Latest Predictions News: Finextra Research

Report calls for more support for female founded fintechs

UK startups outside of London should have more than one founder, ensure gender diversity and join an accelerator, according to the findings of a recently published report.

16 April 2024

News/payments

David Birch confirmed as EBAday 2024 challenge speaker

Exploring digital money, digital assets, digital identity and the future of banking, David G. W. Birch has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for one of the most compelling sessions at EBAday every year.

05 April 2024

News/predictions

Embedded Finance market to be worth $22bn by 2028

The market for embedded finance is forecast to grow by 148% over the next five years, according to a recently published study.

02 April 2024

News/wealth

Asset managers embracing AI but need to go further - survey

While almost all asset managers are already using artificial intelligence (AI) in their investment process, only a handful are using the tech for more advanced tasks, according to a recently published study.

26 March 2024

News/predictions

Ireland’s fintech funding slumps

2023 saw a 94% decline in funding for Irish fintechs, according to recently published research.

25 March 2024

News/payments

NextGen Nordics 2024: What to expect from this year's conference

Finextra is returning to Stockholm for the annual NextGen Nordics event. Attendees can expect in-depth conversations on a variety of topics, and much more.

16 February 2024

News/payments

NextGen Nordics 2024: Agenda to cover AI, Buy Now Pay Later, data privacy and Request to Pay

The Nordic region has been at the vanguard of innovation across payments for decades, but is that the case in 2024? NextGen Nordics 2024 - a leading conference led by Finextra Research held in Stockholm on 23 April 2024 - will procure an answer to this question from experts hailing from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

09 February 2024

News/regulation

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey embraces AI - BBC

Governor Andrew Bailey confirms House of Lords' view that the AI technology should be seen as a positive, rather than a risk to business.

02 February 2024

News/startups

Davos 2024: AI most relevant for fintech development until 2029

Bryan Zhang, executive director and co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at The University of Cambridge Judge Business School presented research on the future of global fintech, conducted in conjunction with the World Economic Forum.

19 January 2024

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Chase UK aims for profitability in 2025

JP Morgan’s digital challenger bank Chase UK is setting its sights on becoming profitable from next year, as it prepares for the introduction of credit cards and expansion into Europe.

02 January 2024

News/payments

Finextra's year in review

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items, videos and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.

22 December 2023

News/payments

Dark clouds gather over European payments firms

The pain faced by fintechs in the payments space is expected to continue throughout 2024, according to an analysis by Jefferies.

07 December 2023

News/crypto

MAS chief rubbishes private crypto in speech

Private cryptocurrencies have failed the basic test of digital money and are likely to be in decline in the near future

29 November 2023

News/markets

Fintech valuations stabilising says VC fund chief

The fintech market is returning to some sense of normality in terms of valuations after a period in which it "largely lost its head", according to a leading investor.

29 November 2023

News/predictions

73% of FS execs expect GenAI to take their jobs

Almost three-quarters (73%) of executives working in financial services expect to eventually be replaced by Generative AI (GAI), according to a recently released study.

22 November 2023

News/security

DORA to spark changes in risk management tech

The imminent introduction of the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will force sell-side firms to make significant changes to their third party risk management software and strategies, suggests a recently published survey.

22 November 2023

News/predictions

Survey reveals firms doubts over data quality

As many as three quarters of corporate, trust and fund services firms do not trust their own data, suggests recently published research.

30 October 2023

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Lunar’s stratospheric plans for the Eurozone in 2024

Looking forward to 2024, Finextra spoke to CEO of Nordic challenger bank Lunar, Ken Villum Klausen to examine plans for the digital challenger banks continuing success.

27 October 2023

News/startups

Irish fintech funding slows down

Funding levels in Ireland's fintech sector have fallen again in the last 12 months due to economic and geopolitical challenges.

21 August 2023

News/predictions

What are the leading BaaS trends and strategies for 2023

At the Temenos Community Forum that took place in Vienna during May earlier this year, Finextra sat down with chief strategy officer at Temenos, Kanika Hope, to discuss how Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) trends are impacting the banking sector.

27 July 2023