1068 Results from 2020
Sam Boboev COO & Co-Founder at Botcommerce
Fintechs, perhaps surprisingly, don’t see a future where they have won and incumbent players have lost. J.P. Morgan says “challenger banks expense bases are every very well developed and their revenue channels or their ideas for how to monetize their customers are very, very underdeveloped.” “By far the most popular [business strategy] has been ‘we...
04 November 2020 /payments /retail Fintech
Brad Hyett CEO at phos
At the time of writing, we are in the home stretch of the UK’s transition period with the European Union, with new rules for UK businesses that deal with Europe set to come into force on 1 January 2021. Given that the much-hyped “Brexodus” of companies from the UK has not materialised during the grace period, what are the real short term and long t...
04 November 2020 /payments /markets
Nikhita Hyett Managing Director - Europe at BlueSnap
It’s now common knowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a huge shift in the world of payments, resulting in the rise in contactless, mobile, and ecommerce-based transactions. But over the last couple of years, there’s been an even bigger payments revolution happening, hidden in plain sight. Recent MasterCard figures show that around $1...
04 November 2020 /payments
Retired Member
Debt issues that arose among millennials largely due to the economic crisis of 2008, have been even worsened during the pandemic. According to the financial report by TranUnion, in Canada, for example, 47% of millennials struggle to pay their credit card bills, followed by 28% of those who need to pay phone bills. Finally, these are individuals wh...
03 November 2020 /payments /wealth Bond Fintech
Scott Lane Business Development Director at MobiCash
When we talk about mobile payment apps, many think of a mobile wallet app – one you can use to pay for goods and services with merchants who accept mobile payments. Mobile wallets can often offer different options within the payment process, such as the choice of different source cards or accounts, using NFC or QR codes to create a quick, easy pay...
03 November 2020 /payments The Payments Business
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
Regrettably almost all of us have to deal at one point in time with the passing away of a loved one and the associated financial administration to handle the succession. Obviously this is an emotional activity, where a personalized, empathetic and frictionless service from the bank are essential. When a customer is grieving, the last thing he wants...
02 November 2020 /wealth /retail Digital Banking Trends
The COVID-19 pandemic upended economies and communities worldwide, and unfortunately, the financial implications stemming from the outbreak are expected to last for years as unemployment numbers rise and markets continuously fluctuate. On a personal level, the coronavirus has made it difficult for many parents to maintain a sense of financial norm...
02 November 2020 /wealth /covid-19 Financial Literacy for Kids
Thomas Pintelon Head of Strategy at Capilever
In our last blog we introduced a number of ways how banks can activate the ever increasing amounts of saving deposits, by turning them into investments. However once customers have taken the decision to activate their money, they still have a variety of investment services and products to choose from. Investment services With regards to investment ...
02 November 2020 /wealth Innovation in Financial Services
Farah Miller CEO at Helixtap Technologies
Information is the Key to Future Success Rubber market in a state of flux The uncertainty of 2020 has caused a great deal of turbulence in the commodities markets and natural rubber has certainly also felt this impact. At the start of 2020, the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), was forecasting an increase in production and...
02 November 2020 /startups /markets Innovation in Financial Services
In the news recently, there has been a lot of change in how secure the public is feeling about their personal and workplace retirement funds, long term savings and other investments. A recent study by Aviva stated that 21 percent of non-retired people in the 45-60 age group were not doing anything to strengthen their retirement income. This repr
30 October 2020 /markets
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