Fintech makes the world go around

Recent Posts

• Tech startups can be the creation of anyone intimate with a business challenge

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 21 Aug 2018

The creation of tech startup Trint by a journalist brings home the importance of intimacy with a business problem

• Banking as a service could help challenger bank expand and profit

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 09 Aug 2018

Fintech driven challenger banks could make white label banking services attractive to businesses in various consumer facing sectors

• Young age group need to be educated about open banking if it is to take-off

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 07 Aug 2018

There needs to be a concerted effort to educate the population about the benefits open banking can offer individuals and society

• Five things to consider when joining Open Banking revolution

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 27 Jul 2018

Open Banking has arrived and will gather pace over the coming tears, but what should organisations consider when they join the revolution

• London Fintechs: Could Saudi Arabia be your next stage growth opportunity?

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 18 Jul 2018

Saudi Arabia is selling itself as a fintech hub with an environment for startups to flourish, but are fintechs ready to set up there?

• When was 28% of tech startups considering leaving London ever good news?

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 16 Jul 2018

It might not be fake Brexit news but it is outrageous spin.

• Venture capitalists fears for London’s fintech future is the starkest of warnings

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 13 Jul 2018

Fintech is nothing without VC funding and the UK risks losing a significant share

• The sacking of a robot revealed the need for robot probation periods

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 12 Jul 2018

Businesses need to give robots a probabtion period for different roles andd must be prepared to bring out the P45

• Trainline shaking up rail travel beyond making trains run on time

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 05 Jul 2018

Trainline's data scientists are applying the latest technologies to vast data sets to make train journey ticket prices easier to navigate

• London fintechs managed by Oracle's Brussels arm: a shock a few years ago, but not today

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 04 Jul 2018

Not that surprising in this day and age that a large software company puts its European fintech resources in a city other than London

• Who is right on blockchain Gartner or Deloitte, or even both?

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 26 Jun 2018

It is hard to tell the real status of blockchain take up because there is so much background noise

• Fintech takes headlines but Insurtech is a huge opportunity

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 20 Jun 2018

Insurtech doesn't have the ring of Fintech but the opportunity to personalise insurance through tech is huge

• Fintech professional’s tech predictions: 9- Gamers monitored by businesses and authorities

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 31 May 2018

People that use online gaming platforms might be being sized up for a job or even by security services

• The UK fintech economy will create different pockets of excellence all over the country

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 22 May 2018

London should not be seen as competition for fintechs in the North and they should not try to emulate London's fintech model

• Fintech professional’s tech predictions: 8- Fake personal data.

  Karl Flinders - Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA 16 May 2018

There will be a law that reduces the number of required fields in online reforms to reduce the amount of unnecessary information given to organisations.