FinTech Stories company, PayKey, looks at the march of Amazon and Amazon Pay and its impact on traditional banking. “Amazon is investing in enabling faster, frictionless payments to help boost marketplace sales… the company remains very focused on building financial services products. In a sense, Amazon is building a bank for itself — and that

FinTECHTalents supported our partner Finastra as they welcomed over 20 teams to spend the weekend at their London headquarters as part of their Open Banking Hackathon. Both internal Finastra teams joined with several teams from external organisations to develop, build and then showcase their creations, using APIs from the FusionONE platform, during a live demo

Words by Adelle Grisaffe After opening its doors in 2010, Metro Bank instantly became the first new high street bank to launch in the UK in over 150 years. Metro Bank’s Head of Digital Strategy, Chris Wilkinson, spoke at the Fintech Talents Conference held in London last month. Adelle Grisaffe, Producer – Global Digital Banker

Yolt, the smart thinking money app, took part in FinTECHTalents to debunk myths around millennial money habits and stereotypical career paths. Our aim: to correct myths and unjust stereotypes whilst showing there really is no single way to reach your career goal. Indeed, 65% of jobs that the next generation will do don’t even exist

We speak to Gediminas Ratkevičius, CEO & Co-Founder of iDenfy about how they are tackling KYC compliance and fraud reduction in finanncial services. Reflecting on the journey from diapers to innovators, he also highlights how he and his co-founder evolved their offering based on customer feedback. Kudos for their open mind on the beer front!

The first time I was asked to speak in public it was to moderate a panel. If I remember correctly, it was for an event on risk management held in Frankfurt. I was deep in the risk world at that time – it was the era of Basel II and super-fast Monte Carlo simulations. ‘FinTech’