innovation
Digital leaders spotlight: Fintech Talents North America
Monday 11 July 2022
The Digital Leaders Spotlight at Fintech Talents North America this year featured the impressive Sonal Lakhani , Global Head of Programmes and Strategic Initiatives for Barclays Innovation. Her remit is big, very big. We took the opportunity to talk through the different elements of her role and how that had to adapt over recent years. Â
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Narrowing Asia’s financial inclusion gap with embedded financeÂ
Tuesday 28 June 2022
Navigating a prosperous path beyond the COVID pandemic is a key goal of countries across the world. Yet, if a successful economic plan is to be implemented, financial inclusion needs to play a central role in the strategy. While a great deal of progress has been made towards including underbanked people in the mainstream financial
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Winners, losers & fraudsters: Identity verification for online gaming
Tuesday 21 June 2022
Winners, losers and fraudsters – Identity verification for online gaming Already rapidly growing sectors, digital gambling platforms and online gaming sites exploded in popularity during the height of the COVID pandemic, as many people stuck at home turned to these sites for entertainment. According to market research firm Statista, the global online gambling market alone
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In conversation with additiv at FTT Embedded Finance & Super Apps 
Tuesday 14 June 2022
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Financial wellness: A goal whose technology has come
Tuesday 07 June 2022
In March 2022 the US annual inflation rate reached 8.5% – the highest level recorded since December 1981. Inflation, together with the pandemic, and rising gas prices have taken a toll, with 47% of low-income consumers reporting in a recent study that they do not feel financially healthy. These were the sobering statistics with which
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Bankers, embedders & customers – Joining the dots
Tuesday 07 June 2022
Our community of innovators and industry practitioners, including retailers, manufacturers, financial institutions, insurers, telcos, embedders and tech providers, recently gathered at FTT Embedded Finance & Super Apps. We delved into the technologies, innovations and trends that are re-defining the future of how financial services are devised and distributed.  During the event, Lisa Moyle, Co-Founder and
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Building trust with blockchain
Friday 03 June 2022
Few recent innovations in banking have shown the same level of potential as blockchain-based solutions, especially given the rate it has matured at since 2008. While the term Blockchain may have first entered widespread usage thanks to cryptocurrency; the applications of Blockchain-based solutions and tools have utility in countless areas of banking. David Palmer is
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What will financial services look like in the metaverse?
Tuesday 31 May 2022
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And the winner is…
Tuesday 31 May 2022
We recently ran an essay competition with the University of Birmingham for their MSc in Financial Technology students. It has been to pleasure to read through the entries from those whom I am sure will be at the forefront of future innovation in the industry, challenging established ways of thinking and operating.   We challenged the
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