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Alex Kreger

Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA

The Future of Banking: Digital Revolution Demands a Whole New Model

For years, traditional banks built their reputations on physical branches and face-to-face customer relationships. But today, they face an existential challenge: nimble Fintech startups are emerging on a global scale, offering convenience, efficiency and mobile reach that simply can’t be matched by local branches alone. Like the shift from local n...

/retail /predictions Innovation in Financial Services

Anastasiia Kazakova

Anastasiia Kazakova Fintech Project Manager at Uptech

Gamification in Fintech: how to engage users and improve their financial literacy

Gamification is the use of game mechanics in non-gaming contexts. In fintech, it’s a tool that makes using an app more engaging, intuitive, and even fun. Instead of dry numbers, users get achievement badges, progress bars for saving goals, savings challenges, cashback rewards for activity, and personalized prizes. These aren’t just nice “perks” ...

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Aymeric Monod-Gayraud

Aymeric Monod-Gayraud Co-Founder at LoanTube (#Sifted100)

How Digital Credit Marketplaces Became More than a Middleman

There’s a persistent myth in UK financial services that credit brokers are simply comparison engines, digital middlemen shuffling applications from one side of the internet to another with little added value. This outdated perception ignores how technology has fundamentally transformed the role of digital credit marketplaces, delivering additional...

/retail /inclusion Innovation in Financial Services

Igor Kostyuchenok

Igor Kostyuchenok SVP of Engineering at Mbanq

Build an Ecosystem or Disappear

The world of banking is at the verge of big changes that most incumbents are desperately trying to ignore. They see the change coming, they realize that their inactivity will cost them their existense but they are choosing to play dead. It's easier to cut the jobs and walk out with the bonuses then to start acting to still be relevant in 5-10 year...

/retail /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Sergiy Fitsak

Sergiy Fitsak Managing Director, Fintech Expert at Softjourn

Can AI Really Code? What Fintech Leaders Should Know

AI-assisted coding tools have added incredible momentum to software development. As the Managing Director of a software development company, many of my teams use AI coding tools daily. They help my teams build faster, remove tedious manual work, and prototype new ideas quickly. In the fintech industry, where innovation cycles are tightening, AI’s ...

/ai /retail Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Alex Kreger

Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA

Stop These 10 Toxic Behaviors to Unlock Innovations in Your Digital Banking

In the high-stakes world of digital products, many banks and financial organizations face a fundamental yet often overlooked challenge: a dysfunctional team dynamic that hinders both innovation and progress. The most common solutions—team-building exercises, new management frameworks or injecting more resources—may seem logical. However, these app...

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Barley Laing

Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa

Spring clean customer databases to deliver growth in uncertain times

2025 is proving to be a challenging time for financial institutions looking to drive revenue. Organisations from the Bank of England to the IMF have been predicting a year of slow economic growth in the UK for the remainder of 2025, and now there’s uncertainty on tariffs which could have a significant negative impact on economies globally. In this...

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Teo Blidarus

Teo Blidarus CEO and Co-Founder at FintechOS

The evolution of life-centricity in banking

The banking industry is shifting from a customer-first approach to a life-centric model. This will align financial services with modern life. Financial institutions usually focus on products and risk management over complete customer engagement. Banks have focused on pushing loans, mortgages and credit cards. This is different from addressing broad...

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Shawn Conahan

Shawn Conahan Chief Revenue Officer at Wildfire Systems, Inc.

Why Incentives Drive Customer Engagement and Loyalty Program Participation

A compelling loyalty and rewards program can be a significant differentiator in the competitive financial services landscape. These programs can improve customer retention at neobanks, add more value for existing customers and drive new revenue streams for banks. Or payments startups can leverage loyalty programs to encourage specific user behavio...

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Alex Kreger

Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA

Slow Digital Transformation and UX Inaction Are Costing Banks Their Customers

In a world where trust is everything, stability has been banking’s ultimate badge of honor—but is it enough to stay ahead? In today’s fast-moving digital world, clinging to the “tried and true”—outdated white-label frontends and legacy core systems—can be a costly illusion. While these systems may have served well five or ten years ago, maintainin...

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