Elisabeth Magnor, Author at Flagship Advisory Partners

Most Read Flagship Insights of 2023

In 2023, Flagship published insights across a wide range of payment and fintech topics. The scope and scale of Apple’s fintech ecosystem, in parallel with our analysis of fintech’s efficiency, generated the most traction amongst our readers. Other topics that gathered attention were our definition of the widely used catchphrase ‘embedded finance’, KKR’s failed investment […]

Framing the Fintech Geo Expansion Opportunity in the US-Europe Corridor

US-to-Europe and Europe-to-US are popular corridors for fintechs seeking to expand geographically due to the huge size of the markets, regulatory uniformity with the region, cultural similarities, and market maturity levels. Roughly half of the top 50 European fintechs have expanded to the US, and Europe is typically the first stop for U.S. fintechs looking […]

SoftPOS is Ready for Prime Time in 2023

SoftPOS, otherwise known as ‘tap to pay’ or ‘pin on glass’ was first conceptualized a decade ago. Since then, SoftPOS progressed slowly but steadily towards mass market readiness, and that time is now, or at least visible on the 2023 horizon. Several key events in 2022 catalyzed the momentum of SoftPOS, which is now clearly […]

Infographic: Adyen – Strong Results & Investments in New Frontiers (H1, 2022)

Banking as a Service (BaaS) Fintechs Coming to Age to Fuel Integrated Finance Needs

Banking as a Service (BaaS), an innovative fintech model of powering fintechs and corporates with ”integrated financial services” (white label provision of a full stack of financial services products and supporting infrastructure and back office capabilities), has rapidly evolved as a disruptive theme in Europe. As we observed previously, SaaS (Software as a Service) and […]