Finextra Research: Latest fintech news, analysis, interviews, features and opinion by industry experts

UK banks commit to free access to cash

The UK banking industry is promising to work with local communities to ensure that Brits continue to have free access to cash as the country drifts towards a digital economy.

12 June 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

Commcise launches cloud-based investment research platform

Commcise, the award-winning provider of integrated commission management, research evaluation and reporting solutions for investment management and brokerage firms, today announced the launch of COMMCISECS to support client strategy teams within the research provider community.

07 June 2019

News/Research/analysis

Blockchain benefits limited for retail banks - report

A report from management consultant McKinsey suggests that retail banks have been slower to adopt blockchain technology because they face more challenges in reaping the potential benefits.

07 June 2019

News/Research/analysis

S Korea bemoans slow pace of its fintech market

An immature ecosystem and a lack of competition is slowing down South Korea's fledgling fintech industry according to the country's financial regulator

07 June 2019

News/payments

Millions of Brits go cashless amid rise of contactless and mobile banking

With mobile banking and contactless payments becoming ever more popular in the UK, one in 10 Brits now live a largely cashless life, according to figures from UK Finance.

07 June 2019

Company update/regulation

FSB publishes report on decentralised financial technologies

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a report on Decentralised financial technologies.

06 June 2019

News/Research/analysis

Mega M&As fuel record growth in fintech deals

A flurry of large M&A deals and the popularity of contactless payments have helped to create a record volume of fintech deals, according to a recent report, but also raised fears that the market may be overcrowded and reaching peak status.

06 June 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

Contactless cards increasingly used for low value playments - research

Research from RBR’s Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2023 shows that issuers across the world are increasingly adding contactless functionality to their payment cards, often as a way of persuading their customers to use cards rather than cash.

06 June 2019

News/devops

FS industry ready to shift from Open Banking to 'Open X' - Capgemini

The financial services industry is already looking beyond Open Banking to the next phase of innovation, 'Open X', which will require deeper collaboration and specialisation, claims the latest World Fintech report from Capgemini.

06 June 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

Banks see benefit of digitalisation as they strive for profitability - report

The European banking industry continued to struggle with structural earnings problems in 2018

05 June 2019

News/Research/analysis

Report lays out Nordic fintech manifesto

The majority of fintechs in the Nordic and Baltics belive that the region can dominate the fintech landscape in years to come but only if they can secure greater access to investment capital.

05 June 2019

News/Research/analysis

Digital banking now part of everyday life in Europe

Digital banking is now firmly entrenched as a part of everyday life in Europe, a Mastercard survey shows, with security and convenience the most important factors for people looking to manage their money online or through their phones.

05 June 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

Asian card spending in Europe soars

JCB International, Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of major global payment brand JCB, today reveals a 63% growth in annual sales volume made by Asian cardmembers in Europe between 2017 and 2018, and a 45% global growth in total annual sales volumes in the past four years, now reaching over 130 million cardmembers worldwide.

04 June 2019

Company update/security

New Strong Customer Authentication rules could cost Europe EUR57bn - Stripe

Today, payments infrastructure company Stripe released a new study conducted by 451 Research forecasting that Europe stands to lose €57 billion in economic activity in the first 12 months after SCA takes effect.

04 June 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

Banking Circle issues white paper on financial inclusion

Ground-breaking financial utility, Banking Circle, is on a mission to improve access to global financial services for businesses of all sizes.

03 June 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

89% of merchants 'primed for open banking' says Nuapay research

Eighty-nine percent of airline, supermarket and subscription economy merchants are primed for Open Banking and have assessed the impact it will have on their business a new piece of research commissioned by Nuapay, a Sentenial company, has revealed.

03 June 2019

Company update/Research/analysis

SMEs benefit from cashless payments says study

The trend of card payment at the point of sale (POS) continues in Germany: Today more than half (52%) of customers prefer to pay cashless. This development towards digital payment offers significant potential for increases in sales and efficiency as well as cost reduction for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs).

03 June 2019

News/Research/analysis

China and India lead global fintech services adoption

Fintech is mainstream, according to a global survey from EY which finds that financial technology services are used by the majority of people in India, China and the UK, although are considerably less popular in the US, France and Japan.

03 June 2019

News/Research/analysis

Will you be able to make trades directly from your mind in 2069?

What will trading technology look like in 50 years? Trades powered directly by thoughts, hardware that inhibits the influence of negative emotions, and mobile-phone based 3D trading rooms could all be in our future, predicts a report.

30 May 2019

News/security

FI CISOs to ask for bigger cybersecurity budgets

Nearly three quarters of chief information and security officers at financial institutions plan to ask their firms for an increase in cybersecurity investments in the next year, according to a survey.

29 May 2019