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40 Week Issue 628
02 · 10 · 2026

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Everything is agreed. Almost nothing applies.

Europe and the US spent 2026 writing fintech's new rulebook. This issue sorts it into three rooms: in force, agreed but waiting, and stuck.

The Waiting Room - FTW Clarity Circle
The Waiting Room - FTW Clarity Circle

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Why The Usage Of Data Will Become Even More Impactful Within Fintec...

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A Quick Glance at the FinTech Industry and its Future

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4 min

5 Most Common Mistakes to Why Start-up Fintech Companies Fail

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6 min

Why Fintech Startups will make a Revolution in the Banking Industry

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5 min

6 reasons why Finance is important in today’s business?

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6 min

The cyber security landscape in financial services

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7 min

Competitors, regulators, and scammers: what threatens mobile banks?

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4 min

Fintech is Adding Value to the Industry It Was Meant to Disrupt

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3 min

The Brexit election and its impact on fintech and crypto in the UK

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6 min

5 Ways in which FinTech Changes the Way Banks Operate

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Jamie Dimon's Words Ring True as Silicon Valley Startups Take on th...

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6 min

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An Untraceable Currency? Bitcoin Privacy Concerns

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Payments: from Cashless to Cardless

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Multinational Crypto Organization to File Lawsuit Against Tech Comp...

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Cryptocurrencies Meets Retirement Investing – What You Need to Know

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8 min

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Turning the Banking Business Model Upside Down

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Surging fraud expenses eat into digital lenders’ bottom lines

**Lenders have long faced down the issue of fraud, but now, digital lenders are now fac...

3 min

Banking & Fintech: Better Together

**While Fintech companies were initially viewed as a banking competitor, the two are fi...

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