Category : Fintech News

Elite Wealth Interview with Rainer Zitelmann

Tell us about the research process for the book. When I came to research this book, I found there were very little studies about becoming and staying rich, both in Germany and in the US. There was one interesting piece from a researcher at the Unive...

Startups to Change the World: Derek Myers, CEO at Zero Carbon Project

Zero Carbon Project is tackling climate change using the blockchain. Renewables have responded well to climate change and will provide the final solution, but they are currently still too expensive for making an immediate material impact through mass...

‘Peak faith’ in the cloud only 12-18 months away with slump to follow, warns 6point6 Cloud Gateway

“Digital transformation” to collapse into “digital disillusion” before later recovery Independent technology consultancy 6point6 Cloud Gateway warned today of faith in “the cloud” peaking in 2019 before collapsing in 2020, then reco...

Five Books To Get Ahead in Business: Behavioural Economics

By Jake Courage, co-founder of the edtech company 42courses.com and avid reader, author & car fanatic. Although not the sexiest of subjects, behavioural economics is certainly one worth learning more about. It studies the effects of psychologica...

Ripple, Others Up Payments Game

Fintechs are seeking to undermine SWIFT's lock on the payments industry with cheaper, faster technology. The upstarts are pairing up with banks and other heavyweights.

Value Protocol has announced that it is solving the issue of authenticity in blockchain

Value Protocol has announced that it is solving the issue of authenticity in blockchain. Value Protocol is a new unique authenticity standard for any blockchain solution for physical assets. It utilises artificial intelligence and machine learning fo...

Financial Services Firms Pledge To Increase Technology Investment

Survey finds 55% of businesses expect to increase investment over the next three years. More than half of IT decision-makers across the financial/banking sector (55%) expect their business’s overall investment in technology to increase over the next...

Financial regulators need to find their ‘moral compass’

According to a new report by the Finance Innovation Lab UK regulators must transform their approach to ensure the post-Brexit financial sector delivers for the economy and society, The Regulatory Compass: Towards a purpose-driven approach to financi...

EFG International at Crossroads

Swiss private bank EFG International is marking time. Its growth prospects are limited, and rumor has it that the majority shareholder is unhappy with his investment.

Startups to Change the World: Prajit Nanu, CEO & Co-Founder at InstaReM

InstaReM is a global cross border money transfer company that endeavours to provide our clients with complete transparency, low fees, and margin free FX rates. Banks charge their clients high fees, with wide margins and uncertainty as to how much the...

Chain IQ Touts Digital Bank Options

Chain IQ, a spin-off of UBS, has launched a platform to enable the digital coordination of procurement requirements. The firm is now planning to open an office in Shanghai.

Open Banking after first 6 months: “it promises to be biggest improvement for customers since the introduction of the cashpoint”

Thursday 13 July marked six-months since Open Banking was introduced, with the government aiming to dramatically increase competition and ensure a much better experience for the UK‘s current account holders. “While the results so far for customers ar...

Money 20//20 special report: “Metro Bank has one true north: create FANS…”

Over 150 years, the UK’s big five banking institutions held retail customers at their mercy. Metro Bank, one of the fastest-expanding new banks in Britain, has neutralised that monopoly, using an efficient information technology platform. Year to yea...

The Cost of Being Poor: Is Fintech the Answer?

By Ronny Lavie, Managing Editor at The Fintech Times. Did you ever sit at the dinner table as a child, refusing to eat, and had your mother angrily tell you that you should consider yourself lucky, as many children in * insert name of developing coun...

Centtrip launches new feature that enables businesses to make hundreds of payments in multiple currencies with one click

Centtrip, an international payment, FX and treasury management firm, has introduced a unique ‘Batch Payments’ feature that enables corporate clients to pay hundreds of recipients, in any currency, in one go with a single click. Accountants can now ma...