Half of all financial services organisations prefer managing web scraping practices internally, compared to just 11% that prefer to outsource the process completely, according to key findings from the new Oxylabs white paper, Alternative Data Unlocks Key Decisions in the UK & US Finance Industries. The survey found that completely outsourcing data collection is the least popular method while […]
Ebury, the global financial services firm helping to simplify international trade and one of Europe’s largest fintechs, is preparing to welcome leading industry experts to its second edition of Tech in Finance. The technology event for financial developers will be held in Malaga on 19 September and for one day turn the city into the […]
Yolt, Europe’s leading independent and data-driven open banking provider, announces today a partnership with Creditsafe, the multinational business intelligence provider. Creditsafe, the global experts in credit data and risk intelligence, are the world’s most used provider of online business credit reports covering 161 countries and more than 365 million business. The partnership will see Yolt’s […]
Allica Bank, the fintech challenger bank for established SMEs in the UK, today announced their successful go-live on leading cloud banking platform, Mambu. The platform supports Allica in bringing bespoke lending products, tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized businesses and reintroduces tech-savvy relationship managers to enhance customer experience. Despite representing 30% of the […]
26% of financial organisations say web scraping has the greatest impact on revenue, ranking just behind internal data collection with 28% 26% said web scraping had the greatest impact on revenue of any external data collection method. Web scraping came only just behind internal data collection (28%). In contrast, only 12% believed manual data collection […]
New research from Tech Nation and Google for Startups reveals funding for purpose-driven startups has soared to $3.5bn (approx £2.8bn) in the past decade. The first-of-its-kind analysis shows that between 2011 and 2021, funding for impact tech companies addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals rose from just $74m (or £59m) to $3.5bn (£2.8bn). And in 2021, […]
Lloyds Bank has partnered with software specialist Alfa to make it easier for customers to use asset finance to manage their working capital. Managing capital effectively, ensuring the correct balance between funding growth, increasing stock, and retaining funds for financial resilience, is a core challenge for any firm’s management. With ongoing supply chain issues, many […]
New research into online payments from Europe’s leading open banking platform, Tink, reveals sky-high expectations for seamless, secure transactions as payment choice increases. The survey of 2,000 UK consumers found that new payment innovations are being embraced — with 76% of consumers pleased with having more choices in how to pay. At the same time, […]
Swedish instant payments provider, Brite Payments, is celebrating its continued success following a whirlwind 12 months of product launches, partnership announcements and rapid customer growth. Since its launch in 2019, the second-generation fintech company has benefited from its executive team’s wealth of expertise, making swift strides in the payments space, quickly amplifying its voice and […]
Web scraping close to overtaking internal data gathering as the leading source of data for decision-making 71% of survey respondents use external data gathered using web scraping to guide their business decisions; Web scraping follows closely behind internal data (74%), with the former’s adoption on an upward trajectory; Web scraping and internal data rank well ahead of other data-gathering […]
