At FTT Embedded Finance UK & Europe 2021, we interviewed Alex Reddish, Managing Director at Tribe Payments, a B2B UK fintech providing app-based banking and payments services. Founded in 2018, Tribe it is the first processor to enable its clients to harness open banking without building their own APIs. Alex shared his thoughts on the

“Banking is no longer somewhere you go, but something you do” as Brett King said way back in 2012. And it is very much in keeping to what we are seeing across the industry now. From people consciously and proactively reaching out to their financial institutions to contextual channels offering them products that meet their

Understanding open finance as a strategic direction will be critical for financial institutions who want to stay relevant. But is open finance the only realistic strategy given the way financial services has changed? Our panel – The strategic view: open is the only way ahead, sat down on the FTT Open Finance stage at the

FTT Embedded Finance UK & Europe showcased this panel discussion moderated by Richard Maton, Managing Director at Aperio Strategy. Rockstar speakers reflected on the learnings from brokerages, on integrating investing into vertical offerings through embedded investment. The panel also explored the most profitable products in embedded wealth management and building APIs to achieve seamless account

Tech-driven banking began innovating and addressing specific needs and was coined “The great un-bundling”. Currently we are seeing trends towards the opposite direction, as fintechs have begun to ‘re-bundle’ some of these innovations in an effort to scale up and increase market share. What are the benefits and challenges of these trends? At FTT Embedded

What’s more exciting than emerging technology? Emily Nicolle, then Fintech Correspondent with Financial News  (she’s since moved to Bloomberg as a Crypto Blogger) , led a panel at the Fintech Talents Festival of what she termed incumbents (does google fall into that category now?) to discuss how the pace of technology change has accelerated over

In a relatively short amount of time embedded finance has become a multi-billion pound sector. According to research from Lightyear Capital, embedded finance is on track to grow to £164 billion in revenue by 2025, up from £16 billion in 2020, indicating the vast potential of this sector.  Firms in the finance industry are increasingly

Until 2018, every stage of the customer’s financial journey was typically owned by traditional banks. Regulation opened competition by requiring banks to share customer’s data to third parties of the customer’s choice. Open finance has granted entry into the market for new players, and fintechs are digitising processes at one or more stages of the

As banks globally undertake digital banking transformations, embedded finance is a fast-growing trend that many non-financial companies have begun implementing within their own strategies – but what are the best practices to get this done properly? At FTT Embedded Finance UK & Europe 2021, our rockstar panellists argued about the different approaches to enhancing value

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,