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Bank's IT departments are unable to pursue innovation with the latest digital technologies because they have lost influence in the boardroom with senior managers that do not properly understand new technology.
16 November 2017
Singapore has stepped up its fintech ambitions with the offer of a S$27m ($19.91m) grant to promote the further use of artificial intelligence and data analytics in the financial services market.
15 November 2017
The peer-to-peer lending industry has the potential to destabilise consumer balance sheets, with loan performances bearing a striking resemblance to the subprime mortgage market before the 2007 crisis, warns a new paper from the Cleveland Federal Reserve.
10 November 2017
With more than half of small business owners in the UK concerned about their ability to get bank loans, many are turning to alternatives such as crowdfunding and P2P lending, according to a WorldPay survey.
02 November 2017
An increasing reliance on artificial intelligence by banks, insurers and hedge funds could have unintended consequences and threaten the financial system's stability, warns a report from a top global watchdog.
01 November 2017
More than half of millennial Brits now regularly use their mobile phones to keep on top of their financial affairs, according to a Visa survey.
30 October 2017
Banks may have seen off the challenge from fintech startups but they now face the far bigger threat of platform giants such as Amazon and Alibaba eating into their margins, warns a new report from consultancy McKinsey.
26 October 2017
Increased regulatory burden is hampering smooth and timely onboarding of customers, as banks struggle with technology implementation and budget parameters, according to financial industry professionals surveyed in a new paper by Finextra Research.
12 October 2017
Europe saw a surge in the number of ATM black box attacks - where devices are attached to machines and command cash outs - in the first half of 2017.
06 October 2017
Bond dealers that want to boost their market share growth need to spend big on technology. That's the message of a new report into IT spending in fixed income trading.
03 October 2017
Deutsche Bundesbank has dampened the blockchain hype, dismissing distributed ledger technology's prospects in retail payments, at least in the eurozone, and pouring cold water on central bank-issued digital currencies.
22 September 2017
Despite Brexit, the UK's fintech firms remain bullish on their prospects, with half expecting revenues to double over the next 12 months and a third even anticipating an IPO within five years, according to a survey for Her Majesty's Treasury.
07 September 2017
Distributed ledger technology is not mature enough for large-scale applications like real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems, the Bank of Japan and European Central Bank have concluded.
On the eve of the third anniversary of the launch of Apple Pay, mobile wallet adoption in the US and Europe is gaining traction, but Asia and Latin America continue to lead the way, according to a new report from ACI Worldwide and Aite.
05 September 2017
A new report has forecast that the value of cryptocurrency transactions will surpass the $1 trillion milestone before the end of 2017.
The R&D unit of the Reserve Bank of India is preparing to launch a banking platform based on blockchain technology.
01 September 2017
Despite the wave of costly data breaches over the last few years, nearly half of global firms that accept plastic are still failing to meet Payment Cards Industry (PCI) security standards, according to a report from Verizon.
The rise of fintech is set to fundamentally change the financial services industry, forcing banks to change their operating models and requiring regulators to adapt to address risks while promoting innovation, says a new paper from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
31 August 2017
The UK's divorce from the EU has led to France and Sweden gaining a larger share of the number of fintech deals done within the Union, according to the research firm CBInsights.
30 August 2017
The financial services sector drove the UK outsourcing market to record levels in the first half of 2017, with big firms signing major IT contracts.
04 August 2017
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