Community & Events
Is Nordic Innovation a Myth?
Tuesday 22 September 2020
This is an industry of many parts. Working groups and agile teams gather together every day to discuss the details over a messaging protocol, or the policy ramifications of a new regulation or adjust a minor bug in a consumer application. Millions of decisions and projects, in banks, tech companies and financial institutions all around
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Tech Spend Survey + FinTECHTalents Virtual North America round-up
Tuesday 15 September 2020
The successful launch of FTT Virtual North America on September 9th was a function of the community that it was able to bring together. The power of a community sharing knowledge, ideas and even disagreeing, in supporting the creation of better outcomes was evident. In a time of a shared global challenge, the importance of
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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
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Finding your Tribe in FinTech – FTT Chats Episode 33
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Watch the video now! Christa Nielsen, SVP, Tribe Lead for Core Payments Platform, Dankse Bank joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. In this chat Christa discusses how to incorporate entrepreneurial styles of
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Impacting Society for Good – Does FinTech have an Answer? – FTT Chats Episode 32
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Watch the video now! Kristian Luoma, Head of OP Lab, OP Financial Group joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. In this chat Kristian discusses financial health, how a move towards a cashless
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Finding a home for startups in Finland – FTT Chats Episode 31
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Watch the video now! Vesa Riihimäki, Head of Startup & Growth Business, Nordea Finland joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. In this chat Vesa discusses whether capital is hard to find for startups
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Build Back Better – Purpose and Values Part 2
Tuesday 01 September 2020
In Part 1 of this series, I focused on tackling Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), as this is an appropriate place to start when considering how to build back better. Encouragingly, this past week also saw several announcements on ESG by financial services companies – Tandem Bank acquired green lender Allium, HSBC set up a
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Don’t trust anyone in FinTech who tells you not to trust anyone over 30
Tuesday 01 September 2020
Athena was the goddess of wisdom in Greek Mythology. We all know wisdom comes with experience. Knowing that I have always been puzzled by the nature of her (mythical) birth. Athena only had one parent – and wasn’t really born at all. She didn’t play as a child. She didn’t have a stroppy adolescence. She
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Regulating crypto and FinTech – a full inbox for regulators – FTT Chats Episode 30
Tuesday 01 September 2020
Watch the video now! Steven Gatti, Partner and Head of the Financial Regulatory Practice at Clifford Chance, joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. His practice spans the contentious matters of financial regulation
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Technology & Ethics – The right thing to do is also the best thing to do – FTT Chats Episode 29
Tuesday 01 September 2020
Watch the video now! Megan Gordon, Partner and one of the leaders in the Clifford Chance US technology practice, joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. Looking at the new entrants into the
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