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Dominique Dierks

Dominique Dierks Senior Content Manager at Finextra

Artificial intelligence, data and technology adoption – a balancing act

This is an excerpt from The Future of Digital Banking in North America 2024 report. Safe and accurate data is a foundation for financial companies. Enriching and authenticating data between parties will enable institutions to use their data more intelligently, make better decisions, address real customer needs and offer embedded finance. Yet in re...

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Paige McNamee

Paige McNamee

SEPA Request to Pay has just 3 registered adherents, the EPC isn’t worried

Despite listing just 3 adherents as having registered as SEPA Request to Pay (SRTP) adherents (as of the 13th of October 2023), the European Payments Council (EPC) is unconcerned about the pace of uptake. To better understand the registration process and rate of registration, Finextra sat down with director general of the EPC, Giorgio Andreoli. Req...

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Dominique Dierks

Dominique Dierks Senior Content Manager at Finextra

Prioritising cybersecurity and fraud mitigation in the digital age

This is an excerpt from The Future of Digital Banking in North America 2024 report. It’s worthwhile to note that, while embedded finance is opening the doors to more efficient and effective banking, the global interconnectedness and easy facilitation of cross-border payments also exposes new vulnerabilities. The complex web of distribution can be ...

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Pilar Arzuaga

Pilar Arzuaga Senior Associate at MWE

UK-US Data Bridge: An extension to EU-US data privacy framework

This piece was co-authored by Pilar Arzuaga, senior associate, Sharon Lamb, partner, and Michaela Novakova, associate. The UK government has published the Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1028), the UK-US Data Bridge Regulations, which adopted an adequacy decision for the US (the UK-US Data Bridge) a...

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Dominique Dierks

Dominique Dierks Senior Content Manager at Finextra

The necessity of strong foundations for changing global payment rails

This is an excerpt from The Future of Digital Banking in North America 2024 report. Modernising payments by adapting non-traditional payment systems is generally thought of as the way forward for financial institutions. But in order to effectively embrace non-traditional payments, authorities and institutions need to be able to draw from solid fo...

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Alex Jimenez

Alex Jimenez

Why digital transformation, optimisation and personalisation will be crucial for 2024 and beyond

A good digital transformation strategy in 2024 should consider concept to execution across every aspect of the business. But before any bank gets started, they must ask themselves: what are we trying to solve? I distinctly remember a time – a couple of decades ago now – when a few banks decided to automate anything and everything they could. A hug...

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Retired Member

Retired Member

Use these tips to negotiate your salary

Use these tips to negotiate your salary Salary renegotiation can be a daunting business. However, how we approach it can determine a lot, not only in terms of financial outcomes, but also for healthy working relationships and job satisfaction. There are some simple steps to navigating your negotiations successfully. Prepare You can’t ask for what ...

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Níamh Curran

Níamh Curran

Future of Fintech in Latin America 2023: Data penetration has room for improvement

This is an excerpt from The Future of Fintech in Latin America 2023 report. Latin American is one of the biggest growth markets for fintech. According to the IMF, digital payments across Latin America grew from $89 billion in 2017 to $215 billion in 2021; the number of digital payment services exceeded 300 million in 2021; and alternative finance ...

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Finextra Research

Finextra Research Writer at Finextra

How to finance a sustainable city

Kicking off Sustainable Finance Live 2023 at Events@no6 in London, founder of ResponsibleRisk Richard Peers, highlighted the objective of this year’s event, to bring people together in their likeminded desire to drive sustainability in their work. He outlined this year’s main theme: how to finance sustainable cities, what we can do to identify solu...

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Madhvi Sonia

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

How serious is the danger of AI?

Fear around AI continues to dominate headlines, and most recently, the Financial Times published an interview with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) head Gary Gensler, who stated that without AI regulation, it is “nearly unavoidable” that the technology will be the catalyst for the next financial crisis. Referencing the challenge that most...

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Madhvi Sonia

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

Why banks are pivotal to financing sustainable cities

This is an excerpt from 'The Future of ESGTech 2024' report. What is sustainable finance? Sustainable finance refers to the process of taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making investment decisions in the financial sector, leading to more long-term investments in sustainable economic activities and ...

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Retired Member

Retired Member

How will the PSR's new APP fraud rules impact banks' inbound transaction processing?

In September 2022, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) consulted on a number of measures to address Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud within the UK’s faster payments system. Now that the Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA) House of Lords has achieved royal assent, the PSR now has the authority to enact a number of proposals to tackle APP ...

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