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Monzo will need to focus on only the essential to avoid Xinja’s fate
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Monzo will need to focus on only the essential to avoid Xinja’s fate

By realising too late that the bank needs to work on products that give it a sustainable future, rather than…

21 Jan 2021

GlobalData Financial Services

Expect a much less conducive future fintech environment in China
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Expect a much less conducive future fintech environment in China

In an effort to regain full control of China’s financial services sector, the Communist Party (CCP) is likely to tear up the country’s previously laissez-faire attitude to fintech, choking off…

12 Jan 2021

12 Jan 2021 By GlobalData Financial Services

Credit unions need to wake up to their increasing irrelevance before it is too late
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Credit unions need to wake up to their increasing irrelevance before it is too late

While credit unions contemplate how to appeal to new audiences, their digital competitors have left them stranded in the market. Instead, they need to adapt or die: deliver better financial…

14 Dec 2020

14 Dec 2020 By GlobalData Financial Services

Banks will find it hard to take on BNPL without offering it themselves
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Banks will find it hard to take on BNPL without offering it themselves

Rather than fear creating competition for their own credit card ventures, banks should view buy now pay later (BNPL) as a way to introduce new consumers to their wider suite…

26 Nov 2020

26 Nov 2020 By GlobalData Financial Services

Regulatory changes halt Ant Group’s IPO, leave state-backed banks rejoicing
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Regulatory changes halt Ant Group’s IPO, leave state-backed banks rejoicing

Initially anticipated to take place approximately two years ago, Ant Group’s initial public offering (IPO) has suffered another setback as its dual listing on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock…

20 Nov 2020

20 Nov 2020 By GlobalData Financial Services

HSBC’s TransferWise alternative shows how to fend off challenger threat
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HSBC’s TransferWise alternative shows how to fend off challenger threat

Banks have woken up to the reality that customers are slipping away thanks to services such as currency exchange, wealth, and budgeting tools, with the only remedy now to compete…

11 Nov 2020

11 Nov 2020 By GlobalData Financial Services

Profession-based selective lending by Swansea Building Society will ease mortgage repayments for key workers
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Profession-based selective lending by Swansea Building Society will ease mortgage repayments for key workers

The Swansea Building Society has launched a Medical Professional Mortgage (MedPro). The new offering may be supportive to some but will be considered as unfair, preferential treatment by others, as…

20 Oct 2020

20 Oct 2020 By GlobalData Financial Services

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