financial services
Exploring homegrown and international fintech players in Northern Ireland
Wednesday 06 December 2023
Karen Bradbury, FS Sector Lead at Invest Northern Ireland is a Fintech Talents Festival veteran and we always look forward to learning about the latest developments in Northern Ireland’s large and diverse fintech sector. There are some areas of emerging expertise, such as cyber security, governance, risk and compliance. Want to learn more about the
AI isn’t coming, it’s here. A view from Maciej Kasprzak, Ailleron
Monday 04 December 2023
Maciej Kasprzak is General Manager of Financial Technology Services at Ailleron, a technology company with over 20 years of experience of working across financial services and, more recently, with fintechs and scale ups. Ailleron joined the Fintech Talents Festival to share their views and expertise on the impact of artificial intelligence on financial services. They
Customer behaviour at the heart of embedded finance
Monday 30 October 2023
Kam Chana, Head of Future FS Labs at the Royal College of Art, shared her views on what today’s customer is looking for at the recent NatWest Boxed – in collaboration with FTT Embedded Finance & Supers Apps – event exploring the next generation of embedded finance. The Lab she runs is built around the
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Building great card products at speed
Tuesday 03 January 2023
Another great conversation from the Fintech Talents Festival, this time with Venla Pouru, Director, Strategy & Growth, Enfuce. The hallmarks of modern card processing and what it means to customers are important to understand. Venla outlines what the fast-growing Enfuce, now with a UK office, can deliver to end-users. Whether a fintech or other brands
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Can access to financial services be too perfect?
Tuesday 03 January 2023
Embedded finance figured prominently in my conversation with Sergiu Negut, Co-founder & CSO, fintech OS at the Fintech Talents Festival. Embedded Finance, as he notes, isn’t new but has attracted mounting attention in recent years. Sergiu shared his views on some of the most interesting developments. For the first time in almost a decade, discussions
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Innovation trends to watch: From identity to sustainability
Tuesday 01 November 2022
“I am highly passionate about the openness of ecosystems. If you view issues like identity and sustainability from this angle, you can form an idea of an ecosystem put together by banks, third parties and partners, to drive transformation, streamline processes, and make consumers aware of how they can make the best decisions for their
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FTT Chats – Georg Bauer, Co-Founder & President, Autonomy
Tuesday 25 October 2022
You don’t need to own a gym to work out. What does that have to do with car ownership? I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Georg Bauer, Co-Founder & President of Autonomy about the future of access to mobility (as opposed to ownership) and a very different structure of automotive finance. The development of
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Digital identity: A must-have for financial services
Tuesday 25 October 2022
Two thirds of people in the UK see a strong digital proposition as key to selecting a bank, but just under 50% are concerned about the risk of digital identity fraud. Clearly the right balance of easy to access and secure services is key to driving adoption among the UK’s financial consumers. Future Identity portfolio
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Data: Your new superpower
Tuesday 25 October 2022
Data to secure a competitive edge Data has transformed from being an under-utilised resource, often left sitting on siloed systems, to becoming an essential asset for businesses looking to better understand customers and offer the best service possible. Banks, Fintech firms and their partners, collect massive amounts of customer information every single day. Each new
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