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Monzo pips First Direct to top our customer service poll
Challenger bank Monzo has taken the crown in our banking customer service poll, with more than nine out of 10 giving it top marks, knocking First Direct off its perch for the first time ever.
EU Report: Blockchain Adoption Will Be Led by Permissioned Platforms
The EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum published the “thematic report” last week, produced on its behalf by ConsenSys AG and titled “Scalability, Interoperability and Sustainability of Blockchains.”
Forty percent of ‘AI startups’ in Europe don’t really use AI, says report
According to the survey from London venture capital firm MMC, 40 percent of European startups that are classified as AI companies don’t actually use artificial intelligence in a way that is “material” to their businesses. MMC studied some 2,830 AI startups in 13 EU countries to come to its conclusion, reviewing the “activities, focus, and funding” of each firm.
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The 2019 British Bank Awards: A Tipping Point?
It seems times are changing, that the new challenger services seem to be swaying customers with their user friendly and customer centric solutions. A wake up call of for British banking and beyond, European banking. Doing what you have always done, will give customer what they have always got; perhaps it is time to question deeply whether customers want what they have always got, or whether they want something new.
The Fintech Revolution Is Here. Can It Help Build A Better Economy?
At the Fintech for Inclusion Global Summit hosted by Accion, Quona Capital and FMO, in the Hague last week, Peter van Mierlo, the CEO of the Dutch development bank FMO didn’t mince words: “The financial sector needs to be reinvented.”
Fortnite and fintech
The future of financial services changed on the 2nd of February and not for any reason you’d expect. That was the date the online game Fortnite held an in-game concert that was viewed by over 10 million people live.
The challenger bank playbook: A deep dive
Finextra reports on the rise of the challenger bank economy in Asia, as Money20/20 prepares to open its doors to a new wave of disruptors and innovators in Singapore next week.
Fintech: What’s Real, and What’s Hype
Wharton's Itay Goldstein and Andrew Karolyi from Cornell discuss a new research intitiative that aims to clarify where the actual promise lies regarding fintech.