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.
Coding is the world’s largest team sport
Tuesday 10 September 2019
There is a common misconception that software developers work in silos, however, collaboration is one of the most important characteristics for being a good developer. GitHub provides a platform and a community to connect the millions of people each year creating software and building innovative solutions. What is GitHub? GitHub is an open source developer
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For FinTech, AI and RegTech – Welcome back to school!
Wednesday 04 September 2019
September, when summer has started to give up its fight and the smell of a freshly sharpened pencil can send your mind back to 1985 and Mr. Brown’s Algebra class. Despite it being, technically, over half way through the year – the autumn freshness and Back to School vibe will always represent a fresh start
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Does your bank have an ethical data culture?
Tuesday 03 September 2019
Our friends from Sensibill made you a flowchart to find out. Thanks to Silicon Valley, we have plenty of examples of what it means to not have an ethical data culture. Uber’s “God View”; Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal; Google’s hacked Nest cams. And while hefty fines and public outcries are helping drive some change, it’s
- Published in Customer Experience, Cyber security, Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, Identity, Innovation, Regulation, Risk, Security, Start-ups
Understanding what you can invest, save, borrow or repay
Tuesday 03 September 2019
As a pioneer in Open Banking, OpenWrks is looking to support the 23 million people within the UK that have money worries who are traditionally, and wrongfully, under served. The focus on helping people keep track of how much they spend is made easier by the occasional rhubarb gin and tonic, while chilling out to
- Published in Customer Experience, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Payments, Start-ups
RegTech’s moment has arrived
Tuesday 03 September 2019
After Brian Clark witnessed the under-regulation, risk-taking and lax compliance practices that led to the 2008 global financial crisis, he founded Ascent. The RegTech company keeps businesses ahead of increasing regulation, helping them reduce regulatory and reputational risk. Today, the team is comprised of compliance officers, lawyers, data scientists and technologists who, in addition to
- Published in Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Regulation, Risk
Try and imagine a future you are building today
Monday 02 September 2019
We sat down with Charles Radclyffe, Head of AI at Fidelity International during the AITECHTalents Steering Committee ‘Donut & Danish’ breakfast meet up earlier this summer. He thinks Facebook’s Libre is ‘interesting’ and ponders *how* organisations like his can attract and retain a generation of talent to prioritise social impact and purpose over financial gain,
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FinTech – A cause worth fighting for
Monday 05 August 2019
FinTech has been as much a response to changing public understandings of what a financial service can do for a client as it has anything. It was a new belief that traditional banks, advisors, investors just didn’t suit everyone’s needs. As engagement with the subject has risen, through budgeting apps, challenger banks and digitised investing,
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Clients come first when data is your tool
Thursday 01 August 2019
When not chilling out to Paul Simon while sipping a Dutch wheat beer with “hints of banana, citrus and spices” – the team at Owlin are focused on providing real-time, transparent and auditable risk insights to their clients. What is Owlin – what problem are you solving? Real-time risk monitoring, prioritized reviews based on actual risk
- Published in Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Identity, Innovation, Start-ups
The new age of identity
Thursday 01 August 2019
Enterprise identity and compliance platform provider, Scanovate is providing a frictionless and user-friendly solution to the ever changing and constantly moving issue of individual identity. You’re Welcome 😊 What is Scanovate – what problem are you solving? There is a growing global need for businesses, governments and organizations to identify their end users digitally. As a result,
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Once upon a time … in financial services
Thursday 01 August 2019
Ammar Akhtar, Yobota’s Co-Founder & CEO Fast growing FinTech company Yobata seeks to offer a cloud-based operating platform that will drag financial institutions out of the 1970s. What is Yobota – what problem are you solving? Yobota is a rapidly growing FinTech company in London. We have built a fast and flexible cloud-based operating platform for financial
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