Making financial product design inclusive
Tuesday 27 July 2021
With thousands upon thousands of financial products vying for the attention of time-poor consumers, the right financial product design that draws people in can be the difference between making a long-term customer or losing a sale to a competitor. Meeting the often complex needs and requirements of a diverse user base during the design process
Will banks take the lead in building a digital identity ecosystem?
Tuesday 27 April 2021
FTT Identity 2021 began with a big question – which entities will act as the guardians of our digital identities? The opening panel brought together an expert group well placed to tackle this complex debate, representing between them financial services, government, telecoms and the identity industry. They considered whether responsibility would fall to national governments,
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Carbon Footprints, Content Creators, and Credentials – FTT Bookmark Issue 12
Tuesday 13 April 2021
Your weekly resource for noteworthy news, fascinating features, and fintech titbits that caught our eye. Whether you live by your Twitter lists, save your Google Alerts, or simply scroll through LinkedIn for insights and commentary – there is a wealth of content that weaves a global story around fintech. Our job at Fintech Talents is
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Will banks take the lead in a global identity ecosystem?
Tuesday 02 March 2021
In today’s world the need for trusted, secure & seamless digital identity solutions is something most organisations can no longer ignore. As physical becomes digital, citizens, consumers and employees, are carrying out a growing number of complex interactions and transactions. On more and more occasions individuals must prove their identity digitally, when engaging with service
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The Great Acceleration
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Digital by default and at short notice has been a hallmark of the recent pandemic. For financial institutions across North America, Covid 19 and the mitigation measures adopted did not discriminate between institutions. Whether a small credit union or a large international financial services provider, the need to shift to digital channels and ways of
Payments – The Gateway to Consumer Confidence – FTT Chat Episode 39
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Matt Cockayne, Chief Commercial Officer at Yapily, joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. Open Finance and Open Banking featured prominently in our discussion as Cockayne noted the role that Payments play as the
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Innovating the way to Sustainable Development Goals
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Charlotte Hausemer, Vice President – Innovation and Product Strategy for Trade and Treasury solutions Americas, BNP Paribas, outlines how Sustainable Development goals must be embedded in Financial Services. Technology and innovation (including Open Finance) have crucial roles to play in enabling and accelerating positive outcomes. How can FinTechs reinvent the financial sector with green and
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Technology Should not Replace Humans – It Should Empower Them
Tuesday 10 November 2020
If we were to have made note of the most commonly used phrase at FTT Building Societies on 21st October, it would most likely have been “lovely to virtually meet you”, or “your microphone is still on mute”, or perhaps “we’ll have to have a drink in person one of these days!” But beyond these
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Open Minds for Open Finance
Tuesday 27 October 2020
The goals and vision for the financial services sector are ambitious. The use and uptake of Open Banking may still be in its infancy, but the destination of the policy has changed. The industry is now working towards Open Finance. Regardless of the approach – regulatory push or market incentives – the industry is undergoing
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Open Banking: The Journey and an updated Destination – Open Finance
Tuesday 13 October 2020
Experts at the coal face of Open Banking in North America look at the state of play in the progress of initiatives/development and what the future might hold. Will Open Banking be driven by regulation or will the market carve the path? Are there, for example, particular regulatory frameworks (eg around data privacy/date security) that
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