A banker goes a-banking, volume 6: the patience of the lambs
Better is possible. Better is needed. Better is now both a business decision and a moral imperative.
Industry Comment
The services trinity: three is the magic number
ATMs are not all equal. The positioning, usage, prioritisation-none of it is equal.
JP Morgan vs fintechs: Who really owns your data?
The bank gave fintech firms a choice: abide by data access rules or get out.
Ask the expert: how can I create a winning investment strategy?
Now could actually be a good time to for fintechs to accelerate their investment efforts. Let me explain why and how.
Data affinity and customer centricity: what luxury retailers can teach wealth managers
Useful learnings from the success of luxury retail.
Fintech powerhouse: Understanding the rise of Singapore
Singapore has emerged as a global magnet for fintech entrepreneurs.
How enterprise architecture can help the financial sector transform
The transformation of traditional banks is centred on customer experience, tech and data.
The need to offer personalisation in financial research
It needs to be disseminated in a customised manner to provide personalised insights for clients.
Remaking traditions to reinvent industries
Innovation and the need for diversity.
Love in the time of COVID-19
Amazing teams have teams that care. That’s how leadership works. It’s a team sport.
Credit scores and the willingness to repay in the age of Covid-19
Psychometric credit solutions will likely become increasingly valuable for loan decisioning.
Are enhanced security procedures more important than faster payments?
The industry is doing all it can to fulfil the SCA requirements laid out by the EBA.
Cloud security in a post-GDPR world
An increase in cloud adoption leaves some interesting questions when it comes to data regulation.
How smaller banks can take control of their role in the US open banking movement
Embracing open APIs offers plenty of benefits for financial institutions of all sizes.
How machine learning can power your business
It demands careful planning and a high-level understanding by all stakeholders.
Gradually – then suddenly: parenting during coronavirus
Until we get beyond, hunker down and carry on. Pass me that glass of wine please.
Ask the expert: what can I do to ensure my fintech is protected during these challenging times?
As a growing a fintech, you’ve worked hard to get to where you are. You mustn’t let momentum slow.
Disrupting small business banking
I think what we (business owners) really want is an experience driven bank.
Stress testing: Turning an obligation into an opportunity
Challenges can be mitigated through greater automation and enhanced data management.
Life in the time of COVID-19: learning to share
“Humans. So many good ideas. So many failed ideals.”
Cyber-incidents are on the rise: What can your firm do to defend itself?
Senior management should ask themselves five key questions.
Open banking: A move towards greater or lesser transparency in banking?
Will it reduce or increase information asymmetry between consumers and finserv companies?
Finovate Podcast: Episodes 21-30
The Finovate Podcast is a short, interview-based podcast featuring conversations from fintech’s elite innovators and influencers. For more than a decade, the global event series has brought together tens of thousands of people from across the fintech spectrum to see cutting-edge technologies. Now you can find out what goes on behind the scenes, as key influencers and […]
Who owns your data?
The answer to competition is not to block access to customer data.
Do not fail fast, learn fast instead
Being advised to fail and do so at speed, as if that, somehow, was not a relative thing anyway.
Can fintech eliminate credit discrimination?
Even the strictest laws can’t eliminate the inherent impression the credit manager forms.
The global unbanked shoppers
The gap between the population of the banked and unbanked is continuing to broaden.
The closet of shame
Everything that goes wrong in a bank, big or small, gets put neatly away in the closet of shame.
Ask the expert: why do fintechs fail, and how can I improve my company’s chances of success?
Looking at the basic elements for success for any fintech – and indeed, for any start-up or high-growth business.
Three digital transformation lessons wealth management firms can learn from luxury fashion brands
Build online trust with customers and identify ways to replicate the offline experience.
Dissecting banking technology trends in 2020
This year will be one of continued disruption and evolution in banking technology.
The financial services technical “Grand Design”
A financial services organisation must plan and design what it will look like.
The witches are coming
Our togetherness is our greatest legacy to a world that can and should do better for the next generation of humans.
Achieving reconciliation maturity will be easier in the decade of data
Financial professionals feel more comfortable entrusting their data to the cloud.
Three top tips to combat visual hacking
Make it hard for screens to be viewed, consider installing privacy filters and other points.
How APIs overcome the challenges of digital transformation
No transformation is pain-free.
The trade in human beings: How financial institutions and tech can have an impact
Banks in particular can do a lot to curb sex trafficking.
What is office politics, anyway?
For some, politics is about winning the battle. For others, it’s wining the war.
Ask the expert: what’s the best market to launch my fintech?
The reasons fintechs struggle to crack mature markets and four key considerations for expansion.
“Pale, male and stale” tag still dogs financial services industry
Three steps to break the cycle and achieve genuine diversity and inclusion.
