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.
Building Banking for an Unknown Future – FTT Chats Episode 43
Tuesday 01 December 2020
Elliot Limb, Chief Customer Officer at Mambu joined us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. We chatted about ‘knowns and unknowns’ in the future of banking and reflected on the accelerated adoption of digital solutions
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Whose job is it to innovate?
Tuesday 01 December 2020
“Do you think Innovation will be part of everyone’s job?” I was asked this question recently when discussing how to enable business SMEs to drive innovation. And it made me stop and consider the role of innovation teams in incumbents and its evolution. If we look at the FinTech and startup world, there is not
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Digital Builders as the driving force behind FinTech innovation – FTT Chats Episode 42
Thursday 26 November 2020
Ian Johnson, MD (Europe), Marqeta joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. In this chat Ian discusses the role of Digital Builders as the catalyst for the API economy, embedded finance, and Open Banking.
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This is Lending 3.0
Tuesday 24 November 2020
A bank is a regulated entity that takes deposits and offers loans. It was the lucrative nature of the latter part of a bank’s remit that allowed financial institutions to offer the former to consumers at a relatively low cost. But that was the old world – a world of balancing cheque books, inconvenient branch
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Influencers – What are they good for?
Tuesday 24 November 2020
I can hear the chorus from Twitterati now: ‘Absolutely nothing!’ But I wanted to take a step back and examine – without ego or bias – what role people who have a flair for communication and a significant social media following play in an industry like FinTech. We all know what ‘influencer’ means in the
Data Protection & Privacy – FTT Chats Episode 41
Tuesday 24 November 2020
Emma Maconick, Partner, Shearman & Sterling joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. A masterclass on the complex terrain of data usage, protection, ethical practices and the regulatory landscape. This is one interview where
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Is the Future of Financial Services More Local than You Think? – FTT Chats Episode 40
Tuesday 24 November 2020
Simon Jones, Chief Customer Officer at ClearBank joined us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. The discussion partly focused on the impact of Coronavirus on the ways customers are engaging with financial service providers. Simon
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FinTech for Schools and The Future of FinTech
Tuesday 17 November 2020
Innovate Finance has given a new-look to its FinTech for Schools initiative. Check out some of the new features aimed at students and industry: A mobile web app. Have a sneak preview here! Virtual work experience – in conjunction with Innovate Finance partner Speakers for Schools Masterclasses – short, snappy videos from our members offering their expertise
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What’s your view on the UK FinTech Review? – an FTT Snapshot Survey
Tuesday 17 November 2020
We at FinTECHTalents like to keep our fingers on the pulse and our noses to the wind to find out our community concerns, what our FinTech leaders are discussing and what our industry is holding up for debate. Never one to reduce our touch points our FTT Snapshot Surveys are a bi-monthly Big Question to gather the
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Computer Says No – But Trained Mortgage Advisors Can Still Say Yes
Tuesday 17 November 2020
At FTT Building Societies on 21st October, Alex Beavis, Head of Mortgage Products at Skipton Building Society and Matt Lowndes, Innovation Director at the Mortgage Advice Bureau discussed the Changing Landscape of Lending. In this fireside chat they talked about the potential impact of everything from Machine Learning to Distributed Ledger, to Open Banking and
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