Five priorities for executives for the era of open finance
A significant shift is on the horizon of the banking industry, and it is not borne out of technological or data-based advances; it is instead human and mindset-driven change [...]
Maso Arai joins RR as partner
Maso is a well rounded professional, with expertise in both financial services and engineering industries. He is an ideal addition to Ross Republic’s partner pool to boost both the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]