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 [...]
Making bank-fintech collaborations work
Thank you for joining the Ross Republic podcast. In our fifth episode, your hosts Adrian Klee and Mikko Riikkinen discuss the success factors behind collaborations between banks and fintechs. [...]
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: [...]
How banks can unlock the potential of open finance
As banking increasingly becomes a technology play, the usage of internal and external application programming interfaces (APIs) is surging. That’s why API management platforms are crucial for financial services [...]
Platforms and open data transforming banking
Jussi Valsta, the CEO of VertaaEnsin.fi, a financial product information and comparison platform, which is part of CompareEuropeGroup, shares his views on how the platform and data economy changes the business [...]
Banks now need a firm sense of their purpose
Right now it is business-as-not-usual for millions of SMEs due to the Covid-19 crisis. Their survival relies on quick and fair distribution of the emergency funds backed by the [...]
Adapting to the corona virus
The corona virus is now a fact of life, affecting every single layer of society around the world. How do we adapt to the new normal and keep life [...]
Banks play a pivotal role in navigating the Covid-19 crisis
The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic is an unsettling human tragedy on global scale. Financial services institutions now have a direct imperative to prove their purpose as good corporate [...]