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PayPal is taking its seductive “buy now, pay later” service to Australia, after successful roll-outs in Britain and the US saw it handle more than £540m of transactions by the end of 2020. It’s ...
As a rule of thumb, we wish only misery and ruin on Bitcoin investors for daring to make the phenomenon sound any more sophisticated than a Bet365 advert. But our maniacal propensity for ...
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Cash will survive beyond demise of plastic cards, says Deutsche Bank
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 24 Jan 2020Forget the end of cash, say goodbye to your platic bank card
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Financial services firms reveal their fintech status in major study
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 Oct 2019Fintech leaders in traditional banks are making significant progress but major challenges remain
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All bank staff will have to understand APIs as the industry transforms
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 26 Sep 2019Can you describe what an API is in two sentences? If you work in a bank you might have to.
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Going online for a SIBOS press pass was harder than applying for a bank account
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 Sep 2019My troubles getting a press pass online for SIBOS made m,e appreciate how easy mobile banking is
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A Deep Learning experience was the spark for Evolution AI: Fintech interview 27
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 11 Sep 2019Evolution AI is selling technology to banks that can enable a computer to read any text in any document and make decisions based on what it reads
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Don’t forget fintech the service amid the record investment headlines
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Sep 2019Fintech is not just about investors making money
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Cross border payments fintech Azimo makes first profit
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 29 Aug 2019Azimo has made its first profit as the fintech moves onto its next phase of growth
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Mid-life crisis was the trigger for Funding Options’ fintech dating platform: Fintech interview 26
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Aug 2019Funding Options took a few years to realise that dating sites were the perfect model for a fintech helping small businesses get access to the right loans for them
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FutureBricks is helping an industry lay foundations: Fintech interview 25
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 01 Aug 2019FutureBricks is offering savers better rates through lending to the SME building industry
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TSB enables customers to open an account with a selfie
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 22 Jul 2019TSB has integrated biometric ID technology into its mobile app to enable people to open accounts with a selfie
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Esme Loans sprouts from firm foundations: Fintech interview 24
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 18 Jul 2019Esme Loans has emerged from an RBS innovation initiative and after a controlled launch is ready to scale its business
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People that have never heard of the cloud enjoy cloud services, so why should open banking differ?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 10 Jul 2019Open banking has some way to go before and banks' shouldn't pin all their hopes on Millennials
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London Tech Week opinion 2: UK tech is more than just London
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 18 Jun 2019There is life in UK tech beyond the Big Smoke
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Lloyds bank adds savings and credit card to open banking
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Jun 2019Lloyds Banking Group launches the latest edition of its open banking journey
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HSBC drops Connected Money and integrates best features to main mobile banking app
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 06 Jun 2019HSBC is taking advantage of fintech to test out features before fully integrating them into the main mobile app
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NatWest Video banking service adds fuel to a future without branches
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 04 Jun 2019Bank branches are no longer needed for that hum an touch
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Brits want their banks to offer the latest fintech services but are not ready to use them
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 May 2019London might be one of world’s fintech hubs, but Brits are still wary of new tech for banking
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Tink is building the foundation of every bank in the world: Fintech interview part 20
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 26 Apr 2019Tink is a Swedish fintech which realised a complete change of its business model was in order if it were to meet its growth potential
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Nationwide Building Society challenges seven fintechs to develop apps for financially vulnerable
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Apr 2019Nationwide Building Society offering fintechs funding and mentoring in a challenge to create apps for the financially vulnerable
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Facebook shutters Messenger payments in UK as Brits just not into it
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Apr 2019Facebook is closing its peer to peer payments service within Messenger in the UK because of limited take up
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Consumers will ditch bank if online experience falls short
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 10 Apr 2019Would you ditch your bank or building society if its digital services didn't match up to Google?
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Nationwide Building Society creating digital platform with fintech 10x
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 07 Mar 2019Nationwide Building Society creating business banking platform with 10 X
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NatWest launches its baseline open banking feature
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Mar 2019NatWest is the latest bank to offer its baseline open banking service
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Nearly a third of UK tech startups are setting up presence in mainland Europe because of Brexit
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Feb 2019A third of UK startups are readying themselves for Brexit by setting up operations on mainland Europe
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Finastra business expands with fintech disruption: Fintech interview part 14
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 07 Feb 2019Finastra is an IT supplier build on very old foundations but fintech disruption has forced it to extend beyond them
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Could Atom bank’s deal with Thought Machine be a stepping stone for legacy replacement at BBVA?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Feb 2019Could BBVA follow Lloyds Banking Group onto the Google inspired banking platform from Thought Machine
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What the fintechs think about open banking’s progress? Part 1 TrueLayer
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Jan 2019Open banking is one year old, but how has the first year been for the fintech's who will give it meaning
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Open banking will transform financial services through osmosis
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 15 Jan 2019Open banking regulation will transform the financial services sector but don't expect changes overnight
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Fidor Bank to separate from BCPE after short marriage
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 02 Nov 2018The integration of digital bank Fidor to BCPE's business fails to materialise
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The fintech interview: Part 4 Akoni
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 12 Oct 2018Finetch Akoni brings corporate treasury capabilities to the SME sector with Google functionality the Holy Grail
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Is Indian tech sector a threat or opportunity to UK’s fintech sector?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 11 Oct 2018India is an opportunity and a threat when it comes to any tech focused sector and the UK government wants to ensure it is a friend in Fintech.
This is a guest post by Bhupendra Warathe, chief information officer for corporate and institutional Banking, information technology and operations at Standard Chartered Bank As the world adopts ...
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IT professionals losing faith in direction IT is going at banks
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 09 Oct 2018Banking IT professional speaks out against worrying software development methods used in the UK
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The fintech interview: Part 3 Wrisk
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Oct 2018Read how UK insurtech Wrisk was born and raised
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Why do UK banks suffer more software failures than those in other countries?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 03 Oct 2018Why do UK banks suffer more outages than banks in other countries?
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UK Blockchain startups, who are you?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 02 Oct 2018Who are the UK companies trying to have a share of the trillions of pounds that will be created by the Blockchain industries
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The fintech interview: Part 1 Taina Technology
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 25 Sep 2018The fintech industry is maturing to the point that it now has subcategories, find out about some of the companies making hay in the sector.
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What if a small fintech could replace global giant Allianz in corporate deal?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Sep 2018An insurtech company set up a few years ago has dislodged 130 year old global insurance giant Allianz in BMW deal
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A battle between big tech firms and banks can only help fintechs
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 20 Sep 2018If banks and big tech firms go head to head for customers fintechs will benefit because the banks need them if they are to have any chance of winning the customer satisfaction battle
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If Virgin Money combines with Clydesdale and Yorkshire its digital bank project could be canned
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 07 Sep 2018Virgin Mooney will probably scrap its plan to build a digital bank if it merges with Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks, because the latter already has an established bank.
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Banking as a service could help challenger bank expand and profit
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 09 Aug 2018Fintech driven challenger banks could make white label banking services attractive to businesses in various consumer facing sectors
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Five things to consider when joining Open Banking revolution
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 27 Jul 2018Open Banking has arrived and will gather pace over the coming tears, but what should organisations consider when they join the revolution
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London fintechs managed by Oracle's Brussels arm: a shock a few years ago, but not today
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 04 Jul 2018Not that surprising in this day and age that a large software company puts its European fintech resources in a city other than London
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Xero highlights the role of the modern software ecosystem
Freeform Dynamics 04 Jun 2018I recently caught up with Gary Turner, co-founder and managing of director of Xero. I was interested in meeting him as Xero has a reputation as the company that broke all the rules of ...
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The UK fintech economy will create different pockets of excellence all over the country
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 22 May 2018London should not be seen as competition for fintechs in the North and they should not try to emulate London's fintech model
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Higher interest rates would tempt me even though TSB has just had an IT disaster
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 15 May 2018I would be tempted to move to a bank that offered higher interest rates even though it had just had an IT disaster
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Could Agile and DevOps be to blame for banking IT failures?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 01 May 2018Is the use of Agile and Devops partly to blame fir the increasing number of IT failures at banks on recent years and is there anther way?
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Fintech professional’s tech predictions: 6– Banks to sell more unbranded services to websites
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 30 Apr 2018Banks are taking their brand names off the high street and might increasingly do so for services they offer to ecommerce companies
One of machine learning’s most well-known use cases is fraud detection, an area that has drawn the attention of a growing number of technology suppliers looking to develop the best algorithms and ...
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TSB chaos: When choosing bank people should look at core banking platform and not just funky apps
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 26 Apr 2018If customers don't want to suffer glitches in their banking service they should ask about complexities of a bank's IT systems before selecting where to out their money
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About one million NatWest bank customers to move to RBS digital bank
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 25 Apr 2018More details of RBS's digital bank revealed
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Human error to blame for Ulster bank glitch, but computer seen fleeing scene of crime.
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 25 Apr 2018Human error to blame for problems at Ulster bank but a computer was involved
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TSB IT system chaos as bank cuts rope from Lloyds systems
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Apr 2018TSB customers have experiienced serious proiblems as the bank migrates to its new core banking platform
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AI will cut huge chunks out of banking compliance workforce and London high streets might die
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 10 Apr 2018What will happen to London's high streets when robots replace the people that buy all the flat whites?
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Innovate Finance Global Summit gets fintech ready for adulthood
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 20 Mar 2018Fintech is coming of age and faces all the challenges that growing up entails
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Is paying for a bus using cryptocurrency really that shocking?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 14 Mar 2018Is it that shocking that people will be paying for buses using cryptocurrency within seven years?
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Post 2008 early challenger banks are now the challenged
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 28 Feb 2018Virgin Money was one of the earlier challengers to traditional banks and is now creating a digital bank to keep up with the times
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How worried about Brexit are fintech companies?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 13 Feb 2018Fintech companies could be the hardest hit tech firms in the UK if there is no good deal with the EU after Brexit
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Buying cryptocurrency on credit is so risky Lloyds Banking Group won’t let customers do it
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Feb 2018If you are a Lloyds Banking Group credit card holder that fancies a flutter on cryptocurrencies ,think again it's banned.
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Bank systems glitch leaves thousands unable to access funds, but bank doesn’t explain what happened
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 29 Jan 2018Monzo bank has broke the mould be giving customers a detailed explanation of what cause a glitch in their banking service
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Organisations can go off-menu for fintech through industry competitions
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 06 Dec 2017Organisations that need an app to solve a business challenge can offer a cash reward to entrepreneurs that find the answer
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Blockchain is not the messiah, it’s a very practical and unexciting technology
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 06 Nov 2017Blockchain becoming so mainstream that it is being discussed in the playground, but banks just see it as another technology
DBS Bank, Southeast Asia’s largest bank by market cap, has claimed the honour of having the world’s biggest banking API (application programming interface) platform with over 155 APIs that ...
Cash is still king in Singapore, especially at mom-and-pop shops that have to pay credit card fees that do not make business sense for small transactions. In a bid to encourage greater adoption of ...
Over a quarter of Aussies are now ready to use an internet-connected device, like a virtual assistant or connected fridge to make payments on their behalf, according to a new YouGov study ...
With a tech-savvy population and a smartphone penetration rate of 150%, Singapore’s adoption of digital payments is abysmal. Cash is still king in the city-state, especially in the heartlands where ...
Sage Software, the financial accounting software vendor, has recently held its 2016 Sage Summit in Chicago. Over double the size of last year’s event in New Orleans, what did the event have to say ...