Global banking and fintech signals – October 2019
Our monthly commentary and curation of market signals within the fintech and banking industry. We filter out the noise and present ideas that shape the next generation of financial [...]
How ING is innovating its way to the bank of the future
In cooperation with Holland Fintech, Accenture and others we recently released a report on the Dutch banking innovation ecosystem. Based on Ross Republic’s project work with several international banks, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Building the right product matters more than a great one
As agile and sprint-based development cycles are becoming table-stakes capabilities, it’s easier to build new products and services than ever before. Almost every company serious about innovation or transformation [...]
Recap Holland Fintech Meetup May 2019
Amsterdam—and the Netherlands in general—is an unparalleled innovation powerhouse in Europe. Especially the banking landscape is unique, with several incumbent banks investing a lot in their organisational transformation on [...]
How Neobanks utilise behavioural economics
Fintech companies utilise mental accounting, a well-established concept within behavioural economics, to simplify personal finance management. Utilising behavioural economics principles in business, such as nudging, social proof or loss [...]
How gaming set a benchmark for the future of fintech
Fintechs and incumbent banks can learn a lot from adopting digital growth strategies of the gaming industry. While incumbent banks have struggled in the past with upgrading their business [...]