ESG as a force not a feelgood
Tuesday 01 March 2022
ESG – much talked about but how do we ensure that it is a force for change rather than just a feel good? Expertly led by Rita Martins, Head of Fintech Partnerships at HSBC, the panel represented a broad range of participants and perspectives from across the sector. As Martins noted at the start of
Innovative lending with inclusive outcomes
Tuesday 08 February 2022
ESG is dominated by environmental sustainability goals, but social issues also play a critical part in a more sustainable future for society and financial services. As highlighted by a recent article on LinkedIn, financial inclusion features as a target in 8 of the UN’s 17 Sustainability Goals. The pandemic placed many in unprecedented positions; multiple
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MIT Sloan FinTech Conference
Tuesday 09 March 2021
FTT Community member, Rita Martins, who drives innovation and FinTech partnerships for finance and risk, at HSBC took part in the MIT Sloan FinTech Conference in February this year. Rita reports on the wide-ranging conference which included keynotes from Square, Robinhood and Blackrock. Rita writes: Throughout the sessions, some topical themes were discussed that reflect
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is ‘needed’ but still a ‘nice to have’
Tuesday 13 October 2020
Questions around culture, human resources, regulations, compliance, the impact on society and the environment are often overlooked by companies that strive for huge amounts of growth. This industry is now looking at prioritising factors beyond financial metrics, market-fit projections and customer acquisition numbers. Have environmental, social or corporate governance factors moved on from a ‘nice
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Is ESG a ‘nice to have’ or a ‘need to have’ in 2020? – The FTT Snapshot Survey Returns!
Tuesday 06 October 2020
We at FinTECHTalents like to keep our fingers on the pulse and our noses to the wind to find out our community concerns, what our FinTech leaders are discussing and what our industry is holding up for debate. Never one to reduce our touch points we are re-launching our FTT Snapshot Surveys – a bi-monthly
Build Back Better – Purpose and Values Part 2
Tuesday 01 September 2020
In Part 1 of this series, I focused on tackling Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), as this is an appropriate place to start when considering how to build back better. Encouragingly, this past week also saw several announcements on ESG by financial services companies – Tandem Bank acquired green lender Allium, HSBC set up a
Build Back Better – Part 1
Tuesday 25 August 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic took a grip on our world back in April 2020, I was listening to a popular FinTech podcast and was struck by a quote from John Hope Bryant, CEO of Operation Hope: “This is a global reset of our virtues and our values and a chance for us to get it
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
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