Zilvinas Bareisis reflects on the Google I/O developer conference, and shares his highlights and takeaways regarding paying with Google.
Top Stories
Takeaways from the latest research in consumer financial decision making
Daniel Latimore shares his thoughts around financial education, consumer data, prepaid accounts, customer behaviour and searching for win-win outcomes.
We need some education (but no thought control)
Many developing and growth economies are going cashless, and it doesn't take a lifetime of financial education to see it. Story by Chris Skinner.
More New Stories
Is the UK mortgage market a level playing field for new banks?
Listening to the incumbent lobby is a habit banking regulators just can't break, says Guy Shone. The fight isn't fair, yet digital brands...
Cards vs non-cards, or cards and non-cards?
What does it take to create a new consumer payment scheme? Dave Birch looks at the possibilities for merchants as well as tech companies.
New Podcasts
Yolande Piazza of Citi – the change agent
Sam Maule hosts the latest Fintech5 podcast, and chats to Yolande Piazza of Citi FinTech about the bank's internal fintech programme.
Around the Coin reviews the ETA conference, and discusses Amazon...
Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele and Faisal Khan discuss the ETA conference, Amazon Echo, PayPal, innovation and Square.
Insurtech
Challenges remain around blockchain implementation
We have yet to invent the ways to use blockchain, and still have a long way to go before we can celebrate disruption in insurance. Story by...
Cyber insurance is growing, but it’s still a grey area
Cyber insurance is becoming popular, but there remains some degree of overlap with other commercial products, creating confusion among...
10 insurtech trends for 2017
Roger Peverelli provides a list of 10 insurtech trends to set the stage for the digital insurance agenda in 2017.
Startupbootcamp cohort reveals big data as trend for insurance...
Startupbootcamp’s 2017 cohort features 10 insurtechs that could be set to challenge and ultimately change the face of insurance. Focus...
Innovation
This is the fintech era
Roberto Ferrari advocates a long-term view when it comes to seeing the benefits of the fintech era as 'the new evolution'.
Regulations, innovations, sandboxes and regtech
Chris Skinner on what's happening to encourage startups in the world of UK finance, including Regulatory Sandbox and Project Innovate.
