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Despite the pandemic global fintech financing runs high

FT Partners latest number-crunching shows COVID-19 hasn’t derailed venture capital’s interest in the fintech industry. Total global fintech financing hit $12bn of capital raised in the third quarter of 2020, according to research by FT Partners.  While many predicted the COVID-19 pandemic would hit the fintech industry hard, the three months from 1 July to […]…

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The Future of Fintech, and What It Means for the Personal Finance Industry

The coronavirus pandemic has fast-tracked the call for more technical solutions. As the onset of the virus brought life as it was to a standstill, social distancing measures have driven consumers to utilise more digital services. John Ellmore, Director of KnowYourMoney.co.uk examines what it could mean for the personal finance industry. Nowadays, we are living in an era […]…

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8 Berlin Fintechs to look out for in 2021

Berlin’s young, enthusiastic and creative energy and business mindset is nearly unmatched in mainland Europe. Comparisons to the US’ Silicon Valley are becoming increasingly justified: In fact, with more than 2.500 active startups, Berlin is attracting more young minds than any other city in the EU. Berlin’s distinct lack of major banking presences like in […]…

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German supervisory regime lambasted over Wirecard collapse

Europe’s top regulatory body has issued a stinging indictment of the German financial supervisory regime which allowed bankrupt payment processor Wirecard to hoodwink investors for years.The report by the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma), identifies a number of “deficiencies, inefficiencies and legal and procedural impediments” in the two-tier German supervisory system, which splits responsibilities […]…

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The Software Engineering Job Ladder

Software companies should put careful deliberation into their engineering job levels, and make available a job ladder explaining what is expected of employees, the distinction between roles, and areas for career growth. In this post, I’ll discuss why having a job ladder helps everybody; what makes for a good job ladder; the way I think […]…

Events

The Future of Insurance Europe: Reuters Exclusive CEO and C-Suite Leadership Discussion Points

The Future of Insurance Europe (Nov 24-25, 2020, Online), will unite the most influential CEOs and insurance C-suite leadership teams for real business discussions to develop solutions, tackle challenges, set benchmarks and collectively lay the foundations for the future.  With over 30+ CEOs and C-Suite execs from all major European markets, we are taking a […]…

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Role of FinTech in the post-COVID-19 world

The growth of the global FinTech market has been significant. According to the Business Research Group, the market was valued at about $127.66bn in 2018 and expected to reach $309.98bn at an annual growth rate of 24.8 percent through 2022. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption and cast doubt on many predictions […]…

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Five revenue-generating ideas for fintech/bank partnerships

Collaborative approaches to boost the fintech sector by teaming with, rather than seeking to disrupt, established banks. The fintech industry worldwide has grown very successfully over the past decade. But since the global pandemic, start-ups have suffered through a lack of investment from areas that previously have supported the new financial technology revolution. Suddenly, funds […]…

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nexo standards: Providing the building blocks for global card payment acceptance

Arnaud Crouzet, General Secretary of nexo standards talks about how the lack of interoperability in today’s complex global payments acceptance world is hindering merchants’ plans for international expansion. As technologies evolve to offer evermore payment options for consumers and globalisation continues at a rapid rate, it is inevitable that merchants want to take advantage of […]…

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