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From data to decisions: A Chat with Liam Gray, Account Management Leader, Plaid
Tuesday 29 April 2025
Simplifying data, enhancing user experience: Liam Gray, Account Management Leader, Plaid At FTT Lending last month we had the chance to sit down with Liam Gray, Account Management Leader, Plaid for an insightful conversation about how Plaid is helping shape the future of lending. As the leader of the Account Management and Customer Growth team
- Published in FTT Lending
Digital Innovation and Banking Identity – FTT Chat with Martin Sladecek
Tuesday 25 March 2025
- Published in Blog
Payments and the logistics sector – FTT Chat with James Brindley-Raynes
Friday 21 February 2025
Maersk’s “global local strategy”: Cash, digital wallets, apps and everything in between Join us as we dip into the complicated world of payments within the international logistics sector! Head of Digital Customer Journey at Maersk, James Brindley-Raynes, shares some of the challenges Maersk faces as well as topics covered at the FTT Fintech Festival in
- Published in Blog
Better, faster, cheaper – FTT Payments with Adam Gagen
Monday 10 February 2025
The Future of Payments: Insights from Adam Gagen at Revolut We sat down with Adam Gagen, Global Head of Government Affairs at Revolut late last year to discuss the exciting developments across the payments landscape and at Revolut. Adam is at the coalface of discussions around regulation and policy and spends much of his time
- Published in Blog
Give the people the lending products they deserve
Wednesday 01 May 2024
- Published in Blog, FTT Lending
The beauty of the Fintech Talents Festival, with David Palmer, Vodafone
Monday 30 October 2023
- Published in Blog, Community & Events, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Video
What’s trending in lending? – SME finance
Tuesday 28 February 2023
FTT Lending 3.0 is upon us! Ahead of the biggest lending show in the UK, we’re taking a closer look at a key theme for the sector: SME Finance. With a record number of small to medium businesses uncertain about getting a loan, how are today’s lenders and fintechs innovating to serve these underserved companies?
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blog, Content, Fintech, FTT Lending, Innovation
For SMEs it’s all about the data, data, data when it comes to funding
Tuesday 14 February 2023
Raffaela Kestel, Senior Product Director at Validis, speaks the barriers that SMEs face in securing funding. It’s a big issue – 100,000 SMEs to the tune of £4 billion of funding are being rejected by lenders. Getting SMEs what they need when they need it is central to their mission. Validis extract data, normalize it
- Published in Blog, Community & Events, FinTECHTalents, Interviews
Navigating the Cost of Living crisis as a Lender – FTT Chats Lending 3.0 Series
Tuesday 14 February 2023
Gerald Chappell, CEO & Co-Founder at Abound joins us in the latest edition of our FTT Chats series. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been catching up with key players in the lending ecosystem to discuss the the trends, drivers and challenges facing the sector at large. In this episode, we’re delving into data-driven consumer
- Published in FTT Lending, Innovation, Interviews, Partnership
Addressing the SME funding gap
Tuesday 07 February 2023
It’s no secret that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face intense challenges trying to gain access to funding. According to a Bank of England report, one in four small firms that apply to banks for loans are rejected, leading to an estimated £22 billion funding gap for UK SMEs. When it comes to lending, no
- Published in Blog, FTT Lending