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.
Technology & Ethics – The right thing to do is also the best thing to do – FTT Chats Episode 29
Tuesday 01 September 2020
Watch the video now! Megan Gordon, Partner and one of the leaders in the Clifford Chance US technology practice, 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. Looking at the new entrants into the
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Creative destruction: Can ethics be hardwired into technology? – FTT Chats Episode 28
Tuesday 25 August 2020
Watch the video now! Katia Walsh, Chief Strategy and AI Officer, Levi Strauss 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. We spoke to Katia Walsh about her unique role at Levi Strauss which
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A chin wag with a recovering banker – FTT Chats Episode 27
Tuesday 25 August 2020
Watch the video now! Leda Glyptis, FinTech Provocateur 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 Leda discusses FinTech history, what innovation really means inside incumbent banks and why ‘risk of
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FinTECHTalents Virtual Nordics will be about the Forest and the Trees
Tuesday 25 August 2020
Every year, in December, a tree is erected in the middle of Trafalgar Square in central London. It is covered in twinkle lights and topped with a star and shines like a beacon during the chilly and rainy weather that tends to mark the Christmas season in the UK (rather than reflect gently falling snowflakes
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Build Back Better – Part 1
Tuesday 25 August 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic took a grip on our world back in April 2020, I was listening to a popular FinTech podcast and was struck by a quote from John Hope Bryant, CEO of Operation Hope: “This is a global reset of our virtues and our values and a chance for us to get it
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Looking into an Open Future
Tuesday 18 August 2020
Open banking is coming to North America and is taking shape in different ways across the continent. Whether driven by policy and regulation or market forces, the impact will be felt across the financial services sector. From catalysing the development of new providers to enabling existing institutions to keep pace with a fast-changing industry, the
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Fear & Ethics in Technology
Tuesday 18 August 2020
Technology and the change it propels so often outpace not only the comprehension of those on the outside of its development but also a full reckoning of its impact on individuals, businesses, entire industries, institutions and broader society. Its path of creative destruction creates countless new opportunities and use cases but also raises new concerns.
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Lost In Books – Our Recommended Reads This Summer
Tuesday 18 August 2020
For most, if not all of us, 2020 has been anything but normal. From global pandemic to recession; from sudden onset of remote work and virtual learning, we have been busy dealing with what life has thrown at us. In times of chaos and uncertainty, books can serve as a refuge. To understand how to
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Your Uber has arrived – FTT Chats Episode 26
Tuesday 18 August 2020
Bijon Mehta, Global Head of Financial Services at Twilio 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. Twilio aims to create the worlds leading customer engagement platform. A core part of offering is an API
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Coming home to FinTech – FTT Chats Episode 25
Tuesday 18 August 2020
Lisa Violet, Chief Auditor, Varo Bank, 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. We spoke with Lisa Violet about what it means for Varo to be the first FinTech to be granted a national
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