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Scores on the doors: Alternative credit models & the financially excluded
Tuesday 28 February 2023
“The devil works hard, but the credit scoring system works harder,” according to up-and-coming credit agency NogginHQ in their one-of-a-kind zine, explaining their mission to modernize traditional credit assessments. This sentiment is echoed in the increasing popularity of alternative credit scoring methods, as well as the fintechs behind them. Financial inclusion plays a major role
- Published in Blog, Content, Fintech, FTT Lending, Risk
The Fintech Talents Road Trip: First stop Paris
Tuesday 28 February 2023
A rapidly growing fintech hub The French start-up ecosystem has developed massively in recent years, with Paris leading the way. According to data from PitchBook, French start ups received €10.8bn in capital investment in 2021, compared with €2.5bn in 2017, illustrating the blockbuster growth the country has achieved. While in the past Paris has not
- Published in Blog
What’s trending in lending? – SME finance
Tuesday 28 February 2023
FTT Lending 3.0 is upon us! Ahead of the biggest lending show in the UK, we’re taking a closer look at a key theme for the sector: SME Finance. With a record number of small to medium businesses uncertain about getting a loan, how are today’s lenders and fintechs innovating to serve these underserved companies?
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blog, Content, Fintech, FTT Lending, Innovation
Great minds need great fintech projects at the University of Birmingham
Tuesday 21 February 2023
The University of Birmingham has redesigned their MSc Degrees and are looking for Fintech Projects for students to complete. The projects will take the place of a traditional dissertation. This is a great opportunity to access the next generation of fintech innovators to support you on a project that you don’t have time or resource
How payroll providers can advance worker emergency savings: 3 key takeaways
Tuesday 21 February 2023
Providing a liquid, high-quality emergency savings option through the workplace is key to improving financial security and building wealth for workers living on low and moderate incomes (LMI). It is also of great value to companies as emergency savings3 reduces the financial impact of unexpected expenses and helps mitigate the financial insecurity that fosters chronic stress
- Published in Blog, Community, Embedded Finance, Opinion
For SMEs it’s all about the data, data, data when it comes to funding
Tuesday 14 February 2023
Raffaela Kestel, Senior Product Director at Validis, speaks the barriers that SMEs face in securing funding. It’s a big issue – 100,000 SMEs to the tune of £4 billion of funding are being rejected by lenders. Getting SMEs what they need when they need it is central to their mission. Validis extract data, normalize it
- Published in Blog, Community & Events, FinTECHTalents, Interviews
Navigating the Cost of Living crisis as a Lender – FTT Chats Lending 3.0 Series
Tuesday 14 February 2023
Gerald Chappell, CEO & Co-Founder at Abound joins us in the latest edition of our FTT Chats series. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been catching up with key players in the lending ecosystem to discuss the the trends, drivers and challenges facing the sector at large. In this episode, we’re delving into data-driven consumer
- Published in FTT Lending, Innovation, Interviews, Partnership
Bringing clarity to complexity – digital assets
Tuesday 07 February 2023
This week we share a conversation with Stephen Richardson, SVP from Fireblocks. Fireblocks is a secure digital asset infrastructure company. They provide technology that empowers custodians (from global financial institutions such as BNY Mellon through to market making firms and hedge funds) to securely manage digital asset private keys, interact with different participants in the
- Published in Blog, FinTECHTalents, Interviews, Video
Addressing the SME funding gap
Tuesday 07 February 2023
It’s no secret that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face intense challenges trying to gain access to funding. According to a Bank of England report, one in four small firms that apply to banks for loans are rejected, leading to an estimated £22 billion funding gap for UK SMEs. When it comes to lending, no
- Published in Blog, FTT Lending