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What’s missing in the War for Tech Talent
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Anyone who has seen me on a panel about technology talent or innovation (or even seen me sitting in the audience when there’s a mic nearby) will know I have strong views on how and where the capital markets (and other areas of the financial services industry, I’m sure) are going wrong in trying to
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FinTECHTalents – Generation 2019 – Bigger, Braver, Bolder, Tech-ier
Thursday 10 January 2019
The 2019 FinTECHTalents Steering Committee is ready to roll with a Bigger, Braver, Bolder, Tech-ier Festival experience. Many on our Steering Committee were with us from the start – when FinTECHTalents was just an idea to bring the full FinTech ecosystem under one roof. Many more have joined us on our journey to highlight financial
Finding the talent to deliver wonderful customer experiences
Tuesday 11 December 2018
Roger Vincent, chief innovation officer at Trade Ledger talks with FinTech Finance at FinTECHTalents this year about finding, nurturing and training new developers and programmers for their growing and expanding business.
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Shifting Pathways – Dispelling myths and finding your road to FinTech
Thursday 15 November 2018
Yolt, the smart thinking money app, took part in FinTECHTalents to debunk myths around millennial money habits and stereotypical career paths. Our aim: to correct myths and unjust stereotypes whilst showing there really is no single way to reach your career goal. Indeed, 65% of jobs that the next generation will do don’t even exist
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How to stop your job from becoming redundant – top bankers share their tips
Wednesday 07 November 2018
Oscar Williams-Grut, Senior City Correspondent, Yahoo Finance UK Upskilling. Continuous learning. In-work training. Whatever you call it, top bankers agree that finance workers will have to keep learning across their careers if they want to stay relevant — and keep their jobs — in a fast-changing industry. “I think one of increasing skill sets of
- Published in Employment, Fintech
Hip-hop, hamburgers and workplace diversity: how firms can be more inclusive
Wednesday 07 November 2018
Oscar Williams-Grut, Senior City Correspondent, Yahoo Finance UK Is diversity just about race, gender, culture, religion, and sexuality? Not according to Barclays’ Kirsty Rutter. The chief innovation officer of Barclays UK was asked about how banks and finance firms can improve their diversity efforts at the FintechTalents conference this week in London. Rutter said she
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In the words of our community – FinTECHTalents 2018 was ‘Inspired’
Friday 02 November 2018
I was sitting on a pallet late in the afternoon of of Day 2 of FinTECHTalents – the event was *almost* finished. The last sessions were winding down in the streams, the final FinTech companies were telling their stories on stage, one of our awesome live music acts was still entertaining the crowds while students
Building a pipeline of talent
Thursday 25 October 2018
Startups should always be thinking about recruitment, according to Magdalena Krön, Head of Rise London, FinTech Platform Lead at Barclays and Co-founder Geek Girl Meetup UK. While not a huge craft beer drinker, Magdalena will most likely indulge in a nice glass of wine at FinTECHTalents. FinTECHTalents is all about exploring the link between talent
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blockchain, Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Partnership, Payments, Robotics, Start-ups
How a Hackathon Got Me My Dream Job
Wednesday 24 October 2018
The above Twitter exchange caught the eye of Makers Academy. We caught up with Funmi Adewodu to hear her side of the story, which she has written below. You can follow her journey here. How it started I never really imagined I would be excited about banking until I came across Starling Bank. I fell
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WORKSHOP – Tech Skills – Your Organisation’s Superpower or Achilles’ Heel?
Thursday 11 October 2018
Join Pluralsight and the FinTECHTalents community for the special breakout workshop at the Ultimate FinTech Festival! Where: Innovation Hub at Plexal (part of HereEast) When: 2:00 PM on October 31st (Day 2 of the Festival) Who: Denise Hudson Lawson, Advanced solutions architect, Pluralsight The ultimate challenge in today’s world is to find, hire, develop and
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