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News/retail
Global investment in fintechs dipped slightly in 2019 as strong growth in the US, India and Brazil was offset in China, where the mega-deals dried up, according to a report from Accenture and CB Insights.
21 February 2020
News/inclusion
Finextra interviews Boston-based accelerator Catalyst Fund about JPMorgan's recent investment in its goal to boost financial inclusion across emerging markets.
17 February 2020
News/sustainable
The bank will work with Imperial College Business School’s Centre for Climate Finance and Investment over four years to “uncover solutions that will help embed climate risk identification and management into financial decisions.”
14 February 2020
News/Research/analysis
By passing the Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 2) Bill 2019 on Monday, the government has extended the scope and timeframe fintechs can spend on the existing framework.
12 February 2020
Finextra Research will hold its second SustainableFinance.Live event on 23 March 2020 to peel away the misnomers and ‘greenwashed’ ideas about sustainable finance and explore the ways the industry can take proactive steps to deliver the UN SDGs.
News/markets
Investment research analysts beware, your robot colleagues are already outperforming you, according to a paper from Indiana University.
Only a quarter of investors are confident that financial services firms' digital transformation strategies will be effective, according to a report from Oliver Wyman.
06 February 2020
News/payments
For the first time, in the fourth quarter of last year Russians made more payments digitally than with cash, according to analysis from Sberbank.
03 February 2020
Presenting at the Bristol Distinguished Address Series, Dr Bevis Watts, chief executive of Triodos Bank UK spoke on the essential role banking must play in driving action on climate change.
31 January 2020
News/regulation
Financial services firms have been hit with a total of $36 billion in fines since the financial crisis for non-compliance with anti-money laundering, know your customer and sanctions regulations around the world.
29 January 2020
Urgent action is needed to tackle a skills and talent crisis in UK financial services, according to an independent review commissioned by HM Revenue which warns the industry is in for a bumpy ride in the face of the technological revolution and Brexit.
News/crypto
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has put together a policy-maker toolkit designed to help central banks investigating the creation of digital currencies.
Standard Chartered has formed an alliance with Bahrain Fintech Bay to keep tabs on innovative startups operating in the Greater Middle East.
27 January 2020
Central banks collectively representing a fifth of the world's population say they are likely to issue a general purpose digital currency in the next three years, according to a survey from the Bank for International Settlements.
24 January 2020
News/startups
Teaming with Carrefour Brasil SA, Edenred and Ingenico Group, BNP Paribas plans to foster startup innovation out of the Sao Paulo-based hub, La Fabrique.
News/ai
The FCA and the Bank of England are to run a public/private forum to delve into the technical and public policy issues surrounding bank adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools.
Tech-focused banks may have weathered the global economic crisis better than their less savvy rivals, suggests a new IMF paper that finds a link between higher IT adoption pre-2008 and fewer loan defaults when the crunch hit.
Company update/Research/analysis
According to a recent survey of Canadian financial services professionals by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader and part of the S&P 500® Index, digital transformation is of critical importance to the future success of their firms.
21 January 2020
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has launched a UK-wide strategy to improve the financial wellbeing of individuals and the community across the country.
News/security
A cyberattack on a major US bank could have significant spillovers to other lenders, with serious implications for the whole financial system, according to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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