Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Listen to the full interview An interview with Kimberley Waldron, MD at SkyParlour Since 2009, my latest guest on the podcast has along with her business partner run a communications agency that works in the fintech space. "We started the business...
Spanish banking group, Santander has launched PagoFX, an app that lets customers transfer money abroad. The new service is delivered via a mobile app that will let UK debit cardholders from any bank send money abroad using real-time exchange rates. Reuters...
Starling and OakNorth banks have been added to the British Business Bank's list of lenders under the CBILS (Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme). Both Starling and OakNorth join more than 45 lenders now approved for the scheme. Their lender status...
Listen to the podcast interview What is developer-first banking? When you visit the Weavr website for the first time, you're greeted by an intriguing message; 'welcome to developer-first banking'. What is 'developer-first banking'? I posed this question to my latest guest on...
Listen to the full interview Interview with Jacqueline Dewey, CEO at Smart Money People Jacqueline Dewey comes with a very impressive CV. Not only was she involved with the launch of the very first digital bank but she was also a...
IT and marketing specialist roles are leading the way in growing demand for talent in the financial services sector, reaching 70% of the industry's recruitment needs for the whole of 2020 within the first four months of the year. The...
As part of work undertaken by Skipton Building Society, research revealed that although 60% of consumer decisions in the market were based on interest rates, 40% can be attributed to brand. The research was carried out by the Skipton BS...
Just under half of UK adults, aged 18 or over display at least one characteristic of vulnerability. That's according to the findings of the FCA's Financial Lives Survey and it equates to 24.1m consumers. The FCA believes that the COVID-19...
Citi is to launch a fintech marketplace, making third-party fintech apps and services available to its customers. The marketplace will make use of API technology that enables customers to share information with financial apps that are a part of the...
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...