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Great minds need great fintech projects at the University of Birmingham
Tuesday 21 February 2023
The University of Birmingham has redesigned their MSc Degrees and are looking for Fintech Projects for students to complete. The projects will take the place of a traditional dissertation. This is a great opportunity to access the next generation of fintech innovators to support you on a project that you don’t have time or resource
How payroll providers can advance worker emergency savings: 3 key takeaways
Tuesday 21 February 2023
Providing a liquid, high-quality emergency savings option through the workplace is key to improving financial security and building wealth for workers living on low and moderate incomes (LMI). It is also of great value to companies as emergency savings3 reduces the financial impact of unexpected expenses and helps mitigate the financial insecurity that fosters chronic stress
- Published in Blog, Community, Embedded Finance, Opinion
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
Bringing clarity to complexity – digital assets
Tuesday 07 February 2023
This week we share a conversation with Stephen Richardson, SVP from Fireblocks. Fireblocks is a secure digital asset infrastructure company. They provide technology that empowers custodians (from global financial institutions such as BNY Mellon through to market making firms and hedge funds) to securely manage digital asset private keys, interact with different participants in the
- Published in Blog, FinTECHTalents, Interviews, Video
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
Knitting together the future of a more sustainable industry
Tuesday 31 January 2023
Martin Sladecek , Director of Digital Strategic at Société Générale shares some thoughts on the future of the industry and the work he and the team do to plot the future direction of digital services in France. That includes thinking around the seamless (and secure) connectivity between banks, clients, and partners (such as fintechs). He
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Hit the road with Fintech Talents – Paris, Stockholm and Berlin
Tuesday 17 January 2023
Hit the road with Fintech Talents Three cities, one-week, endless opportunities European fintech firms search for opportunities in 2023 Like virtually every other industry, the European fintech ecosystem has been massively impacted by the spread of COVID. Some fintechs that were well-placed to offer valuable services during the pandemic and post-pandemic landscape rapidly grew, while
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BNPL prepares for 2023
Tuesday 10 January 2023
BNPL prepares for 2023 Firms operating in the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) space have faced a 2022 with its fair share of ups and downs. From large numbers of new customers trying out BNPL products to some backlash from critics who want more regulation on the industry; the past few years have certainly had
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Welcome to the age of the digital builder
Monday 19 December 2022
We sat down with Ian Johnson, Managing Director (Europe) at Marqeta and Cyril Chiche, Co-Founder & CEO of Lydia at FTT Open Finance to discuss what it means to be a Digital Builder and how that has been put into practice at Lydia.
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All the world’s a fintech stage: the highlights
Tuesday 29 November 2022
The Fintech Talents Festival brought that sentiment to life across six lively stages of content. Each highlighted how the borders of fintech are forever shifting and how our community grows as a consequence. From high street retailers to high street banks, the Fintech Talents community is unique. All the world’s a fintech stage The