At FTT Embedded Finance UK and Europe we started the day with a keynote by Simon Torrance (CEO at Embedded Finance & Super App Strategies). In addition to being an expert in Embedded Finance and having his own advisory brand focused on helping companies to transform their business models with digital platforms, ecosystems and ventures,

We are all fintech now Is every company becoming a fintech by means of innovation and development in embedded finance business models? What does it take for non-financial enterprises to offer and deliver financial services to end-customers? FTT Embedded Finance North America presented a compelling fireside chat with Melanie Hardin,  Innovation Principal at Verizon and moderated

What does Embedded Finance mean for banks and established financial institutions? Is this a further disaggregation of the services they offer? Looking at some of the new ‘players’ – big tech, retailers, manufacturers and so on, will this translate into a further erosion of the incumbents’ hold on the customer? FTT Embedded Finance North America

More great content from FTT Embedded Finance North America, with Kevin Doerr, Chief Product Officer at Marqeta and Will Reeves, Co-Founder and CEO at Fold. Listen in for a case study which explores embedding digital currencies with payments and integrating bitcoin into the wider ecosystem. Starting with rewards, Fold created a product that has introduced

Fintech for Travel – Embedded for a Rebound?  The  travel and tourism industries were among the hardest hit from lockdowns and restrictions introduced by governments around the world to reduce the spread of COVID. According to statistics from the Office for National Statistics, in Q2 2020 overseas residents spent 97% less than in Q2 2019 on their visits to the UK, highlighting the stark

At FTT Embedded Finance North America, we were joined by an impressive group of industry leaders to explore the topic of embedded payments. Industry practitioners Kothai Senthil , Vice President, Head of Payments, Albertsons, David Tax, Senior Manager, Payments Strategy and Innovation, TD Bank, Matteo Gamba, Product Lead Payments, Wayfair and Manash Bhattacharjee, Head of

At FTT Embedded Finance North America, we were joined by Simon Torrance, CEO at Embedded Finance & Super App Strategies and Executive Working Group Member at World Economic Forum. As an industry expert, Simon provided a commercial perspective of the industry, reviewing the scale of the opportunity for embedded finance in the North American market:

What does the emergence of embedded finance mean for technology innovators, financial service providers, and non-financial businesses? FTT Embedded Finance North America included an impressive fireside chat with an embedded finance pioneer, Jason Gardner, CEO of Marqeta and Simon Torrance, CEO of Embedded Finance & Super App Strategies and Executive Working Group Member at World Economic Forum.  It is a fascinating discussion on the problems that embedded finance seeks to address at scale,

Embedded Finance: Why we are at an inflection point A large majority of Americans own smartphones, and nearly two-thirds of those consumers make purchases using their devices. It’s clear that the U.S. consumer market of the future is going to center around embedded digital experiences, with financial functionality incorporated into commercial apps and websites. In

This summer, we experienced first-hand a demonstration of what inclusion in the sports world looks like through the Tokyo Olympics 2021. The global event introduced new sports like skateboarding to the masses, and reintroduced events like softball and karate into the list of competitions. Given its massive platform, the Olympics draws awareness of these lesser-known