Opinion
What does the future hold for FinTech in North America?
Monday 03 August 2020
Have we accomplished what we set out to do more than a decade ago? Have we altered the financial services landscape? Did we actually change the narrative? Financial technology, implemented thoughtfully, can act as a gateway to include more unbanked and underbanked within the formal financial services system. It can help serve people better, providing
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Finding Your Heart
Monday 03 August 2020
In the Future of Work will be a Human Experience, I ended with a rallying call that appeared to resonate (it was the most shared quote from that article): “Let’s put humans at the heart of why we do everything we do.” According to Steve Jobs, “”Remembering that you are going to die is the
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FinTech is …
Monday 03 August 2020
Thanks to the cosy world of ‘FinTech Influencers’, I learned that August 1st was ‘World FinTech Day’ (thank you, Dave Birch). Whether or not Hallmark is aware of this date in the calendar was less interesting to me than the reason the date was chosen. Back in 1464, Cosimo Medici, father of modern banking and
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What’s on at FinTECHTalents? Series 115
Wednesday 29 July 2020
What’s on at FinTECHTalents this week?
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Parenting and COVID-19: A reflection on inequality based on assumptions from a distant past
Tuesday 28 July 2020
The assumption made by U.S. CEOs, CIOs, policy makers, and politicians is that back-to-work and back-to-school orders exist in a vacuum — or rather in 1953. The ‘all clear’ to go back to work and school on modified or hybrid models assumes there is a caretaker at home at all times, flexible and adaptable to
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Funding FinTech – The world of venture capital – Podcast
Tuesday 21 July 2020
I hosted the second episode of Innovation in Finance: The podcast. This series, produced for Innovate Finance by BBCStoryWorks, explores the global FinTech ecosystem. In this episode we delve into the world of venture capital. Listen to the Innovation in Finance: The Podcast now. Three leaders from the venture capital sector discuss the important role
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Preparing for a New Era of Financial Wellness
Tuesday 21 July 2020
The year 2020 has felt like a lot of things for many of us, ‘the worst year ever’ among one of them, according to The Guardian. And if this year were to play a character from a Hollywood film, I’d cast her as Catwoman in 1992’s Batman Returns. To refresh your cinematic memory, Michelle Pfeiffer
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Open Banking – North American Style
Tuesday 14 July 2020
Open Banking is taking shape in different ways across North America. From driving the development of new providers to enabling existing institutions to keep pace with a fast changing industry, the impact on financial services is significant. As the current crisis demonstrates, the swift change in the economic outlook and the situation of consumers and
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The Digital Future of Wealth Management is Bright
Tuesday 14 July 2020
Prompted by smartphones, fast Wi-Fi and more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic, financial services companies are offering tailored experiences to fit the needs and interests of their target personas. Consumers expect a highly customized digital experience and wealth management is no exception. Over the last decade, wealth management has evolved from a product-centric industry geared towards
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Innovation in your backyard
Tuesday 30 June 2020
Across North America there are over 10,000 community banks and credit unions, serving a broad range of communities (from farmers to metropolitan residents) with a diverse range of needs. Embedded in their communities and with deep knowledge of the customers that they serve, do these institutions have the potential to become the true innovative and
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