FinTech – A cause worth fighting for
Monday 05 August 2019
FinTech has been as much a response to changing public understandings of what a financial service can do for a client as it has anything. It was a new belief that traditional banks, advisors, investors just didn’t suit everyone’s needs. As engagement with the subject has risen, through budgeting apps, challenger banks and digitised investing,
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blog, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Start-ups
Clients come first when data is your tool
Thursday 01 August 2019
When not chilling out to Paul Simon while sipping a Dutch wheat beer with “hints of banana, citrus and spices” – the team at Owlin are focused on providing real-time, transparent and auditable risk insights to their clients. What is Owlin – what problem are you solving? Real-time risk monitoring, prioritized reviews based on actual risk
- Published in Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Identity, Innovation, Start-ups
Once upon a time … in financial services
Thursday 01 August 2019
Ammar Akhtar, Yobota’s Co-Founder & CEO Fast growing FinTech company Yobata seeks to offer a cloud-based operating platform that will drag financial institutions out of the 1970s. What is Yobota – what problem are you solving? Yobota is a rapidly growing FinTech company in London. We have built a fast and flexible cloud-based operating platform for financial
- Published in Blog, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Partnership, Start-ups
Finding the Trojan Horse for SME Banking
Tuesday 16 July 2019
SMEs, small to medium sized businesses, have historically had an uneasy relationship with the banking sector. Ranging from individual sole traders, to companies with hundreds of employees and millions of pounds in revenue – SMEs as a sector are populated with organisations that are fragmented and have very little in common. From corner shops in
- Published in Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Partnership, Start-ups, TECHTalents Society
The event for people who do and need ‘to do’
Tuesday 16 July 2019
I wandered around the exhibition hall of a FinTech conference, late last year. It doesn’t really matter which one – I have attended, covered, organised and spoken at so many of these events over the years – many of them combine into one generic spectacle. The speakers on the agenda include the head of digital
- Published in AITECHTalents, Customer Experience, CyberTECHTalents, Featured, Fintech, FinTECH4Life, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Talent
Creating customer engagement in a hyper-connected space
Tuesday 16 July 2019
When not relaxing with ice cold beer and chilling out summer dance tunes, the team at PayKey looks to build partnerships with banks to offer customers instant access to financial services. What is PayKey – what problem are you solving? PayKey enables banks and digital wallets to address one of the most significant challenges they currently face:
- Published in Customer Experience, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Partnership, Payments, Start-ups
Accurate advice – No Filter
Tuesday 16 July 2019
Bringing accurate robo-advice to retail investors on worldwide securities is a breeze for 80s music fan Nicholas Roe and his team at SelfieWealth. What is SelfieWealth – what problem are you solving? I wouldn’t say we are problem solving, as we are a unique offering. What we offer is pure robo-advisory on worldwide securities across 47 markets
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Robotics, Start-ups
Building Societies: Challengers in our midst
Wednesday 03 July 2019
While the UK banking community debates the competitiveness and viability of new FinTech entrants, challenger banks and innovative, customer-focused product offerings – real disruption to the industry may emerge from an established and long-standing group – Building Societies. While the FinTech revolution evolves and matures, the overarching aim is to deliver better outcomes to end
- Published in Fintech, Innovation, Partnership, Start-ups, Uncategorized
What does Deliveroo mean for banks?
Wednesday 03 July 2019
Speaking to HotTopics at FinTECHTalents 2018, Pol Navarro, CDO, TSB outlines his views on agile, collaboration and customer-focused teams. What does a productive culture look like? I think that for me when we think about culture it all starts with a customer. Especially thinking about how we can design products and services for customers in
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blockchain, Customer Experience, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Partnership, Press, Start-ups, Talent
Do you trust who I am?
Wednesday 03 July 2019
Powered by naturally sweetened cola and a passion for creating comfort for the end user, iProov aims to offer secure and simple solutions for online identity. In a world of manipulated photos and masks, deep fake video and replay attacks iProov is trying bring back a level of trust in the digital world. What is iProov –
- Published in Customer Experience, Cyber security, Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Identity, Innovation, Security, Start-ups