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Strategic partnerships – what’s all the fuss about?

Partnerships. We know that there is a heavy focus here within financial services and particularly so now in fintech after a slow start. Done right, strategic partnerships can...

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The evolution of Banking-as-a-Service: Will future generations know what a bank is?

Although fintechs are continuing to innovate and provide new methods of access to financial products, companies and individuals alike still log in to their online banking...

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Fintechs: fail to understand the millennial generation, fail to survive

The millennial generation has largely had no say in many of their defining financial challenges. The 2008 financial crash led to years of low inflation, low wage growth and...

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Putting the spark back into cross-border payments

Currencycloud Spark is here, and it will revolutionise how businesses approach international commerce. This is fantastic news for fintechs and financial institutions (FIs)....

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The platform economy: what can we learn from Thomas Cook?

Many lessons can be learned from the recent collapse of Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel company, and the benefits of leveraging the platform economy. Not least of...

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Disrupting the insurance industry one policy at a time: why insurtech is winning

As technology continues to reshape business models and society as a whole, it’s clear that some of our oldest financial services are no longer fit for purpose. One of...

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How machine learning is transforming the banking industry

There’s no denying it anymore: today’s global economy is going digital. In the past five years, FinTech investments have drastically increased across industries, and banks in...

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Change is coming to Forex trading: client experience is key to conversion

The huge success of foreign exchange (Forex) trading has been driven by high levels of liquidity and instant online accessibility 24 hours a day. The Bank for International...

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Currencycloud features in The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100

Currencycloud is delighted to be included in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table for the second year in a row. The league table ranks Britain’s 100 private...

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Lendtech: Financial inclusion in the digital age

The exorbitant rates and charges levied on pay-day loans, together with the ease with which such loans can be secured, have long raised alarm and caused problems for...

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