Making business of open banking
The forerunners in open banking showed that open banking has potential to improve customer experience, increase efficiencies and unlock new revenue once it is linked to business strategy and [...]
Recapping fintech conference Finovate Europe 2020
Our key takeaways from one of Europes leading digital banking conferences, Finovate Europe 2020. Last week, on February 11-13, leading experts on fintech, banking and [...]
Global banking and fintech signals – January 2020
Goldman Sachs makes a big bet on digital services, Visa fortifies its network of networks strategy and BBVA sells chocolate on Amazon. Our monthly commentary [...]
Expanding into new markets with a bundled offering
Holvi, a high-growth BBVA portfolio company, is a Pan-European B2B banking and SaaS service. BBVA strives to grow the business by entering new markets and inventing new cross-category offerings [...]
Challenging giants
When CEO Wouter Verschuren took over the reins of Istec from his father Dé Verschuren, Wouter set his vision on growing the business by taking on the global competitors [...]
Is every brand a bank these days?
As the entry barrier to the banking segment decreases, a growing cohort of companies branch out into banking-like services with the aim to extract additional revenue from their existing [...]
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, [...]
Growing with unique services
An established European fintech company in the SME segment strove to accelerate growth by differentiating its brand with unique services for niche target groups. Challenge [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]