Better regulatory compliance and living a life you’ll remember

Working within an agile, empowered workplace culture, the team at Objective seek to provide regulated companies with cloud solutions to provide better governance. We hear from Steward Davies, head of UK Financial Services, Objective ahead of the Festival in November. What is Objective – what problem are you solving? The focus of Objective is to
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Solving the hardest problem in banking

In the run up to the FinTECHTalents Festival we sat down with Paul Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Thought Machine to find out how cloud adoption can change the entire culture of a bank, why startups should focus on markets that have huge upside potential and are dormant or ignored by others and why ‘wine
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Digital transformation that you need – not just what you asked for

Most companies, in any industry, need to bring their business into the digital age. According to Kian Gould, AOE Founder & CEO, if they don’t, their long-term success, revenue streams and sustainability of their business model are threatened. We help companies in achieving this transition or, if you will, digital transformation. What does AOE do –
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Doing real listening, not work listening

Thrive Partners returns to FinTECHTalents hosting our Strategy Stage on Day 2 of the Festival. Here CEO and founder, Pam Bateson talks about their story so far and how supporting people to do their jobs with “with flair and creativity” is a true measure of success. So, what’s new? Any new products, super star team
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Risk management for an interconnected world

The gang at FNA not only appreciate the complexity of mapping multifaceted relationships to better understand modern financial markets, they also take the time to appreciate Mancunian beer that showcases local artists. What is FNA – what problem are you solving? Since the financial crisis of 2007–2008, regulators and supervisors have recognised the interconnected nature
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Inventing a helicopter from looking at dragonflies

Ceri Godwin, Director of Growth & Advisory, EmTech, Santander UK sat down with us after the FinTECHTalents Steering Committee ‘donuts & danish’ breakfast this summer. Here she talks about FinTech for good, ‘out of the box’ thinking and her dream ‘fireside chat’ guest. Watch the video now. What is FinTech for good? For me it’s
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For FinTech, AI and RegTech – Welcome back to school!

September, when summer has started to give up its fight and the smell of a freshly sharpened pencil can send your mind back to 1985 and Mr. Brown’s Algebra class. Despite it being, technically, over half way through the year – the autumn freshness and Back to School vibe will always represent a fresh start
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Try and imagine a future you are building today

We sat down with Charles Radclyffe, Head of AI at Fidelity International during the AITECHTalents Steering Committee ‘Donut & Danish’ breakfast meet up earlier this summer. He thinks Facebook’s Libre is ‘interesting’ and ponders *how* organisations like his can attract and retain a generation of talent to prioritise social impact and purpose over financial gain,
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Having your coffee and saving too

If wealth is not to remain something for the wealthy, the key is to understand consumers better, get them to engage with their money and drive better financial well being through behaviour change. Given the link between money and mental health – money worries being the key source of stress for the majority of people
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The talent pool should be an ocean

The team at VC Innovations had a full week during UK FinTech Week in London at the end of May. In between chairing sessions at the Innovate Finance Global Summit, hosting a breakfast event with HSBC and then an exclusive roundtable with JobsOhio, our Liz Lumley managed to spend a few minutes with our friends