Stay up-to-date on all the all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor.  Around the World: Analysts with CB Insights have teamed up with Fast Company to compile a list of 50 companies poised to become the next “unicorns” and receive an estimated total …

We’ve already seen some of how COVID-19 has changed our thoughts on the financial industry and how we engage with it. But it’s also important to look toward the future and try to understand what is driving the future of the industry once we move past COVID-19. Economics – low …

COVID-19 has spurred a fundamental shift in consumer behaviors and expectations. This shift is also impacting the way in which financial institutions interact with consumers as well as the way they are likely to be viewed by consumers in the long term. With that in mind, let’s take a look …

Speaking at the Deloitte How Will COVID-19 Change the Banking Industry? webinar, Alexey Voylukov, vice president of the Association of Banks of Russia, outlined how 3 trends arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic are defining how banking will look in the future. These 3 trends are: (1) an acceleration of …

COVID-19 has impacted the way Kazakhstanis are living their lives, and many believe that the new normal will look very different from the old one. Within the banking sector, COVID-19 has pushed 7 key changes: Push toward online – COVID-19 has forced a quick transition to online financial services as …

Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, discusses how commercial financial institutions around the world, by and large, failed consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the emerging new standards upon which commercial financial institutions are likely to be assessed in a post-COVID-19 world. Video: why future bank branches …

Panel experts Mary Mack (Senior Executive Vice President and CEO of Consumer and Small Business Banking at Wells Fargo), Daniel Sheehan (Chairman and CEO of Professional Holding Corp and Professional Bank) and Chris Zingo (Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Americas at Finastra) join moderator Michael Piwowar (Executive …

Philip Augar, financial expert and author on financial systems, connects with Andrew Hilton and Jane Fuller of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation to discuss the future of banking systems, especially how they respond in times of crisis. Sberbank names unsafe regions for using bank cards Video: what …

Stay up-to-date on all the all the latest FinTech news and information from around the world in the BFC FinTech Monitor.  Around the World: MobilePaymentsToday.com has released materials outlining how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mobile payments industry. British startup Curve has announced the release of multicards that do not use numbers. Instead, …

Finch Capital has released FinTech: The Future Post CV-19, a detailed analytical report that outlines the challenges and opportunities for FinTechs during and, more importantly, after the COVID-19 crisis. The key findings of the report include: Most of the world will likely be going through the crisis until the 3rd …

Stephen Hopkins, an expert on the Chinese FinTech space, outlines how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted China’s FinTech ecosystem and how some government policies could help mitigate some of the negative effects of the outbreak. FinTech’s strange relationship with COVID-19 Infographic: video banking is here Infographic: 10 FinTech trends to …

Mitchell Green of Lead Edge Capital shares his insights on investments in tech companies during the COVID-19 crisis. Video: the client journey within the WealthTech revolution Video: the rise and fall of a Silicon Valley disrupter Video: artificial intelligence in fraud processing

Dushyant Shahrawat, strategic insights advisor on FinTech investment banking at Rosenblatt Securities, discusses how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting the FinTech industry as a whole. Infographic: Gen Z, the entrepreneur generation Infographic: 50 disrupting FinTech facts about mobile wallets and payments Infographic: how RegTech savvy are you?

Chris Sugden, managing partner at Edison Partners, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on investments in FinTech startups. Video: the impact of new technologies in life sciences and healthcare Infographic: the impact of investing in HR Infographic: top 20 reasons startups fail

FinTechs have been among the hottest trends in the financial industry in recent years, attracting record levels of funding and ushering in game-changing innovations. The global COVID-19 crisis has, however, put a damper on FinTechs rising dominance, as evidenced by total deals with and total investments in FinTechs showing a …

With more and more business taking place across borders, cross-border payments are becoming increasingly important. As these payments speed up and move toward real-time, compliance teams need to be able to ensure that they are still able to effectively manage and monitor risk. Here are 5 steps to achieving real-time, …

Financial institutions are always on the lookout for effective and innovative ways to combat fraud, ensure anti-money laundering compliance and enhance security. Let’s take a look at 5 trends expected to optimize financial intelligence goals this year. How artificial intelligence is changing the employer-candidate relationship Infographic: how bigtechs make their …

The battle against financial crimes has a new and exciting tool at its disposal. Using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, this new automated solution detects suspect activities. Learn how this tool and others like it are being employed to fight fraud and stay ahead of changing regulatory-compliance requirements. Infographic: …

Financial markets around the globe are continuously seeking a better balance between risk mitigation and operational efficiency, highlighting the need for robust analytics. Take a look at how the need to modernize anti-money laundering processes and improve digital transformation are driving the creation of innovative solutions and impacting markets. BFC …

A constantly-changing regulatory environment and increased consumer demands are constantly putting pressure on financial institutions to provide faster, more convenient and safer solutions. Risk and compliance experts Casper Stam and Ulrich Windheuser have an interesting discussion on how emerging data-driven technologies can empower innovative solutions that provide consumers with better …