Finextra Research: Latest fintech news, analysis, interviews, features and opinion by industry experts

US banks to struggle with climate risk data – Federal Reserve

According to a climate scenario analysis by the Federal Reserve, American banks are set to experience challenges in predicting the impact of climate change on their loan books due data and modelling difficulties.

10 May 2024

News/markets

Alphabet and Microsoft shares soar thanks to AI investments

Share prices of Big Tech companies Google and Microsoft shot up on Friday, a result of large investments in artificial intelligence (AI) that led to immediate revenue returns.

26 April 2024

News/regulation

NextGen Nordics 2024: How will incoming regulation shape payments infrastructure?

At NextGen Nordics 2024 in Stockholm, moderator Debi Bell Hoskings hosted an interactive panel session on new regulation on data and privacy, asking for input from the audience.

24 April 2024

News/payments

UK Smart Data Roadmap unveiled

The UK government has published its Smart Data Roadmap laying out its plans for smart data schemes across seven sectors, including banking and finance.

19 April 2024

News/startups

UK fintech to be elevated to 'ubiquitech' with Smart Data Roadmap, new report reveals

Chair of the Ubiquitech Group Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer has released a report offering practical recommendations for bolstering a digital economy that builds trust, provides access to sustainable infrastructure and secure data highways, and accelerates digital inclusion and education.

21 March 2024

Company announcement/cloud

Coupa opens local data centre in the UAE

Coupa, the leading AI-driven platform that helps you operate smarter and grow faster, today announced the launch of its first data center in the Middle East, inaugurated in collaboration with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) team in Dubai. The grand opening, marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony, happened on Wednesday, February 28, 2024.

20 March 2024

Research/Big dataSurvey

Definitive Differentiators - Forging a future-proof payments model

18 March 2024 563 downloads

Company announcement/identity

Hazy and Unbanx launch ethical synthetic data cooperative

Leading generative AI firm, Hazy, and Open Banking data ownership platform, Unbanx, announced today the launch of the first ethical data cooperative comprising synthetically generated financial transaction data.

15 March 2024

Company announcement/markets

KPMG forms AI innovation boosting partnership with Databricks

KPMG UK has formed a strategic alliance with Databricks, a leader in data and artificial intelligence. The alliance will help the firm’s clients get the most out of their data and AI and empower them to innovate at a faster pace.

15 March 2024

News/payments

MPE 2024: What does a smart city look like?

In a keynote presentation at Merchant Payments Ecosystem 2024 in Berlin, Hemlata Narasimhan, president of Elavon explored what a smart city could look like in 2030, using Venice, Italy as a case study.

13 March 2024

News/regulation

Open finance could boost UK GDP by £30.5 billion says CFIT CEO

The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) has published its report on the benefits of open finance in line with the Kalifa Review.

29 February 2024

News/markets

Nvidia's earnings soar as AI hits the mainstream

Nvidia has announced the company’s financial results for the fourth quarter that reported a revenue of $22.1 billion, 22% higher from Q3 and 265% increased from last year.

23 February 2024

Research/Big dataImpact Study

8 Steps to Efficient Transaction Fraud Monitoring

08 February 2024 519 downloads

Finextra TV/payments

Upcoming changes in PSD3: The impact on 3DS ACS solutions

Yogesh Patel, CTO at Outseer, discusses the impact of new PSD3 regulations on 3DS solutions, what should be front of mind for issuers as a result and what to expect from the VISA & Mastercard protocol updates. We hear how data science plays a role with 3DS solutions, the key capabilities to expect from an ACS and how consortium data can help catch more fraud, specifically for CNP transactions.

23 January 2024

News/payments

Finextra's top research reports of 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded whitepapers, sentiment papers and surveys over the course of the past year. These reports are Finextra-led and cobranded, based on editorially balanced, independent, referenced desk-based and online research.

28 December 2023

News/payments

Finextra's top impact study reports of 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded impact study reports over the course of the past year. Our impact study reports are how-to, best practice guides that support those in the financial industry in their utilisation and optimisation of particular technologies, as well as providing an outlook at future trends to watch.

27 December 2023

Research/Big dataImpact Study

AI and Cloud: The Proving Ground for Regulatory Resilience in 2024

22 December 2023 638 downloads

Finextra TV/devops

Changing the future of credit with agile engineering

In this episode of Unplugged, Harry Jell, CTO at Yonder, talks with Andrew Smith from RTGS.global, about building a successful credit card company in today’s financial climate. They discuss the seamless use of merchant data for user rewards, the importance of AWS and Kubernetes for scalability, and explore potential avenues to enrich transaction data.

20 December 2023

News/devops

Fujitsu partners with Palantir Technologies to boost business transformation

Sustainable digital transformation company Fujitsu has allied with Palantir Technologies to boost business transformation in Japan and solve societal challenges.

08 December 2023

Research/Big dataSentiment Paper

Payments: The key to unlocking new ecosystems and why merchant services are on the up

06 December 2023 659 downloads