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What the Bank of England Thinks About Fintech

Nov

6

2017

Over the weekend i was reading Andrew Hauser’s (Executive Director for Banking, Payments and Financial Resilience) speech in Cambridge regarding the Bank of England’s Fintech Accelerator program. Read the speech for full details, but here is a summary: Technology Has and Is Transforming Financial Services Andrew started off describing how technology has and continues to play ...

The Top Payments News Stories in October 2017

Nov

1

2017

Payment news stories in October were dominated by the usual suspects, but in particular a number of fintech and blockchain related initiatives. This was in part driven by Ripple and SWIFT both of which held their flagship conferences, as did AFP and the Money20/20 all of which trigger numerous announcements and initiatives to ensure maximum ...

The Big Payments News Stories in September 2017

Oct

2

2017

Things seem to be hotting up after the summer, with plenty of payments news stories. The key themes that jump out most are the various developments in the blockchain space and the digital transformation journey that most banks are talking about. Its getting interesting out there… Check out the following top payments news stories for ...

The Top Payments News Stories in August 2017

Aug

31

2017

I’m sorry for the lack of posts recently, i will get back on it from September (promise!). For now, let’s kick off with the big payments news stories over the last month. Check out the following top payments news stories that caught my eye during August 2017: 1. Payments News – Cyber Security Wanna Cry ...

The Top Payments News Stories in July 2017

Jul

31

2017

I’m sorry for the lack of posts recently, i will get back on it this month. And let’s kick off with the big payments news stories over the last month. Check out the following top payments news stories that caught my eye during July 2017: 1. Payments News – Cyber Security Lloyd’s Cybersecurity Report – Counting ...

10 Insightful Tweets from the Money 20/20 Europe Fintech Conf

Jul

6

2017

The last couple of weeks have been pretty crazy week in the world of Fintech conferences, there was EBADay in Dublin (day 1 and 2), followed by the CB Insights Future of Fintech gathering in New York which overlapped with the Money 20/20 Europe event in Copenhagen. I’m guessing my tickets to these events got ...

The Top Payments News Stories in June 2017

Jul

3

2017

June has been a crazy month for me, and as a result i have not been writing so much. Anyway, this months payments news recap was a good opportunity to catch up and see what has been happening. And what a month! Check out the following top payments news stories that caught my eye during ...

The Problem with Cash & Benefits of Digital Payments

Jun

15

2017

Enabling digital payments to serve previously financial excluded communities for me is a fascinating topic. Digital payments in this respect is about so much than payments and technology, it enables the transformation of entire communities and more importantly their prosperity. So the recent case study by the Better than Cash Alliance – How Digitizing Agricultural ...

5 Things All Banks (& Corporates) Must Do Right NOW

Jun

12

2017

Over the weekend i took a read of the EY Global Banking Outlook 2017 report. It’s a good read, the key and recurring message is “Uncertainty is no excuse for inaction”. Its a global banking report, so of course banks are the focus but what i found particularly interesting was that many of the themes ...

The Top Payments News Stories in May 2017

Jun

2

2017

I haven’t been posting much recently, most of May was spent preparing for a wedding (not mine!). Anyway creating this payments news summary was a good way to catch up and see what was going on. The spotlight was yet again on Cyber-security (WannaCry), mobile payments went from strength to strength with various deployments (Android ...