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Finding your next big adventure – 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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The rise of “The Embedders”

The rise of “The Embedders’ When Walmart, the world’s largest company by revenue, announced earlier this year they are planning to launch their own fintech start-up and hired two Goldman Sachs veterans, it became clear this conglomerate is preparing to become a major force in the financial sector. In an industry like retail, where razor thin
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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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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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Looking outside your network

In my day job, developing Fintech partnerships at a big bank, I meet and connect with many Fintechs on an ongoing basis. However, I often notice that only a small proportion of the Fintechs we meet are female-founded. If you are not part of the industry, you might be surprised to hear that a big
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Techies are from Mars – Business is from Venus  

Business provides. Technology enables. To make that process work seamlessly those two groups need to work together. But they are often dealing with very different cultures, metrics and even language. What are the frameworks to building a successful bridge between the two vital departments? Who are your firm’s diplomats, translators and even hostage negotiators? At FTT Digital Builder this
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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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CBDCs – A game changer

Are central bank digital currencies the future of money? Cryptocurrencies are increasingly becoming part of established economic systems around the world. Financial giant Goldman Sachs now officially views Bitcoin as an asset class and Morgan Stanley recently started offering this cryptocurrency to wealthy clients through its funds. The central banks of countries including England, Japan,
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Fintech changes the world – FTT Bookmark Issue 17

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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