Fintech
FinTech (financial technology) is a catch-all term referring to software, mobile applications, and other technologies created to improve and automate traditional forms of finance for businesses and consumers alike.
FinTECHTalents – The Best of 2020!
Tuesday 15 December 2020
It is rather basic to say that 2020 has been a challenging and unusual year for many. But in reality, it was still a year. Startups raised funds. Banks and FinTech companies still entered into partnerships. Events and conferences still happened – albeit online, via webcam and home WiFi. Our busy elves at VC Innovations
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Innovation at the Heart of the Community
Tuesday 08 December 2020
When we talk about innovation in financial services, we often focus on the digital-first challengers, the future-proofing banks or even the influence of Big Tech. But if there was one sentiment echoed throughout the day at FinTECHTalents Virtual Building Societies, it was this: Innovation is Wherever You Build It. We should not overlook the power
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The future of FinTech is with the shopkeepers and SME entrepreneurs.
Tuesday 08 December 2020
The SME market (small to medium sized enterprises) has long been a difficult market to serve for the financial services industry. The FinTech movement has spawned quite a few innovative, digital-first entrants aimed at serving this market – traditionally underserved and under-supported by traditional, incumbent banks. However, 2020 brought further difficulties to this sector in
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If you were a FinTech genie in 2020, what wish would you grant?
Tuesday 08 December 2020
What was our wish? For a year that is far from normal, with many of us being socially isolated, our first ‘obvious’ choice would have been: To be able to meet people in person. As much as we have lamented the hassle of travel and as much as we appreciate the convenience of virtual conferences,
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Data Protection & Privacy – FTT Chats Episode 41
Tuesday 24 November 2020
Emma Maconick, Partner, Shearman & Sterling joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. A masterclass on the complex terrain of data usage, protection, ethical practices and the regulatory landscape. This is one interview where
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FinTech’s Rich Pageant – Defining FinTech is becoming broader and more varied
Tuesday 10 November 2020
As long as there have been financial products, there have been tools, procedures and services needed to create, manage, and deliver those products. Whether it is a telegraph machine, spitting out a ticker tape on Wall Street in the 1930s or a Python developer creating simple and complex, but not complicated, code to build a
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Innovating the way to Sustainable Development Goals
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Charlotte Hausemer, Vice President – Innovation and Product Strategy for Trade and Treasury solutions Americas, BNP Paribas, outlines how Sustainable Development goals must be embedded in Financial Services. Technology and innovation (including Open Finance) have crucial roles to play in enabling and accelerating positive outcomes. How can FinTechs reinvent the financial sector with green and
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Data, credit, customers and Open Finance – How the industry is fine tuning our financial futures
Tuesday 10 November 2020
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Anne and Tom – My part in their breakup*
Tuesday 27 October 2020
An email landed early in 2015 from my superior at the daily newswire where I worked. It read: ‘It looks like your agenda is unravelling’ and linked to a news article. I was putting together a FinTech event and had booked both veteran banker, Anne Boden, and FinTech entrepreneur, Tom Blomfield, as speakers. Their topic?
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Open Banking, evolving and growing, in Europe – FTT Chat Episode 37
Tuesday 06 October 2020
Watch the video interview now!  Rūta Merkeviciute, Head of Division for E-money and Payment institution supervision, Bank of Lithuania joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. In this chat Rūta discusses the benefits
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