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Finextra's top impact study reports of 2021

With 2021 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 guides that support professionals in the financial industry in their migration to and utilisation of particular technologies, as well as providing an outlook at future trends to watch.

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SCOR Investment Partners’ three steps to identify the extra financial value within the supply chain

Guillaume Levannier, Sustainable Investment Officer at SCOR Investment Partners, speaks on FinextraTV to explain how we can identify the correct and material KPIs to assess the extra financial value within the value chain, and how collaborating in the SustainableFinance.Live workshops helps him to improve SCOR Investment Partners’ data aggregation and harmonization approach.

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BIS committee sets up cross-border payments task force

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is setting up a task force on defining common features of cross-border payment service levels.

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Which? calls for banks to pause branch closures

UK banks shut 736 branches this year, according to consumer group Which?, which is calling on lenders to pause further closures.

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Open Banking adoption in UK lending set to hit 70% in next two years

A quarter of UK lenders now use Open Banking technology, with half of those that don't planning to do so in the future, according to research from Credit Kudos.

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French and Swiss central banks hail completed wholesale CBDC trial

The Banque de France, the Swiss National Bank and BIS Innovation Hub are hailing the completion of their cross-border wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) experiment.

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Visa launches crypto advisory practice

Visa is launching an advisory practice to help clients as they look to enter the world of cryptocurrencies.

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63% of SME leaders feel lonely in role – Starling Bank

Research by Starling Bank has found that despite growth and record investment planned for 2022, small business owners struggle with loneliness, creativity and ideation.

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SETL demonstrates 1m transactions a second on blockchain

Blockchain settlement and payment infrastructure provider SETL is claiming a "breakthrough moment" after its Regulated Liability Network (RLN) demonstrated that it can process one million transactions per second (tps).

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Many BNPL users unclear what they're signing up to - survey

With millions of Brits set to use buy now, pay later options for their Christmas shopping, new research from Barclays suggests that many do not fully understand how the products work.

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Black Friday payment data reveals surge in BNPL usage

There was a 51% increase in the use of BNPL payment methods in Europe during Black Friday, Cyber Week and Cyber Monday compared to the previous year, according to data from Mollie.

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Payment cards going for an average $9.70 on dark web

An analysis of more than four million payment cards being hawked on the dark web reveals that they belong to citizens of 140 countries and are selling for an average of $9.70.

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The Future of ESGTech 2022

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Building the Road to a Hybrid Cloud Future

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Cloud adoption in banking ramps up

Nearly three quarters of bank IT executives think that moving to the cloud will help their firms achieve their business priorities, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit.

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Banks could boost revenues by four percent by embracing digital-first models

Traditional banks could increase their annual revenues by nearly four per cent if they embrace the innovative business models used by digital-only players, according to an Accenture report.

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Canadians cautiously optimistic about financial outlook – but continue to tighten spending

Despite the economic turbulence from the pandemic, new data from Payments Canada indicates that Canadians feel that the worst may be behind them and are cautiously optimistic about their financial well-being.