A report into fintech trends last month by McKinsey – Synergy and disruption: Ten trends shaping fintech – caught my attention on the train this morning. Its a good read with some fascinating information, so i thought i would share my quick notes. What is Fintech? McKinsey describe fintech as the fusion of finance and technology ...

As 2018 draws to a close, here are the top payments news stories in December and some recaps of the year too. It’s been quite a year and for those of you that have followed this blog i would like to thank you for your support and wish you a Happy and Healthy 2019. Check ...

It’s that time of the year where folks are thinking about 2019 and what will be the hot payment trends of the new year. Funnily enough following on from the recent post 10 Awesome 2019 Retail Banking Trends, Bill Sullivan shared the recent Capgemini report detailing the 10 Top Payment Trends for 2019.  Read the report ...

Plenty of payments news stories in November, in the last couple of days 2 particularly dramatic stories affecting Deutsche Bank and Marriott have broken. Otherwise the Fintech train continues to motor with banks moving onwards and upwards on their technology transformations. Check out below the top payment news stories that caught my eye in November 2018: ...

This is by no means a comprehensive and complete technology overview of banks in 2018, but a sample of some banks to give you an idea of what banks say about and spend on tech in 2018. The main driver for this post was a recent article about JPMorgan requiring the new recruits to complete ...

The annual list by Gartner outlining technology trends is a must read for all folks interested in tech. These are, according to Gartner, the technology trends that organisations need to understand and explore heading into 2019, and which will be impactful and transformative through to 2023. Read the Gartner press release for full details, here is ...

It has been quite a crazy month on the Payments News front, with 2 key financial services conferences taking place at the same time in Sydney-Sibos and Las Vegas-Money20/20. Of course, all of the hip movers and shakers from the world of finance and technology were there and sharing their views on where the industry ...