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9 key questions to ask customer onboarding tech providers before you buy
Sept. 28, 2022 • Luke Hinchliffe
it’s absolutely crucial to ensure that you only onboard customers that have passed all the tests that determine whether or not they pose a risk to your business

When considering partnering with a KYC onboarding tech provider, there are several key questions you should ask in order to guarantee they deliver the solution you need, and not just the soluti...

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Top Fintech SPAC deals of 2022
Sept. 21, 2022 • Konstantin Rabin
Revenue numbers from the very beginning of this year and experts are stating that the upcoming months will be even more high-yielding

The 2022 year has been highly prolific for the financial industry in terms of both funding rounds and SPAC deals. The majority of fintech companies have drawn immense investments and revenue nu...

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What if FinTech Product Management Started by Saying Yes?
Sept. 19, 2022 • Harrison Smith
Building great products, the lesson goes, demands focus. And focus is about saying no.

The first principle you learn as a Product Manager is a simple one: how to say no. Steve Jobs famously said “I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. In...

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Financial Services Regulation – Is it ready for the next crisis?
Sept. 15, 2022 • Rachel Scanlon
The importance of the data-driven regulatory approach in delivering stability when the next financial crisis arrives.

Throughout history, financial services regulation has come about in times of panic, in response to one crisis or another. Most recently the financial crisis of 15 years ago led to significant ...

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Waiting for Godot
Sept. 14, 2022 • Matteo Carbone
Waiting for a clear sign that one of listed insurtech carrier can survive in the middle term

The quarterly financial results of the listed #insurtech carriers were published in August's first days. Their depressed evaluations (which I have commented on in the last newsletter edi...

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How should fintech approach its online reputation management?
Sept. 13, 2022 • Konstantin Rabin
Given the fact that fintech is a modern innovation, a vast number of people still feel skeptical about its abilities and shy away from using its services

Fintech comprises two well-known concepts - Finance and Technology, and it is a highly reliable resource in order to enhance financial procedures. It serves both consumers and businesses and pr...

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Physical vs digital cards – how the landscape is evolving
Sept. 9, 2022 • Xavier Giandominici
Data is emerging which shows digital payments are leading the way

With digital payments picking up steam around the world, it could be said that the future of the physical card is uncertain. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the rate of digitalization, wi...

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Weekly Early-Stage Fintech/Insurtech & Crypto Funding Report - 1st week Sept 2022
Sept. 5, 2022 • Roger Portnoy
Featuring 17 transactions for companies based in Europe, APAC and North America

Overview this week Based on our requirements, I am featuring 17 transactions this week for companies based in Europe, APAC and North America.  My coverage features a number of pre-seed through...

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Fintech Early Stage Financing Aug 21st to Aug 28th: Developed Countries
Sept. 2, 2022 • Roger Portnoy
11 early stage transactions of the week

Overview: This week I am featuring 11 early stage transactions involving fund raises sponsored by Venture Capital firms, Growth Equity firms, Accelerators, Angel Investors and Corporate Sponsor...

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KYC Remediation: Converting the backlog challenge into an opportunity
Aug. 29, 2022 • Luke Hinchliffe
Increasing regulatory scrutiny often results in businesses having to re-validate their existing customers

Increasing regulatory scrutiny often results in businesses having to re-validate their existing customers. The subsequent remediation process can be an onerous task, but if carried out correctl...

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7 Tips for Founding or Managing a Tech Start-up During an Economic Turmoil
Aug. 25, 2022 • Şebnem Elif Kocaoglu Ulbrich
Creating a new venture during economic uncertainty is not for everybody. Yet, during every crisis lies a great opportunity.

Uncertainty might be a rule of thumb for start-up game; nonetheless, when economic turmoil and ongoing war threatens to shake the financial stability to its core, the entrepreneurial journey mi...

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Why Visa is the biggest loser in the BNPL wars
Aug. 21, 2022 • James Hickson
Apple and Mastercard relationship is a potential game-changer

The launch of Apple’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) product has been viewed as an industry disruptor. It's no wonder that the likes of Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm, have seen their valuations...

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Fintech Surge 2022
Aug. 5, 2022, 6:31 a.m.
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2nd Financial Innovation Forum - Cyprus
June 21, 2022, 7:37 a.m.
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FINTECH

What if FinTech Product Management Started by Saying Yes?
Sept. 19, 2022 • Harrison Smith
Building great products, the lesson goes, demands focus. And focus is about saying no.
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Fintechs vs. banks and insurers: are they competitors or collaboration partners?
Aug. 11, 2022 • Richard Thornton
There was a view that all the things which a bank or insurer does could be done better and cheaper by a technology-powered fintech. And there is still some suspicion in the market today.
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Fintech and Climate — Creating Resiliency Through the Application of Financial Services (Part One)
July 5, 2022 • Kyle Perez
With more than $40bn deployed across more than 600 deals in 2021 and investment as a whole growing at five times the rate of the rest of the venture capital ecosystem over the past five years, interest in the space has never been higher.
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BANKING

Bank transformation: implementing real-time payments made easy
June 6, 2022 • Anthony Walton
A significant 39% of demand deposit accounts (DDAs) in the US are still not connected to the Real-Time Payment RTP Network
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Managing risk capability in financial organizations
April 15, 2022 • Yahya Mohamed Mao
The ability to understand and control risk allows organizations to be more confident in their business decisions.
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The Rise of Tokenized Deposits
April 13, 2022 • Marten Nelson
As the New York Fed noted in its paper, The Future of Payments Is Not Stablecoins, there is a third way: tokenized deposits.
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BLOCKCHAIN

Can ETH Layer-2 Solutions Solve for Both Privacy and Scale?
May 21, 2022 • Piroune Balachandran
The public nature of the blockchain introduces privacy concerns about data-privacy for retail and institutional users
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Blockchain and Market Transparency
March 23, 2022 • Bethan Watson
The potential of blockchain when applied within the Regulatory Technology space
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Creator Economy Tools: Bridging Web 2 <> Web 3
March 14, 2022 • Nakul Gupta
Why developer infrastructure for creator economy will become the new frontier tech
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CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Crypto is here to stay. But we need adults in the room.
July 25, 2022 • Shane Rodgers
The crypto shake-out is long past due. The $2 trillion hit to the industry has caused massive losses for both early investors and, unfortunately, for the smaller investors who followed suit.
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Why Crypto Needed This Crash, and What Happens Next for Crypto?
July 14, 2022 • Samuel Feldman
The crypto crash is in full swing, will Bitcoin and Ethereum ever recover, or are these cryptocurrencies in big trouble?
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Institutional DeFi
June 29, 2022 • Andrew Beal
DeFi protocols are financial infrastructure. Like any technology infrastructure, they need applications built on top.
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INSURTECH

Waiting for Godot
Sept. 14, 2022 • Matteo Carbone
Waiting for a clear sign that one of listed insurtech carrier can survive in the middle term
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Will Insurtechs ever walk the talk?
Aug. 8, 2022 • Matteo Carbone
Will the new generation of Insurtechs do differently?
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Insurtech must be taken seriously
July 10, 2022 • Matteo Carbone
Evaluations of the listed insurtech startups falling more and more over the past year, this has led some of the incumbents to self-doubt their insurtech efforts
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PAYMENTS

Physical vs digital cards – how the landscape is evolving
Sept. 9, 2022 • Xavier Giandominici
Data is emerging which shows digital payments are leading the way
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Why Visa is the biggest loser in the BNPL wars
Aug. 21, 2022 • James Hickson
Apple and Mastercard relationship is a potential game-changer
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How the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) model is shaking up the financial services industry
June 1, 2022 • Ian Bradbury
The Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) phenomenon is the latest in a long list of attempts to challenge the status quo.
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OPEN BANKING

Spotting early warning signs of at-risk consumers with Open Banking
May 12, 2022 • Andy Taylor
Before any action can be taken to support customers who might be struggling, they need to be identified
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Open Finance – the revolution has already started
April 11, 2022 • Alexi Karalis
With high level adoption of Open Banking by financial institutions introducing ground breaking capabilities at pace, what’s next?
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Open Banking is an essential tool for accountants to help small businesses improve financial planning and results
June 16, 2021 • Richard McCall
Facing complex financial future with new tools
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