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Will Insurtechs ever walk the talk?

Will the new generation of Insurtechs do differently?

Aug. 8, 2022 • Matteo Carbone

The news of the past month in the insurtech scene has been the WeFox round of financing at $4.5B ( $400 million series D round "which is compromised of equity and debt"). My first ...

ISO20022: migration – it’s not just about compliance

The standard has been implemented across 70 plus countries, yet implementation in parts of the developed world is yet to be completed

Aug. 4, 2022 • Anthony Walton

With digital innovation developing at speed within the financial services industry it’s never been more important to follow the latest standards and protocols. One standard, however, which is c...

4C Approach to a Successful Spend Analysis

Many organizations fail to analyze their spending patterns successfully

Aug. 2, 2022 • Prasanna Rajendran

Every individual and organization, in one way or another, tracks how they spend their budget in a certain period. Where an individual might keep a diary, organizations maintain accounting ledge...

Future-proof payments infrastructure: The role of agent banks in the quest for modernisation

July 28, 2022 • Toine van Beusekom

The rapid transformation of the payments industry over the past decade has brought banks worldwide to a crossroads. Balancing growing consumer demand for instant payments and emerging digital...

Crypto is here to stay. But we need adults in the room.

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.

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. T...

Advancing AML: Why ultimate beneficial owners must be properly identified

Understanding legal persons is important as, under the old version of R.24, financial institutions (FI) were responsible for finding the UBO of a company, whereas now the legal persons are obliged to have that information on record and make it available

July 21, 2022 • Joost van Houten

In March 2022, global regulatory watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) adopted amendments to Recommendation 24 (R.24) of its 40 Recommendations that govern global anti-money launderin...

Fintech, Insuretech and Crypto Funding and analysis - July 9-17

In both value and volume terms this week provided a big jump from the opening week with 33 deals achieving venture related financing, raising a total of US1.9bl.

July 18, 2022 • Roger Portnoy

Overview: I am included, on request insurtech coverage for the first time in this week's coverage. In both value and volume terms this week provided a big jump from the opening week with...

Why Crypto Needed This Crash, and What Happens Next for Crypto?

The crypto crash is in full swing, will Bitcoin and Ethereum ever recover, or are these cryptocurrencies in big trouble?

July 14, 2022 • Samuel Feldman

What happened to crypto? Crypto has seen a massive crash, starting in the first quarter of 2022. This has led multiple global crypto exchange platforms to pause all crypto exchanges. The ...

Culture: Build or Accept

Understanding how operations can either propel or torpedo your growth plans.

July 12, 2022 • Thomas Quinn

Every startup has a skeleton — the operational infrastructure that lies within. The only question is whether it will be a source of strength and stability that propels the organization to new h...

Insurtech must be taken seriously

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

July 10, 2022 • Matteo Carbone

We have seen the evaluations of the listed insurtech startups falling more and more over the past year. The HSCM Public InsurTech Index (HPIX)™ presented to the market 14 months ago is down by ...