The long read
How can fintechs ensure further profitability amid macro-economic challenges?

How can fintechs ensure further profitability amid macro-economic challenges?

Sehrish Alikhan
07 Jun 2024

Funding for startups and fintech has fallen to a low point since its peak in 2021. Yet, many compani...

Is Europe ready for MiCA?

Is Europe ready for MiCA?

Madhvi Mavadiya
07 Jun 2024

Europe is currently at the tipping point of regulating cryptocurrency. The European Union has passed...

UK Elections 2024: What did Labour and the Conservatives promise ahead of the election?

UK Elections 2024: What did Labour and the Conservatives promise ahead of the election?

Madhvi Mavadiya
06 Jun 2024

The UK will hold its first general election in five years on 4th July 2024, against the backdrop of ...

Why variable recurring payments is the next step in growing European open banking

Why variable recurring payments is the next step in growing European open banking

Níamh Curran
06 Jun 2024

Open banking in Europe is maturing. PSD2 legislation has driven this development across Europe, with...

How embedded finance is driving the banking-as-a-service revolution

How embedded finance is driving the banking-as-a-service revolution

Jean-Jacques Le Bon
05 Jun 2024

The world of payments is undergoing a radical transformation and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) is play...

The telecom-fintech overlap

The telecom-fintech overlap

Sehrish Alikhan
05 Jun 2024

With the common factor of being two sectors consistently on the forefront of innovation, the telecom...

Hyper-personalisation - Are super-apps over?

Hyper-personalisation - Are super-apps over?

Hamish Monk
04 Jun 2024

Hyper-personalisation has become something of a buzzword in discussions of the Future of Digital Ban...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s super-app: How to use hyper-personalisation in your business

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s super-app: How to use hyper-personalisation in your business

Hamish Monk
04 Jun 2024

The super-app is the final boss of hyper-personalisation; the assembled endgame of the personal fina...

Why credit and debit cards are more than just a payment instrument

Why credit and debit cards are more than just a payment instrument

Madhvi Mavadiya
03 Jun 2024

Ahead of Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Finextra caught up with Amanda Gourbault, chief revenue off...

Low productivity? These are the most common blockers at work

Low productivity? These are the most common blockers at work

Amanda Kavanagh
31 May 2024

Productivity culture has taken a bashing in recent years, and rightfully so. As many productivity-ob...

US Elections 2024: Will a crypto-savvy President be preferred after the FIT21 bill?

US Elections 2024: Will a crypto-savvy President be preferred after the FIT21 bill?

Madhvi Mavadiya
30 May 2024

May 2024 saw the US House of Representatives pass FIT21 – the Financial Innovation and Technology f...

What is pay by bank?

What is pay by bank?

Sehrish Alikhan
29 May 2024

2024 might be the year that pay by bank hits the mainstream. Pay by bank is a direct account-to-acco...