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.
Fintech Talents Road Trip in Berlin – The final stop
Friday 14 April 2023
Fintech Talents Road Trip – Berlin Join the Fintech Talents Team for our first European Road Trip as we stop off in three exciting fintech hubs in France, Sweden, and Germany. On Friday 21st April we get to the final stop – Berlin! The German capital, home to many up-and-coming fintech firms, will see more
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Exploring the Swedish fintech scene on the Fintech Talents Road Trip
Wednesday 05 April 2023
Fintech Talents Road Trip – Stockholm Home to dozens of unicorns, Stockholm can well-and-truly call itself a leading European fintech hub, after experiencing a few years of extremely strong growth. No single reason exists for why Sweden has managed to establish such a healthy fintech ecosystem. But the digital-first attitude of the nation combined with
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Fintech Talents North America comes to New York City
Tuesday 28 February 2023
An innovation community moving beyond digital by default Launched during a pandemic, we were surprised (pleasantly so) at how rapidly Fintech Talents North America grew. We set out to convene a community of innovators from across the financial services ecosystem, creating an opportunity to discuss the digital transformation of the industry at a time when
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The Fintech Talents Road Trip: First stop Paris
Tuesday 28 February 2023
A rapidly growing fintech hub The French start-up ecosystem has developed massively in recent years, with Paris leading the way. According to data from PitchBook, French start ups received €10.8bn in capital investment in 2021, compared with €2.5bn in 2017, illustrating the blockbuster growth the country has achieved. While in the past Paris has not
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Great minds need great fintech projects at the University of Birmingham
Tuesday 21 February 2023
The University of Birmingham has redesigned their MSc Degrees and are looking for Fintech Projects for students to complete. The projects will take the place of a traditional dissertation. This is a great opportunity to access the next generation of fintech innovators to support you on a project that you don’t have time or resource
How payroll providers can advance worker emergency savings: 3 key takeaways
Tuesday 21 February 2023
Providing a liquid, high-quality emergency savings option through the workplace is key to improving financial security and building wealth for workers living on low and moderate incomes (LMI). It is also of great value to companies as emergency savings3 reduces the financial impact of unexpected expenses and helps mitigate the financial insecurity that fosters chronic stress
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For SMEs it’s all about the data, data, data when it comes to funding
Tuesday 14 February 2023
Raffaela Kestel, Senior Product Director at Validis, speaks the barriers that SMEs face in securing funding. It’s a big issue – 100,000 SMEs to the tune of £4 billion of funding are being rejected by lenders. Getting SMEs what they need when they need it is central to their mission. Validis extract data, normalize it
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Bringing clarity to complexity – digital assets
Tuesday 07 February 2023
This week we share a conversation with Stephen Richardson, SVP from Fireblocks. Fireblocks is a secure digital asset infrastructure company. They provide technology that empowers custodians (from global financial institutions such as BNY Mellon through to market making firms and hedge funds) to securely manage digital asset private keys, interact with different participants in the
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Knitting together the future of a more sustainable industry
Tuesday 31 January 2023
Martin Sladecek , Director of Digital Strategic at Société Générale shares some thoughts on the future of the industry and the work he and the team do to plot the future direction of digital services in France. That includes thinking around the seamless (and secure) connectivity between banks, clients, and partners (such as fintechs). He
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Financial activism – can fintech save the world?
Tuesday 24 January 2023
Can fintech save the world? We ask Paul Trotter, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Atom Bank to answer some big questions. Hint – fintech can’t do everything but there is a lot that can be achieved. As he says, with a will, fintech finds a way. He also shares his views as to what the road
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