Why start-ups, not incumbents, will be the engines of post-pandemic SME growth
Many lendtechs are looking to leverage the digital revolution to help drive post-pandemic recovery in the UK.
Interviews
Interviews with industry experts discussing the fintech sector's most topical issues.
APIs, open banking and the changing face of financial services
The pandemic played a substantial role in boosting the adoption of open banking and APIs.
Land of opportunity: The growth of BNPL in Brazil and South America
Brazil is South America’s biggest market for buy now, pay later (BNPL), and it looks set to keep growing.
Money20/20 USA video: The benefits of real-time payments
Ginny Chappell of FIS talks about the practical innovations that really make a difference.
Clearco CGO: “Talent and ambition exist everywhere, but opportunity does not”
FinTech Futures speaks with Clearco’s Ruma Bose and Sarah Clark to discuss democratising access to funding.
Sibos 2021: “I’ve never seen the industry refreshing itself more,” says SmartStream CEO
SmartStream CEO Haytham Kaddoura discusses the growing importance of AI and ML and the future of fintech.
OracleFS exec questions staying power of new cloud-focused competition
Conor Colleary says banks must ask if their partner can embrace new changes.
Sberbank deputy chair: “We’re the number one target for hackers around the globe”
Fintech Futures speaks with Sberbank’s Stanislav Kuznetsov about the importance of cybersecurity.
Exclusive: Inside the merger of DueDil and Artesian Solutions
FinTech Futures sits down with the CEOs of DueDil and Artesian to talk about their merger.
AI and machine learning spearheading rapid change in data reconciliations
The industry is moving towards Reconciliations-as-a-Service, says SmartStream’s Robin Hasson.
ChangeFi CEO: “We have to be on the ground with our communities”
ChangeFi is looking to give “equal access to the American dream”.
Interview: Jason Blick, EQIBank – is DeFi the future of finance?
EQIBank brings together traditional and crypto finance; EQIFi is launching decentralised finance (DeFi) products.
Exclusive interview: Minna Bank – Japan’s new challenger bank
Its in-house and Accenture built core system will become a commercial offering in its own right.
LINE BK is “an elevation for the financial industry”, says CEO
“In today’s digital world, we are stepping towards a so-called singularity era.”
Cedar co-founder: Our biggest competition is status quo and inertia
Cedar acquired San Francisco-based OODA Health for $425 million last week.
TSB COO: It’s easy to throw the rock at us and say ‘this guy crashed in 2018’
“Compare this company to the market,” says TSB’s COO.
Fair CMO Toni Harrison: Oppressors can’t be the underbanked’s saviours
Instead of shrinking, the racial wealth gap has only continued to swell and expand.
Real connections in a virtual world: Dock Digital
Interview with FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan about Dock, the unique roundtable experience.
Box: Insurance isn’t just about premium rates, it’s about the entire user experience process
Vaneet Grewal, Box’s financial services managing director, talks to FinTech Futures.
NatWest’s FCA laundering charge the “first of a few” to come in 2021
The FCA is currently still investigating 6 other cases.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: Alexandra Boyle – Rising FinTech Star
Alexandra Boyle is OpenFin’s director, head of strategic client group in Europe.
Women in fintech: “Aggressive” feedback, revealing audits and dress up comments
Women in fintech share their experiences of gender bias.
Women in fintech: Skewed numbers, vain assumptions, and investor bias
FinTech Futures has gathered insights from women across the global fintech industry.
Indian start-up Zaggle registers new fintech ZikZuk to offer SMEs credit
In the next two years, ZikZuk intends to take itself across the globe.
Ethical challenger algbra banks on tech to define it in “fintech gold rush”
“We’re building a backend on a global level,” says co-founder.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: TMRW – Best UX/CX in Finance Initiative
Exclusive interview with Kevin Lam, head of TMRW Digital Group.
What did the GameStop saga expose about UK trading regulation?
FinTech Futures unpacks the FCA’s published response to trading restrictions on 29 January.
UK Black-owned challenger Atmen to launch in March
The start-up is now looking to raise £5 million from institutional investors.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: UBS – Best Use of Cloud
How UBS’s innovative hub helped 60,000 work remotely with virtually no downtime during the pandemic.
Danish edtech Female Invest targets UK expansion with $1.6m fresh capital
“It makes a big difference when you see someone like you on a platform.”
A look inside MENA investor Global Ventures’ fintech portfolio
Global Ventures’ portfolio covers payment acceptance, digital wallets, credit and trading.
VTB deputy chairman discloses exasperation over Yandex, Sber and Tinkoff competition
In 2020, VTB launched a total of 1,280 software development teams.
Female-led tax reporting fintech KAWC takes tech into own hands
“We approached male investors, but they were so condescending,” says CEO.
Under the hood of London payments platform Currencycloud
Currencycloud talks tech, structure, product development and bank relationships.
Pyypl’s regulation-first approach to MENA starts to pay off
“The options today are mobile money or banks,” says CEO.
SME credit fintech Dinie lands dLocal deal one year into Brazil play
Dinie was founded in the UK, made in Germany, and designed for Brazil.
UK fintech Just lands court backing to undercut bailiff industry
Currently, Just’s virtual offering is in beta.
UK payments acquirer Unlimint powers on with “aggressive” LatAm expansion
In November, the fintech rebranded to Unlimint from ‘Cardpay’ as part of its expansion plans.
Israeli remittance fintech Rewire targets one million customers by end of 2021
Rewire currently boasts more than 200,000 European accounts.
EXCLUSIVE: Neobank First Boulevard launching next year to target Black America
CEO and founder, Donald Hawkins, tells FinTech Futures about the process of the name change.
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Indian #fintech FPL Technologies raises $75m in Series C round Pune-based FPL’s products are designed to create a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Retail finance platform @divido appoints Todd Latham as CEO Latham will join Divido on 11 April and Neha Mittal, w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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