IoT (Internet of Things)

29 Mar 23 @ 16:04

Launched by former Chancellor and now Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the Kalifa Review into the future of the UK fintech sector outlined five core recommendations: policy and regulation; skills and... read more

14 Sep 22 @ 12:06

It has been a conflicting week in the M&A market and the broader FinTech investment scene. UK FinTech investment fell to $9.6 billion in H1 2022, down from $27.8 billion... read more

18 Jul 22 @ 13:09

A new study has found the total number of tokenised payment transactions will exceed 1 trillion globally by 2026; rising from 680 billion in 2022. This represents growth of 58%... read more

03 Mar 22 @ 17:52

Innovations are essential for progress. This is the case in general, but especially in a dynamic industry like digital payments. To meet the ever-growing consumer demands for simple and frictionless... read more

25 Feb 22 @ 09:35

MUFG, Japan’s biggest bank, has announced it will shut GO-NET, the IoT payments solution it set up in 2019 as a joint venture with Akamai in which MUFG held an 80% stake. GO-NET... read more

03 Feb 22 @ 16:11

Increasingly blurred boundaries mean that practically anyone can declare themselves a payment provider, using banking-as-a-service to embed payments. Customers can filter this choice through a lens of preference and habit. For firms, complexity... read more

25 Jan 22 @ 12:07

Thanks to the pandemic, consumers have become accustomed to doing almost everything online, accelerating digital transformation and embedding new behaviours. After a 5% in global payment revenues in 2021, the... read more

07 Jan 22 @ 16:12

In this post we look at the top payment trends for 2022 – 2021 was a year of transition for the payments industry as we moved towards Payments 4.X −... read more

10 Dec 21 @ 10:18

In Q4 of 2021, FinTech Connect surveyed 100+ FinTech Leads from across the entire FinTech ecosystem to find out more about what are the challenges and opportunities currently presented within... read more

03 Dec 21 @ 08:47

With a tiny population of just under 3 million, few could have predicted Lithuania would become a hotbed of FinTech innovation. Since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, however,... read more

18 Nov 21 @ 16:28

In the year ahead, consumer behaviour and early adoption of new technology are set to continue to transform the financial services market. FinTechs and banks are in a race to... read more

02 Nov 21 @ 13:19

A new report, The European Payments Landscape in 2030: Implants, embedded ethics and a ‘post-payments’ world, examines the potential issues and innovations that may emerge in the next decade of... read more