By John Lyons For years, any financial services report that predicted life in 2020 seemed ridiculously futuristic. But not anymore. 2020 is knocking at the door and the journey there is likely going to be paved with technology-driven change and... Continue reading

By Robert Churcher and Louise Perfect Do you know your Unicorns from your Gazelles? Your Blockchain from your Bitcoin? And what’s an accelerator when it’s not stuck to the floor of your car? FinTech (or Finance Technology) is the topic... Continue reading

By Steve Davies The FCA’s Business Plan recognises the need to prioritise innovation and technology, but the regulator has plenty of work to do Credit where it’s due. That the Financial Conduct Authority has chosen to make “Innovation and Technology”... Continue reading

By Steve Davies Are innovative and entrepreneurial FinTech start-ups about to steal the financial services sector’s lunch? Established market players are certainly feeling threatened: our new research, Blurred Lines: How FinTech is shaping financial services, reveals that 83% consider themselves... Continue reading

By Robert Churcher 2015 saw a major shift in the UK FinTech landscape. If you started a conversation about FinTech in 2014 there was probably a 50:50 chance you were talking about innovation in Payments. (Over 50% of US FinTech... Continue reading

By Mark Pugh The stakes are high for asset and wealth management businesses: our new research suggests that financial services is ripe for disruption from agile and innovative new FinTech companies, and that firms in this sector of the industry... Continue reading

By Jonathan Howe The insurance landscape is changing, and quickly. FinTechs - or more particular for insurance - InsurTechs, are shaking-up the status quo and encouraging insurers to think in a different way. Yesterday, 15th March 2016, marked the launch... Continue reading