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
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
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
The stories that make up FinTech continue at FinTECHTalents
Wednesday 12 June 2019
“I’ve seen more startups do more demos on stage than most people should see in their lifetime,” says Liz Lumley, architect of the FinTECHTalents Festival to Christophe Langiois, CMO of The FinTech Power 50 in an interview at Barclays Rise this spring. However, that first contact, those first stirrings when you listen to a founder
The journey of partnership starts from within
Wednesday 22 May 2019
It was standing room only in HSBC’s headquarters in Canary Wharf for a special breakfast event during the inaugural UK FinTech Week in London. Hosted in partnership with the TECHTalents Society, Strategic Investments and Partnership in FinTech, offered insights into the journey of a bank. Raman Bhatia, Head of the HSBC Digital Bank in the
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blog, Customer Experience, Diversity, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Partnership, Payments, Start-ups, TECHTalents Society
The smart way to enter the US
Tuesday 14 May 2019
Members of the FinTech community gathered for a breakfast roundtable, at the picturesque Somerset House in London, to discuss the ins and outs of expanding into the United States. Sponsored by JobsOhio, Go West, Young Startup – The launchpad for US success, was part of the TECHTalents Society roundtable series, held during the inaugural UK
- Published in Employment, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Partnership, Start-ups, Talent, TECHTalents Society
Dispelling the small business cashflow myth
Tuesday 12 March 2019
The small and midsized enterprises (SME) segment accounts for 99% of businesses, 60% of all private sector employment and 52% of all private sector turnover, yet, this segment has been traditionally underserved and neglected by banks. As a result, and similarly to other underserved verticals, the fintech industry has been showing increasing focus on building
- Published in Customer Experience, Employment, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Partnership, Risk, Start-ups
Connecting teachers and learners
Wednesday 06 March 2019
“Our biggest startup lesson is finding early adopters that want to work as partners and really embedding that relationship and treating it like a partnership,” according to Pam Bateson, CEO of Thrive Partners. Speaking at FinTECHTalents 2018, Thrive Partners provides on demand mentoring and coaching services for individuals and businesses. “Our belief that conversations for
- Published in Employment, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Partnership, Profile, Start-ups, Talent