Issue 167 · May 9, 2018 Weekly edition · 4 min read

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An executive's primer to understand the implications of Open Banking and PSD2. Data Analytics is killing modern banking and Regtech 101 – what it is, why now & why it matters. Enjoy another roundup on what's essential to

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Digital Banking? Look To Asia And Africa For Leaders

Digital Human is Chris Skinner’s third book about digital banking, which in this volume he has placed in a larger historical, evolutionary, geographic and even archeological context.

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In this issue · 18 items

How local payments can unlock the door to global success FinTech Weekly Magazine — E-commerce merchants expanding into a new market must be able to accept local payments — or risk rejection by consumers Open story ↗ Coming Of Age: Fintech Companies Should Move On From The Millennials Forbes — It’s all about the…: These days, for consumer fintech companies in wealth management (we will call them fintechs for short), it is, to paraphrase Meghan Trainor, all about the millennials. Open story ↗ Google just gave a stunning demo of Assistant making an actual phone call The Verge — It’s hard to believe AI can interact with people this naturally. Open story ↗ 2018: The ‘Year of AI and Machine Learning’ for Financial Marketers The Financial Brand — Financial marketers must understand the latest artificial intelligence and machine-learning marketing applications to succeed. Not only do consumers expect a new level of personalized communication and engagement, but revenue and cost pressures require a more efficient marketing mix with improved results. Open story ↗ “The #WomenInFinTech movement is critical to create positive change” BankingTech — #WomeninFinTech are leading the way; InsurTech Rising spoke with Shruthi Rao of Adapt Ready about her experiences in the tech industry, and when she realised her “lightbulb moment”. Open story ↗ Why banking's smaller players are bulking up Sky News — Lenders set up to take on the dominance of the established market leaders are joining forces or becoming acquisition targets. Open story ↗ How artificial intelligence is reshaping jobs in banking The idea of artificial tends to strike fear in the hearts of workers who suspect they’ll be replaced by robots. Open story ↗ All that tech, yet customers keep opening accounts at branches American Banker — Banks turning to digital channels should consider the message of a new J.D. Power retail banking survey: Build it and they will come, but if using it is too much work, they'll head elsewhere. Open story ↗ PSD2’s Open Banking. Who will be the winners and losers? FinTech Weekly Magazine — In any sector, regulators are viewed as the watchdogs of their respective industry. Recent regulations in the financial industry were aimed to favour consumers’ interests often to the disadvantage of businesses. Open story ↗ Rebundling the bank: an interview with Renaud Laplanche altfi — Former FT Weekend editor Andy Davis speaks to the former Lending Club boss about his vision for online lending 2.0. Open story ↗ Fintech needs more regulatory 'sandboxes' American Banker — Regulatory “sandboxes” for financial services are now becoming more widely adopted, but they are not without controversy. Open story ↗ Financial Marketers Must Embrace AI to Remain Relevant The Financial Brand — The transformation in banking includes the ability for financial marketers to embrace new technologies to maximize results. At the forefront of this transformation is the use of data and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve targeting, messaging and ROI. Open story ↗ Data Analytics and The Death of The Modern Banking Industry The Financial Brand — The clock is ticking on traditional institutions who must leverage data better or players from outside banking will become the primary providers of financial services. Open story ↗ Is the weak link in alternative banking cross-border payments? The Finanser — I have several friends in the FinTech world whose views I respect, and one of those is Steve Lemon, a co-founder of Currencycloud. He recently sent me this viewpoint, which I think is worth sharing. Enjoy! Open story ↗ IoT + AI – The Key To Customer-Led Innovation? (Whitepaper) Insurance Nexus — What does it take to develop a winning strategy for insurance customer engagement in the age of connected technologies? Zurich, Ageas, Fidelidade and Generali gave us the answers. Download the whitepaper for exclusive insights now Open story ↗ Regtech 101: What It Is, Why Now, & Why It Matters CBInsights — Regtech startups are saving firms billions in regulatory fines and displacing manual risk and compliance with cutting-edge technology. Open story ↗ Are banks too big for boards to govern? The Sydney Morning Herald — The inescapable conclusion from the financial services royal commission is that governance in banking and parts of the wealth management sector is broken. Open story ↗ Top 10 trends in payments 2018 (Infographic) crayon — The universe of banking and payments is ever evolving. 2017 has seen a number of significant changes in the payments industry, thanks to advances in technology. Consumers now have access to a myriad of ways to pay. Open story ↗

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