Cyber Security, Mental Health and Culture
Thursday 14 February 2019
Mental well-being may not be the first thing you think of when discussing cyber threats or innovation in financial services. However, I had the privilege of sitting in on a fascinating and very important panel discussion earlier this week at a cyber security conference which highlighted the importance of mental health. As noted by the session’s chair, Geoff McDonald,
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The interplay between talent and innovation
Wednesday 23 January 2019
James Haq-Myles, Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing at Travelex speaks at FinTECHTalents 2018 about the changing priorities and needs of today’s workforce and how companies can ensure they recruit diverse empowered staff that deliver the skills needed for innovation and transformative change. “I think some of the factors that people are looking for
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What’s missing in the War for Tech Talent
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Anyone who has seen me on a panel about technology talent or innovation (or even seen me sitting in the audience when there’s a mic nearby) will know I have strong views on how and where the capital markets (and other areas of the financial services industry, I’m sure) are going wrong in trying to
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FinTECHTalents – Reasons to be Thankful
Thursday 22 November 2018
Today is a day of Thanksgiving in the good old US of A. Many Americans will sit down to roast turkey, pumpkin pie and questionable politics. However, you do not need to be ‘American’ to find reasons to be thankful this year. So, let’s cast off worries about Brexit, forgive those times your bank took
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FinTECH4Life – Innovation for the Longevity Economy
Thursday 22 November 2018
The world around us is always changing. Looking at the trajectory of financial services post-crisis, a raft of new competitors entered markets where previously the barriers were thought to be too high. Technology has helped overcome those barriers to entry and FinTech startups have played a crucial role in reworking the landscape across the sector.
- Published in Ageing, Diversity, Featured, FinTECH4Life, Start-ups
String Funding enables SMEs one token at a time
Friday 02 November 2018
When he is not gardening or programming ‘for fun’, Jin Chen, CEO of String Funding is working on developing a crowdfunding platform based on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and smart contracts. The creation of a token, using blockchain technology, significantly reduces transaction cost. The tokens created through the purchasing transactions on String Funding are backed
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The importance of secure communications during mergers and acquisitions
Monday 29 October 2018
PushFor demonstrates the power of security by design to mitigate risks in the mergers & acquisitions process. Pushing – rather than sending sensitive information – allows mobile executives to collaborate and share sensitive information safely. Mike Williams, CEO, Pushfor Mergers and acquisitions take place every day (there were 2,183 globally in 2017 alone) with a
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Building a pipeline of talent
Thursday 25 October 2018
Startups should always be thinking about recruitment, according to Magdalena Krön, Head of Rise London, FinTech Platform Lead at Barclays and Co-founder Geek Girl Meetup UK. While not a huge craft beer drinker, Magdalena will most likely indulge in a nice glass of wine at FinTECHTalents. FinTECHTalents is all about exploring the link between talent
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Designing for life: Embracing the lifecycle approach to financial services
Thursday 18 October 2018
FinTECHTalents is, at its core, driven by communities and what they can create. By bringing together our unique mix of technologist and innovators from the across the financial services, technology, design and academic sectors we aim to share ideas and catalyse new ones. The Customer First Stream on Day 2 of the Festival brings the
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Jaroona aims to protect our blockchains
Thursday 18 October 2018
Christian Bacher, Co-Founder & CEO at Jaroona, talks us through how blockchain will offer ‘profound and diverse’ benefits to our society and how those benefits need protection from malicious vendors. While his technology is forward looking, Bacher’s beer is more traditional, preferring to savour a European draft lager. What does Jaroona do – what problem are you
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