News

Corona; AG Leads The Way with 2000 Euro Payout to Struggling Businesses

AG Insurance has announced some extra help for its policyholders during the Corona crisis, here are some key points from their press release. In order to compensate for the compulsory closure of their business, many […]

Insurance Regulation

Corona Update: FCA Issues Mortgage & Loan Payment Advice

The FCA has today published new guidance for mortgage lenders and administrators, and small business lenders. This supports the announcements made by the Chancellor earlier this week. Interim Chief Executive, Christopher Woolard said: ‘We want to […]

Technology

Wirecard Teams Up With SIGNAL IDUNA on Mobile Payments

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, today announced that it is helping German financial services giant SIGNAL IDUNA extend its online and mobile services with new payment methods. Consumers will be able to […]

InsureTech

Acturis Teams Up With QOMPLX on WonderCover Product

Insurance technology provider Acturis has partnered with QOMPLX:UNDERWRITING to expand the e-trade offering of its award-winning platform with the launch of the parametric multi-peril insurance product WonderCover™. The Wondercover product, focussed on SMEs and backed […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

PSD2 Regs Just One Month Away, Authenticating Customers is Essential

In one month’s time, the UK will reach the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) six-month delayed deadline for the implementation of PSD2, and Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) will finally be enforced for online banking. Strong Customer […]

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InsureTech

2020 Fintech Insights, From Infosys Consulting

What does 2020 hold for the wider world of financial services? Some thoughts here from Jayakumar Venkataraman, Partner, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Infosys Consulting 2020, the year of the Ecosystem Approach and the API […]

Opinion

Opinion: Failing to Help Vulnerable Customers Could Be The Next PPI

In this Opinion piece, Martin Ellingham, business leader, Aptean Respond, asks whether the issue of customer vulnerability has the potential to become the next consumer mis-selling scandal in the UK. With new FCA rules on […]

Technology

Ransomware: Kivu Achieves MSB Status, Can Make Fully Compliant Payments

Kivu, a leading cyber security solutions provider and trusted partner to insurance carriers and law firms, this week announced their registration as a Money Services Business, or MSB, as regulated by the US Treasury’s Financial […]