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BNPL for your 90 days away, but we need to kick the cash habit first – FTT Bookmark Issue 16
Tuesday 18 May 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
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Innovation powered by payments
Tuesday 18 May 2021
A cross sections of experts came together as part of Fintech Talents North America to discuss the exciting and fast changing world of payments. Payments are often a catalyst to greater innovation across the industry and the panel discussion was a great demonstration of how that plays out across the ecosystem. From the technology to
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Digital accessibility
Tuesday 18 May 2021
I grew up in the ’70s. This was a time when it seemed to be socially acceptable to be overtly homophobic, sexist, and racist. Homosexuality had only recently been decriminalised and the Sex Discrimination Act was at the ‘back of a fag packet’ stage of development. Pubs had ‘No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish’ signs
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Fighting back against digital identity fraud
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Even prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, instances of identity fraud and financial crime were increasing at an alarming rate. At FTT Identity 2021, a panel of experts from Trulioo, Cifas and NatWest Group came to the conclusion that these threats will never entirely go away. Financial insitutions can only minimise risk by adapting to
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In the trenches of digital transformation
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Over the last couple of years I have been involved in several digital transformation activities as part of the Pollen Street Hub support for portfolio companies, across Lending, Payments, FX, Insurance, Wealth Management and Business Services sectors. As a PE fund we (arguably) have the privilege to be much more focused on delivery and getting
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The future of identity starts now
Tuesday 11 May 2021
Around 17 years ago, I first had access to a computer with the internet. A typical millennial, the majority of my online interaction was through MSN messenger under an anonymous username. Probably something like ‘CoolCatXOXO’. My digital and physical identities were completely separate and giving away any ‘real-world’ information was totally out of the question.
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A privacy fiasco & an unlikely AI story – FTT Bookmark Issue 15
Tuesday 11 May 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
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Identity proofing in an increasingly remote world
Tuesday 11 May 2021
It would be impossible to ignore the drastic acceleration in digital transformation, that has taken place over the past year. Businesses around the world have turned to technology as a means to continue with everyday meetings, tasks and procedures, that just a few months previous were only carried out in-person. Financial institutions have been left with no choice but to allow consumers
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The future of work – Are we heading back to the office?
Tuesday 11 May 2021
It is a sign of the times and the accelerated pace of change that our views about work have been upended over the past year. Most of us have lived through the snail’s pace of change in many organisations over the years and once considered flexible hours or the odd work from home day a
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Finding the perfect fintech dance partner
Tuesday 11 May 2021
A number of fintech leaders came together to discuss the meandering journeys and complex processes that sometimes define partnerships between incumbent financial institutions and newer, smaller fintech entrants at this year’s FTT Digital Builder event. Speakers Rita Martins, Fintech Partnerships Lead – Innovation Finance & Risk, HSBC, Georgy Sokolov, Co-founder, Wirex, Christophe Langlois, Global Marketing