Lisa Moyle is a co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at VC Innovations. Previously, she was director of strategy, fintech, at Informa where she established and led a portfolio of global fintech events and activity. She also worked at techUK, where she was head of the Financial Services and Payments programme and contributed to a broad range of policy initiatives in support of financial services innovation.
Lending rebuilt by AI with Ben Thomas, CRO and Founder, Covecta
Wednesday 01 April 2026
by Lisa Moyle
FTT Lending showcased how lending is evolving to better meet the needs of modern borrowers. Unsurprisingly, AI was a consistent theme throughout the day, shaping conversations both on and off stage. Luckily we had an expert on hand to help us understand how, AI Agents, in particular, are impacting lending. We spoke to Ben Thomas, CRO
- Published in AI/Machine Learning
Tagged under:
ai, AI Agents, financial services, fintech, Lending, non-bank specialist lenders, sme lending, Splash
Embedded Finance and AI Agents – what will deliver for merchants?
Tuesday 24 February 2026
by Lisa Moyle
Embedded Finance helps merchants grow and thrive Michaela Weber SVP, Strategic Business Development and GM of Payments, at BigCommerce, shared her thoughts at the last FTT Fintech Festival in London. Part of the Commerce group, it is focused on providing a flexible ecommerce platform for companies like Brompton, White Stuff and Harvey Nichols They are
Tagged under:
Agentic AI, AI Agents, ecommerce, Embedded finance, fraud, innovation, Payments, SaaS, Splash
What do people want to know about Pensions – Robert Cochran, Scottish Widows
Wednesday 11 February 2026
by Lisa Moyle
What do people want to know about pensions? At the last FTT Fintech Festival we sat down with Robert Cochran, Workplace Savings Engagement and Innovation Specialist with Scottish Widows and asked him about his views on pensions, a hugely important and, for many people, intimidating topic. He noted that the number one question that people
- Published in Blog
How to lead when the only certainty is change? An interview with Saif Malik, UK CEO, Standard Chartered
Thursday 05 February 2026
by Lisa Moyle
At the FTT Fintech Festival we spoke to Saif Malik, UK CEO and Head of Client Coverage at Standard Chartered Bank, about the impact of AI on the financial services industry, his views on how to be an effective leader during times of change and uncertainty and what helped defined his own leadership style. As
- Published in Blog
Self belief, relentless optimism and the capacity for hard work, an interview with Mike Soutar
Friday 23 January 2026
by Lisa Moyle
Mike Soutar, a portfolio director of a number of companies, including a fintech start-up, and successful media entrepreneur (aka the scary guy from the Apprentice), joined us at the last FTT Fintech Festival and delivered a fantastic keynote on what it takes to be a successful leader in a time of exceptional change. What are
- Published in Blog
Payhawk – freeing up CFOs to focus on what’s really important
Thursday 15 January 2026
by Lisa Moyle
Pedro Batista, UK CEO of Payhawk, sat in the hot seat and told us more about Payhawk at the last FTT Fintech Festival in London. Payhawk is the first spend management platform to bring AI-powered orchestration finance solutions designed to address the needs of CFOs. Why do CFOs love Payhawk? CFO’s love Payhawk because of
- Published in Blog
Tagged under:
AgenticAI, ai, CFO, financial tools, innovation, Office of Finance, spend management, Splash
The power of a unified payments ecosystem with PayDo
Tuesday 16 December 2025
by Lisa Moyle
Serhii Zakharov, CEO and Founder of PayDo, and fintech veteran of 12+ years, joined us at the FTT Fintech Festival last month and shared his thoughts on the growth of online businesses and their evolving needs – particularly for payments solutions. How have the needs of online businesses changed? As competition and complexity increases for
- Published in Blog
Northern Ireland Fintech: Where six degrees of separation shrink to two
Thursday 11 December 2025
by Lisa Moyle
The Invest Northern Ireland team returned to the FTT Fintech Festival this year, joined by a diverse delegation of six companies showcasing innovative products and services for the financial services sector. The delegation included: Cantabular Fscom LoyalBe Nemstar Neueda Treliant FinTru, a member of a previous delegation, also joined the Festival this year. What are the strengths
- Published in Blog, Content, Interviews
Stablecoins – what are they good for? Actually, quite a bit.
Tuesday 09 December 2025
by Lisa Moyle
Stablecoins are the talk of the town and it was no different at the FTT Fintech Festival in November. We were fortunate to have an expert both on stage and off – Bernhard Schweizer, Head of the Digital Currency Hub at SAP – to explore how the use cases for stablecoins are evolving. The Digital
- Published in Blockchain, Blog, Content, Interviews, stablecoins
Full agenda now available for all stages: your complete innovation guide to the FTT Fintech Festival 2025
Friday 10 October 2025
by Lisa Moyle
- Published in Blog, Content, FinTECHTalents
Tagged under:
Agenda, digital identity, Embedded finance, Event agenda, event update, Featured speakers, Festival schedule, fintech, fintech event london, fraud, FTT Fintech Festival 2025, Future of finance, Keynotes, Panel discussions, Payments, Real-time payments, Speaker line-up, Splash, What to expect












