Row 1 - Latest/Ad/Opinon/Ad
Row 1 - Latest/Ad/Opinon/Ad
Fintech: Latest
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A shift away from cash due to the Covid-19 lockdowns should be a godsend for firms such as Revolut, N26, Monzo and Starling. But venture capital funds were already getting fed up with neobanks’ growth-first strategies before the coronavirus caused a slump in core payments revenues. Those with weaker equity backing may struggle to survive. -
Europe’s online-only challenger banks are still losing money, despite millions of retail clients in their home continent.
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Everyone is hungry for data to help navigate the coronavirus crisis, but thorny questions remain about consent and privacy.
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Leading firms in emerging Europe welcome a surge in interest in digital payments products and online lending.
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Bank of America has seen mandates increase in the last month as digital solutions become increasingly important to overcome isolation and social-distancing rules.
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Financial technology is not being employed to its best effect, while the coronavirus financial relief effort is struggling. Banks need to innovate and work with fintechs if they are to ensure that the most vulnerable do not get left behind.
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Banca d’Italia plays a key role behind the scenes in embedding distributed ledger at the core of the country’s banking system.
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Machine learning powers new software that can help companies chase down overdue invoices and failed payments without driving customers away.
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Sell-side research is integrating alternative data to navigate the current coronavirus crisis. It’s the future for bank research, but it’s not an easy transition.
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Alternative data can tell in near real time the story of economic and financial market disruption now playing out, but asset managers need artificial intelligence to read it.
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Recruited to set up a national payments system, the central bank’s Olga Skorobogatova has overseen initiatives to protect consumers and promote competition in Russia’s banking sector. In her first interview with international media, she talks sandboxes, blockchain and the challenges of regulating bank ecosystems.
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With offices deserted across the world as coronavirus takes its toll, a virtual dataroom and online M&A software service company may be more relevant than ever
