fintech
Fast-tracking innovation with open finance
Tuesday 01 March 2022
by FTT Team
On 15th November, our Rockstar speakers took to the FTT Open Finance Stage, to explore how open finance is fast tracking innovation and enabling financial institutions and fintech’s to meet changing customer demands. Our moderator, Karen Bradbury, Client Manager at Invest Northern Ireland, kicked the panel off by asking the panellists to expand on the
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In conversation with Alex Reddish, Tribe Payments at FTT Embedded Finance 2021
Tuesday 01 March 2022
by FTT Team
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
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Neobanks – The neo-target for fraud?
Tuesday 22 February 2022
by FTT Team
Dealing with cybercriminals and hackers is nothing new for banks. From identity theft to account takeovers, to phishing, evolving threats continually test even the strongest security defences. Fraud is an ever-present threat for any financial institutions, but do neobanks and challengers face unique challenges? Over time traditional banks have formalised their security processes and built
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Challenger Banks, customer experience, fintech, fraud, Future Identity, security, Splash
How FinTech CFO’s Prepare for 3000% Growth
Tuesday 18 January 2022
by Lisa Moyle
Andy Hirst, VP and Head of Financial Services EMEA North at SAP, led a panel of senior leaders to discuss the myriad of challenges faced by fast growing companies. Maintaining a shared sense of culture and purpose, for example, during an accelerated period of growth is too important to leave to chance and requires effective and determined action. And that is just one of the many ‘stresses’ that growth brings. The
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Knock YOUR Socks Off Fintech Innovation Who’s In?
Tuesday 14 December 2021
by FTT Team
Knock YOUR Socks Off Fintech Innovation Who’s In? It’s not often we get a Chief Penguin on the stage at Fintech Talents; well until this year’s Festival, never. Dr Melissa Sassi, Chief Penguin from IBM Z gave us a great insight not just into the origins of her unusual job title, but also her passion
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Why Open is a Closed Affair?
Tuesday 07 December 2021
by FTT Team
Scott Wilson, VP, Mambu took to the stage on Day 1 at the Fintech Talents Festival to deliver a presentation that set-in motion many subsequent conversations across the day and beyond. Asking the question, Why open is a closed affair, Scott presented interesting findings on consumer attitudes and perspectives on Open Banking. He noted the
Digital identity in financial services: The fintech effect
Tuesday 23 November 2021
by Our Community
Traditional banks have faced challenges in moving to the forefront of embracing digital identity. Without legacy systems slowing down innovation and delaying the implementation of new tools, fintech challengers and neo-banks have been able to offer powerful ways to authenticate customers. As Manuela Sedvartaite, Innovation Manager at Santander, explains, “As a large corporation bank, we
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Challenger Banks, digital transformation, fintech, innovation, legacy systems, neo banks, Regulation, Splash
Fintech Talents & Future Identity Festival 2021 – Team Blog
Tuesday 23 November 2021
by FTT Team
The Fintech Talents and Future Identity Festival 2021 As the team did a final run through of the four Festival Stages, and prepared to open the doors, it was hard to believe that this was going to be the first time we would be bringing our community together in 2 years. It was incredibly exciting but yes, there was a hint of nervousness as well. Although we knew
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Open Source Penguins, Timbaland and the value of the IBM ecosystem – Countdown to the Fintech Talents Festival, with Dr Melissa Sassi, IBM
Tuesday 09 November 2021
by Lisa Moyle
Open Source Penguins, Timbaland and the value of the IBM ecosystem The countdown is on…and we are in the final stretch. For our last Countdown to the Fintech Talents Festival Video we are thrilled to be joined by Dr Melissa Sassi, Chief Penguin, IBM Z Systems. Learn more about the role of a Chief Penguin,
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digital transformation, fintech, fintech event, fintech festival, IBM, innovation, Splash
FTT Embedded Finance NA – On Demand – We are all fintech now
Tuesday 02 November 2021
by FTT Team
We are all fintech now Is every company becoming a fintech by means of innovation and development in embedded finance business models? What does it take for non-financial enterprises to offer and deliver financial services to end-customers? FTT Embedded Finance North America presented a compelling fireside chat with Melanie Hardin, Innovation Principal at Verizon and moderated
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Embedded finance, fintech, Fintech 2021, fintech event, Fintech innovation, Fintech Talents, Splash