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The FinTech Weekly Roundup by Anna Irrera (3)

Friend of the Financial Services Club and journalist with Financial News Anna Irrera has recently started producing a weekly roundup of FinTech news.  She’s kindly agreed to let me republish this summary here on The Finanser, so here goes: A good roundup of startups bringing AI to fintech…  From Algorithmic Trading To Personal Finance Bots: 41 Startups…

Need some #FinTech Education?

I recently hosted the FinTech University – FU for short – for BBVA in Madrid. #FU @CIBBVA pic.twitter.com/RUqVEDgPgg — Chris Skinner (@Chris_Skinner) June 20, 2016 It was a grand day out full of BBVA companies and partners including Simple, Holvi, Atom, Eris, N26 and more.  The whole day was filmed and the videos are now all…

A month after #Brexit, what’s new?

After a month, the dust has settled somewhat on the Brexit vote.  We have a new Prime Minister, a new Government and a new outlook.  There were many knee-jerk reactions to the vote that were extreme in the immediate wake of the shock of the vote.  These ranged from the whole FinTech community upping sticks…

The Rise of #Fintech Asia

I just spent a weekend in Thailand at the Techsauce Summit.  It was a great conference, and it reminded me of the time I’ve spent in Asia lately.  After the books Digital Bank and ValueWeb were translated into Korean, Chinese and soon to be Japanese, I guess the region is interested in my thinking.  Or…

A seven year old idea comes of age: Bank-as-a-Service

In 2009, I coined the word BaaS.  No, nothing to do with sheep!  Instead, BaaS stands for Banking-as-a-Service.  In 2016, everyone is talking about this: Banking as a Platform (BaaP), The Financial Brand, March 2016 Banking-as-a-Service: Common play of banks and fintech, FinTech Rankings, March 2016 ‘Banking as a Service’ for Fintechs Seeking Scale, American…

As branches close, what do we do with the people?

Talking with the leader of a large bank the other day proved illuminating.  He said to me that he could see the digital revolution happening, and wants to embrace it.  All well and good.  He continued then to say something that I hear quite often: “but what do we do about the people”. Just as…

The FinTech Weekly Roundup by Anna Irrera (2)

Friend of the Financial Services Club and journalist with Financial News Anna Irrera has recently started producing a weekly roundup of FinTech news.  She’s kindly agreed to let me republish this summary here on The Finanser, so here goes: Hello everyone, Fintech things you should know: UBS appointed a new head of tech, London-based Revolut raised £12…

The 6 biggest trends in #Fintech today

When someone sends me something interesting, I can’t help but share it so this insight from Susan Visser came at just the right moment.  Susan and I have exchanged various ideas over the years, so here’s her view of the key Fintech trends. Summary Data is having a tremendous impact on customer experience, and through enhanced insight…

Four big buckets of banking change, and the implications therein

I sat through a discussion of FinTech last night.  The theme was how FinTech is changing the business model of banking and a bunch of bankers focused upon the issue.  From the dialogue, there were clearly four big buckets of change: Regulations and how they impact the incumbents and the challengers Data and the permissibility…

The FinTech Weekly Round-up by Anna Irrera

Friend of the Financial Services Club and journalist with Financial News Anna Irrera has recently started producing a weekly roundup of FinTech news.  She’s kindly agreed to let me republish this summary here on The Finanser, so here goes: Once upon a time it was all blockchain!blockchain!blockchain!…Now it’s all brexit!brexit!brexit!  Fintech lobby wants Brexit roadmap for innovators…

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