Martin Baker, award-winning journalist and head of communications at Money&Co., comes to some conclusions on cryptos, digital currencies and NFTs. “I can tell if a cryptocurrency is going to go up or down. All I have to do is look at it. Why? Because I’m young.” George, aged 18, speaking at the time of the […]
With the latest loan offer on site still at 21 per cent of full funding, this is a good time to remind visitors and registered lenders that lending to our carefully vetted borrowing companies is not a one-stage process. Investors who buy a fund or make a cash deposit into a building society account have […]
The pandemic does have a silver lining – albeit a very faint one. Trust in UK banks has risen over the past year, according to research conducted by our friends at AltFi. Despite the financial uncertainty prompted by the pandemic, across several different areas trust appears to be rising both in neo banks such as Monzo and Starling […]
The UK’s progress in developing open banking comes in for some implicit criticism in this piece by our friends at Altfi, who look abroad for comparisons. Action is required to avoid the UK falling behind other open banking regimes like Australia and South Korea, according to policy group Coadec. The UK’s open banking industry, which […]
The future is almost with us. Our friends at Finextra run a report on the biggest study of mobile wallets – the digital devices that store cryptocurrencies – in the world. Released by payments fintech Boku, with data from Juniper Research, the research reveals that Europe will be home to four of the ten fastest-growing countries for […]
The word “blockchain” was once used as a marketing gimmick for companies pivoting into an ill-understood, gimmicky world. But blockchain technology is a good way of organising information without reference to a central agent. And that’s now official – the regulatory authorities are using it in an innovative way. Our friends at Finextra report: The […]
The mainstream of the financial world is moving as fast and as far as it can to accommodate the irresistible advance of cryptocurrencies. Our friends at Finextra report: A group of trade associations have called on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to revise its proposed punitive rules on investments in crypto assets by financial […]
Today, we bring more news from the febrile, fast-changing world of financial technology. Our friends at Finextra carry the latest tale. A coalition of UK fintechs has signed an open letter calling on the government to fast track a ‘smart data right’ that enables consumers to control their data, opening up the potential of open […]
The FinTech sector continues to expand. Part of that process of expansion is the incursion of the mainstream into the sector. Our friends at Finextra report the latest: JP Morgan is set to open the virtual doors to its long-awaited UK digital retail bank next week. The digital-only lender will initially offer current accounts with […]
Regular visotors to this News section will be well aware of the boom in interest and in funding for the financial technology (FinTech) sector. Our friends at Finextra look at recent data on the the fortunes of contemporary UK FinTechs. It’s a mixed bag, but a broadly positive picture. After a whirlwind decade that has […]