SIBOS Day Two — Figuring out how to profitably serve the Underbanked
The ability for a bank to serve the ‘unbanked’ might just be a contradiction as there may be a very...
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Why most Fintech startups will fail but there is no Fintech bubble
It is childish to believe in Unicorns and entrepreneurs have to be childish – meaning they have to believe they...
Why Alibaba reckons that the future of banking rests with banks that cannot lend
A few days ago we covered the 11 new “payment banks” licensed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In...
SIBOS Day One – Return to a New-Looking Singapore
Ravi Patel is contributing to the Daily Fintech as Guest Author. He is the co-Founder and CEO of YoloPay, a...
A 3D Look at UK Altfi Lending: Government, Associations and Businesses
Like or not, we live in economies that can only operate efficiently if the Trio – Government, Not-for-profit trade associations,...
It’s all about the data! How wearables tech enables life and health insurers to better understand and engage with customers
By Rick Huckstep The tech industry loves its buzzwords. Yesterday it was all “big data” and “cloud” and today we’re...
Singapore takes top slot in latest Fintech Capitals rankings
A week from today, on Wednesday next week, I will be moderating a session at SIBOS in Singapore entitled Why...
What does the 70% decline in Tungsten Networks price mean for working capital finance?
When Tungsten Networks did their IPO on the London market in October 2013, I was involved with a project...
The Global Transparency Movement in Portfolio Performance
MIFID II is certainly not associated with a flower visual in the brain mapping maze of any person in the...
$1 billion raise by SoFi heats up the ‘Uber of marketplace lending’ battle
Although the Uber of Banking tag does not make sense, narrow it to marketplace lending and the tag is certainly...
