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Navigating the looming recession: top priorities for payments & fintech leaders

Navigating the looming recession: top priorities for payments & fintech leaders

With mindsets pivoting to managing short-term profitability, Martin Koderisch (Principal, London) argues that payment and fintech leaders must, in parallel, plan for an accelerated exit from the recession which, given stronger corporate balances sheets and record levels of deployable capital, could be shorter and shallower than expected.

by Martin Koderisch | Nov 19, 2022
3 mins read
Creating Web3 and embedded finance: trends that may define the next phase of the web and fintech's place in it

Creating Web3 and embedded finance: trends that may define the next phase of the web and fintech's place in it

Read Martin Koderisch’s (Principal, London) article on Web3 and embedded finance. These two trends are on a collision course that is set to yield remarkable new financial products based on blockchain decentralised ledger technology. The transformation is likely to be huge, but the path will be an iterative evolutionary one, rather than a single big bang.

by Martin Koderisch | Oct 01, 2022
5 mins read
A deeper look at Open Banking and the recent successes of various use cases

A deeper look at Open Banking and the recent successes of various use cases

In last month’s newsletter, we took a deeper look at Open Banking and the recent successes that various use cases in this ever-developing industry segment appear to have. In many parts of the world, Open Banking has really gathered momentum.

by Volker Schloenvoigt | Jul 29, 2021
5 mins read
From Open Banking to Open Finance (and possibly Open Data) – But what about Payments?

From Open Banking to Open Finance (and possibly Open Data) – But what about Payments?

Later this summer, in September, to be precise, the payments industry is celebrating the second anniversary of PSD2 being fully enforced in European markets.

by Volker Schloenvoigt | Jun 30, 2021
7 mins read
The hasty unravelling of one of Europe’s leading FinTech companies, Wirecard, has huge consequences for cardholders and merchants

The hasty unravelling of one of Europe’s leading FinTech companies, Wirecard, has huge consequences for cardholders and merchants

Wirecard, the payments group, filed for insolvency on Monday 22 June 2020 after it admitted that €1.9bn in cash probably did “not exist”. On Tuesday 23 June, Wirecard’s recently departed chief executive, Markus Braun, was arrested by police.

by Mark Beresford | Jul 02, 2020
6 mins read
Are we heading for a new consumer debt crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic?

Are we heading for a new consumer debt crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic?

The World Bank has warned that the coronavirus pandemic has triggered the most widespread global economic meltdown since at least 1870 and risks fuelling a dramatic rise in poverty levels around the globe.

by Mark Beresford | Jul 02, 2020
10 mins read
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