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.
Finding Your Heart
Monday 03 August 2020
In the Future of Work will be a Human Experience, I ended with a rallying call that appeared to resonate (it was the most shared quote from that article): “Let’s put humans at the heart of why we do everything we do.” According to Steve Jobs, “”Remembering that you are going to die is the
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FinTech is …
Monday 03 August 2020
Thanks to the cosy world of ‘FinTech Influencers’, I learned that August 1st was ‘World FinTech Day’ (thank you, Dave Birch). Whether or not Hallmark is aware of this date in the calendar was less interesting to me than the reason the date was chosen. Back in 1464, Cosimo Medici, father of modern banking and
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What’s on at FinTECHTalents? Series 115
Wednesday 29 July 2020
What’s on at FinTECHTalents this week?
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Parenting and COVID-19: A reflection on inequality based on assumptions from a distant past
Tuesday 28 July 2020
The assumption made by U.S. CEOs, CIOs, policy makers, and politicians is that back-to-work and back-to-school orders exist in a vacuum — or rather in 1953. The ‘all clear’ to go back to work and school on modified or hybrid models assumes there is a caretaker at home at all times, flexible and adaptable to
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Winning the hearts and minds of customers – The Vox Pop Report
Tuesday 28 July 2020
Customers expect fast action and are quick to respond when they do not get it. In a digital world, 24/7, always on access, is the expectation and is accelerating rapidly. We set out, along with our partners at LogMeIn, to gather a snapshot of how financial services providers were striving to meet those fast-changing expectations
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Credit Unions, Innovation and the Opportunity in Earning Trust – FTT Chats Episode 23
Tuesday 28 July 2020
Benjamin Maxim, AVP of Digital Strategy, MSU Federal Credit Union 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 FTT Chat, Maxim talks about creating an innovation centre at MSU, how credit
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Mobile numbers, Identity and paying for a meal in Mexico – FTT Chats Episode 22
Tuesday 28 July 2020
Fergal Parkinson, Co-founder and Director, TMT Analysis 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 FTT Chat, Parkinson talks about using mobile numbers as a form of identity to aid banks
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What’s on at FinTECHTalents? – Series 114
Wednesday 22 July 2020
What’s on at FinTECHTalents this week?
Funding FinTech – The world of venture capital – Podcast
Tuesday 21 July 2020
I hosted the second episode of Innovation in Finance: The podcast. This series, produced for Innovate Finance by BBCStoryWorks, explores the global FinTech ecosystem. In this episode we delve into the world of venture capital. Listen to the Innovation in Finance: The Podcast now. Three leaders from the venture capital sector discuss the important role
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Open Source, Rosy Outlooks and Shiny Things – FTT Chats Episode 20
Tuesday 21 July 2020
Nigel Abbott, Regional Director – North EMEA at GitHub 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 FTT Chat, Abbott talks about the last hurdle for Open Source in Financial services, regulatory balance
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