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Festival fever builds as the FTT Fintech Festival returns to London
Thursday 01 October 2026
Thursday 1st October 2026, London: The FTT Fintech Festival, Future Identity Festival, FTT Mutuals, FTT AI Transformation, FID Fraud & FinCrime and FID IAM return to The Brewery, London, on 9th – 10th November 2026, welcoming an expected 2,500+ attendees from across financial services, technology, and the wider innovation economy for the UK’s largest fintech
Where AI is taking SME lending next? with Mario Husha, CTO, Lovey
Wednesday 02 September 2026
AI is moving at a pace that can leave regulation, infrastructure and even internal teams playing catch-up. But that doesn’t mean that lenders should slow down. Lenders need to be smarter about where AI should be introduced. We had a chat with Mario Husha, CTO, Lovey at FTT AI Transformation in June. Mario shared how
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Margus Simon, Komerční Banka: The risk of AI? Not innovating fast enough
Friday 21 August 2026
We sat down with Margus Simon Chief Digital Officer, Komerční Banka at FTT AI Transformation last June to discuss the shift AI is bringing to financial services. Margus has spent the last seven years leading a complete modernisation of the institution. Under his leadership, the bank replaced its core banking system, rebuilt digital channels, modernised
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From resistance to excitement – How to make AI work with Lucile Flamand
Wednesday 19 August 2026
We sat down with Lucile Flamand for a chat about what really makes AI transformation stick. As the former Chief Transformation Officer at Bibby Financial Services, she was responsible for overseeing transformation initiatives across nine countries, Lucile discovered that resistance to AI stems less from change management challenges and more from an education gap. People
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From experimentation to enterprise value with Covecta
Friday 07 August 2026
One message stood out at FTT AI Transformation: the conversation around AI agents has shifted from exploration to execution. Speaking with us at the event, Ben Thomas, Founder and CRO, Covecta, explored how organisations can move beyond abstract discussions and focus on the practical realities of deploying agentic AI across banks and lending institutions. Ben
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Overcoming barriers and deploying AI agents successfully: a discussion with WRITER
Tuesday 04 August 2026
Farrukh Aman, Vice President, Corporate & Retail Banking Solutions at WRITER, sat down to speak with us at the summer edition of FTT AI Transformation. As leader of the financial services practice, he works closely with clients across the sector to guide them through scaling AI, deploying it responsibly and supporting providers in defining use
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Embedded Finance and AI Agents – what will deliver for merchants?
Tuesday 24 February 2026
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
What do people want to know about Pensions – Robert Cochran, Scottish Widows
Wednesday 11 February 2026
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
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How to lead when the only certainty is change? An interview with Saif Malik, UK CEO, Standard Chartered
Thursday 05 February 2026
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
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