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Kalifa Delivers Long-Awaited FinTech Report


Ron Kalifa, a non-executive director of the Court of Directors at the Bank of England and the vice-chairman of WorldPay, has produced a long-awaited report on FinTech. Below we offer a snippet of coverage by our friends at AltFi. The executive summary can be found here. The full report can be found here. In a move that must be music to fintech’s ears, Kalifa has proposed developing and adopting common data standards, meaning that incumbent banks’ slow legacy systems just simply won’t be enough to get by anymore. Kalifa has also suggested prioritising Smart Data, with a specific focus on …
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2021: The Bitcoin-led Assault On The Mainstream Gets Serious


The bitcoin-led assault on mainstream finance continues. This set of prognostication comes from our friends at Crowdfundinsider. This is piece, partially featured already in our News section, is one we roundly endorse. Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrency platforms such as Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Binance Coin (BNB), Chainlink (LINK), and Polkadot (DOT) are being increasingly adopted by a diverse group of users across the globe. Many more institutions and fairly large publicly listed companies like MacroStrategy Incorporated entered the crypto space in 2020, which was marked by great socio-economic uncertainty due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The digital …
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Kalifa Delivers Long-Awaited FinTech Report

Atom Bank Benefits From Ill Wind Blown By Covid-19

Bottlepay Seeks To Avoid Bottleneck In Transition To Crypto Assets

Giant Insurer Joins Savings Fray As Mainstream Chases ‘Excess’ £125 Billion

International Crypto Delivery System Expands Further

Mainstream Moving The Masses To Cryptoland

Goldman Sachs And The Rise Of Robo-Advice

Revolut Widens Open Banking Operations Amid US IPO Speculation

Open Banking Widens Horizons Yet Further

BBB Survey Shows £18 Billion Handed To Help Business Cope With Covid-19

Savers Get a Boost, Of Sorts – But Great Savings Robbery Continues

Bitcoin Boost As Tech Giants Offered Limited Autonomy In Nevada

More Money Comes Through For AltFi Sector’s Monzo

Swiss Bank Shareholders Get Token Offer – A 21st-Century ‘Rights Issue’

Consolidation In Play On Equity Side Of Alternative-Finance Fence

A New Licence To Bank, As Mainstream And AltFi Convergence Continues

Mainstream Finance Moves Against Major Crypto, Ripple

The Democratisation Of Finance Hits A New Level

Getting To Know You – Banking App Opens Up New Possibilities

Research, Innovation And Necessity In FinTech Sector

Bank Governor Claims Cryptos Not Ready To Be Trusted Payment System

Central Banks Look To Set Up Cross-Border Digital Payment System

Digital Money To Play Central (Banking) Role In Financial Future

Tokens And The Nature Of Money in 2021 And Beyond

Central Banks’ Late-Arriving Muscle Move On Digital Currency Space

Value Stores, DeFi – And Pitfalls Ahead

Bitcoin Surge Leads Assault On Mainstream Finance

Tokenisation Set To Be Way More Than FinTech Tokenism

Seasons Greetings – And Early New-Year News

Storm Brews As Cryptos and Central Governments Collide

Every Credit… Card Company Faces Legal Threat

Asset Diversification Can Help Reduce Investment Risk

Bitcoin Surge Prompts Rush To Get Digital-Currency Education

FinTech Sector A Hive Of Activity In Uncertain Times

Rush To Open Banking A Qualified Success, At Best

Interesting Times Ahead In FinTech, Reports Say

Investing Across A Spread Of Assets Can Help Lower Risk

Digital Banking: Today’s Challengers, Tomorrow’s Masters?

Convergence Latest: Mainstream Finance Looks To Offer Crypto Custody

Signs Of Life Beyond Re-Branding In FinTech Sector

Cryptocurrencies Reclaim Their Place In AltFi Sunlight

Cryptos And Digital Tokens Are Re-Shaping Financial Universe

UK FinTech Sector Gets Ready For ‘New Normal’ Post-Covid World

Cambridge AltFi/FinTech Study Offers Snapshot of Fast-Moving Global Sector

London And FCA point FinTech Sector To Digital Sandbox

‘Future Of Money At Stake’ Ahead Of Facebook Currency Launch

A Guide To The Process Of Direct Lending

Market Looking For P2P Improvements

Bounce-Back Ball Is In SME Lenders’ Court

FinTechs Jockey For Favourable Consumer Credit Position

FinTech UK Visa Rush: Legitimate Enthusiasm Or FOMO Panic?

Pace Of FinTech Change Will Begin To Slow As Sector Matures

Cryptos, Bitcoin and DeFi Revisited

Venture Capital Offers Bright Spot In Uncertain UK Future

Spreading Investment Across Asset Classes (And Within Them) Can Cut Risk

Open Banking, Open Door – Empty Room?

Of Caution And Unicorns – Confusion In FinTech World

Central Bank Digital Currencies Set To Play Bigger FinTech Role

SME, FinTech Good News As Vaccine Hopes Soar

Direct Lenders’ IPO Season A Distant Prospect

Covid Pandemic Is Hitting Youth Hardest

Direct-Lending Sector Sees New Investment Via Crowdcube

Europe Adopts New Crowdfunding Rules

Europe Sees Rise of Robots In Direct Lending

CBILS A Bright Spot In A Potentially Gloomy Envoironment

Bounce Back Loan Post-Mortem Begins

Winter Is Coming For SMEs, Along With Brexit…

Cambridge Business School Leads Global FinTech Push

Spreading Investment Helps Limit Risk: Here’s How

AltFi Equity Investors Dish Out Prizes

European Card And Payment Market Expands

Europe Heads For Integrated Crowdfunding Market

Banking Faces Challenges In AltFi World Where Cash Is King

Property-Backed AltFi Loans In Review

Loan Portfolios: The Benefits Of Spreading Assets And Lowering Risk

Media Notes Money&Co.’s Niche Lending Focus

UK, Europe Take Government Aid Path Toward Covid Crisis Exit

SME Funding Optimists: Badly Informed Pessimists?

Europe Set To Overtake UK In AltFi Lending – Plus Loan Latest

US Player Makes Bold Statement Of Inward UK FinTech Investment Intent

Covid Crisis Promotes Innovation In SME Management

FinTech Players Face Chilly Winter If Rates Go Negative – Plus Loan Latest

UK’ s Big Equity Crowdfunders Merge – Plus Loan Latest

Savvy FinTech Player Looks To Invest At The ‘Sound Of The Cannon’

Mainstream Still Seeking Way Forward For AltFi Investments

British Business Bank Blasts Bounce-Back Loan Abuse

Market Moves In Quoted FinTech Sector – Plus Loan Latest

Mainstream Investors Continue Focus On FinTech Sector

Latest Covid-19 CBILS Moves Help Calm Markets – Plus Loan Latest

Covid-19 Brings More SME Funding Uncertainty – Plus Loan Latest

Latest FinTech Initiative Is Rolled Out – Plus Loan Offer Latest

The Risk Benefits Of Spreading Investment – Plus Loan Latest

FinTech’s Talking About A New Way Of Working – Plus Loan Latest

A How-To Guide To Lending – Plus Loan Offer Latest

FCA Moves To Pre-Empt Credit Pile-Up

Two Snapshots Of FinTech In A Covid-19 Environment

FinTech – A New Age Of Collaboration (Or Maybe Acquisition) Ahead

Negative Deposit Rates Pile On Misery For Income-Deprived Investors

Direct Lending Joins Mainstream Asset-Class Club

FinTech Gender Gap And A+ Loan Offer Latest

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Bitcoin, Central Bank Digital Currencies And Cryptos: The Battle Begins

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Lending Club Closes A Chapter, Markets Turn A Page

Covid-19 Crisis, IFISAs, And The Road Ahead For Direct Lending

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Identity, Money And The Future Of Digital Currencies (And Personal IOUs)

Times May Get Tough For SMEs, But Direct Lenders’ Deals Will Help

Regulatory Rules Need To Change With The Times

FinTech In The Time Of Covid 19 – We Will Prevail

Alternative Investments In Difficult Times

Platform Lending In Review Ahead Of IFISA Season Race To Invest

Platform Loans – Survival Of The Fittest

Platform Loans – The New Kids On The Personal Investing Block

Platform Lending Revisited – We Scan The Credit Horizon

FCA’s 10% P2P Proposal – Show The Ferret To The Nest Egg…

Why Well-Managed P2P Really Works – Part II

Life After Lendy – Why Well-Managed P2P Really Works

IFISA Investment Could Halt End-Of-Season Rush

IFAs: Sound Advice Can Bring Better Returns In Uncertain Times

P2P Portfolio Service Set To Spark Migration From Cash ISAs

IPO Jury Is Out With No Plans To Return Any Time Soon

Jury Still Out On Funding Circle IPO

Building A Better P2P World – Have Your Say And Help The FCA

Income-Starved Cash Investors Need Helping Hand From P2P Sector

Time For Dose Of P2P Valuation Reality Ahead Of Funding Circle IPO

Stocks vs P2P Loan Risk, Cryptocurrencies And More…

Cryptocurrencies, ICOs And Those $9M Pizzas – Book And Podcast

The Year Ahead In 2018: Your Money Matters Blog And Podcast

Savers Suffer Petrol Pump-Style Pricing Policy On Cash Accounts

Risk Analysis And Horse Sense In The White House

Making Your Money Work With An Innovative Finance ISA

Why A Hung Parliament Doesn’t Necessarily Mean We’ll All ‘Go Hang’

P2P Investing Via IFISAs Should End Seasonal Capital Rush

Taxpayers, Investors, Savers: Don’t Miss ISA Open Goal!

Exciting IFISAs Promise Much – For Risk-Aware Investors

What Will 2017 Bring? Common Sense And Scary Calls

Deposit Returns Not SSAS-y Enough For Pension Income

A Modest Proposal: Towards Transparency In Equity And Debt

Is Brexit Good Or Bad For Delicate Equity Flowers?

Brexit Next Steps – We’re Still In The Dark

Brexit Will Trigger UK Recession

FCA Review – The Key Points As We See Them

SMEs With European Exposure: Funding Currently ‘Unlikely’

Savings Solution To £4.3bn Funding Gap Is ‘Under Our Noses’

The P2P Sector Is Sound – If The Price Is Right

Brexit Would Be Bad For Businesses, Big And Small

IFISA Excitement Builds – But That’s Part Of Regulatory Problem

A Lender’s Perspective: P2P Is ‘Providing Capital To A Younger Me’

Lending Geniuses? – A Consumer Perspective On Banks And Bankers

Alternative Funding Is Simply Essential For SMEs And UK Growth

How The Crowdfunding Game Will Change in 2016

A Growing Crowd, Rate Rises, IPOs And Political Weather Forecasting

Why Income-Hungry Investors Face Hard Times

Back To The Futile – Stop Relying On Consumers!

Single Market Promises A Prosperous Future

The Bigger Picture: US Jobs, Growth, Interest Rates

Growth Figures OK, But Rate Rise Talk Overdone

IFISA Will Be Momentous For Lenders, Borrowers – And ISA Investors

If Greece Goes: Euro Will Survive, UK Hardly Affected

SMEs Must Invest – And Borrowing Is Best

No ‘Appalling’ Labour-SNP Coalition – But Where Next For Investors?

Crowdfunding Securitisation Scares On Wall Street – True Or False?

Do Crowdfunding Loans Have Saving Grace?

Money&Co. Loans Immune To Election Uncertainty

Equity Focus Means Media Misses Half The Crowd’s Story

UK Deflation Risk – And How To Manage It

UK Investors Will Benefit From Peaking Dollar

Postcard From New York – Oil Spoils Stock Party

UK SMEs Overtake German Counterparts

Market High No Cause For Investor Celebration

Deflation Risk Is Bad News For Savers

Why Britain’s Productivity Needs to Improve And How Money&Co. Can Help

Cash-Strapped Maunfacturers Hit By QE Should Look For Crowdfunding

Savers Can Hope For A Happier New Year

Russian Woes, Oil And Property

Good News And Bad News Will Emerge From Failures

2015 Crowdfunding – Politics, IPOs, And Explosive Growth

Money&Co. Over The Moon At Growing P2P Maturity

Crisis? What Crisis? Lower Oil Prices Are Good News!

The Lending Club Flotation: Good News, Bad News

Banks’ Scramble To Crowd Out P2P Loan Space

P2P Crowdfunders In £4.4bn Small-Business Revolution

Alt Fi Growth Is Good News For Borrowers And Lenders Alike

The Pension Quandry – What To Do With Your Capital?

Time To Start Squirelling Away For That Pension Fund

Goodbye QE, Hello Uncertainty

Letter From Shanghai: Optimism In The East

Banking Identity Crisis Spurs Rush To Crowdfunding

Helen Archer: Does Being A Surrendered Wife Work?

The Lost Fertility Debate – Are We Freezing Women Out?

Companies Still Scared Of Borrowing To Grow, Post-Credit Crunch

We Must Follow Entrepreneurs’ Crowdfunding Lead

Rates Will Rise Sooner Or Later – But When Will Investors See Benefit?

Interest Rate Outlook For Bank Deposit Savers – It’s Time To Act

Robber Banks Update: Investors Deprived Of £72bn Yearly Income

Banks Make Savers And Investors Suffer Unjustified Rate Cut

So Far, So Good: 8% Yields On Loans Banks Won’t Make

Crowdfunding Can Ease House Price Crisis




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