Fintech

The EU's alternative to Paypal is off to a slow start.

Though still relatively new themselves, the world’s top fintech labs are helping startups, banks and governments devise fresh solutions and uncover untapped opportunities.

Financial institutions are pushing the benefits of going cashless, but many users remain wary.

Remittances are now a half-trillion dollar market and fintechs and technology companies are getting in on the action.

Blockchain technology is speeding up trade-finance transactions. But there’s more work needed to scale up and develop common standards.

Fearing loss of revenue as their business customers push to go paperless, Asia’s banking giants are forging new partnerships.

Fintech M&As broke records last year.

Sarah I. Hody, an attorney in the Palo Alto office of law firm Perkins Coie, talks to Global Finance about fintech regulation and how the blockchain is impacting corporate interactions.

Non-bank companies may soon be competing with traditional banks in the US.

Russia's Sberbank is helping the country's tech start-ups find American investors and transforming itself in the process.

Smartphone-only bank makes a splash in the US.

James Stickland is CEO of Veridium, a company focused on an authentication platform that uses biometrics. He speaks with Global Finance about fintech, cybersecurity and the wisdom of border walls.

India allows some crypto technologies but not others.

Cryptocurrencies and associated technologies are welcomed by the Swiss.

Lithuania establishes a regulatory regime fit for fintechs.

Much of Africa is underbanked and Nigeria is determined to do something about it.

At Sibos in Sydney, all the latest and greatest technologies were on display, and attendees delved into the topics that are shaping our financial futures.

Max Evdokimov, head of digital and mobile strategy and chief UX (user experience) officer at Tinkoff Bank, talks about how Tinkoff is making digital banking work in Russia.

Africa may be underbanked but fintechs are changing that.

At Sibos 2018, bankers look to new partnerships to emerge from open banking, and Australia prepares for a related change in consumer data ground rules.