September 8, 2017 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a census taking by EY and Innovate Finance (on behalf of HM Treasury), UK Fintech firms are quite bullish on their prospects in the coming year. The report, the 2017 UK FinTech Census, states that about half of the firms polled expect revenue… Read More

July 19, 2017 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Nesta , a global innovation foundation, has announced the twenty Fintech firms that will participate in the Open Up Challenge. Nesta announced the competition this past February. The Open Up Challenge is a global search for organizations who would use new open banking Application Programming… Read More

December 31, 2016 @ 2:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Imran Gulamhuseinwala joined the likes of Andy Murray, Victoria Beckham and Ray Davies on the annual UK New Years Honours List. This year’s list tallied 1,197 honours including 322 BEMs, 503 MBEs, and 222 OBEs.   Gulamhuseinwala, Global Lead for Fintech at Ernst and Young, earned an Officers of… Read More

October 10, 2016 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance, along with partners EY & Hogan Lovells, has published a report on Blockchain adoption.  Entitled Blockchain, DLT and the Capital Markets Journey: Navigating the Legal and Regulatory Landscape, the publication addresses distributed ledger technology (DLT) and the current regulatory environment.  The report also provides… Read More

September 22, 2016 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

EY, in collaboration with Innovate Finance, has published a report on the need for investment banks to collaborate with Fintech firms and embrace innovation.  Entitled Capital Markets: Innovation and the Fintech Landscape, the authors state that while Fintech may have started with P2P lending, equity… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 9:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

15.5% of digitally active consumers currently use financial technology products Payment services are the most popular product offering Users are younger, wealthier and increasingly urban With 29.1%, Hong Kong has the highest rate of FinTech use of all surveyed markets  “Higher-income individuals are some of the… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

London & Partners, a non-profit entity funded by the Mayor of London, is pounding the table on the growth of Fintech in London. The promotional company states that the capital’s booming Fintech sector is being driven by “record levels of investment and the rapid adoption of… Read More