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MIT Sloan FinTech Conference
Tuesday 09 March 2021
FTT Community member, Rita Martins, who drives innovation and FinTech partnerships for finance and risk, at HSBC took part in the MIT Sloan FinTech Conference in February this year. Rita reports on the wide-ranging conference which included keynotes from Square, Robinhood and Blackrock. Rita writes: Throughout the sessions, some topical themes were discussed that reflect
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PPP partnership to support minority owned businesses
Tuesday 02 March 2021
Our partners at Boss Insights collaborated with Carver Federal Savings Bank and Paybby to deliver better outcomes for minority and female led businesses at speed. As Michael T. Pugh, CEO at Carver Federal Savings Bank notes, “More than 40% of black & brown businesses could be at risk for failure because of the pandemic, specifically
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Reddit traders, banking with IKEA and FFS Brexit! – FTT Bookmark Issue 4
Tuesday 16 February 2021
Your weekly resource for noteworthy news, fascinating features, and FinTech titbits that caught our eye. Whether you live by your Twitter lists, save your Google Alerts or simply scroll through LinkedIn for insights and commentary – there is a wealth of content that weaves a global story around FinTech. Our job at FinTech Talents is
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New Trends for Bank and FinTech Partnerships
Tuesday 09 February 2021
The relationship between FinTechs and Banks has evolved over the years, with the most recent focus on collaboration and partnerships. Although partnerships between FinTechs and Banks have not always been plain sailing, many have learned from the experiences, good and bad, and are now better positioned to partner and collaborate. Nonetheless, creating a partnership between
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Build Better Now – the Age of the Digital Builder is here
Tuesday 02 February 2021
“We came here because we know how to innovate. We need to be digital-first. We need to work with startups. We want to know ‘how’?” That quote is real. It was said during a roundtable four years ago. (when it was still OK to share bacon rolls and coffee with 25 strangers in a closed
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Learning to love your mortgage
Tuesday 02 February 2021
Home Sweet Home, Home is where the Heart is, an Englishmen’s Home is his Castle – there are many an age-old phrase to convey the warmth, stability and protection that comes from owning your own home. Home is the soft light at the end of a cold dark day. Home is the place your children
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Lending tailored to your person – FTT Lending 3.0
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Many aspects of our personal life – accessing higher education, taking control of our personal finances, purchasing high-priced household items – has a ‘financial product’ at its heart. That ‘financial product’ usually falls in the lending camp. Fixed loans, credit cards, bridging loans, student loans – all these products will be part of the outgoings
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Monzo, Bitcoin and COVID-19-FTT Bookmark Issue 1
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Your weekly resource for noteworthy news, fascinating features, and FinTech titbits that caught our eye. Whether you live by your Twitter lists, save your Google Alerts or simply scroll through LinkedIn for insights and commentary – there is a wealth of content that weaves a global story around FinTech. Our job at FinTech Talents is
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Is lending the key to COVID recovery?
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Disruption, stress tests, market shocks – none of these words and phrases are unfamiliar to those who work in financial services. However, reading an academic paper from a leading business school or listening to a buzzy keynote address is very different from living through the events that underpin these words. The 2020 global pandemic, caused
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Opening the Door to Financial Inclusion with Digital ID
Tuesday 12 January 2021
Despite decades of financial inclusion efforts, barriers preventing access to financial services continue to exist for individuals across the globe. One such critical barrier, is the lack of an official, foundational form of identification. An estimated one billion people worldwide are unable to prove their identity, while millions more have forms of ID that cannot
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