FINTECH

Payments tech is comin’ to town

It’s that time of year – chestnuts are roasting on an open fire and thoughts turn to the trends and technologies that will make waves in the next twelve months. 2014 has been...

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The evolution of international trade and modern day trade routes

Over the past decade, international trade has become more tightly linked than at any point in human history. Global flows of goods, services and capital have reached...

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Innovate Finance: bringing together the Fintech sector at Number 10

In August, the Chancellor of the Exchequer launched a new industry body called Innovate Finance with the aim to position London and the UK as the global leader in financial...

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What it’s like to build the ‘tech’ in Fintech

When I first joined the company in August 2010, Currency Cloud was still getting started. We had a small office which was starting to get quite cozy. Now that we’re up to...

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The silicon roundabout boom

It all started (like so many British success stories) with a little bit of wry humor. In 2008, in the heart of London’s Shoreditch, the area around Old Street Station was...

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MANGOPAY: Fintech and APIs are powering the collaborative economy

Romain Mazeries, Managing Director of MANGOPAY, a payments solution built specifically for crowdfunding platform and online marketplaces, the collaborative economy and why he...

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Todd Latham: The top 5 Fintech start-ups to watch out for

A few weeks back, Fintech companies were out in full force to demo new innovations at FinovateEurope. FinovateEurope is a conference that focuses exclusively on showcasing...

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Seeing through “transparency”

Earlier this month, reports of currency manipulation by FX traders working for major banks sparked debate on spot foreign-exchange trading, in one of the least regulated...

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