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.
The 10 Commandments of an Influencer
Wednesday 10 October 2018
I became an influencer partly through circumstance – I was a journalist – my by line and face are on thousands of news pieces, features, event agendas and videos. However, some of it is by design. I decided to make my opinions and viewpoints public. However, I have an overarching philosophy that I stick to
A digital identity platform for the mobile age
Wednesday 10 October 2018
Country music and red wine fan, Antonio Virzì seeks to turn Android & iOS smartphones into secure and easy-to-use personal devices that can replace traditional smart-card and token-based digital identities allowing users to easily authenticate online, authorise transactions, sign legal documents, provide consent and more. What does biid do – what problem are you solving?
- Published in Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, Identity, Innovation, Risk, Robotics, Security
Talent for a transformative world
Thursday 04 October 2018
Tech talent that is agile and ready to change society are trained at Makers Academy as many industries are experiencing a huge gap in supply and demand for engineers who can work in an agile way. The organisation looks at welcoming over 1,500 technologists into the world, examines the reasons behind the loss of female
- Published in Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Start-ups
Powering the future of payments
Wednesday 03 October 2018
While payments are often seen as a commoditised service – the reality in the back end is much more complex. Form3 talks us through providing payments as a service for financial institutions and regulated FinTechs. Payments processing isn’t a new sector – what sets Form3 apart? Form3 provides cloud-native, real-time payment technology to enable financial
- Published in Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Payments, Start-ups
How to be a moderator – a fool proof guide
Wednesday 03 October 2018
The first time I was asked to speak in public it was to moderate a panel. If I remember correctly, it was for an event on risk management held in Frankfurt. I was deep in the risk world at that time – it was the era of Basel II and super-fast Monte Carlo simulations. ‘FinTech’
- Published in Blockchain, Blog, Featured, Fintech, Innovation
Regulation as a competitive advantage
Thursday 27 September 2018
Pr. Bertrand Munier explains how NERP can be used to support MiFID II’s impact in wealth management in this Q&A. NERP can work as a very effective coordinating device in wealth management organisations and can be a very important first step in the digital transformation of banking, according to Munier. Can you tell us a
- Published in Blog, Embedded Finance, Fintech, Regulation, Risk
#NoBarStools
Thursday 27 September 2018
A few years ago, at a popular ‘FinTech innovation demo show’ in London, a Russian payments company brought out the scantily clad ‘Miss Russia’ to demonstrate how the audience could use their payments app to purchase her clothing line on the internet. Many people – men and women – in the audience were shocked. My
- Published in Blockchain, Blog, Customer Experience, Diversity and Inclusion, Featured, Fintech, Start-ups
‘Millennials don’t care about looking after their money’ – and other myths
Wednesday 26 September 2018
With 89% of millennials, and 70% of UK consumers now using applications to manage their money, Yolt aims to become a trusted tool for UK customers of all ages to end multiple app juggling and gain a clear view of their money. What does Yolt do – what problem are you solving? Yolt is the
- Published in Customer Experience, Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Start-ups
Finding valuable insights in alternative data
Monday 24 September 2018
Hamza Khan, founder and CEO of data insights provider Suburbia, talks us through how to discover real value in new data sources, advises keeping all doors open to the unexpected, and feels no shame in expressing a love for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer (He will be forgiven 🙂 ) Tell us a bit about alternative
- Published in Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Start-ups
The 10 people you always see at conferences – Add yours!
Thursday 20 September 2018
I had a meeting last year with the PR person for a ‘well-known American payments company’. The founder was due to speak at Money 20/20 Europe. The PR woman was very nice and pleasant – but said something that made me think of a Twitter thread I wrote awhile back, while bored at an event
- Published in Blog, Customer Experience, Featured, Fintech