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Reimagining customer engagement in lending: A chat with Mike Bianchi, Smart Communications
Tuesday 06 May 2025
by Micha Paramitha
Future proofing lending: Mike Bianchi, Account Director, EMEA at Smart Communications Last month at FTT Lending, we had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Bianchi, EMEA Account Director & CCM Industry Principal at Smart Communications, a leading pure-cloud SaaS provider of customer communications management (CCM) solutions. Smart Communications enables lenders to deliver hyper-personalised, contextual messaging
- Published in FTT Lending
Redefining lending through innovation: Insights from Ben Ussher-Stanley at nCino
Tuesday 29 April 2025
by Micha Paramitha
Unlocking efficiency in lending: Ben Ussher-Stanley, Principal Solutions Specialist, nCino At FTT Lending we sat down with Ben Ussher-Stanley, Principal Solutions Specialist at nCino to discuss how financial institutions can transform their operations through smarter digital tools. As a global leader in digital lending and onboarding, nCino supports over 1,400 institutions worldwide with a platform
- Published in FTT Lending
From data to decisions: A Chat with Liam Gray, Account Management Leader, Plaid
Tuesday 29 April 2025
by Micha Paramitha
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
Tagged under:
ai, data, Digital, FTT Lending, lenders, Open Banking, sme lending, Splash, Technology
The Future of Smarter Lending: A Deep Dive with Kate Bullman, GDS Link
Tuesday 22 April 2025
by Micha Paramitha
From Data to Decision: Kate Bullman, Head of Partnerships and European Sales, GDS Link At this year’s FTT Lending, we caught up with Kate Bullman, Head of Partnerships and European Sales at GDS Link. With over 25 years in retail banking, decisioning, and data, Kate shared how GDS Link is helping lenders cut through complexity
- Published in FTT Lending
Shaping the future of SME Lending – A conversation with Dun & Bradstreet
Tuesday 15 April 2025
by Micha Paramitha
Transforming SME Lending: Insights from Sara de la Torre, Dun & Bradstreet At the FTT Lending on 19 March, we had the opportunity to sit down with Sara de la Torre,Head of Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Dun & Bradstreet. With years of experience in the financial sector, Sara shared some into how data and emerging
- Published in FTT Lending
Technology as solution, not strategy with Mohamed Ait Si Brahim, Group CTO, Hargreaves Lansdown
Monday 07 April 2025
by Lisa Moyle
Starting with the fundamentals: The Three Amigos Mohamed Ait Si Brahim, Group Chief Technology Officer at Hargreaves Lansdown, heading an engineering team of 20o people tasked with building products, sat down with us at the 2024 FTT Fintech Festival. He shared his approach to both his role and, more broadly, creating effective outcomes. When it
- Published in Blog
Tagged under:
Cloud, Collaboration, Financial sector, innovation, Splash, tech architecture, Wealth Management
Digital Innovation and Banking Identity – FTT Chat with Martin Sladecek
Tuesday 25 March 2025
by Victoria Smart
- Published in Blog
Tagged under:
Faster Payments, FTT Payments, Identity, innovation, Open Banking, partnerships, Regulation, Splash
FTT Chat: International Women’s Day with Lucile Flamand, Bibby Financial Services
Wednesday 12 March 2025
by Victoria Smart
Diversity in financial services: A business imperative As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s crucial to recognise the role diversity plays in driving innovation, improving decision-making, and creating opportunities across financial services. In our latest FTT Chats interview, we spoke with Lucille Flamand, Chief Strategic Development Officer at Bibby Financial Services, about the tangible benefits
- Published in Blog
Tagged under:
#acceleratechange, #inspireinclusion, diversity, financial services, fintech, International Women's Day, Payments, Splash
Simple, Seamless, Beautiful – A conversation with Jack Smith, CEO, Love Finance
Tuesday 11 March 2025
by Micha Paramitha
The Future of Lending with Jack Smith, CEO of Love Finance In our latest interview in our FTT Chats series, we had the opportunity to speak with Jack Smith, Chief Executive of Love Finance, a leading business loan provider in the UK. Jack shared the mission behind Love Finance: to make the business loan process
- Published in FTT Mutuals
Tagged under:
borrowers, Digital, FTT Lending, lenders, love finance, sme lending, Splash, Technology
#AccelerateAction on International Women’s Day 2025
Friday 07 March 2025
by Lisa Moyle
International Women’s Day 2025 #Accelerate Action To kick off our International Women’s Day 2025 FTT Chats series, we had the pleasure of speaking with Jessica Richards, Head of Performance and Business Management, Payments, at NatWest. Our conversation centered around her two great passions: diversity and the financial services industry. She shared her views on the
- Published in Blog
Tagged under:
#acceleratechange, #inspireinclusion, diversity, financial services, fintech, International Women's Day, Payments, Splash












