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Building the next generation of SME banking services
The SME banking segment is ripe for disruption. After a first wave of digital UX focused fintechs, there are now plenty of product and service innovation opportunities to create truly customer-centric SME banking propositions. [...]
An analysis of Europe’s key SME fintechs
A deep-dive analysis of European fintech players offering new digital business banking services for SMEs. Several well-funded fintech companies that exclusively focus on serving the freelance or SME market segment have been founded in [...]
The SME market opportunity for fintechs and banks
A snapshot of the financial services sector’s small business market opportunity in Europe. Business banking is the new fintech battlefield. Due to the large size and potential of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) [...]
New CEO for continuing growth
The year, which just ended, was probably as strange and astonishing to everyone. However, there is no new normal and the world remains exactly as it was before. A perpetual wonderful chaos of cause and effect, caring little [...]
Asia is the next frontier in open banking
Due to the rise of extensive digital ecosystems and financial super apps, Asia is a forerunner of open banking. This post provides and overview of the latest open banking developments in Asia, key players to look out for [...]
Supporting a neobank’s German market entry
We supported an internationally successful neobank with research, product and marketing strategy work to ensure a successful German market entry. The client is a digital-first neobank that launched very successful retail banking services in [...]
Recapping embedded banking at Amsterdam Fintech Week
We joined Hubuc’s panel discussion at the virtual Amsterdam Fintech Week 2020 to discuss the next-generation of banking infrastructure and the embedded banking trend together with Mastercard and Currencycloud. It was a pleasure to [...]
Fortech and Ross Republic enable banks’ shift to digital
Fortech and Ross Republic kickstart a new cooperation to offer banks and fintechs the best of innovation and technology strategy and software development. Together, we help financial institutions to seize the latest technological possibilities and bring new digital [...]
Uncovering new market opportunities with Xolo
Xolo is an all-in-one SaaS platform for solopreneurs, bringing together banking, company formation and business admin. In order to boost the company’s international growth, we partnered up to uncover new market opportunities in Germany. [...]
The ghost kitchens of finance
A snapshot on the emerging fields of embedded finance and Banking-as-a-Platform. The global surge in food delivery demand has triggered a clever business model innovation: virtual restaurants, without any brick-and-mortar operations, have begun to [...]
Hubuc and Ross Republic boost embedded finance
Ross Republic becomes European go-to-market partner of Hubuc, a provider of next generation fintech infrastructure. Together, we enable brands to improve user experiences and tap into new revenue lines by seamlessly embedding financial services into their customer journeys. [...]
Three fintech learnings from the Wirecard scandal
The headlines just kept coming last week. Wirecard postponed the disclosure of its annual report again, after its auditor EY couldn’t verify the existence of ca. $2 billion in foreign escrow accounts. Shortly after, the CEO Markus Braun [...]
Building the next generation of SME banking services
The SME banking segment is ripe for disruption. After a first wave of digital UX focused fintechs, there are now plenty of product and service innovation opportunities to create truly customer-centric SME banking propositions. [...]
An analysis of Europe’s key SME fintechs
A deep-dive analysis of European fintech players offering new digital business banking services for SMEs. Several well-funded fintech companies that exclusively focus on serving the freelance or SME market segment have been founded in [...]
The SME market opportunity for fintechs and banks
A snapshot of the financial services sector’s small business market opportunity in Europe. Business banking is the new fintech battlefield. Due to the large size and potential of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) [...]
New CEO for continuing growth
The year, which just ended, was probably as strange and astonishing to everyone. However, there is no new normal and the world remains exactly as it was before. A perpetual wonderful chaos of cause and effect, caring little [...]
Asia is the next frontier in open banking
Due to the rise of extensive digital ecosystems and financial super apps, Asia is a forerunner of open banking. This post provides and overview of the latest open banking developments in Asia, key players to look out for [...]
Supporting a neobank’s German market entry
We supported an internationally successful neobank with research, product and marketing strategy work to ensure a successful German market entry. The client is a digital-first neobank that launched very successful retail banking services in [...]
Recapping embedded banking at Amsterdam Fintech Week
We joined Hubuc’s panel discussion at the virtual Amsterdam Fintech Week 2020 to discuss the next-generation of banking infrastructure and the embedded banking trend together with Mastercard and Currencycloud. It was a pleasure to [...]
Fortech and Ross Republic enable banks’ shift to digital
Fortech and Ross Republic kickstart a new cooperation to offer banks and fintechs the best of innovation and technology strategy and software development. Together, we help financial institutions to seize the latest technological possibilities and bring new digital [...]
Uncovering new market opportunities with Xolo
Xolo is an all-in-one SaaS platform for solopreneurs, bringing together banking, company formation and business admin. In order to boost the company’s international growth, we partnered up to uncover new market opportunities in Germany. [...]
The ghost kitchens of finance
A snapshot on the emerging fields of embedded finance and Banking-as-a-Platform. The global surge in food delivery demand has triggered a clever business model innovation: virtual restaurants, without any brick-and-mortar operations, have begun to [...]
Hubuc and Ross Republic boost embedded finance
Ross Republic becomes European go-to-market partner of Hubuc, a provider of next generation fintech infrastructure. Together, we enable brands to improve user experiences and tap into new revenue lines by seamlessly embedding financial services into their customer journeys. [...]
Three fintech learnings from the Wirecard scandal
The headlines just kept coming last week. Wirecard postponed the disclosure of its annual report again, after its auditor EY couldn’t verify the existence of ca. $2 billion in foreign escrow accounts. Shortly after, the CEO Markus Braun [...]
Building the next generation of SME banking services
The SME banking segment is ripe for disruption. After a first wave of digital UX focused fintechs, there are now plenty of product and service innovation opportunities to create truly customer-centric SME banking propositions. [...]
An analysis of Europe’s key SME fintechs
A deep-dive analysis of European fintech players offering new digital business banking services for SMEs. Several well-funded fintech companies that exclusively focus on serving the freelance or SME market segment have been founded in [...]
The SME market opportunity for fintechs and banks
A snapshot of the financial services sector’s small business market opportunity in Europe. Business banking is the new fintech battlefield. Due to the large size and potential of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) [...]
New CEO for continuing growth
The year, which just ended, was probably as strange and astonishing to everyone. However, there is no new normal and the world remains exactly as it was before. A perpetual wonderful chaos of cause and effect, caring little [...]
Asia is the next frontier in open banking
Due to the rise of extensive digital ecosystems and financial super apps, Asia is a forerunner of open banking. This post provides and overview of the latest open banking developments in Asia, key players to look out for [...]
Supporting a neobank’s German market entry
We supported an internationally successful neobank with research, product and marketing strategy work to ensure a successful German market entry. The client is a digital-first neobank that launched very successful retail banking services in [...]
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