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Richard Carter Managing Director at Equiniti Credit Services
We live in a world where an ever growing amount of us have Fitbits, Jawbones and other tracking devices that are increasingly measuring and comparing our physical performance. We know how many steps we take, how many calories we’ve consumed (and expended), what our sleep patterns have been and, of course, how much we weigh. This rise of the quan
24 October 2016 /retail /inclusion Innovation in Financial Services
Retired Member
Like it or not, Brexit is here to stay. Whichever way you voted on 23rd June, the short-term consequences are starting to become clear – even if the long-term effects of leaving the EU have left opinions divided. How the situation will look in two, five and even ten years’ time is frankly anyone’s guess. For millennials however, there are two imme...
10 October 2016 /inclusion
Rob De Dominicis CEO and Managing Director at GBST
The idea of Pensions ISAs was raised earlier this year; to make pensions more like ISAs where contributions are taxed but gains and withdrawals are tax free. This is opposite to the current pension system where tax relief is paid on contributions, gains are subject to a lifetime limit and withdrawals (excluding the first 25% and small pots) are ta...
19 September 2016 /inclusion
A recent study by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that banks were turning away or closing the accounts of customers deemed to be high risk, which includes foreign nationals and students. It reported that two large British banks are closing around 1,000 personal accounts a month to curb these risks. However, the FCA has warned that bank...
14 September 2016 /inclusion Innovation in Financial Services
Hugo Cuevas-Mohr CEO at Mohr World Consulting - IMTC Conferences
The situation in Saudi Arabia for overseas workers is critical. During the oil boom migrant workers went from 5.3M in 2000 to 10.2M in 2015 according to UN figures. More than 1M have lost their jobs in 2016 and remittances are dropping more than 20% every month compared to last year's figures. Shivaji Sarkar wrote in The Pioneer: “The hiking petro...
08 September 2016 /payments /inclusion
Luke Enock Director of Online at Satsuma Loans
We all know that technology is transforming business models. Take the short term high cost credit sector and its estimated 10 million customers who are excluded from mainstream finance. This sector has been traditionally served by home credit providers and doorstep lenders. However, the advent of digital and mobile technology has revolutionised th...
10 August 2016 /inclusion
A recent study by Opinium found that approximately 64% of registered voters aged 18-24 voted in last month’s EU Referendum, compared to 90% of over-65s. I believe this is because young people do not feel empowered to vote. Millennials do not have a deep enough understanding of their own financial situation, the markets or the global economy to mak...
25 July 2016 /inclusion
The Centre for Policy Studies, a think tank, recently suggested in a report that pension pots worth £2,000 or less should not face any fees or charges. They argued that this, coupled with the planned pension dashboard which the UK government has pledged will be introduced by 2019, will help encourage providers to promote consolidation of small pen...
17 July 2016 /inclusion
A lot has been written about the existential threat that fintech supposedly represents to traditional banks. In one popular narrative, banks are characterized as obsolete dinosaurs, lumbering towards inevitable extinction blinded by their archaic technology and culture. Meanwhile, plucky young fintech firms are solving the consumer issues of the m...
04 July 2016 /inclusion
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
Brexit still remains a hot topic in the media. The consequences of the British referendum will have—well, they already do—a profound impact on the world’s economy. Fintech companies are no exception to this and they will face new challenges when the UK is definitely out of the EU. What should fintech players expect in the new reality with Britain ...
04 July 2016 /inclusion Innovation in Financial Services
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