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Andrew Bonsall

Andrew Bonsall COO at AperiData

Making lending fairer: How spending data supports financial inclusion

Over 20 million adults in the UK are still underserved by the financial system. And it’s not because they’re financially irresponsible—it’s because traditional assessments don’t tell the full story. These individuals might be gig workers with irregular income, young professionals without a credit history, or renters who’ve always paid on time but ...

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Dan Robinson

Dan Robinson Founder & CEO at Hackford

When Compliance Officers Leave: Why Churn Signals Opportunity for RegTech in 2025

What does high churn in compliance oversight roles tell us about the financial services landscape? In 2024, the FCA’s SMF16 function—responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance—saw significant turnover, with some segments like building societies reaching a 35.7% churn rate. This isn’t just a staffing issue or an opportunity for recruiters; it’s...

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Ankit Batwara

Ankit Batwara Senior Product Manager at ACI Worldwide

Confirmation of Payee - Global Perspective - How Banks and PSP's can get it right

$7.6 Billon – Yes this is the amount of loss globally from Authorized Push Payment (APP) scams projected by 2028 out of which around 80% is expected to be from Real time Payments. To mitigate APP fraud, one effective measure is payee or counter party verification during payment initiation, often referred to as Confirmation of Payee. Confirmation of...

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Francesco Fulcoli

Francesco Fulcoli Chief Compliance and Risk Officer at Flagstone

The PRA Proposes Raising FSCS Deposit Protection Limit to £110,000

On 31 March 2025, the Bank of England Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) announced a significant proposal: raising the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) deposit protection limit from the current £85,000 to £110,000. This move marks the first change in the limit since 2017 and reflects an effort to keep pace with inflation and evol...

/regulation /retail Fintech

Souvik Chakraborty

Souvik Chakraborty Product manager and SME at Veefin Solutions

The Netflix Effect: How Modern day Streaming Services could influence Trade and Supply Chain Finance

The rise of streaming services like Netflix has transformed the way we consume entertainment. But the impact of Netflix could be extended beyond the entertainment industry, influencing the way businesses operate, including trade and supply chain finance. In this article, we'll explore the Netflix effect on product/solution offerings in Trade and S...

Joris Lochy

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

From Startups to Banking Giants: Are Neobanks the New Incumbents?

Neobanks — also known as digital-only banks or challenger banks — are at the forefront of financial innovation. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, they offer seamless, customer-centric services without the overhead of traditional banking infrastructure. Gaining traction in the early 2010s, particularly in Europe and the U.S., neobanks have rap

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Cassy Ramsey

Cassy Ramsey Chief Risk Officer at Aion Bank

Compliance: the secret weapon for BaaS growth

Compliance is often dismissed as a business blocker. In my experience, it can be quite the opposite if organizations can rethink the way they operate. Putting people in the second line of defence on deals from the start has been crucial for Aion Bank to roll out banking-as-a-service to customers, sometimes within weeks. Cassy Ramsey is chief risk...

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Gobind Ghattoraya

Gobind Ghattoraya Client Solutions Director at GFT

Understanding hypersonalised banking

Hyperpersonalised banking is a customer-centric approach to providing personalised solutions to individuals at the most relevant time using data analytics. Some of the drivers that are fuelling this paradigm shift include: advancements in technology and its use in other industries, combined with the prevalence of smart devices, placing more and mo...

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Dan Robinson

Dan Robinson Founder & CEO at Hackford

Every Risk is Financial Risk for Investment Managers

What is the biggest risk for an investment manager? Financial risk. All financial services providers are in the business of buying, selling, slicing, and repackaging risk—by financial means. So, a firm's operational risks are mostly also financial risks. And when your marketplace is the financial market, your market risk is really financial risk a...

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Toine Van Beusekom

Toine Van Beusekom Strategy Director at Icon Solutions

How orchestration frameworks can help banks strike the right chord in payments

In response to rapidly changing payment requirements, more and more banks are migrating from big monoliths to a microservices approach for payments processing. By leveraging reusable functions related to the critical parts of a payments flow, microservices are a way for banks to accelerate the development and deployment of new capabilities. But if...

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