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Jonathan Westley

Jonathan Westley Chief Data Officer, Experian UK & EMEA at Experian

Covid-19: protecting vulnerable consumers is a must

The past few weeks have served up a range of unprecedented challenges for everyone and we are all quite rightly focused on staying safe and healthy. But many people will also be concerned with their financial health too, which will certainly be a worry if your income has taken an unexpected hit. This isn’t a normal time we are living in and it’s g...

/people /covid-19 Financial Risk Management

Niall Twomey

Niall Twomey Chief Technical Officer at Fenergo

The Role of Blockchain and DLT in e-KYC Utilities

In this nascent market, organizations are exploring the speed and accuracy of DLT and the enhanced security of Blockchain. In this blog, I take a look at the DLT and blockchain technologies that can make decentralization and sharing of quality data a reality for e-KYC utilities. When we explore the bank-driven approach to KYC customer record shari...

/regulation /crime Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services

Anand Subramaniam

Anand Subramaniam SVP Global Marketing at eGain Corporation

Clone Your Best Bankers, Ignite Sales, and Turbocharge Growth

Introduction “A decade on from the global financial crisis, signs that the banking industry has entered the late phase of the economic cycle are clear: growth in volumes and top-line revenues is slowing, with loan growth of just 4 percent in 2018.” - McKinsey, Inc. “Banks are challenged with growth. In fact, the average operating income growth rat...

/people /retail Customer Service 2015-2019-2025

Andy Schmidt

Andy Schmidt VP & Global Industry Lead - Banking at CGI

SWIFT’s major announcement slips under the radar

On March 12th, the SWIFT board of directors quietly issued a huge announcement about the future direction of the business. An announcement that is probably the most significant since the business was formed back in the early 1970s. This bold new vision for SWIFT shows real global ambition, but is it the timing wrong? Just as the world ducks away ...

/payments /covid-19

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Overcoming anxiety around mobile payments & digital payments - In the South Asia Pacific

Innovation and technology usually go hand in hand. Therefore, for innovation to be fully realized, the technology that enables the innovation must be adopted as well. During the last 5 years, we have had innovations from Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, that include Mobile Banking, Payment Gateways, Mobile Wallets and Real-Time Payments appli...

/payments /retail Digital Banking Trends

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CORONAVIRUS SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR WEALTH MANAGERS

The paradigm shift brought about by coronavirus is forcing the wealth management industry to formulate strategies and come up with better tools and solutions to survive in this crisis. Sustaining investor confidence, client retention and business survival should be the immediate priority for wealth managers in this coronavirus world. While the wor

/wealth /covid-19 Fintech

Andrew Stevens

Andrew Stevens Global banking and financial services specialist at Quadient

How to ensure strong customer communication during the Covid-19 crisis

The way we bank has transformed over the past decade. The number of branches has fallen, while the growth of online banking shows no sign of slowing down. Although this has certainly been an adjustment for consumers, remote banking is proving to be somewhat of a blessing in disguise, as the current global coronavirus pandemic leaves us unable to ...

/retail /covid-19 Online Banking

Matthew Ruoss

Matthew Ruoss CEO at Scorpeo UK

The billion-dollar oversight investment managers make every year

Every year, hundreds of Scrip dividends are issued by companies. Managers must make a relatively straightforward decision: take a cash dividend or take additional shares. It’s the duty of the manager to select the option that proves most lucrative to their clients. Unfortunately, many managers and advisers either opt for the less profitable option ...

/wealth /markets Post-Trade Forum

Richard Warren

Richard Warren Partner at FirstPartner

Supporting Merchants with PSD2 SCA as the EBA Sticks To the Deadline

In a statement released on 25th March, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has confirmed that, for the moment, the December 31st 2020 enforcement deadline for PSD2 Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) remains in place. This is despite the universal disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The confirmation comes at the end of a wider set of re...

/payments /regulation

Tim Duncan

Tim Duncan Founder/CEO at FinTechCommons.org

CARES Act: Support for Low Income Households

The Coronavirus economic crisis is putting already financially distressed households in much greater distress. It als presents an enormous challenge for nonprofits and government agencies that must immediately transition from financial guidance to what is essentially complex disaster relief services at huge scale - while also having shut down thei...

/sustainable /inclusion Financial Inclusion

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