How DORA Will Impact FinTech
After two years since its enactment, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has come into force across the European Union (EU), promising to be a landmark in regulatory efforts to bolster the operational...
Open banking needs its own brand identity to earn users’ trust
Kate Marsden, Chief Marketing Officer at award-winning, real-time payments provider Yaspa, argues that continued widespread user adoption of open banking will only come about when the mechanism has an established brand identity...
Why Payments Are the Biggest Barrier (and Opportunity) in Emerging Markets
Zaki Farooq, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of PayFuture Expanding into emerging markets is a massive opportunity, but it’s also a reality check for many online businesses. I’ve seen companies enter...
Digital Currencies and Cross-Border Payments: Faster, Cheaper, and More Inclusive
Cross-border payments are the backbone of international transactions. The market, dominated by traditional facilities such as wire transfers, money orders, or bank drafts, is seeing a rapid transformation with the evolution...
Navigating your financial journey with certainty
Rico Ernst, CEO of Aurora Capital SA (Pty) Ltd In today’s fast-paced financial world, investors are spoiled for choice. With thousands of funds and countless options, making the right decision often...
2025 Will Be Make or Break
by Scott Dawson, CEO of DECTA The ‘real’ year of the SME We were assured 2024 was going be the Year of the SME – did it feel that way? We had a budget...
UK’s Data Bill is back on the table
Chris Michael, CEO and Co-founder, Ozone API As the UK sees in a new Government, the UK’s open banking and smart data initiatives are at an important inflection point. Recently, the then...
What a new Labour Government means for the fintech industry
by Dan McLoughlin, Lynx Tech’s Fraud and Security Specialist The new Labour government needs to focus on three key things: maintaining the UK finance industry’s global leadership; ensuring our regulations remain relevant domestically...
Is your chatbot compliant?
by Chris M Skinner Fifteen years ago, social media was becoming popular. Facebook was growing fast, and Twitter had just launched. Ten years ago, banks were cautious about such media as...
I just debanked my bank … before they debanked me
by Chris M Skinner There’s a huge furore in Britain about debanking: the process where a bank says we cannot trust you anymore so get lost. It happened to Nigel Farage, a...
