national Covid-19 lockdown, LINK, the UK’s main ATM cash machine network, has published data showing how our use and relationship with cash has changed through the pandemic.