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What will your future work week look like?
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What will your future work week look like?

Shorter hours, a four-day week, or the flexibility to pick and choose your own schedule any given week; if you could choose, what would your ideal working week look like? The workplace has irrevocably changed over the past few years, with expected changes accelerated by the pandemic and cemented as the new reality over the course of subsequent lock...

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Is Ethereum’s long-awaited 'The Merge' upgrade a game changer?
Charles-Henry Monchau

Charles-Henry Monchau CIO at Syz Group

Is Ethereum’s long-awaited 'The Merge' upgrade a game changer?

The price of Ether (ETH) rebounded strongly in July. Renewed risk appetite certainly played a role, but some investors are looking positively at a major change in the way the blockchain Ethereum will operate, starting 19 September. From Ethereum to Ethereum 2.0 Launched on 30 July 2015, Ethereum is a decentralised exchange protocol that allows use...

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Here’s how to get hired at iwoca
Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Here’s how to get hired at iwoca

iwoca’s chief operations officer, Seema Desai, spoke with Finextra in a tell-all around the tips and tricks to getting hired by a leading fintech in our latest ‘Breaking into Fintech’ piece. Priding itself on flexible, fast, and efficient lending, iwoca is a loan platform that supports businesses in the UK and Germany by providing them with credit ...

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The Future of Digital Banking in the UK: Digitising to the core with agile fintech players
Paige McNamee

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

The Future of Digital Banking in the UK: Digitising to the core with agile fintech players

This is an excerpt from Finextra’s report, 'The Future of Digital Banking in the UK 2022'. Beyond the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the world has found itself having to function in a context of rife with unpredictability, with climate change and global geopolitical events marking just the tip of the iceberg. On top of these pressures, the financial ...

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Solutions to help fintechs break down barriers to collaborate with banks
Madeleine Barratt

Madeleine Barratt Associate at Pinsent Masons

Solutions to help fintechs break down barriers to collaborate with banks

Customers in the financial service sector now demand 24/7 access to digital services from their banks. Those demands have only increased as a consequence of the pandemic and its impact on consumer habits. To compete, banks need access to the latest digital technologies quickly, and commonly find it more efficient and effective to procure technolog...

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Want a stable career? Switch to the cloud
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Want a stable career? Switch to the cloud

The term ‘head in the clouds’ is no longer shorthand for those of the dizzy, distracted persuasion. In fact it has become just the opposite. Why? Because the cloud computing space continues to surpass all expectations, resulting in a cohort of IT experts at the top of their profession who are able to secure the highest salaries by looking towards ...

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Banks and fintech firms: The symbiotic relationship
Níamh Curran

Níamh Curran Senior Reporter at Finextra

Banks and fintech firms: The symbiotic relationship

Customers expect a lot more from their banks today. They anticipate a full digital experience that engages with them on an individual, personalised basis. Fintech firms have excelled in customer experience and are far better at providing tailored products and services than the banks, despite the latter’s advantages in infrastructure and inherited ...

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Here’s how to get hired at Moneybox
Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Here’s how to get hired at Moneybox

Finextra’s ‘Breaking into fintech’ series dives into what financial services companies are looking for employees. For the second piece in this series, we chatted with Jack Johnstone, head of people at digital wealth manager, Moneybox, to uncover exactly what they’re looking for in their future employees. What strengths is Moneybox looking for in a...

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What can compliance professionals learn from HM Treasury’s latest AML/CFT review?
Thomas Cattee

Thomas Cattee Solicitor at Gherson

What can compliance professionals learn from HM Treasury’s latest AML/CFT review?

Background On 24 June 2022, HM Treasury published its “Review of the UK’s AML/CFT regulatory and supervisory regime” (the “Review”). This article will provide some initial observations from the Review, before delving into the some of the detail and extracting some points of interest and key learning points, with a particular focus on new technolog...

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The India Policy Series: Handling cross-border investments with RBI supported innovation
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The India Policy Series: Handling cross-border investments with RBI supported innovation

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently announced the successful exit of four entities from its regulatory sandbox’s cohort for cross-border payments. This opens the door for the innovations of these entities, which address inward/outward remittance and provide blockchain based solutions among others to be adopted by the financial services indus...

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The Future of Digital Banking in the UK: What comes after digital transformation?
Madhvi Mavadiya

Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

The Future of Digital Banking in the UK: What comes after digital transformation?

This is an excerpt from Finextra’s report, 'The Future of Digital Banking in the UK 2022'. Technology is not a silver bullet for digital transformation. Investing in technology is of paramount importance but placing too much importance on the performance of technology in digital transformation will become a barrier to success. Digital transformat...

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The fintech sentiment: Fintech’s take on the BoE’s rate hike
Paige McNamee

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

The fintech sentiment: Fintech’s take on the BoE’s rate hike

In the largest hike since 1997, the Bank of England this week raised interest rates by 50bp, to 1.75%. The central bank at the same time warned that a recession is expected to begin in late 2022, and last for five quarters. As the rate rise is spells drama for the entire economy, we’ve compiled the key observations and opinions of experts across th...

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