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FCA warns of more payment firm failures

January 25, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Last year’s high-profile insolvency of German fintech giant Wirecard may be followed by more failures among payment firms and electronic money (e-money) institutions (EMIs), the UK financial markets regulator, the […]

Revolut faces an existential choice

January 21, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Financial ‘super-app’ Revolut has announced it is applying to become a UK bank. But the fintech firm, which boasts over 12m customers and has a private market valuation of over […]

Risks lurk in fintech sector

July 17, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Wirecard’s collapse raises questions about the future growth of the financial technology sector. Do no harm—the pre-paid card If you’re in search of financial products that harm consumers, you don’t […]

Wirecard case raises e-money concerns

July 2, 2020 Comments are Disabled

The Wirecard collapse raises questions over the safety of funds kept by electronic money and payment services firms. Spot the difference On the face of it, there’s very little difference […]

Betting on the rebundling of finance

March 26, 2019 0 comments

The opening up of banks’ customer data to financial technology (‘fintech’) firms has been hailed as a revolution. Fintech promises new, user-friendly services while making online payments easier, safer and […]

The most valuable dataset in the world

February 13, 2019 0 comments

If you thought payments were just about the transfer of value from A to B, you were wrong. “Payments are not about the movement of money any more, they are […]

Tighter borders, freer capital

February 4, 2019 0 comments

Populist politicians in developed countries aim hostile rhetoric at economic migrants, aiming to deter their arrival. But for those who make it across borders to work abroad, sending money home […]