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As Gen Z reshapes the financial world with irreverence and creativity, fintech is transforming into a playground of memes, gamified investments and...

FinTech : Gen Z : Fintok

Viewpoints

The Future of Ethical Banking

Algbra’s ESG manager Marten Möller discusses the responsibility banks must take on in an equitable and ecologically conscious world.

Technology : Finance : Sustainability

News

Wise rebrands to take care of The World’s Money

Foreign exchange fintech Wise has been rebranded to reflect its global outlook.

Finance : Society : Design

News

Jangle makes online house-hunting a playful experience

Online property portals often rhyme with lacklustre graphic design and poor user experience. Enter Jangle, a platform shaking up the sector with a ...

Property : Advertising & Branding : Society

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Debit cards subsidising fresh food prescriptions land in Boston

The Fresh Connect programme provides Boston-based patients with a new health perk – fruit and vegetable prescriptions and debit cards with pre-load...

Food : Drink : Fiance

Micro Trends

Tech-powered Perimenopause

The femtech industry is expanding to cater for later women’s life stages, creating AI-driven solutions that will empower individuals with greater c...

Technology : Health & Wellness : Society

News

Stat: Trust in crypto investment is falling

While alternative finance investment has shown promising growth in recent years, activity from fintech and social media platform Robinhood suggests...

Finance : Society : FinTech

Micro Trends

Budget Bots

With consumers financially challenged due to global inflation they are turning to financial apps and services that automatically streamline their s...

Finance : Technology : Retail

$Mintus offers fractional ownership of famed artworks$

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Mintus offers fractional ownership of famed artworks

At a time when interest in ownership is growing across sectors, the art investment platform is arriving to provide hopeful art owners with an acces...

Art : Finance : Luxury

Viewpoints

Decentralised tech is driving LATAM’s socio-economic future

Bernardo Mendes, chief gaming officer at Druid Creative, discusses how gaming, the metaverse and Web3 will help Latin American citizens’ global pro...

Gaming : Web3 : Latin America

Viewpoints

How Alinea is powering an investment youthquake

The Generation Z CEOs of investment app Alinea explain how they are making finance accessible and responsible for young women, from traditional sto...

Finance : Media & Entertainment : Youth

News

A fintech company investing in the future

Ethical fintech platform Circa5000 is using sci-fi visuals to connect with a new wave of eco-conscious investors.

Advertising & Branding : Sustainability : FinTech

Micro Trends

Streetwear Brokerages

A series of new platforms are transforming fashion’s resale market into a bona fide investment arena, cementing garments as tradeable assets.

Fashion : Finance : Streetwear

News

A vibrant rebranding for Africa’s highest valued start-up

With its colourful rebranding, fintech company Flutterwave – the top-valued start-up on the continent – is boosting African culture.

Finance : Technology : Design

Micro Trends

Squad Subscriptions

From gyms to streaming services, fractionalised subscriptions are allowing people to earn income by converting memberships into tradeable assets.

FinTech : Media & Entertainment : Society

News

TurboTax seizes a new reality of gig work

With Tax Day looming on the horizon, financial service TurboTax is appealing to a new generation of gig workers with its You Do Your Thing campaign.

Media And Entertainment : Technology : Finance

News

Fintropolis teaches financial literacy in the metaverse

This new game recreated real-world financial scenarios in pixels to help boost money literacy and planning among future generations.

FinTech : Youth : Media & Entertainment

Big Ideas

Five fintech innovations for young home-buyers

As younger people strive to break away from being Generation Rent, a wave of fintech services are taking them from temporary tenants to first-time ...

FinTech : Mobile Money : Mortgages

Micro Trends

Crypto-cliques

Amid a big tech backlash, cyber-savvy consumers are gathering in decentralised social spaces that use blockchain to unlock elite communities.

Media : Technology : Social Media

News

Fingertip ID bank cards boost security in MENA

The fintech company is introducing fingertip authentication technology into its bank cards, as a response to growing demands for safer contactless ...

Finance : Society : Technology

News

Stat: BNPL services are luring people to overspend

As e-commerce transactions continue to grow, buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) services provide an increasingly attractive spending method.

Retail : Finance : Fashion

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Klarna merges real-life and social shopping experiences

As consumers tentatively re-embrace physical stores, buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) service Klarna has acquired social shopping platform Hero.

Retail : FinTech : Media & Entertainment

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Stat: Generation Z drive the buy-now, pay-later market

Almost 75% of users of buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) services in the US are Generation Z or Millennials, according to a new report by eMarketer.

Retail : Technology : Financial Flexibility

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Finance app Nude motivates aspiring home-buyers

Recognising that saving for a house deposit can feel like an overwhelming task, money-saving app Nude is stepping in to motivate aspiring home-owners.

Finance : Technology : Banking

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Klarna campaigns to drop the lockdown look

The payments service wants people emerging from lockdown to leave their wardrobe of sweatpants and hoodies, partnering with sartorial musician A$AP...

FinTech : Advertising : Branding