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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
More than half of bank executives think that a lack of available IT resources is slowing down their ability to mature digitally, according to a survey from Liferay.
30 August 2016
When it comes to managing their finances and health, millennials place a much higher value on the use of technology compared with baby boomers.
25 August 2016
Bitglass, the total data protection company, today announced the availability of its Financial Services breach report, an analysis of all breaches in the sector since 2006, with data aggregated from public databases and government mandated disclosures.
Financial services firms are still concerned about distributed ledger technology security, with transaction confidentiality a particular worry, according to a new report from Greenwich Associates.
17 August 2016
Following the explosion in funding last year, fintech is experiencing a "plateau" in 2016 amid investor concern about high valuations, a lack of significant IPO exits and macro-economic factors, says a new report from KPMG and CB Insights.
Derivatives central counterparties (CCPs) have made meaningful progress in boosting their resilience in recent years but more work is needed to ensure consistency around the world, according to new reports from major global bodies.
16 August 2016
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