Row 1 - Latest/Ad/Opinon/Ad
Row 1 - Latest/Ad/Opinon/Ad
Fintech: Latest
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While credit conditions appear to be easing for medium-size borrowers, small companies face big hurdles in securing finance. Finpoint aims to help them over. -
Having attracted investment from Zoopla and with an Isa offering in the works, Landbay sees a big opportunity in marketplace lending for landlords.
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The emergence of new trading venues marks a notable advance in the development of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, although exchanges vary in their product offerings.
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After the groundwork was laid by Sepa, virtual account management (VAM) had the chance to thrive in Europe. Now the question is how to make it work better for corporates and banks alike, and expand its use outside western Europe and the traditional corporate sector.
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A cooperative bank in one of the EU’s smallest countries seems an unlikely place to find someone who wants to ‘blow up’ traditional banking. But OP’s Tom Dahlström is on the side of the disrupters.
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Proposed changes by the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) will shake up the monopoly on payments, and will give challenger banks a welcome shot to grab market share.
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Tesco recently made headlines after being found to have deliberately delayed payments to its suppliers. From the corporate treasury perspective, payment delays are typically attributable to more complex reasons than a buyer simply wielding its bargaining power over suppliers. In any case, new technology is helping to reduce buyer-supplier friction.
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Robos selling to gain scale; buy side sees ETF distribution role.
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For many prime brokers, 2015 was a chastening year amid rising macro risks, capital charges and innovation paving the way for a new breed of providers – but the traditional bank providers and the new entrants insist they target a different client base.
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The past 12 months have seen fees rise in FX prime brokerage, with many admitting there is probably more to come this year – but it has not all been bad news for clients, with the business benefiting from innovation, with technology, and particularly risk-management systems, an increasing priority among providers.
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Private/public valuations diverge; investors becoming ‘more rational’.
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JPMorgan teams up with On Deck Capital; SoFi lends $4.5 billion in 2015.
