Diversity and Inclusion
Thinking deeply about AI and financial services in practice
Tuesday 11 February 2020
We sat down with Louise Smith, HMT FinTech Envoy (and now Chief Digital Officer at the Lloyd’s insurance market) at FinTECHTalents 2019 to talk about how the industry can work to support new and current workers as the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning changes the financial services landscape. Watch the video now. What is
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Longevity, Culture, and looking to the Far East for FinTech
Tuesday 04 February 2020
We sat down with Theo Lau, co-founder of Unconventional Ventures at FinTECHTalents 2019, where she talks about longevity, the importance of culture and diversity and how everything is all about ‘Making banking better’. Watch the video now: What are the biggest trends you are hearing about at the moment? Biggest trends? Obviously, the one we
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The expertise and learning organisations need is already inhouse
Tuesday 28 January 2020
We sat down with founder and CEO of Thrive Partners, Pam Bateson to talk about how organisations can leverage the expertise they already have in-house, to empower their employees and teams at FinTECHTalents 2019. Watch the video now: How do you support talent development? We have a whole learning platform. We create the whole ecosystem
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Changing pace, refreshing skill sets and FinTech opportunities
Tuesday 21 January 2020
We sat down with Mark Homans, Senior Relationship Director at Santander UK, to talk about the 25 year old Santander Universities Programme at FinTECHTalents 2019. Watch the video now: Can you tell us about the Santander Universities Programme? Santander Universities has been globally established now for 25 years. The programme was established by our chairman,
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#BreakTheCycle Charity Challenge to launch at FinTECHTalents – sponsor a bike!
Wednesday 23 October 2019
This time last year at FinTECHTalents, while I was hosting a pop-up photography exhibition for MQ Mental Health, I had one of my big ideas. Some of you will remember it as I did my usual thing when I get an idea and bounced around like Tigger telling anyone who would listen. Now, one year
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Solving the hardest problem in banking
Wednesday 16 October 2019
In the run up to the FinTECHTalents Festival we sat down with Paul Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Thought Machine to find out how cloud adoption can change the entire culture of a bank, why startups should focus on markets that have huge upside potential and are dormant or ignored by others and why ‘wine
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Digital transformation that you need – not just what you asked for
Tuesday 08 October 2019
Most companies, in any industry, need to bring their business into the digital age. According to Kian Gould, AOE Founder & CEO, if they don’t, their long-term success, revenue streams and sustainability of their business model are threatened. We help companies in achieving this transition or, if you will, digital transformation. What does AOE do –
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Doing real listening, not work listening
Tuesday 08 October 2019
Thrive Partners returns to FinTECHTalents hosting our Strategy Stage on Day 2 of the Festival. Here CEO and founder, Pam Bateson talks about their story so far and how supporting people to do their jobs with “with flair and creativity” is a true measure of success. So, what’s new? Any new products, super star team
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Risk management for an interconnected world
Tuesday 01 October 2019
The gang at FNA not only appreciate the complexity of mapping multifaceted relationships to better understand modern financial markets, they also take the time to appreciate Mancunian beer that showcases local artists. What is FNA – what problem are you solving? Since the financial crisis of 2007–2008, regulators and supervisors have recognised the interconnected nature
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Inventing a helicopter from looking at dragonflies
Tuesday 24 September 2019
Ceri Godwin, Director of Growth & Advisory, EmTech, Santander UK sat down with us after the FinTECHTalents Steering Committee ‘donuts & danish’ breakfast this summer. Here she talks about FinTech for good, ‘out of the box’ thinking and her dream ‘fireside chat’ guest. Watch the video now. What is FinTech for good? For me it’s
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