Research/analysis

News/retail

Canadian SMEs keen on open banking

As Canada prepares an open banking regime, the country's small businesses are ready to seize the opportunity, according to a Mastercard survey.

13 February 2023

News/crypto

JP Morgan touts bank-issued deposit tokens

Blockchain-based deposit tokens, rather than stablecoins, could emerge as the foundation for stable digital money, according to a report from JP Morgan and Oliver Wyman.

10 February 2023

News/payments

BNPL payments increase over 10% as cost of living hits UK shoppers – Adobe

Research from Adobe Analytics has found that the use of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) by UK consumers has risen 10.7% compared to January 2022.

09 February 2023

News/cloud

US Treasury launches cloud services steering committee

The dominance of a handful of cloud service providers in the financial sector raises concerns about operational resilience and the bargaining power vendors have in negotiations with smaller FS players, according to a US Department of the Treasury report.

09 February 2023

Research/Research/analysis

Sustainable Finance Live - Enabling positive change through innovation and collaboration

31 January 2023 398 downloads

News/sustainable

Danske Bank releases ambitious climate action plan

Danske Bank has released a detailed climate action plan setting goals for 2030 and 2050. The plan maps out the bank’s sustainable goals and carbon emissions, pulling focus to the green transition.

20 January 2023

News/payments

Finextra's top research reports of 2022

With 2022 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded whitepapers, sentiment papers and surveys over the course of the past year. These reports are Finextra-led and cobranded, based on editorially balanced, independent, referenced desk-based and online research.

30 December 2022

News/payments

Finextra's top Future Series reports of 2022

With 2022 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded Future Series reports over the course of the past year. Finextra’s Future Series is an annual editorial report series covering a fintech topic at a high level and includes interviews from financial institutions, usually a global range from EMEA, APAC and the Americas.

29 December 2022

News/payments

Finextra's top impact study reports of 2022

With 2022 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded impact study reports over the course of the past year. Our impact study reports are how-to, best practice guides that support those in the financial industry in their utilisation and optimisation of particular technologies, as well as providing an outlook at future trends to watch.

28 December 2022

News/people

9 in 10 CFOs make business-critical decisions for their company - Accenture

Accenture recently released research on the current challenges facing chief financial officers (CFOs), revealing that CFOs are confronted with business transforming decisions and many feel as though they are met with significantly more responsibility than those in the past.

16 December 2022

News/retail

Starling to create 1000 jobs at new Manchester office

Starling Bank is promising to create up to 1000 jobs, including many technology positions as it opens its fourth UK office in Manchester.

09 December 2022

News/retail

Global FS sector finds appetite for open finance

There is a growing appetite for the next evolutionary step in open banking - open finance - within the global FS sector, with nearly half of senior professionals considering it a "must have" in the context of data sharing.

07 December 2022

News/regulation

Queen Máxima launches the CCAF Regulator Knowledge Exchange

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has launched a new digital hub designed to bring together regulators from across the globe, to collaborate and enhance their efforts to evolve financial services regulation.

02 December 2022

News/payments

EBA publishes study on use of real-time data in liquidity management

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) Liquidity Management Working Group (LMWG) has released a report on the use of real-time data in corporate liquidity management.

02 December 2022

News/payments

Appetite growing for embedded finance in mobility sector - Solaris

Research conducted by Solaris and the Handelsblatt Research Institute explores how embedded finance opportunities are opening up in the European mobility sector.

25 November 2022

News/inclusion

Regulators are urging fintechs to boost financial inclusion – CCAF

A recent joint study from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge and World Bank found that the financial regulators are prioritising fintech business models to contribute to financial inclusion and boost local economies, particularly in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs).

25 November 2022