Are ‘cool banks’ delivering on FinTech?
Tuesday 10 March 2020
BankiFi’s Founding partner Conny Dorrestijn discusses Open Banking and how the entire FinTech ecosystem – banks, new FinTech entrants – can work together to support consumers and SMEs alike. “Two years ago we were all very excited about banks being very cool and having these brilliant app stores where you could shop for everything,” says
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#BreakTheCycle Charity Challenge to launch at FinTECHTalents – sponsor a bike!
Wednesday 23 October 2019
This time last year at FinTECHTalents, while I was hosting a pop-up photography exhibition for MQ Mental Health, I had one of my big ideas. Some of you will remember it as I did my usual thing when I get an idea and bounced around like Tigger telling anyone who would listen. Now, one year
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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
FinTech of the Week – CharlieIndia
Wednesday 23 January 2019
In the lead up to FinTECHTalents – Generation 2019 – every week we will showcase one of our awesome, inaugural FinTech Stories companies. CharlieIndia is the FinTECHTalents FinTech of the Week This week we bring you – CharlieIndia. The CharlieIndia Invoice HUB is a white label e-invoicing platform, which enables you to launch your own
Calling all innovators
Tuesday 14 August 2018
Are you looking to solve problems for more mature consumers? The FinTech community shouldn’t miss this opportunity to set their sights on new challenges. Given the changing demographics in the UK (and many other countries around the world), significant value can be delivered to what is an economically powerful and growing community. We are looking
- Published in Ageing, Customer Experience, Diversity, Fintech, Innovation, Start-ups, Uncategorized
Divido helps consumers buy big, (but unfortunately not buy beer)
Tuesday 31 July 2018
Point of sale lending is a growing market in the UK that can see benefits for both retailers and their customers. Divido CEO Christer Holloman, talks through those benefits, as well as their recent working relationship and investment from Mastercard. Point of sale lending is a growing market in the UK. What are some of
- Published in Employment, Fintech, Innovation, Profile, Start-ups, Uncategorized
FinTech is real, not a talking point
Tuesday 10 July 2018
Many years ago (well four years ago) the braver Fintech-y conferences would invite speakers from the ‘innovation world’. Gurus and thought leaders and (my favourite job title of all time) futurists, who would venture onto the stage to give a talk or sit on a panel. These folks were meant to scare the dark suited
- Published in Blockchain, Blog, Diversity, Employment, Uncategorized
Trust – how to build a company that behaves
Friday 08 June 2018
One of the highlights of Money 2020 was from Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Economics at Duke University and Chief Behaviour Officer at Lemonade. After days of talking about tech driven product innovation, it was truly insightful to hear about how financial services can be re-imagined by an understanding of human behaviour. Trust
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Accountscore takes us through open banking as a service
Monday 14 May 2018
We talk to Emma Steeley, Commercial Director at Accountscore about open banking and the Accountscore products Tell us a bit about AccountScore and your products and services on offer. AccountScore provides beautifully categorised and organised bank transaction data. In addition, we have created consents.online which is an AISP providing branded Open Banking as a Service
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The Talent of Tomorrow: Schroders App Hack: Easter Edition (aka awesome girls coding)
Thursday 03 May 2018
I had the pleasure of joining the judging panel for a recent Stemettes hackathon run with Schroders. It was the most fun I’ve had at an event in ages (bearing in mind that FinTECHTalents hasn’t run yet…) and if you are thinking that the challenge of creating a mobile app to encourage Savings and Investing
- Published in Diversity, Employment, Fintech, Talent, Uncategorized
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