Innovation and Resilience: Building Societies in Times of Crisis
Tuesday 22 September 2020
The founding of the UK’s first Building Society was an act of innovation, built entirely on the needs of the people. The, perhaps familiar, story began in the year 1775. A society, the first of it’s kind, was set up to pool the resources of its working-class members, giving each the chance to purchase land
Innovation is Wherever you Build it: A Digital Future for the UK’s Mutual Banking Sector
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Building Societies are long established, member-owned and uniquely purpose-driven financial institutions. Regardless of scale, they are committed to providing products and services which meet genuine need, without leaving anyone behind. This commitment will not change any time soon. But in an increasingly technology-first financial industry, the way in which Building Societies fulfil their purpose will
Building Societies: Challengers in our midst
Wednesday 03 July 2019
While the UK banking community debates the competitiveness and viability of new FinTech entrants, challenger banks and innovative, customer-focused product offerings – real disruption to the industry may emerge from an established and long-standing group – Building Societies. While the FinTech revolution evolves and matures, the overarching aim is to deliver better outcomes to end
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Mad Bunny Hunt – Help us find our tickets and they could be yours!
Wednesday 03 April 2019
As most of us start to plan our chocolate egg collection – we are sad to announce that there has been a burglary at TECHTalents Towers. On the eve of Pancake Day in the UK (that’s Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras or Carnival to the rest of you) we were invaded by some Mad Bunnies. These
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FinTech of the Week – Pushfor
Tuesday 12 March 2019
In the lead up to FinTECHTalents – Generation 2019 – every week we will showcase one of our awesome, inaugural FinTech Stories companies. Pushfor is the FinTECHTalents FinTech of the Week This week we bring you – Pushfor. Pushfor allows users to protect, control and securely share any content to any device, with realtime analytics
Our standout stars for International Women’s Day
Wednesday 06 March 2019
This International Women’s Day we decided to highlight some of our awesome Steering Committee members. We wanted to find out what they thought of robots, hear about some of the great projects they are working on as well as see whether the dreams they had as little girls match the professional lives they live today.
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FinTech of the Week – Jaroona
Wednesday 06 March 2019
In the lead up to FinTECHTalents – Generation 2019 – every week we will showcase one of our awesome, inaugural FinTech Stories companies. Jaroona is the FinTECHTalents FinTech of the Week This week we bring you – Jaroona. The JSN (Jaroona Security Node) is a revolutionary new blockchain node that acts as an automated, distributed
FinTech of the Week – InvestSuite
Wednesday 27 February 2019
In the lead up to FinTECHTalents – Generation 2019 – every week we will showcase one of our awesome, inaugural FinTech Stories companies. InvestSuite is the FinTECHTalents FinTech of the Week This week we bring you – InvestSuite. InvestSuite is a European FinTech company that provides automated investment solutions. Visit their dedicated FinTech Stories page
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Embrace the grey!
Wednesday 20 February 2019
“Don’t worry, I won’t hold your age against you.” This was said to me almost two years ago in the London office of a global bank for an internal comms role. I was 45 years old. <== Huh? It is quite some time before I qualify for a bus pass in the UK and I
- Published in Ageing, Diversity, Employment, Featured, FinTECH4Life, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Talent
Millennials have inspired a lot of conversations
Wednesday 20 February 2019
“I think organizations need to rethink how they source the pipeline,” says Claudia Coppenolle, Director in GTB’s Chief Digital Office at Deutsche Bank. Speaking to Hot Topics at FinTECHTalents 2018, Coppenolle advises that organisations of all sizes need to rethink, not only how they fill technology roles, but how they source those roles with a
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