UK Fintech Week

News/payments

Contactless transactions surge in the UK

New data from Barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions, reveals that 91.1% of all eligible card transactions in 2021 were made contactlessly, with the total value of contactless payments made increasing by 40.2 per cent, year-on-year.

26 January 2022

News/payments

Klarna launches physical BNPL card in the UK

Klarna is releasing a physical card in the UK, giving shoppers the opportunity to buy now, pay later in bricks and mortar stores.

26 January 2022

News/people

Monzo recruits for new investment and wealth unit

Monzo is recruiting for a general manager to build and run a new investments and wealth business.

25 January 2022

News/regulation

New cyber attack laws proposed by UK Govt

The UK is consulting on new measures for greater resilience among British businesses’ cyber security. This move is part of a £2.6 billion National Cyber Strategy and comes after high profile cyber-attacks.

21 January 2022

Long read/UK Fintech Week

Níamh Curran Senior Reporter at Finextra

Should we stop trying to make Open Banking happen when it’s not going to happen?

21 January 2022

Long read/UK Fintech Week

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

Open Banking year four: Beyond the CMA9 and towards Open Finance

13 January 2022

Long read/UK Fintech Week

Marco Mottadelli Head of Global Brokerage at Fineco Bank

What’s driving switching mania in Britain – and will it continue?

29 December 2021

Long read/UK Fintech Week

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

Innovation in service: Supercharging Jersey’s sustainable finance offering

13 December 2021

Finextra TV/sustainable

Sustainability Studio born from the SF. Live workshop series

Richard Conway, CEO, Elastacloud, & Darshna Shah, Lead Data Scientist, Elastacloud speak to Richard Peers before SF. Live about their Sustainability Studio, born from the SF. Live workshop series and why the founders decided to build an ESG product.

30 November 2021

Finextra TV/sustainable

How Actuaries are changing the way they calculate climate risk

Louise Pryor, President, IFoA, Chair, London Climate Change Partnership, and Director, Ecology Building Society, speaks to Richard Peers about the role of Actuaries as the mathematicians calculating climate risk and how the pricing of risk can transform climate change funding from Banks and Insurers to fund transformation in the real economy.

19 November 2021

Long read/UK Fintech Week

Richard Peers Founder at ResponsibleRisk Ltd

COP26: Why a data commons is needed to secure net zero commitments

15 November 2021

Long read/UK Fintech Week

Níamh Curran Senior Reporter at Finextra

The fintech sentiment: Autumn Budget 2021 and the impact on the industry

28 October 2021

Long read/UK Fintech Week

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

COP26: What the fintech industry will be looking out for at the climate summit

28 October 2021

Long read/UK Fintech Week

Níamh Curran Senior Reporter at Finextra

The fintech sentiment: BNPL regulation welcomed by fintech firms

26 October 2021

Long read/UK Fintech Week

Níamh Curran Senior Reporter at Finextra

The fintech sentiment: is the £100 contactless limit a step towards a cashless society?

20 October 2021

Long read/UK Fintech Week

Chris Holmes Peer at House of Lords

The Westminster Series: Crypto regulation in the UK

12 October 2021

Finextra TV/predictions

Group Head of Sustainable Business at LSEG gives his predictions for 2021

David Harris, Group Head Sustainable Business, London Stock Exchange Group, considers the impact of the new US administration, COP26, regulation, standards, and data on Sustainable Finance in 2021.

27 January 2021

Finextra TV/crypto

How Ripple is boosting education around blockchain and crypto

We speak with Ken Weber, Head of Social Impact at Ripple, regarding the significant work the software company is undertaking in partnership with academic institutions and bodies such as the UBRI and University College London to boost education around blockchain and crypto. Weber also addresses the work being carried out by the firm’s Ripple Impact initiative, which works to further financial inclusion and sustainability across the globe.

12 November 2020

Finextra TV/startups

Varengold Bank shares status of Institutional Investment & Fintech Funding

Alison Harwood, Head of London Branch, Varengold Bank, speaks to FinextraTV about the type of companies institutional investors are looking for and what makes a great relationship, the immediate impact of Covid-19 on institutional investment, the status of funding the fintech community, and whether institutional investors are more cautious and considered in who they lend to and invest in as a result of the recent pandemic.

22 October 2020

Finextra TV/sustainable

Addressing the flow of Sustainable Investment Data

David Harris, Group Head of Sustainable Business at London Stock Exchange, talks to Richard Peers, about his role addressing the flow of Sustainable Investment data from issuers to investors to support the entire market.

02 April 2020