Category : Fintech News

ADGM’s Newly Constituted Authority Will Be Led By Mark Cutis as Its New CEO

The Board of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, has approved the establishment of the ‘ADGM Authority’. This newly constituted Authority will be led by Mark Nicholas Cutis as its Chief Executive Officer,...

How To Achieve Simplified and Cost Effective Contactless Payments in 2021

The global pandemic has dramatically altered many elements of our lives – especially how we purchase goods and services. As a result, there has been a recent surge in innovation across the payments industry. Jumaane Hutchinson, Head of Products, Judo...

Episode 28: Contactless Payments & the Digital Adoption of Technology

On the weeks episode of The Fintech Times News & Views, the Fintech Times Podcast Team talk about contactless payments and the digital adoption of technology, particularly in restaurants. The post Episode 28: Contactless Payments & the Digi...

Nymcard CEO and Founder Omar Onsi Discusses Banking-as-a-Service and the MENA Fintech Ecosystem

Mark Walker, the Editorial Director of The Fintech Times sat down with Omar Onsi, CEO and Founder and NymCard to discuss their Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform and the MENA fintech ecosystem as a whole. Omar has been a tech entrepreneur for over...

Mambu Study Shows 2,000 Global Consumers Misunderstand Open Banking Hampering Its Adoption

A study of 2,000 global consumers released by Mambu, a banking and financial services platform, revealed that a significant misunderstanding of open banking is hampering its adoption. The Censuswide survey, commissioned by Mambu, found that more than...

Fintech Industry Market to Value Over $382million by 2027 According to Coherent Market Insights

The Global FinTech Industry Market is expected to be valued at $382.38million by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 7.05% during the forecast period (2020-2027), a report published by Coherent Market Insights has highlighted. Services provided by fint...

Standard Chartered Launches Financial Planning Solution in Collaboration with BetterTradeOff

Standard Chartered Bank has announced the launch of Standard Chartered Goals Planner (SC Goals Planner), a free, do-it-yourself online financial planning solution developed in collaboration with Singapore-based fintech company BetterTradeOff. Availab...

The UAE and Israel Form a Joint Task Force to Leverage Innovation Between the Two Nations

A newly-formed partnership between the UAE and Israel seeks to promote innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship between the two nations; bringing together ideas, expertise, and tech ecosystems for the benefit of both parties. The first UAE Amb...

Planetary Emergency, Central Banks And Financial Institutions (2/2)

With a historic record reading of 421.21 ppm CO2 on April 3, a planetary emergency was triggered. Which innovative solutions could Central Banks deploy at the U.N. Climate Summit in the U.K., the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in C...

Planetary Emergency, Central Banks And The Financial System (1/2)

CreditNinja Survey Finds 80% Of Americans Will Save Before Spending to Pandemic-Proof Their Finances

A Consumer Credit report found that credit card debt in the US has plummeted since the start of the pandemic, which begs the question: are American citizens proactively attempting to pandemic-proof their finances during this period of economic uncert...

The LHoFT Foundation Launches Fintech Development Programmes

The Luxembourg-based fintech hub, The LHoFT Foundation, has launched its new brand CATAPULT to drive technology innovation in Luxembourg, furthering the connectivity between domestic and international fintech communities. As a series of fintech devel...

Top African Challenger Banks Helping the Unbanked Through Mobile Services

Africa is one of the most diverse continents on the planet, with a multitude of different countries, cultures and economies – all at various stages of economic development. This provides a great backdrop for fintech, with the financial technology eco...

Ten UK Fintechs Brought Together By PwC to Show the Future of Banking is Personalisation

Ten of the UK’s leading fintechs have been brought together in an initiative by PwC which showcases how the future of banking will rely on collaboration and innovation, with personalisation at its heart. Three years in the making, the 10 businesses h...

BMLL Makes Strategic Hires as It Plans To Expand Its Customer Base and Industry Partnerships

BMLL, an independent provider of harmonised, historical data and analytics has announced that Masami Johnstone joined as Senior Client Advisor and Simon Ellis as Head of Partnerships and Strategic Alliances. Masami Johnstone will focus on developing...