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Fintech for travel – Embedded for a rebound?
Tuesday 05 October 2021
Fintech for Travel – Embedded for a Rebound? The travel and tourism industries were among the hardest hit from lockdowns and restrictions introduced by governments around the world to reduce the spread of COVID. According to statistics from the Office for National Statistics, in Q2 2020 overseas residents spent 97% less than in Q2 2019 on their visits to the UK, highlighting the stark
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The merchant experience of PSD2
Tuesday 05 October 2021
Global identity verification and fraud prevention provider Ekata, explore the findings of a survey in which they interviewed top global merchants on their experiences surrounding PSD2. The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) went into effect this past January 1st for many countries across Europe. The payments ecosystem had been hard at work for the past
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The Crypto Maturity Model: How traditional financial institutions can adopt cryptocurrency in stages
Tuesday 28 September 2021
Is cryptocurrency on your radar? If not, it should be. As interest in cryptocurrency grows, we’ve not only seen an influx of institutional investment, but also new cryptocurrency services launched by traditional financial institutions. However, many FIs remain on the sidelines, perhaps unsure of how to get started or productize offerings around this new asset
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It all starts with a payment
Tuesday 28 September 2021
At FTT Embedded Finance North America, we were joined by an impressive group of industry leaders to explore the topic of embedded payments. Industry practitioners Kothai Senthil , Vice President, Head of Payments, Albertsons, David Tax, Senior Manager, Payments Strategy and Innovation, TD Bank, Matteo Gamba, Product Lead Payments, Wayfair and Manash Bhattacharjee, Head of
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Why building societies should embrace Generation Z
Monday 27 September 2021
It’s fair to say that building societies are having their full-circle moment. Looking back at the financial crisis of 2008, we saw some building societies abandon their mutual ethos with goals to compete with larger banks. But as we now know, the goals of obtaining larger stakes in the market and the promise of future
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Digital tools for digital inclusion
Monday 27 September 2021
Millions of people in the UK and around Europe are excluded from essential banking services. From challenges with managing money to physical accessibility barriers, more needs to be done by building societies and credit unions to ensure all citizens are able to utilise cutting-edge financial tools. Nationwide Building Society recently introduced new bank cards that are the
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Countdown to the Festival Video with Very Good Security’s own Peter Berg
Tuesday 21 September 2021
Voting with your feet – when you believe in a company so much that you try to invest and when that isn’t possible, you just go ahead and join them. Find out why Peter felt what VGS does is so important and how good security is good business From baking in fintech capabilities in non-financial enterprises so
Embedded finance: The $7 trillion new market opportunity
Tuesday 21 September 2021
At FTT Embedded Finance North America, we were joined by Simon Torrance, CEO at Embedded Finance & Super App Strategies and Executive Working Group Member at World Economic Forum. As an industry expert, Simon provided a commercial perspective of the industry, reviewing the scale of the opportunity for embedded finance in the North American market:
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