The Fintech Magazine Issue #38

In this issue of The Fintech Magazine, we reflect on when Money 20/20 Europe first opened its doors in Copenhagen in 2016, and were blissfully unaware of the seismic year that lay ahead.

Within weeks, the UK voted narrowly in favour of leaving the EU, triggering years of business turmoil and national anxiety. By November, Donald Trump had won the Presidential election, moving into the Oval Office. A decade later, the political landscape seems eerily familiar, a true “Groundhog Day,” with Trump back in charge and the UK discussing rejoining the bloc.

However, in the world of finance and technology, the narrative has fundamentally shifted. Fintech has definitively moved on. James Grant’s entertaining retrospective of Money 20/20 Europe’s history, co-written with Bryony Naylor, chronicles the spectacular growth spurt witnessed across the industry. This issue highlights the evolution of those early, “baby-faced startups”—who attended the first event with what many dismissed as impossible dreams, into global players shaping the future of finance.

This progress was palpable at the Temenos Community Forum, where we recently returned to the Bella Center in Copenhagen, the very location of that inaugural Money 20/20. The mood was one of decisive action, where no idea was dismissed as ‘blue sky’ thinking. Quite the opposite is true today. Major institutions, Tier 1 and Tier 2 banks alike, are now as aggressively focused on digital transformation as the most advanced fintechs. They are eager to embed the latest technology into their product design, streamline business workflows, and enhance customer experience (CX).

The Fintech Magazine Issue #38 delves into this collaboration and architectural overhaul. We feature exclusive insights from two giants of the banking industry, Swift and HSBC, who detail their strategy for adopting not merely new software, but an entirely new operating infrastructure for modern banking. This pivotal shift confirms that the once-impossible dream of fintech is now the architectural reality of global finance.

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