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News/retail
The global fintech industry is at an inflection point, with revenues set to grow from $150 billion in 2018 to $500 billion in 2030, according to research from UBS.
08 May 2020
News/crypto
If a stablecoin, such as Libra, reaches a global scale, any malfunctioning could pose a risk to financial stability, warns a European Central Bank paper.
06 May 2020
As banks consider shrinking their real estate permanently in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a survey of British financial services workers shows that two thirds believe that their company should be doing more to help them work productively from home.
04 May 2020
News/sustainable
Many national regulators are already undertaking regulatory and supervisory initiatives on climate-related financial risks, according to a BIS report, although most have not yet factored the mitigation of such risks into the prudential capital framework.
01 May 2020
News/payments
As shoppers around the world adjust to social distancing measures, more than three quarters are now using contactless payments, according to a Mastercard study covering 19 countries.
30 April 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is radically changing cash usage in the UK, with ATM withdrawals falling 60% during the lockdown and three quarters of Brits reporting that their use of paper money is down.
29 April 2020
Fintech funding contracted in the first quarter of 2020 as the Covid-19 fallout began to hit late on, according to a Forrester report that warns that many firms will bite the dust as the crisis really kicks in.
24 April 2020
News/startups
While some parts of the European fintech scene, such as lending, are vulnerable to the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, others, including payments, have a tough but defensible position, says a new report.
22 April 2020
News/inclusion
Fintech can spur financial inclusion by facilitating payments, but it is not a panacea and comes with risks that need to be managed, concludes a report by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the World Bank.
16 April 2020
Alex Liftman, global environmental executive, Bank of America (BofA), believes “significantly accelerating progress on addressing big global issues like climate change requires going beyond business-as-usual financing to find innovative approaches that can help attract a larger share of capital from a broader set of investors.”
08 April 2020
News/covid-19
Despite public concern that Covid-19 is being transmitted by cash, scientific evidence suggests the risk is low compared with other frequently touched objects, including PIN pads, says a bulletin from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
06 April 2020
With payments revenue taking a massive hit in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the European banking industry is looking to the future, setting out its vision for the future of the market.
03 April 2020
As the fintech sector struggles through the Covid-19 economic fallout, a report from VC Finch Capital offers some light at the end of the tunnel, suggesting that the crisis could ultimately end up benefiting the industry by accelerating the rush to digitisation.
02 April 2020
France's central bank is calling for applications from firms interested in experimenting with the use of a digital euro for interbank settlements.
News/wholesale
A paper published by Revolut, entitled “2020 Vision: Taking a closer look at antiquated business practices”, states that 42% of SMEs are looking to change banks in the next 12 months, owing to changing expectations and demands of businesses.
25 March 2020
News/Research/analysis
The era of competition between banks and fintechs is over, with connectivity now seen as the key to a new financial services ecosystem where the 'banking-as-a-platform' model dominates, according to a report from Barclays.
13 March 2020
The Bank of England is calling for input from industry and the public on the pros and cons of introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
12 March 2020
News/regulation
Francesca Hopwood Road, head of regtech at the FCA drilled down on how the hiring process structurally worked against the employment of females in regtech during the Regtech Women’s event ‘Cracking Communications: Be effective, be confident, be compliant’.
The true benefits and complexities of transformative regulation across financial services is set to become reality in 2020, as firms work to prepare and implement systems to meet compliance standards while maintaining a competitive edge.
06 March 2020
News/security
The possibility of a serious cyber incident poses a systemic risk to the financial system, with serious consequences for the real economy, warns a report from the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).
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