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The rise of Super Apps
Tuesday 08 March 2022
Already in widespread use in China and other nations, super apps are yet to reach mainstream appeal across the West. While individual smart phone apps are extraordinarily popular, few of these applications offer more than a few core services to users. In China, WeChat is the definitive super app, with users being able to do
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In conversation with Open Identity Exchange at Future Identity 2021
Tuesday 01 March 2022
At the Future Identity and Fintech Talents festival 2021 we caught up with Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity strategist at the Open Identity Exchange. Open Identity Exchange is a non-profit members organisation, with a vision for individuals to have trusted and reusable digital identities, to prove who they are and what they are entitled to do.
ESG as a force not a feelgood
Tuesday 01 March 2022
ESG – much talked about but how do we ensure that it is a force for change rather than just a feel good? Expertly led by Rita Martins, Head of Fintech Partnerships at HSBC, the panel represented a broad range of participants and perspectives from across the sector. As Martins noted at the start of
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In conversation with Alex Reddish, Tribe Payments at FTT Embedded Finance 2021
Tuesday 01 March 2022
At FTT Embedded Finance UK & Europe 2021, we interviewed Alex Reddish, Managing Director at Tribe Payments, a B2B UK fintech providing app-based banking and payments services. Founded in 2018, Tribe it is the first processor to enable its clients to harness open banking without building their own APIs. Alex shared his thoughts on the
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The buy now, pay later evolution – FTT Chats Lending 3.0 Series
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Petr Baron, CEO at TBI joins us in the latest of our FTT Chats – powered by Marqeta. Over the coming weeks, we will sit down with several digital players who are reshaping the lending landscape for the next generation of borrowers. In this chat, Petr is joined by our Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder,
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Neobanks – The neo-target for fraud?
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Dealing with cybercriminals and hackers is nothing new for banks. From identity theft to account takeovers, to phishing, evolving threats continually test even the strongest security defences. Fraud is an ever-present threat for any financial institutions, but do neobanks and challengers face unique challenges? Over time traditional banks have formalised their security processes and built
In conversation with Allica Bank at Future Identity 2021
Tuesday 22 February 2022
At the Future Identity and Fintech Talents festival 2021, we interviewed Ravneet Shah, Vice President of Engineering at Allica Bank, a data driven bank focused on the SME market. Ravneet shared her thoughts on why self-sovereign and decentralised identity might bring about the next revolution within the UK financial market. She also gave us a
Anatomy of Lending in 2022
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Traditional lending models are being disrupted by a network of niche operators working in partnership to develop better outcomes for borrowers. Motivations for new lending propositions include expanding product portfolios and moving into new markets, serving the underbanked, digital transformation, and changing customer demands. These motivations have led to diverse products and lending models as
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Tooling up for the future of embedded finance
Tuesday 22 February 2022
“Banking is no longer somewhere you go, but something you do” as Brett King said way back in 2012. And it is very much in keeping to what we are seeing across the industry now. From people consciously and proactively reaching out to their financial institutions to contextual channels offering them products that meet their
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Bitcoins, stablecoins and [meme] coins
Tuesday 15 February 2022
There are many ways in which this panel embodied the spirit of 2021. The topic, of course, had been grabbing headlines across the year. Our panellists faced issues with travel, positive Covid tests and remote working challenges. In other words, de rigueur for the times. Last minute changes, however, didn’t diminish the quality of the
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