Amazon remains focused on financial services – How can banks compete?

FinTech Stories company, PayKey, looks at the march of Amazon and Amazon Pay and its impact on traditional banking. “Amazon is investing in enabling faster, frictionless payments to help boost marketplace sales… the company remains very focused on building financial services products. In a sense, Amazon is building a bank for itself — and that
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Digital transformation that you need – not just what you asked for

Most companies, in any industry, need to bring their business into the digital age. According to Kian Gould, AOE Founder & CEO, if they don’t, their long-term success, revenue streams and sustainability of their business model are threatened. We help companies in achieving this transition or, if you will, digital transformation. What does AOE do –
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Doing real listening, not work listening

Thrive Partners returns to FinTECHTalents hosting our Strategy Stage on Day 2 of the Festival. Here CEO and founder, Pam Bateson talks about their story so far and how supporting people to do their jobs with “with flair and creativity” is a true measure of success. So, what’s new? Any new products, super star team
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What’s your GDPR status?

Robert J Baugh, Founder & CEO, Keepabl announce their new partnership with Alpha Reply. I’m delighted to introduce Keepabl and Alpha Reply’s partnership, which brings a simple, practical and intuitive way for Alpha Reply’s customers of any type and size to get compliant and stay compliant, with GDPR. GDPR matters because non-compliance puts your organisation
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Riskinnov – The FinTech Story so far…

At the launch of FinTECHTalents in 2018 – Riskinnov introduced us to risk analysis, assessment and forecasting that helps you assess the risks you are and/or will be facing. Riskinnov returns for FinTECHTalents 2019. We caught up with the team to hear about ‘the story so far…’ What’s new? A new global challenge to wealth
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YellowDog – The FinTechStory so far…

At the launch of FinTECHTalents in 2018 – YellowDog commanded the stage with their story on how to unleash unlimited computing power in order to harness available and underutilised computers in the cloud. YellowDog returns for FinTECHTalents 2019. We caught up with the team to hear about ‘the story so far…’ So, what’s new? Any
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Risk management for an interconnected world

The gang at FNA not only appreciate the complexity of mapping multifaceted relationships to better understand modern financial markets, they also take the time to appreciate Mancunian beer that showcases local artists. What is FNA – what problem are you solving? Since the financial crisis of 2007–2008, regulators and supervisors have recognised the interconnected nature
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ING and CBA tackles MiFID II/MiFIR in seconds with Ascent

ING and CBA Pinpoint MiFID-II/MiFIR Obligations in 2.5 Minutes Using Ascent. Regulatory compliance programs cost financial firms billions of dollars annually. Much of this cost is a result of the exhaustive amount of time required to manually analyze regulations and determine how it impacts the firm — a laborious process that starts all over again
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Inventing a helicopter from looking at dragonflies

Ceri Godwin, Director of Growth & Advisory, EmTech, Santander UK sat down with us after the FinTECHTalents Steering Committee ‘donuts & danish’ breakfast this summer. Here she talks about FinTech for good, ‘out of the box’ thinking and her dream ‘fireside chat’ guest. Watch the video now. What is FinTech for good? For me it’s
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Building value through network effects

When not getting down with some house thumping Soul and Funk, the team at Aperture works to launch new businesses, bringing together strategy, product design, product building, branding and go-to-market plans to ensure our clients exceed in becoming digital leaders. What is Aperture? Aperture is a strategy consultancy that supports companies (focusing on financial services)
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