FinTECHTalents Virtual North America 2020 – The Reruns: Technology & Ethics
Tuesday 22 September 2020
The Technology & Ethics panel – in case you missed it live at FinTECHTalents Virtual North America – was a fascinating discussion that those watching simply did not want to end. The panel had a fantastic mix of views – legal, fashion/retail, financial services and that of a technology provider. This fortunate assembly of industry
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Innovation and Resilience: Building Societies in Times of Crisis
Tuesday 22 September 2020
The founding of the UK’s first Building Society was an act of innovation, built entirely on the needs of the people. The, perhaps familiar, story began in the year 1775. A society, the first of it’s kind, was set up to pool the resources of its working-class members, giving each the chance to purchase land
North America goes to the Polls – Pandemic Insight
Tuesday 22 September 2020
What has been your greatest challenge during the pandemic? (28.6%) Client engagement (15.9%) Customer service (20.6%) Onboarding new customers (28.6%) Managing remote teams (6.3%) Shifting to digital access During FinTECHTalents North America, the team ran several polls across the day. We asked our attendees a broad range of questions, from their favourite speaker quote to
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Is Nordic Innovation a Myth?
Tuesday 22 September 2020
This is an industry of many parts. Working groups and agile teams gather together every day to discuss the details over a messaging protocol, or the policy ramifications of a new regulation or adjust a minor bug in a consumer application. Millions of decisions and projects, in banks, tech companies and financial institutions all around
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Tech Spend Survey + FinTECHTalents Virtual North America round-up
Tuesday 15 September 2020
The successful launch of FTT Virtual North America on September 9th was a function of the community that it was able to bring together. The power of a community sharing knowledge, ideas and even disagreeing, in supporting the creation of better outcomes was evident. In a time of a shared global challenge, the importance of
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Innovation is Wherever you Build it: A Digital Future for the UK’s Mutual Banking Sector
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Building Societies are long established, member-owned and uniquely purpose-driven financial institutions. Regardless of scale, they are committed to providing products and services which meet genuine need, without leaving anyone behind. This commitment will not change any time soon. But in an increasingly technology-first financial industry, the way in which Building Societies fulfil their purpose will
Finding your Tribe in FinTech – FTT Chats Episode 33
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Watch the video now! Christa Nielsen, SVP, Tribe Lead for Core Payments Platform, Dankse Bank 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 Christa discusses how to incorporate entrepreneurial styles of
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Impacting Society for Good – Does FinTech have an Answer? – FTT Chats Episode 32
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Watch the video now! Kristian Luoma, Head of OP Lab, OP Financial Group 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 Kristian discusses financial health, how a move towards a cashless
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Finding a home for startups in Finland – FTT Chats Episode 31
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Watch the video now! Vesa Riihimäki, Head of Startup & Growth Business, Nordea Finland 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 Vesa discusses whether capital is hard to find for startups
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Build Back Better – Purpose and Values Part 2
Tuesday 01 September 2020
In Part 1 of this series, I focused on tackling Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), as this is an appropriate place to start when considering how to build back better. Encouragingly, this past week also saw several announcements on ESG by financial services companies – Tandem Bank acquired green lender Allium, HSBC set up a