Diversity and Inclusion
The Future of Work will be a Human Experience
Tuesday 05 May 2020
by Our Community
The robots are coming… Artificial intelligence is replacing manual work… Business meetings will take place in an augmented reality… We’ve all seen the headlines about what the future of work might look like. Last year, the Office for National Statistics in the UK estimated that 7.4% of jobs are at high risk of being automated
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Bank Survival — It’s All About the Ecosystem
Tuesday 05 May 2020
by Our Community
At the end of last year, FinTECHTalents partners Aperture met with some leading experts to understand their view on the future of financial services. One message kept reoccurring; unity is key for survival. Collaboration for greater power “An ecosystem chain of services that are interconnected will be very powerful and we’ll start to see new
What’s on at FinTECHTalents this Week?
Tuesday 28 April 2020
by FTT Team
Watch to find out what we have in store for our community this week:
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COVID-19 and the Digital Divide
Tuesday 28 April 2020
by Lisa Moyle
Social distancing, and for some complete isolation, has elevated the importance of digital inclusion. As we have all experienced, the need to rein in our physical interactions has nudged or rather shoved us into the online world for an ever-broadening range of daily activities. The sense of urgency is real and moves to a level
- Published in Blog, Content, Diversity and Inclusion, Opinion
Tagged under:
#FTT20Virtual, digital inclusion, digital skills, financial inclusion, fintech, innovation, Splash
A Five Generation Workplace
Tuesday 24 March 2020
by Lisa Moyle
Populations that are both living and working longer are having a profound impact on the workplace. As many of us sit in our homes working instead of our offices, it is clear to us that the world of work is changing. Although a pandemic has necessitated and accelerated remote working arrangements, it is worth remembering
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Women in Tech Podcast – Empowerment with empathy
Tuesday 17 March 2020
by Lisa Moyle
Our very own Lisa Moyle sat down with Espree Devora at the Women in Tech podcast after speaking at the FinTech Inn event in Lithuania last year. “Empathy comes from experience and if you’ve had the story book smooth ride, it’s really hard to develop that empathy. So, if you have experienced bumps, you have
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The future of work is engagement
Tuesday 17 March 2020
by Our Community
Pam Bateson, CEO and Founder of Thrive Partners discusses the new ecosystem of what the world of work is, how to prepare for and ‘be brave’ for the job search and how to ‘stand out’ as a recent graduate looking for work. “85 percent of people in work are disengaged because they’re too stressed, they’re
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Do you want to define FinTech for the next decade? Call for speakers FTT2020
Tuesday 03 March 2020
by Lisa Moyle
As we settle into 2020, we here at FinTECHTalents have been busy chatting to cool people, monitoring the trends and finding out what our community wants from our most ambitious Festival to date – FTT2020. This year (if you can forgive the obvious) we will be looking at how we as an ecosystem plan on
Our Standout Stars for International Women’s Day 2020
Tuesday 03 March 2020
by Lisa Moyle
For International Women’s Day 2020 we, once again, are showcasing the awesome women in our community. This year we asked our standout stars what empowers them, what items are ‘on their list’ and who would they most like to sit down with for a ‘fireside chat’. Their answers are as varied as they are inspirational.
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Charlie India, FTT2020, Innovate Finance, IWD2020, Lloyds Banking Group, Nucoro, Santander UK, Splash
Ageism in an ageing world
Tuesday 11 February 2020
by Lisa Moyle
Not too long ago I sat in the audience and listened to a speaker from a very large financial institution describe the usage statistics (by age) of their banking app. He noted that take up of the app was very low above the age of 55. The conclusion being, he went on to say, that
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