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From Open Banking to contactless payments, what will shape the fintech industry in 2021?
2020 has been dramatic to say the least. In the fintech industry there has been a monumental shift towards digital payments. The mix of shop closures, lockdown measures and the booming ecommerce sector have made fintech products more relevant, and more important, than ever. And businesses have relied on fintech and payments solutions to facilitate […]…
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Collaboration Is The New Competition In FinTech
Nearly every industry had to pivot, in multiple ways, to adapt to the challenges brought on by 2020. FinTech has been one of the most impacted, with people working, shopping, and banking from home due to social distancing. Although partially sprung from Covid, the trends in online banking, lending, and digital and contactless payments will […]…
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Cleo raises $44m for money management bot
After closing a $44 million funding round, British AI-based personal finance chatbot Cleo is turning the tables on its users and asking them how it should spend its money. EQT Ventures led the round, with participation from existing investors, including Balderton Capital, LocalGlobe and SBI. Launched in 2016, London-based Cleo integrates with users’ bank accounts […]…
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Swedish fintech startup Tink raises €85 million to strengthen its position as Europe’s leading open banking platform
Tink, a pioneering open banking platform from Sweden just secured €85 million of additional funding, led by Eurazeo Growth. This brings the total investment in Tink during 2020 to €175 million (€90 million were raised in January of this year). Founded in 2012 in Stockholm, Tink already counts more than 350 employees and is currently serving its […]…
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Economic Crises Point to Accelerated Innovation for Banks, Covid-19 is no Different
No-one could have expected the unprecedented year that we have had, and the coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on industries all over the world, including banking and financial services. Though the outlook on the economy is still uncertain as we navigate through this period, looking back shows that innovation is always rife during crises, […]…
Events
Leading figures from global broadcasting and the digital economy join Reuters Next speaker line-up
Tim Davie, Director General of the BBC, and Jotse Groen, CEO of Takeaway.com, are just two stand-out speakers newly confirmed at Reuters Next, one of the biggest and most ambitious leadership summits in the world. With just over one month until the virtual conference – which takes place January 11-14, 2021 – Reuters Next will deliver […]…
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AliPay Leads The Way In COVID-19 FinTech – And It’s A Lesson For Other Platforms
Even before the coronavirus pandemic struck this year, the mobile payments market was on course to experience unprecedented growth. While the pandemic has dealt a serious blow to the global economy, it has given the digital payments market a boost as demand from consumers and businesses for a contact-free shopping experience has surged. Figures from Payvision suggest […]…
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Swedish challenger Rocker pilots biometric card
Swedish digital banking challenger Rocker is set to pilot the country’s first contactless fingerprint biometric debit card.The firm is working with augmented identification vendor Idemia to roll out the card early next year, enabling users to ditch their PINs for payments. Jonas Hultin, chief product officer, Rocker, says: “As a bank challenger, we are constantly […]…
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Meet Frederic – Digital Source Internal Interviews
Bringing you our last internal interview for 2020, we sat down with Frederic Lamoureux – our Tech Recruitment Consultant here at Digital Source. Dive into the interview below, as he shares with us how his career in recruitment began, his favourite travel destination and the show he is currently binge-watching. Where are you from? I […]…
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