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While it might only feel like a couple of weeks have passed since we toasted in 2023, we’re already at the midway point of...

The digital transformation of the insurance industry has been underway for many years. Carriers have drastically improved their efficiency, speed and accuracy through the implementation of new technologies. Now the sector may be looking towards data analytics to make the latest leap in the space. 

It has been a few years since the digital asset hype took the world by storm and has since fallen to the background. Despite this, the asset type is still popular, and could see more market adoption in 2024.

Opportunities are rapidly increasing for robo-advisers, but the market needs an ‘awful lot more collaboration’, according to a panel at the Global WealthTech Summit 2018.

Companies are facing increasing pressures to streamline customer-facing processes. The digital ecosystem emphasizes a world where people want things completed instantly and poor experiences mean switching to other providers. Chor Teh - financial crime compliance industry practice lead at Moody’s Analytics - has explored why customers should be at the front of onboarding processes.

Binance, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, has been banned from operating in the UK. This might be a sign that regulatory bodies will now put cryptocurrency exchanges under their microscope.

Getting InsurTechs to the point where they can test the product-market fit of their proposition is too prolonged and costly, according to InsurTech Gateway head of deal flow Charlie Evans.

Adopting RegTech and opening dialogue with regulators are both vital in helping the financial services industry achieve compliance according to Subas Roy, partner at Oliver Wyman.

Digital challenger bank Xinja Bank is set to roll out banking accounts for its customers after being granted a full banking licence from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).

Ever since the UK voted to leave Europe in 2016, there has been a cloud of uncertainty on the FinTech market. Most discussions painted it as doom and gloom, but the amount of capital still being deployed to the country’s FinTechs, suggests things might be fine.