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Digital money – challenge or opportunity?

October 21, 2020

From the department of no real surprise comes the conclusion of the International Monetary Fund policy paper Digital Money Across Borders: Macro-Financial Implications: “As the pace of digitalisation accelerates, the landscape of international finance will likely be in a state of flux.” Really? However, it is true – payments and financial services provision are going […]

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Coupa launches initiative to drive diversity in supply chain

October 21, 2020

Coupa Software has launched Coupa Inclusion Initiative, a programme to connect buyers with diverse and inclusive suppliers in a move to break down silos and drive economic impact. The initiative, which includes a supplier portal connecting buyers with suppliers, is aiming to bring together standalone diversity, equity and inclusion programmes which have struggled to make […]

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Tech firms target the underbanked, unbanked

October 20, 2020

According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) some 5.4% of US households are unbanked – amounting to 7.1 million households or around 55 million people. In the UK around 1.23 million people are unbanked. Around the world, just 7 economies account for almost half of the unbanked population globally while China and India account […]

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MAKING MONEY ISN’T MAKING MONEY! RARE COINS ARE ATTRACTIVE FOR COLLECTORS BUT NOW IT SEEMS EVEN ORDINARY COINS ARE GETTING RARER. The UK National Audit Office (NAO) published a report entitled The production and distribution of cash on behalf of HM Treasury in September. Among the report’s findings was the stark fact that, as my […]

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Outlook for Europe’s FinTechs

With a funding squeeze and a marketplace more than ever looking for value for money right now, Europe’s FinTechs are facing an uncertain future Two reports on the outlook for European FinTechs have been published in recent weeks. Finch Capital issued its annual State of European FinTech 2020 and McKinsey & Company released Detour: An […]

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Getting to grips with consumer behaviour

As customers have come to expect increasingly sophisticated personalisation in their interactions with financial services, its crucial to have a deeper understanding of their circumstances and interests Carolyn Corda Chief Marketing Officer, ADARA Financial institutions have used data to fuel marketing efforts for many years. Banks, for example, have leveraged transaction data to identify customers […]

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Improving customer engagement during Covid-19

Coronavirus has forced people to social distance and businesses to close their doors to customers, placing the variety of communication channels available under the spotlight Harry Hughes Senior Insight and Support Manager, Lending Standards Board Even prior to COVID-19, the UK financial services industry had been increasingly focused on innovating customer engagement options. However, the […]

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Santander spins out FinTech VC

Santander Innoventures morphs into Mouro Capital and the parent bank doubles its FinTech bet to $400 million but not everybody’s convinced… Mouro Capital will operate as an autonomously managed venture capital fund focused on FinTechs and adjacent businesses. The new VC brand succeeds Santander Innoventures and will have $400 million in allocated funds, Santander Innoventures […]

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The FinCEN Files – where do we go from here?

Have banks neglected their anti-money laundering (AML) responsibilities? The FinTech industry is advising financial institutions to follow its lead In September, a major document leak, dubbed the FinCEN files, revealed how some of the world’s biggest banks have apparently allowed criminals to move suspicious transactions through the global financial system. The FinCEN files includes 2,657 […]

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Online fraudsters attack India’s digital payments

Covid-19 has seen an explosion in digital payments around the world but that has also resulted in a rise in cyberattacks against individuals as well as institutions With the rise in digital payments worldwide, there has been a concomitant rise in online frauds too. India, one of the world’s leading markets in the adoption of […]

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Technology implications of emerging global regulations

The global financial services sector is undergoing an era of technological transformation and deep change in the competitive landscape, with new agile entrants putting pressure on incumbent margins, creating yet more challenges for regulators Today, central regulators are called to balance their need to maintain improved capital bases by ensuring the profitability of systemically important […]

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Asian RegTechs

From regulatory chaos comes opportunity but are Asia’s RegTechs up to the challenge and where are the investors? In the past decade, in the wake of the financial crisis, regulators around the world have come up with massive changes. However, regulatory change has not just been reactive to that global financial meltdown. Concerns around cryptocurrencies […]

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Welcome to the laundromat?

Current AML regulations are unsatisfactory – to both banks, which are submerging under tidal wave of ‘false positives’, and regulators, which also appear unable to manage the volume of reports they receive The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) held its Annual Public Meeting as a virtual event on 24 September 2020. After the meeting itself […]

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RegTech 3.0 (The new disruption in the financial services)

The regulatory landscape is moving at a rapid speed as rule changes have increased by 500% in the last decade Risk and Compliance teams of banks and financial services institutions (BFSIs) are burdened with keeping their policies and procedures up to date on the latest regulations and requirements. According to International Banker, banks will spend […]

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How AI is changing banking

Robert Hazboun, Managing Director of ICS Financial Systems explains what AI offers and what banks need to consider CS Financial Systems (ICSFS), is a leading provider of modular, core banking systems. Robin Amlôt discusses how banks should come to grips with artificial intelligence (AI) with the company’s Managing Director, Robert Hazboun. What are the key […]

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How quick product innovations helped PayU India survive Covid-19 crisis

The COVID-19 triggered pandemic has forced FinTechs to become more agile and innovative. FinTechs in the payment ecosystem have massively benefited from the crisis by quickly reacting to the situation as payments were going digital more than before. One such company is Naspers-backed PayU. IBS Intelligence spoke with Manas Mishra, Chief Product Officer, PayU India […]

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