Top four wins with open finance in 2021
Monday 19 July 2021
The value of Open Finance is becoming clearer as an increasing number of start-ups and established players are innovating in the ecosystem. From tax filing to subscription management, mortgages and credit risk, this article will run through some of the most impactful and interesting Open Finance use cases. Tax filing While nobody enjoys filing their
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Retailers aim to win ‘the belt’ with embedded finance
Monday 19 July 2021
Retailers Aim to Win ‘The Belt’ with Embedded Finance No one has dominated the UFC cage quite like Connor McGregor. The notorious Irish “bad boy” barks as big as he bites, or in this case, punches and kicks as hard as he trash talks his opponents. As a result, McGregor has skyrocketed to fame, become
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The future of insurance is contextual
Sunday 18 July 2021
Embedded insurance is far from a recent creation. For years people have been buying insurance alongside taking out their mobile phone contract or at the point of purchase of white goods in departments stores. But the drive by businesses in many industries to better meet often complex customer needs is helping boost the growth of
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Embedded finance and the rise of the SuperApp
Tuesday 13 July 2021
Will the rise of the superapp model and more deeply embedded banking usher in new levels of democratized access to financial services and further our quest toward full financial inclusion? The future of finance is embedded When we think about banking today, we see more and more examples of how banking as a function has
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Digital identity & vaccine passports
Tuesday 13 July 2021
Hailed as an effective way to get industries like travel and events moving again, vaccine passports have received a great deal of interest from national governments and travellers looking to go abroad, as well as apprehension by some on privacy grounds. The concept behind a vaccine passport is simple. Through either a physical pass or
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Banking on Net Zero – Can building societies lead the way?
Monday 05 July 2021
The conversation around how to best transition to Net Zero for businesses is becoming increasingly urgent as the impacts of climate change approach. Like other financial institutions, building societies have a vital role to play in the route to Net Zero and the future low carbon economy. Customer expectations are also driving the urgency in
The rise of “The Embedders”
Tuesday 29 June 2021
The rise of “The Embedders’ When Walmart, the world’s largest company by revenue, announced earlier this year they are planning to launch their own fintech start-up and hired two Goldman Sachs veterans, it became clear this conglomerate is preparing to become a major force in the financial sector. In an industry like retail, where razor thin
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Retooling branches for the future
Tuesday 22 June 2021
The scale and pace of bank branch closures over the past decade has been unprecedented. Once the heart of thriving communities, building societies and banks are rapidly becoming a thing of the past in hundreds of towns and villages. According to a Which analysis, almost 4,300 physical bank branches have closed since the beginning of
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The great impostor – Tackling tech impostor syndrome
Tuesday 15 June 2021
When we were young, we relished the opportunity to pretend to be someone else. Perhaps you were a fan of playing astronaut. Or pretending you were a wizard at Halloween when you were wee. Or later when you pretended to be older and more grown up to sneak into an older rated film. Don’t worry,
Embedded finance – Friend or foe for banks?
Tuesday 08 June 2021
Innovative technology has been transforming the banking sector for decades. From humble beginnings in online banking to AI-enabled fraud detection and app-based banking; technology’s role as a driving force for transformation in financial services is unparalleled. Now, embedded finance promises to build on these advances to offer a truly revolutionary shift in the industry across
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