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News/payments
More than a third of consumers discovered a new payment provider during the Covid-19 crisis, according to Capgemini’s World Payments Report 2020.
06 October 2020
News/crypto
The prevalence of renewable energy in cryptocurrency mining is being driven by hydroelectricity, according to a study by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), but APAC’s cheap coal-powered energy is what sets it apart from other regions.
02 October 2020
News/people
Women make up just seven per cent of fintech company founders worldwide, with little evidence that things are changing, according to a Deloitte report.
As Sibos 2020 approaches, we look back to some of the predictions and forecasts made in 2010 and pick through what other lessons can be learnt from the post-financial crisis world to inform strategy in the not dissimilar economic environment of today.
28 September 2020
Research/Research/analysis
28 September 2020 20 downloads
News/crime
Employees working in the financial services sector are 30% less trustworthy than colleagues in other sectors.
23 September 2020
The growing number of startups offering crypto investment services will be buoyed by news that institutional investors are set to increase the amount of capital they spend on crypto assets.
22 September 2020
Company update/payments
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of in-vehicle payments, where a payment is made via embedded vehicle systems, will reach $86 billion in 2025, up from just $543 million in 2020.
21 September 2020
With demand dwindling, the UK's Royal Mint is not planning to make any new 2p or £2 coins over the next decade.
18 September 2020
The Covid pandemic has dramatically altered consumer behaviours and priorities when purchasing goods and services.
News/startups
Europe's fintech sector faces an "existential crisis", says McKinsey, as sources of funding dry up during the ongoing Covid pandemic.
16 September 2020
News/sustainable
Despite much green talk, just two of the UK's 36 main banks can clearly demonstrate effective plans to reduce their carbon impacts in a timely manner, claims research from the Ethical Consumer magazine.
10 September 2020
News/markets
BBVA and Spanish startup Multiverse have run a proof-of-concept using quantum technologies to improve the process of dynamically optimising investment portfolios with market data.
27 August 2020
Company update/retail
Financial services leaders are committed to creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, but they still struggle with how to take meaningful actions that have a real impact, according to research recently conducted by BAI, a nonprofit independent organization that delivers the financial services industry’s most actionable insights.
25 August 2020
While central banks around the world are investigating the creation of their own digital currencies, there is huge variance in the approaches being taken, a new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper shows.
24 August 2020
News/retail
Only a quarter of UK fintech firms believe that the government has supported the sector well through the Covid-19 crisis, according to a survey of founders, with two thirds claiming that their voices are not properly heard in policy and regulatory circles.
19 August 2020
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a "hypothetical" digital currency platform.
18 August 2020
News/covid-19
According to a survey of over 300 UK SMEs conducted by Starling Bank and the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA), 68% of small to medium-sized businesses believe they will return to pre-Covid levels of success in early 2021.
17 August 2020
DBS describes the growth of digital currency as both fascinating and daunting in a new research paper, 'Digital Currencies: Public and Private, Present and Future'.
As the Covid-19 fallout hit home, fintech funding saw its third straight quarterly decline in Q2, according to data from Forrester.
13 August 2020
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