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Ben Rattue

A deep dive on the benefits of Variable Recurring Payments

Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs), or Dynamic Recurring Payments (DRPs) as they’re commonly known in continental Europe, represent a promising payments innovation and are poised to deliver significan...

13 Nov 2023
Open Banking
Alex Kreger

Digital Customer Expectations in Banking

In recent years there has been growing discussion on the ability of financial institutions to adapt their services to the expectations of digital-first customers. What should financial businesses cons...

13 Nov 2023
Digital Banking
Sergiy Fitsak

How Much Does it Cost to Build a Payment Gateway? - And Other Frequently Asked Questions

For many businesses, creating a secure and effective payment solution is of great importance, whether you opt to construct your own payment gateway or consider other possibilities. By making well-info...

08 Nov 2023
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Péter Ekler

AI and the future of banking

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, we’re seeing more sectors recognising the potential of AI and looking for ways to use it to help them offer the best possible products and services to t...

08 Nov 2023
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
James Barker

Hanging by a thread: Is incumbent bank loyalty under threat?

How many of us bank with one of the incumbent mega-banks as our primary account? I’d wager the answer is ‘yes’ for most of us. But how solid are these relationships? Is our loyalty to these institutio...

07 Nov 2023
Banking
Alex Kreger

Тo Enter Banking with X, Musk Needs to Overcome Critical UX Challenges

Knowing Elon Musk's large-scale approach, his intention to turn X into a bank could have disruptive consequences for the banking industry. However, the conflict between the existing UX patterns of a s...

07 Nov 2023
Disruption in Retail Banking
Joris Lochy

The Fintech Regulatory Puzzle: From AISP to Bank

When discussing the dynamic world of Fintech, particularly in the context of neo-banks and payment Fintechs, licenses play a crucial role. This regulatory aspect, while less glamorous than cutting-edg...

02 Nov 2023
Banking Regulations
Ben Rattue

Bringing the benefits of Variable Recurring Payments to life

If the sessions and discussions at Open Banking Expo UK and Europe on 18-19 October were anything to go by, then Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) are generating plenty of interest and excitement acr...

02 Nov 2023
Open Banking
Bo Harald

Connecting AI to the Trust Infrastructure - ChatGPT sees it

How could SSI support AI applications? Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) can be immensely supportive for AI applications in various ways: 1. **Data Integrity and Authenticity**: SSI ensures that the dat...

01 Nov 2023
Innovation in Financial Services
Ketharaman Swaminathan

Why Are Bills And Statements So Frigging Hard To Decipher?

People regularly complain that it's very hard to decipher bills and statements from banks. Rant from Quora: Why are the description info on Bank Account Statements so confusing? We cannot find what i...

31 Oct 2023
Shawn Conahan

Loyalty: No Longer a Cost Center with the Loyalty 2.0 Framework

Competition among Financial Institutions (FIs) for valuable customers has heated up of late. A slew of challenger banks and other fintechs have taken market share away from once-solid banks, while a s...

31 Oct 2023
Fintech innovation and startups
A Finextra Member

Financial wellness in the U.S. is plummeting. Here’s how banks and credit unions can step up to help

As consumer financial health in the U.S. deteriorates at a rapid pace, banks and credit unions have an opportunity to do so much more than simply holding customer money. More than ever, financial ins...

26 Oct 2023

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