Embedded Insurance – Narrowing the protection gap
Tuesday 15 March 2022
According to the FCA’s Financial Lives 2020 survey, 53% of the UK’s population surveyed responded as not having insurance products. This difference between the volume of insurance that is economically beneficial for society and the volume of coverage that is actually purchased, is defined as the protection gap. The impact of this protection gap translates
Why consumers don’t care about fintech
Tuesday 11 January 2022
How can we create payment experiences that inspire genuine brand affection? FTT Embedded Finance UK and Europe presented an exclusive panel discussion with Derek Stewart (Founder and CEO at PAYSME), Otabek Nuritdinov (Co-Founder and CEO at StormPay), Alex Reddish (Managing Director at Tribe Payments) and moderated by Tasneem Harnekar (Global Head of Operations at Alchemy
The FinTech we were promised needs to consider the Environment, Society and Governance
Tuesday 30 June 2020
I first saw a demo of Robinhood – the commission-free trading app at an event in Singapore. I fell in love. The promise of FinTech – at its very heart – was desire to democratize finance. If only more people had access to tools and services that would allow them to control their wealth, and
- Published in Content, Customer Experience, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Opinion, Start-ups, UX Design
Ageism in an ageing world
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Not too long ago I sat in the audience and listened to a speaker from a very large financial institution describe the usage statistics (by age) of their banking app. He noted that take up of the app was very low above the age of 55. The conclusion being, he went on to say, that
- Published in Ageing, Customer Experience, Diversity, Employment, Featured, Fintech, FinTECH4Life, Opinion, Talent, UX Design
Coding is the world’s largest team sport
Tuesday 10 September 2019
There is a common misconception that software developers work in silos, however, collaboration is one of the most important characteristics for being a good developer. GitHub provides a platform and a community to connect the millions of people each year creating software and building innovative solutions. What is GitHub? GitHub is an open source developer
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Customer Experience, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Start-ups, UX Design
Removing the friction from authentication
Wednesday 12 June 2019
US-based biometric authentication platform ID R&D holds court on both sides of the coast in America – in New York and Silicon Valley. While they work on solving the problem of providing user- friendly customer on boarding without compromising on security – the team like to sit back and listen to folk-inspired rock music straight
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, AITECHTalents, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Security, Start-ups, UX Design
FinTECHTalents – Generation 2019 – Bigger, Braver, Bolder, Tech-ier
Thursday 10 January 2019
The 2019 FinTECHTalents Steering Committee is ready to roll with a Bigger, Braver, Bolder, Tech-ier Festival experience. Many on our Steering Committee were with us from the start – when FinTECHTalents was just an idea to bring the full FinTech ecosystem under one roof. Many more have joined us on our journey to highlight financial
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, AITECHTalents, Blockchain, Customer Experience, Cyber security, CyberTECHTalents, Data Privacy, Diversity, Employment, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Identity, Innovation, Insurtech, Partnership, Payments, Regulations, Risk, Robotics, Security, Start-ups, Talent, UX Design