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Bank Survival — It’s All About the Ecosystem
Tuesday 05 May 2020
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
Culture, Remote Work and Microsoft Teams – FTT Chats Episode 2
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Terry Chapendama, Director, National Bank of Kuwait (International) PLC sits down for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, emerging technologies and, what we all hope will be a temporary topic, the current global pandemic. “The whole bank
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A Five Generation Workplace
Tuesday 24 March 2020
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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We are all WFH – What can we learn from those who have been doing it all along.
Tuesday 24 March 2020
In the past whenever we have discussed the future of work the idea of remote working often emerges. Whether it be a simple ‘working from home’ arrangement or a full on ‘digital nomad’ existence, working free of a physical office or set working hours was often touted as a progressive choice for people who wanted
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Women in Tech Podcast – Empowerment with empathy
Tuesday 17 March 2020
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
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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Students bring an ‘open mind’ to FinTech
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Dr. Malgorzata Sulimierska, Senior Lecturer in Banking and FinTech (Accounting and Finance) discusses how the talent of the future (students) are exploring and researching the evolving technologies and innovative practices shaping the financial services industry today. Dr. Sulimierska also discusses the new ‘FinTech’ programme at the University, which was launched last year. “When I was
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Ageism in an ageing world
Tuesday 11 February 2020
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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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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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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