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In recent years, there have been numerous headlines hailing the rise of a new breed of financial technology players and the downfall of incumbent banks. However, to what extent has this been the case and how valid is it? There was plenty of debate at the recent EBADay in Dublin focussing on PSD2 and Open Banking, both in lively panel sessions and o...
01 August 2017
Avik Nandi Payments Consultant at Wipro Ltd.
According to a WorldPay report, cards which accounted for over half (57%) of internet payments in 2012, will fall to 41% by 2017. Alternative Payments would rule the online payment markets with a 59% growth. Usually, alternative payments are everyday payment methods and can be divided into local and global methods. Local alternative payments addres...
24 July 2017 /payments
Richard Ransom, Payments Solution Lead, Bottomline Technologies In recent years, there have been numerous headlines hailing the rise of a new breed of financial technology players and the downfall of incumbent banks. However, to what extent has this been the case and how valid is it? There was plenty of debate at the recent EBADay in Dublin foc...
P2P lending is a relatively new kid on the block of alternative lending. Though the industry is still in a nascent stage, the p2p platforms have managed to cause their fair share of disruptions. Are these tech savvy trendsetters really a threat to the traditional lending tycoons such as NBFCs, and MFIs? Well, let's find out! What is P2P lending? ...
22 July 2017 /inclusion
Paul Butterworth Strategic Marketing Director at Trustonic
After a frantic few days in Copenhagen for Money 20/20 Europe, I’m finally back at my desk. The flight home gave me a bit of time to digest the discussions and presentations and, amid the melee and company announcements, a few themes stand out. 1. Let’s get wallets out of the way first. The majority of industry folk now admit that wallets are not w...
13 July 2017 /payments
Sameer Singh Jaini CEO at www.TheDigitalFifth.com
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has revolutionised Indian Payment Industry and has removed friction. Newer payments platforms like IMPS, UPI, BBPS etc have solved payment and collection problems of all customer segments. NPCI has change the market by standardising and securing APIs across banks. UPI is classical API use case, which i...
14 June 2017 /retail
Chris Principe CEO at APB, Inc.
Future Shout Out !! I wake up every morning thinking about what innovation, idea's, enhancements, additions, changes, etc. I can offer that will push the future of finance another step forward. I believe many of you have similar thoughts and have a creative need to be part of this changing landscape as well as to be ahead of the curve. I also beli...
02 June 2017 /sibos
The scale of the UK vehicle finance industry has unnerved many experts and fuelled whispers that, if left unchecked, it could have the same impact on the economy as the over-heated and under regulated mortgage market did in 2007/8. In 2016 alone, Brits borrowed a record £31.6bn to buy cars – up 12 per cent on the year before. With a significant ri...
31 May 2017
It’s no secret that the vehicle finance industry is continuing to grow; in fact, in terms of lending, vehicle finance is second only to the mortgage market. It’s the scale of the growth that has taken many analysts by surprise – growing from an estimated £32.7 billion in 2014, to over £41 billion in 2016. Despite the colossal growth, the process b...
22 May 2017 /retail
Japan’s FSA (Financial Services Agency) is looking to implement tighter regulations on High Frequency Trading (HFT) as soon as 2018. Reuters states that “The growing presence of HFT on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has raised concerns high-speed trading could destabilise markets and leave retail investors at a disadvantage.“* This is an interesti...
22 May 2017 /regulation
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