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The European Central Bank (ECB) is calling for a restrained approach to high-frequency trading regulation, arguing that more emphasis should be placed on high-frequency quoting.
25 October 2016
The UK's position at the centre of the fintech world is under threat as its top companies become overshadowed by Chinese giants, a new report from KPMG and H2 Ventures suggests.
The number of North Americans using their mobile phones for payments at the point of sale has remained flat over the last year, despite growing awareness of the technology and a drop off in the popularity of cash, according to a survey from Accenture.
19 October 2016
By 2030, technology will have made banks and banking invisible to customers, hidden by Siri-like personal assistants that cull data from our connected lives to fulfil daily personal and financial obligations, claims KPMG.
18 October 2016
Criminals blew up 492 cash machines across Europe in the first half of 2016, an 80% increase on the same period the previous year, according to figures from the European ATM Security Team (East).
14 October 2016
Distributed ledger technology has the potential to revitalise loyalty rewards programmes by replacing fragmented and clunky systems that depend on centralised administration with a trustless, digitised interlinked network, argues a new report from Deloitte.
12 October 2016
Blockchain-based smart contracts will transform the financial services industry, saving punters billions of dollars in fees for things such as mortgage applications and auto insurance, claims a Capgemini report.
11 October 2016
Company update/Research/analysis
90% of Italian banks have a presence on social media. Customer relations and communications are increasingly strengthened through digital channels, also using the potentials offered by social media messaging tools.
Today, BookingBug releases the first ever research into how the top 10 retail banks are creating a more competitive customer experience, and whether they are keeping up with the rest of the high street.
In its latest salvo against notes and coins, MasterCard has posted research showing that 44% of Brits would ditch cash altogether if card payments were accepted everywhere.
07 October 2016
Distributed ledger technology is set to move out of the test environment and into the wild next year, with nearly two thirds of banks expecting to be in production with full-scale, commercial blockchain projects by 2019, according to research from IBM.
29 September 2016
China has overtaken the UK in digital payment volumes, helping to spur global growth to more than 10%, according to research from Capgemini and BNP Paribas.
22 September 2016
Wealth management firms are falling short of client expectations when it comes to their use of technology, but established players in the field are likely to respond well to the digital revolution and will not be displaced by fintech insurgents, new research from Roubini ThoughtLab suggests.
21 September 2016
At YBS hosted event, local fintech stakeholders grapple with challenge of acting quickly but strategically.
20 September 2016
Latest Finextra paper finds blockchain has grown up during 2016, and explores industry’s efforts to exploit its potential in a shorter timeframe.
Brits are nearly twice as likely to trust banks to store and keep safe their biometric information as they are to trust government agencies, according to a survey from Visa.
19 September 2016
While mobile apps have proved a boon for Europe's retail banks, new research suggests that they could also prove a threat, with new specialist players picking off customers in key areas and disrupting the traditional full-service model.
16 September 2016
The rise of bitcoin and blockchain technology could have a profound impact on the card market, hurting acquirers and issuer banks but ultimately benefiting Visa and MasterCard, according to experts from Santander.
09 September 2016
According to RBR’s Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021, the total number of card payments worldwide increased by 15% in 2015 to 270 billion, almost double the 8% rise in card numbers.
07 September 2016
Link, the UK’s cash machine network, has reported today that 29 August was the busiest ever August bank holiday Monday in this country for ATM withdrawals.
02 September 2016
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