The UK has been considered a trailblazer in open banking for some time. Since the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ‘s open banking investigation and the implementation of the European PSD2 framework in 2018, the adoption of open banking in the UK has grown from strength to strength. In May 2022, there were 339 regulated […]
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are, for many, divisive sources of controversy. For some, they are a certainty in the digital world of the future and one of the only digital asset groups many have refused to condemn. Jim Harper is a nonresident senior fellow at AEI. Split into retail and wholesale use cases, an […]
Regulation in the financial technology and crypto industry is moving forward in Latin America, with many of its countries working on adjusting legal frameworks for the sector. Argentina is one of South America’s three most significant ecosystems (after Brazil and similar to Colombia). Yet despite fast progress in QR code payments, regulation has lagged in […]
“Every business will become a bank” has become a common refrain among tech circles. If Apple is anything to go by, it is becoming less of a prediction and more of a fact. A mix of embedded finance and open banking are the cocktail for reaching this prophecy. As more developments toward open data sharing […]
The Chilean Central Bank recently decided to limit cross-border payments made by fintechs in the South American country. Credit card companies had legally challenged these operations, which currently dominate activity in Chile. Visa had requested before the regulatory institution its pronouncement regarding the faculty of card operators and payment service providers (PSP) to carry out […]
While recent changes in the economic landscape have dampened growth, studies show an increased interest in wealth creation over the past few years, particularly in younger generations. Fintech has allowed more access to investing tools, but the space can still be daunting, and many are looking for tools to understand more. Statista found that in […]
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Pankaj Kulshreshtha of Scienaptic AI While AI has been around for decades there has never been more interest in this topic than there is today. In underwriting, some lenders have been using AI for a while but it is only recently that it has caught on for mainstream lenders. My next guest on the Fintech […]
Hi guys. Welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I’m your host Isabelle Castro. A few weeks ago, I sat down in London with Matt Bullivant, OakNorth’s, Director of ESG strategy. Matt Bullivant, Director of ESG strategy at OakNorth In the race to meet Net Zero targets, greenwashing has been cited as the ultimate enemy, and […]
Visa wants to buy Brazilian fintech company Pismo and has offered $1.4 billion to close the deal. The startup has made a name for itself in the market for its cloud banking and payment processing platform. It is currently negotiating its sale with at least one other interested party. Pismo hired Goldman Sachs for the […]