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)
- Published in Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Partnership, 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
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