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Launching the Open Banking strategy canvas
The Open Banking strategy canvas is an easy to use tool we created for any company or start-up striving to seize new opportunities from Open Banking. It helps to define the key cornerstones of an Open Banking strategy [...]
The lean path to unlimited possibilities
The COO of Ross Republic, Jussi Hyttinen, is not only known for a bias towards action and lean execution in business. He is also an off-road motorcycle fanatic who strives to conquer new terrain, which requires keeping his [...]
Recap Tech & Trust Summit Amsterdam by Holland Fintech
We gave a keynote at last week’s Tech & Trust Summit in Amsterdam, talking about success factors of corporate digitalisation. Last week on October 3rd we joined the Tech & Trust Summit organised by Holland Fintech and Holland [...]
Timo Haanpää joins Ross Republic as Senior Advisor
I’m very pleased to announce that Timo Haanpää joins Ross Republic as a senior advisor. His game is building new high tech ventures from inception to viable businesses, with particular expertise in deep tech; especially in AI and [...]
Moving past the hype of Open Banking
Since the PSD2 deadline hit two weeks ago on Sept 14th, we can finally leave the reductive threat vs. opportunity discussion behind us and start exploring meaningful, customer-centric applications. Are banks ready? The global regulatory direction of the [...]
How Dutch lender NIBC boosts innovation
In cooperation with Holland Fintech, Accenture, Fincog and Infinium we created a new report on the Dutch banking innovation ecosystem. Based on Ross Republic’s project work with several international banks, we provided an outsiders’ view on how Dutch banks are [...]
Adrian Klee joins Ross Republic as partner
Our operations in Amsterdam are charging ahead, and the daily grind tends to revolve around securing growth in one form or another. Growing the company’s network, acquiring new business and successfully running clients’ projects all play into reaching [...]
How Dutch banks prepare for the future
In cooperation with Holland Fintech, Accenture, Fincog and Infinium we created a new report on the Dutch banking innovation ecosystem. Based on Ross Republic's project work with several international banks, we provided an outsiders' view on how Dutch [...]
Product portfolio innovation in financial services
This is the third blog post about our new financial services whitepaper. The first one covers the importance of product portfolio innovation, the second one explores how to deliver three-dimensional portfolios through omni-channel customer journeys. Based on our [...]
Rethinking banking delivery
This is the second blog post about our new financial services whitepaper. While the first one covers the importance of product portfolio innovation, this one explores how to deliver three-dimensional portfolios through omni-channel customer journeys. If you’re interested, [...]
Boosting top-line growth through portfolio innovation
New technologies and digitalisation are next to regulation and compliance a top priority for many financial institutions. However, digitalisation in banking is not about becoming digital. It’s about growth. In our new financial services whitepaper we have outlined [...]
How to make decisions efficiently
Many workshop methods and tools (e.g. business model canvas) are overhyped and yet under-utilised. In this post, I share my view on how workshops are an efficient way to make good decisions and why specific methodologies should rather [...]
Launching the Open Banking strategy canvas
The Open Banking strategy canvas is an easy to use tool we created for any company or start-up striving to seize new opportunities from Open Banking. It helps to define the key cornerstones of an Open Banking strategy [...]
The lean path to unlimited possibilities
The COO of Ross Republic, Jussi Hyttinen, is not only known for a bias towards action and lean execution in business. He is also an off-road motorcycle fanatic who strives to conquer new terrain, which requires keeping his [...]
Recap Tech & Trust Summit Amsterdam by Holland Fintech
We gave a keynote at last week’s Tech & Trust Summit in Amsterdam, talking about success factors of corporate digitalisation. Last week on October 3rd we joined the Tech & Trust Summit organised by Holland Fintech and Holland [...]
Timo Haanpää joins Ross Republic as Senior Advisor
I’m very pleased to announce that Timo Haanpää joins Ross Republic as a senior advisor. His game is building new high tech ventures from inception to viable businesses, with particular expertise in deep tech; especially in AI and [...]
Moving past the hype of Open Banking
Since the PSD2 deadline hit two weeks ago on Sept 14th, we can finally leave the reductive threat vs. opportunity discussion behind us and start exploring meaningful, customer-centric applications. Are banks ready? The global regulatory direction of the [...]
How Dutch lender NIBC boosts innovation
In cooperation with Holland Fintech, Accenture, Fincog and Infinium we created a new report on the Dutch banking innovation ecosystem. Based on Ross Republic’s project work with several international banks, we provided an outsiders’ view on how Dutch banks are [...]
Adrian Klee joins Ross Republic as partner
Our operations in Amsterdam are charging ahead, and the daily grind tends to revolve around securing growth in one form or another. Growing the company’s network, acquiring new business and successfully running clients’ projects all play into reaching [...]
How Dutch banks prepare for the future
In cooperation with Holland Fintech, Accenture, Fincog and Infinium we created a new report on the Dutch banking innovation ecosystem. Based on Ross Republic's project work with several international banks, we provided an outsiders' view on how Dutch [...]
Product portfolio innovation in financial services
This is the third blog post about our new financial services whitepaper. The first one covers the importance of product portfolio innovation, the second one explores how to deliver three-dimensional portfolios through omni-channel customer journeys. Based on our [...]
Rethinking banking delivery
This is the second blog post about our new financial services whitepaper. While the first one covers the importance of product portfolio innovation, this one explores how to deliver three-dimensional portfolios through omni-channel customer journeys. If you’re interested, [...]
Boosting top-line growth through portfolio innovation
New technologies and digitalisation are next to regulation and compliance a top priority for many financial institutions. However, digitalisation in banking is not about becoming digital. It’s about growth. In our new financial services whitepaper we have outlined [...]
How to make decisions efficiently
Many workshop methods and tools (e.g. business model canvas) are overhyped and yet under-utilised. In this post, I share my view on how workshops are an efficient way to make good decisions and why specific methodologies should rather [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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