I’ve blogged a lot about digital identities, but failed to cover an in-depth review of the largest identity program in the world: Aadhaar.  It’s been very remiss of me, but I’ve been waiting for the right moment and now seems to be that moment.

A survey conducted by Compass Plus, an international provider of electronic payments and retail banking software to processors and financial institutions, has revealed that industry expectations about the future of mobile payments are not aligned with consumer attitudes. Almost 60% of industry experts believe that one day traditional wallets will be replaced by mobile wallets, however, when asked how they will pay in 10 years’ time, just 6% of consumers believed their main payment method would be using a mobile.

Ameriprise Financial, announced that Mr. Christopher J. Williams has been appointed to its board of directors, effective as of September 6, 2016.

Mr. Williams is chairman, chief executive officer and founder of The Williams Capital Group, L.P., a financial services firm that provides equity, fixed income, corporate finance and financial advisory related services to corporate, governmental and municipal investors. He established the firm in 1994 after working in fixed income and trading positions at Lehman Brothers and Jefferies & Company.

-IDC Financial Insights today announced the winners of the 2016 IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings Real Results Awards.

Coupa Software, a leader in cloud-based spend management, has announced that global business software executive Steve Winter has joined Coupa as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Winter brings with him more than two decades of operations, sales management and organizational development experience from some of the largest and most successful software organizations in the world.

“I am honored and thrilled to join Coupa Software at such an exciting time in the company’s history”

Digitalization and the concept of the digital itself have allowed the development of a new type of actors: the FinTech 

Their goal: to use the new technologies of communication (smartphone / internet) and calculation (algorithms / predictive analysis) in order to provide "custom-made" financial services, at a lower cost and in a more efficient way, compared to the ones provided by the traditional actors, who are the banks and the insurances.

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has deployed a new mobile solution from Cassiopae that enables AIB in both Ireland and the UK to easily produce bespoke finance quotes for its customers. AIB Finance and Leasing had a requirement to move its current pricing tool so that it met with the bank’s digital strategy whilst maintaining compatibility with the complex calculations used in the bank’s internal systems.

NCR Corporation, a global leader in omni-channel solutions, in partnership with MX, today announced the launch of NCR Money Management, a data-driven money management platform that will provide consumers with an intuitive interface for managing and improving their financial lives.

Anyone working in the City of London will surely remember where they were and what they felt the morning of Friday June 24.  As it became apparent that the Brexit camp had prevailed in the referendum a wave of shock and disbelief engulfed the City. 

The Brexit campaign was practically drunk with the joy of triumph.  But it wasn't long before Boris Johnson, Liam Fox and David Davis grew sober.  There was a wide gulf between their campaign rhetoric and the realities of how Brexit would actually be achieved.