We are delighted to be partnering with Magna Carta Communications on a report mapping the UK digital skills gap. The report, as Simon notes below, is an important step, not just in quantifying the shortages and shining light onto key areas of scarcity but also in terms of informing future policy and corporate strategy. The

I had the pleasure of joining the judging panel for a recent Stemettes hackathon run with Schroders. It was the most fun I’ve had at an event in ages (bearing in mind that FinTECHTalents hasn’t run yet…) and if you are thinking that the challenge of creating a mobile app to encourage Savings and Investing

We are delighted to announce that 11:FS have come on board as a media partner for FinTECHTalents 2018. We are huge fans of their podcast series and are keen to see what the team comes up with for the Festival edition of Fintech After Dark. Watch this space over the coming months for future announcements.

As Nick Clegg, former deputy prime minister of the UK, noted during a keynote at the Innovate Finance Global Summit (IFGS) in London, attitudes towards the dream of the internet are in danger of souring. The promise of tech driven progress has been tainted and, as the narrative goes, been scuppered by corporate interests, an engine

In and amongst numerous conversations around innovation and ecosystems across many panels at the Innovate Finance Global Summit (IFGS), the issue of tech talent was mentioned again and again. Great ideas, customer centricity, new business models, innovative tech are not driven by machines (yet) but by humans. Institutions (big and small) flagged the issue of

We caught up with Jack Parsons, CEO of Big Youth Group, to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2018, and discuss the importance of apprenticeships for the future of work and society as a whole.

Engaging with the future workforce is key to solving the digital skills gap in financial services, but how do we nurture tech talent?

Fintech company, DealMatrix, discusses the thinking behind their unique platform for connecting financial services institutions and investors with start-ups.

FinTECHTalents meets the demands for tech talent whilst exploring the future trajectory of financial services and the technology driving innovation.

As the cost of technology falls and the regulatory environment (certainly in the UK) becomes more welcoming of newcomers, the competitive dynamics of the banking sector are starting to shift.