On Friday (26th June), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that it was suspending the operations of Wirecard Card Solutions. The ramifications were felt by UK fintechs.
What is Wirecard Card Solutions?
Wirecard Card Solutions (WCS) is a provider of prepaid...
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Interview with Lili Metodieva, Managing Director at Monneo
From starting her career in the payments industry in 2006 to recently leading her firm through a comprehensive rebranding process, my latest guest is proof that there is no...
In our first analysis of the online visibility race in the wealth & private banking sector, there's one clear winner.
Coutts claims first place, delivering online search visibility of 16.2%.
Coutts' closest rival is Barclays with 14.2% share of online search.
The...
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The secret life of money
Money, as a concept, is something we take for granted. Some people have lots of it, some people have very little, but fundamentally, as a society, we accept...
Alanis Morissette knows how to write a tune. In 1996 she released 'ironic', and whilst it's a solid slice of pop gold, it is lacking in irony.
Bad luck? It's got lots of that, like the old man who turned...
Measures taken by the governments of the world have taken a collective swipe against the global pandemic caused by COVID-19. In the process of trying to stop the virus, governments have also stopped the economy.
On the front line of...
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An interview with Mark Harley, Founder & CEO at Bankifi
Mark Hartley has been working in the financial technology industry (not the FinTech industry, more on that later) since 1991.
"Those were the days when electronic banking...
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Interview with Patrick Muir
From assisting in the launch of the UK's first-ever online bank to revolutionising the way Morgan Stanley markets its credit card products, Patrick Muir is one of the most...
Podcast interview with Peter Ramsey (Built for Mars)
UX in banking
If you haven't heard of Peter Ramsey (A.K.A the person behind Built for Mars) and his epic study into the user experience (UX) of banking, it really is time you...
"Unprecedented" is the word of the year so far. Don't believe me? Just take a look at this Google Trends data:
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What that shows us is that searches for the word "unprecedented" are higher than...
