Fintech
FinTech (financial technology) is a catch-all term referring to software, mobile applications, and other technologies created to improve and automate traditional forms of finance for businesses and consumers alike.
‘Put your lift-off diapers on, it’s about to start’ – FTT Bookmark Issue 2
Tuesday 02 February 2021
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Build Better Now – the Age of the Digital Builder is here
Tuesday 02 February 2021
“We came here because we know how to innovate. We need to be digital-first. We need to work with startups. We want to know ‘how’?” That quote is real. It was said during a roundtable four years ago. (when it was still OK to share bacon rolls and coffee with 25 strangers in a closed
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Learning to love your mortgage
Tuesday 02 February 2021
Home Sweet Home, Home is where the Heart is, an Englishmen’s Home is his Castle – there are many an age-old phrase to convey the warmth, stability and protection that comes from owning your own home. Home is the soft light at the end of a cold dark day. Home is the place your children
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Lending tailored to your person – FTT Lending 3.0
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Many aspects of our personal life – accessing higher education, taking control of our personal finances, purchasing high-priced household items – has a ‘financial product’ at its heart. That ‘financial product’ usually falls in the lending camp. Fixed loans, credit cards, bridging loans, student loans – all these products will be part of the outgoings
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The Great Acceleration
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Digital by default and at short notice has been a hallmark of the recent pandemic. For financial institutions across North America, Covid 19 and the mitigation measures adopted did not discriminate between institutions. Whether a small credit union or a large international financial services provider, the need to shift to digital channels and ways of
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Monzo, Bitcoin and COVID-19-FTT Bookmark Issue 1
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Your weekly resource for noteworthy news, fascinating features, and FinTech titbits that caught our eye. Whether you live by your Twitter lists, save your Google Alerts or simply scroll through LinkedIn for insights and commentary – there is a wealth of content that weaves a global story around FinTech. Our job at FinTech Talents is
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Competition in an Open World
Tuesday 26 January 2021
What are the opportunities for financial institutions operating in open systems? Our stellar panel from FTT Open Finance addressed how they are not just complying with Open Banking rules but are looking to leverage Open Banking to deliver better value to their customers. Virgin Money found that the uptake of Open Banking services exceeded expectation,
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Is lending the key to COVID recovery?
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Disruption, stress tests, market shocks – none of these words and phrases are unfamiliar to those who work in financial services. However, reading an academic paper from a leading business school or listening to a buzzy keynote address is very different from living through the events that underpin these words. The 2020 global pandemic, caused
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Opening the Door to Financial Inclusion with Digital ID
Tuesday 12 January 2021
Despite decades of financial inclusion efforts, barriers preventing access to financial services continue to exist for individuals across the globe. One such critical barrier, is the lack of an official, foundational form of identification. An estimated one billion people worldwide are unable to prove their identity, while millions more have forms of ID that cannot
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Reasons to be cheerful #1 for 2021 – Open Finance Content Now Available On-Demand
Tuesday 12 January 2021
Whilst most of us have no desire to return to 2020, there were some bright spots and FTT Open Finance was certainly one of them. It was somehow fitting that we ended our year with a virtual event that focused on the potential of being open when so much around us was closed. We kicked
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