Taking the difficulty out of scaling and growth
Tuesday 21 January 2020
We sat down with Ben Robinson, Practice Head, Marketing and Strategy at Pangea about how they help companies build, scale and go to market in a quick and effective way at FinTECHTalents 2019. What is the current state of FinTech? If you think about the big change that’s happened from the Industrial Age to the
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Lighter, friendlier, more ethical FinTech
Tuesday 07 January 2020
We sat down with Matt Locsin, Head of Innovation at Publicis Sapient to talk about the forces of change in FinTech, short and long term goals and what incumbent banks need to do to rise to the challenge at FinTECHTalents 2019. Watch the video now: How are incumbent banks working with the forces of change?
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Community of the future for financial services
Tuesday 05 November 2019
Italian banking body, CBI, takes to the FinTECHTalents stage to outline CBI Globe – it’s newly launched Global Open Banking Ecosystem. CBI has been serving the Italian payments market for 20 years – what brings you to FinTECHTalents? The Italian banks, like most continental retail banks, are facing different challenges related to improved profitability, fulfilling
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Open banking opens the door to personalised credit options
Sunday 03 November 2019
FCA-authorised credit bureau, Credit Kudos, believes traditional credit scoring is broken. Here they tell us how to fix it. What is Credit Kudos? Fairer Credit For All. Credit Kudos is an FCA-authorised credit bureau and Open Banking Account Information Service Provider (AISP) that uses financial behaviour to measure creditworthiness. Through direct connections to the UK’s largest
- Published in Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Partnership, Start-ups
RIP Open Banking – Long Live Open Finance
Tuesday 08 October 2019
I hung out with our FinTECHTalents partners, FinTech Finance at this year’s London Sibos event where I sat down with several people to chat about FinTech and innovation over the past 10 years and what we can expect from the future. Here I chat with Gavin Littlejohn, who is flying the flag for more open
- Published in Customer Experience, Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, Identity, Innovation, Partnership, Payments, Start-ups, Video
Digital transformation that you need – not just what you asked for
Tuesday 08 October 2019
Most companies, in any industry, need to bring their business into the digital age. According to Kian Gould, AOE Founder & CEO, if they don’t, their long-term success, revenue streams and sustainability of their business model are threatened. We help companies in achieving this transition or, if you will, digital transformation. What does AOE do –
- Published in Diversity, Employment, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Partnership, Start-ups
Inventing a helicopter from looking at dragonflies
Tuesday 24 September 2019
Ceri Godwin, Director of Growth & Advisory, EmTech, Santander UK sat down with us after the FinTECHTalents Steering Committee ‘donuts & danish’ breakfast this summer. Here she talks about FinTech for good, ‘out of the box’ thinking and her dream ‘fireside chat’ guest. Watch the video now. What is FinTech for good? For me it’s
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Diversity, Employment, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Partnership, Start-ups, Talent
Building value through network effects
Tuesday 24 September 2019
When not getting down with some house thumping Soul and Funk, the team at Aperture works to launch new businesses, bringing together strategy, product design, product building, branding and go-to-market plans to ensure our clients exceed in becoming digital leaders. What is Aperture? Aperture is a strategy consultancy that supports companies (focusing on financial services)
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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
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