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Not afraid of the hard things – Fintech Leaders Series

Leaders build companies and create products and inspire teams in large and small organizations in many different sectors around the world. They are the type of people that not only produce great results but attract and retain talent that go on serve as great leaders themselves. Who are those people in fintech? What drove them
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A glimpse of the future in a teenagers bedroom

My 16th year old son has a small group of besties he talks to every day. One girl lives in Newcastle, another boy lives in Kent (and goes to his school) and a third is based in Atlanta, Georgia – a state his American mother has never been to. This is a group my son
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What makes a fintech leader?

Nary a day goes by without a hashtag heavy LinkedIn post or Twitter thread extolling the wisdom of a ‘great leader’. You have all seen them – ‘Here are the five things Jeff Bezos does before the sun come up’; ‘These are the three books Warren Buffet says you should have read by now’ and
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The great impostor – Tackling tech impostor syndrome

When we were young, we relished the opportunity to pretend to be someone else. Perhaps you were a fan of playing astronaut. Or pretending you were a wizard at Halloween when you were wee. Or later when you pretended to be older and more grown up to sneak into an older rated film. Don’t worry,
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All are welcomed in the Fintech Big Tent

At least once a week I hear the reply: ‘Oh, I’m not Fintech’. These people usually work at a large bank or a technology company that was established before 2008. Further discussion reveals that they are involved in projects to update business models, introduce new technology, or to find someplace to introduce digital processes in
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Digital transformation in private equity: Beyond the trenches

In my previous blog, I tried to share some of our perspectives on digital transformation and its key components through the lens of our Private Equity experience. One important point I (consciously) didn’t elaborate on was the desired end state — what does a successful digital transformation process look like? Or simply put: what is
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10 Steps to GDPR Compliance: Part 5

A warm welcome to the fifth and final post in the series 10 Steps to GDPR Compliance. In each post, we’ve covered two Steps to help you to become GDPR compliant. By following along and completing these 10 Steps, you’ve been building out the Privacy Framework that will power your ongoing Privacy Governance. This series
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In the trenches of digital transformation

Over the last couple of years I have been involved in several digital transformation activities as part of the Pollen Street Hub support for portfolio companies, across Lending, Payments, FX, Insurance, Wealth Management and Business Services sectors. As a PE fund we (arguably) have the privilege to be much more focused on delivery and getting
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10 Steps to GDPR Compliance: Part 4

A warm welcome to the fourth blog in the series 10 Steps to GDPR Compliance. In each post, we cover two Steps to help you to become GDPR compliant. By following along and completing these 10 Steps, you’ll be building out the Privacy Framework that will power your ongoing Privacy Governance. This series is brought
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Finding the perfect fintech dance partner

A number of fintech leaders came together to discuss the meandering journeys and complex processes that sometimes define partnerships between incumbent financial institutions and newer, smaller fintech entrants at this year’s FTT Digital Builder event. Speakers Rita Martins, Fintech Partnerships Lead – Innovation Finance & Risk, HSBC, Georgy Sokolov, Co-founder, Wirex, Christophe Langlois, Global Marketing
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