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A founder at Finextra Research: obsessively covering everything in fintech for over 20 years. A unique community, resources and services for financial technology professionals worldwide. Tell us what you think of it.

Also a founder at Metia Group, a global agency that uses data driven insight, content and demand, to create amazing brands and build huge businesses in tech and fintech.

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In memory of Nick Hastings

In November 2020 our friend and colleague, Nick Hastings lost his two year struggle with cancer. Nick’s funeral took place just before Christmas, his family told us it was very sad but also beautiful. Because of the current restrictions, there were limits to who could be present or recognize their friendship with Nick. Since the news of Nick’s

05 January 2021

Steve Ellis

The social angle on Money2020

Social is a big part of Money2020 (in both senses). In a moment of mid-conference early morning jetlag I thought I'd run some numbers to see how much noise is being generated, by whom and to what impact. Looking at data from August 4th to November 3rd, we found and analysed 27,000 relevant mentions - 92% of which were in microblogs (Twitter). Needl...

04 November 2014

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Fintech marketers most fear the enemy within?

Earlier this year we sponsored a piece of research by Finextra into the challenges and issues facing fintech marketers. One of my favourite insights is that fintech marketers fear their dependency upon their colleagues, even more than the campaigns of their competitors. We asked fintech marketers the question: what are the biggest barriers to ach...

28 October 2014

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Temenos founder George Koukis passes away

Martin Whybrow - the longtime commentator on the banking systems marketplace - has posted his own recollections of George Koukis here.

06 Aug 2024 14:56 Read comment

NatWest compiles Celebrity Scam Super League table

Its not rocket science but I like this story from NatWest (everyone likes a league table). All banks need to up their game in turning scams, phishing and other security risks into accessible, popular topics of conversation among mainstream audiences. Communicating risks or dangers is counter-intuitive for banks but is the best way to educate consumers to better protect themselves.

01 Jun 2023 13:18 Read comment

Intuit to acquire Mailchimp for $12 billion

Interesting:

  • to see a fintech (kind of) buying a very substantial horizontal solution
  • and that the MailChimp team got to their $12bn exit without VC participation along the way, there are different routes that work for different businesses

17 Sep 2021 08:21 Read comment

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