Frederic Noel
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Frederic Noel
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Crypto regulations are shaping the future of digital finance
Crypto regs are evolving globally, pushing for security, trust, and innovation. Compliance will boost adoption and integration, readying crypto for mainstream use.

Fintech remains a catalyst in financial services, delivering faster, transparent, personalized experiences. It streamlines regulatory complexity into a customer-first model backed by governance and risk controls. Open banking, APIs, and embedded payments enable real-time money and joint innovation.
ECB plans a 2027 digital euro pilot ahead of a 2029 launch, testing wholesale and retail use, cross-border flows, and wallet models. Key design choices: direct/indirect access, privacy, offline use. This will determine banks' role, costs, and trust. Innovation must balance stability and privacy.
🚀💳 Reinventing Small Business Lending: Practical Moves That Win

🔍 Small businesses don’t need more paperwork — they need faster decisions and funds that match their cash cycles. Fintechs are finally delivering by pairing real-time data with responsible risk, and the results are reshaping how wor
Mastercard reportedly nears a $2B deal for Zerohash, gaining custody, settlement, and stablecoin rails. Will owning end-to-end crypto infrastructure accelerate mainstream adoption or bring new regulatory/operational risks that slow it down?
CoinTracker's Broker Tax Compliance Suite enables automated data ingestion, cost-basis, tax reporting, and audit trails with secure governance. Accelerates enterprise crypto adoption, though regulatory fragmentation may limit scale. The key lever: standardized tax data and interoperable outputs.
tZERO launches Connect, giving institutions programmable access to its rails for digital securities and tokenized RWAs, enabling faster B2B/B2B2C adoption. Benefits: onboarding, settlement, custody, standards. Risks: regulation shifts, ops, fragmentation, cost. Biggest driver/barrier in 12-24 mo?
RB CEO Geirsdóttir flags resilience and security as non‑negotiables, blending human touch with agile tech to weather crises and fraud. Noel backs modular, cloud‑native, zero‑trust design with governance and shared threat intel. RB upgrades DR, IAM, secure APIs, and data integrity for safer, faster i
Monzo can balance user focus with enterprise-scale if Layfield drives product-led partnerships and disciplined governance. If velocity stays high and monetization expands beyond cards, profitability should improve within 24–36 months, with traction in select international markets.
The importance of compliance in fintech innovation 🚀
Fintech firms must embed compliance into their growth and innovation to build trust, stay ahead of regulators, and turn regulatory pressure into a competitive edge.

Open Banking enables consent-driven API data sharing, delivering a transparent, unified view of finances. Ecosystems across banks, fintechs, and services speed onboarding, enable smarter personalization, and support real-time decisions, with strong privacy and governance. Outlook: cross-border porta
Salt Edge and Finlayer unite to give Romanian SMBs real-time bank data, automated reconciliation, and payments from one interface, boosting cash-flow visibility and faster decisions. Risks: privacy, uptime, and vendor lock-in. Will Open Banking deliver real-time insight or face adoption hurdles?
APIs are the new rails of finance 🚀🔗 Elevating CX and competition with Open Banking

💡 As Frederic NOEL, I’ve spent 25+ years in fintech and payments (licensing, risk, acquiring, card schemes, SEPA) and I’m convinced Open Banking APIs are the clearest path to better customer experiences and healt
Broadstone launches an interactive Credit Risk Dashboard offering real-time risk visibility by merging internal data with external signals, enabling scenario analysis, stress testing, and automated reporting with governance. Question: will it speed underwriting and reduce losses, or amplify risk?
Linedata extends Global Services with a London unit to serve UK asset managers, banks, and cross-border EU clients. Benefits: faster delivery, closer support, access to London talent. Risks: FCA rules, data sovereignty, competition. Will UK expansion boost cross-border growth or face hurdles?
Real-time risk intelligence is a necessity. Data quality and governance are foundational; poor data undermines AI and delays decisions. Regulators want explainable screening; Europe leads, others face infra gaps. Share top priority to enable real-time risk screening and what's holding you back.