Lending tailored to your person – FTT Lending 3.0
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Many aspects of our personal life – accessing higher education, taking control of our personal finances, purchasing high-priced household items – has a ‘financial product’ at its heart. That ‘financial product’ usually falls in the lending camp. Fixed loans, credit cards, bridging loans, student loans – all these products will be part of the outgoings
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The Great Acceleration
Tuesday 26 January 2021
The Great Acceleration Digital by default and at short notice has been a hallmark of the recent pandemic. For financial institutions across North America, Covid 19 and the mitigation measures adopted did not discriminate between institutions. Whether a small credit union or a large international financial services provider, the need to shift to digital channels
Monzo, Bitcoin and COVID-19-FTT Bookmark Issue 1
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Your weekly resource for noteworthy news, fascinating features, and FinTech titbits that caught our eye. Whether you live by your Twitter lists, save your Google Alerts or simply scroll through LinkedIn for insights and commentary – there is a wealth of content that weaves a global story around FinTech. Our job at FinTech Talents is
Competition in an Open World
Tuesday 26 January 2021
What are the opportunities for financial institutions operating in open systems? Our stellar panel from FTT Open Finance addressed how they are not just complying with Open Banking rules but are looking to leverage Open Banking to deliver better value to their customers. Virgin Money found that the uptake of Open Banking services exceeded expectation,
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Digital Identity: The Missing Piece of the FinTech Puzzle?
Tuesday 26 January 2021
In today’s increasingly digital, experience-driven financial landscape, one of the major challenges facing any financial institution is how to be certain of a customer’s identity. Accurately, securely and seamlessly, while meeting evolving regulation. As transactions grow in volume and complexity, customers expect ever more streamlined experiences, regulators demand greater insights, and the risk of identity
Fighting Back Against Digital Identity Fraud
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Even prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, instances of identity fraud were increasing at an alarming rate. Experian’s Global Identity and Fraud report, launched in January 2020, found that 3 in 5 businesses had reported an increase in fraud incidents over the past 12 months. In the UK, fraud prevention service Cifas revealed that cases
Welcome to the Open Economy – A Fireside Chat with Yapily
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Stefano Vaccino, Founder & CEO, Yapily set the scene for FTT Open Finance by sharing his ambitious vision for the future in Welcome to the Open Economy. Where Open Banking was bold and Open Finance more so – an Open Economy encompasses a global view where unfettered companies and individual choose to access products and
The Credit Union View
Tuesday 19 January 2021
In the run up to Fintech Talents North America, we are speaking to credit unions and community banks across North America to gather their views on how they see the future unfolding in their corner of the financial services sector. We start with Australia Hoover, President/CEO of the CDC Federal Credit Union in Atlanta who
Is lending the key to COVID recovery?
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Disruption, stress tests, market shocks – none of these words and phrases are unfamiliar to those who work in financial services. However, reading an academic paper from a leading business school or listening to a buzzy keynote address is very different from living through the events that underpin these words. The 2020 global pandemic, caused
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Opening the Door to Financial Inclusion with Digital Identity
Tuesday 12 January 2021
Despite decades of financial inclusion efforts, barriers preventing access to financial services continue to exist for individuals across the globe. One such critical barrier, is the lack of an official, foundational form of identification. An estimated one billion people worldwide are unable to prove their identity, while millions more have forms of ID that cannot
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