The regulatory briefing: Fintech Talents North America

Financial Services and fintech moves fast and that pace of change has accelerated over recent years. Given that change and the whole range of new partners that are part of that fast-changing ecosystem, it is important to take the time to understand how the regulatory regime has moved and evolved as well. It is equally
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Credit unions & fintechs: How to create a more perfect union

Are credit unions and fintechs friends, competitors or collaborators? Fintech Talents North America brought together an impressive panel of innovative leaders from credit unions to explore how they can create beneficial working partnerships with innovative fintechs to the benefit of both their organizations and, crucially, their end customers and communities. The pandemic upended many of
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Inclusive finance: A case study in PPP lending

A fantastic example of effective and inspirational collaboration from the Impact Stage at Fintech Talents North America. Hear from Boss Insights, Carver Federal Savings Bank and Paybby about how they worked together to deliver better outcomes for minority and female led businesses at speed. Take the starting point of communities with historically unequal access to
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Innovation powered by payments

A cross sections of experts came together as part of Fintech Talents North America to discuss the exciting and fast changing world of payments. Payments are often a catalyst to greater innovation across the industry and the panel discussion was a great demonstration of how that plays out across the ecosystem. From the technology to
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The future of work – Are we heading back to the office?

It is a sign of the times and the accelerated pace of change that our views about work have been upended over the past year. Most of us have lived through the snail’s pace of change in many organisations over the years and once considered flexible hours or the odd work from home day a
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Scaling into North America – A Continent of Opportunity

The journey of a successful fintech will likely involve exploring new markets. There is a lot to learn and consider when thinking about expansion. From where to set up to understanding the regulatory landscape – knowledge and support is key. This session from Fintech Talents North America contains lots of practical advice and first-hand experience.
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The MacGyvers of community banking

Another highlight from Fintech Talents North America – Lianna Brinded, Head of Yahoo Finance UK sat down with Jill Castilla, CEO of Citizens Bank of Edmond. It is a fascinating story of the 120-year-old, one branch Community Bank in Oklahoma and their journey from a troubled institution following the financial crisis to a model of
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Accelerating to better banking

Whilst all of the great content from Fintech Talents North America is now available on demand, the opening session from the event – The Great Acceleration – really helped to set the scene for the many fascinating discussions across the day. The panellists, representing very different institutions, spoke to the ways in which the pandemic
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That’s a wrap – Fintech Talents North America

Fintech Talents North America 2021 was an action-packed day of content, conversation and high energy virtual fintech. Our growing community of credit unions, community banks, financial institutions of all shapes and sizes and fintechs from across North America (and beyond) came together to discuss the experiences of the past year and to look ahead to
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Northern Ireland: Breaking new ground in banking

Fintech is rapidly changing the way people bank and the way banks wish to operate. Finding the right technology partners is critical for accelerating digital transformation and gaining buy-in from senior leadership, and increasingly, solutions for the banking and capital market industries are coming from a perhaps unlikely place across the pond: Northern Ireland. Northern
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