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.
Game-changers in the risk management space
Wednesday 11 July 2018
We talk to Riskinnov, an applied research company providing risk-management advice, about some of the key technologies that they see as real game-changers in the risk management space. Tell us a bit about RiskInnov? How does what you are offering financial services firms (and others) differ in its approach / efficacy when it comes to
- Published in Fintech, Innovation, Regulation, Risk
Fintech in corporate and investment banking: a collaborative story
Wednesday 11 July 2018
We caught up with Liesl Bebb-McKay, of the FOUNDeRY, RMB’s disruption & innovation unit about fintech developments happening across Africa and her views on a diverse workforce of the future 1. Can you tell us a bit about the FOUNDeRY and how it operates? You can read all about the FOUNDeRY here https://www.foundery.co.za/. FOUNDeRY is
- Published in Blockchain, Diversity and Inclusion, Fintech, Innovation
Why did I join?
Wednesday 04 July 2018
About a year ago I had a thought. While I was fulfilling my emotional needs via my personal blog, Girl, Disrupted, which tends to explore my inner thoughts, outer failures and minor moments of brilliance 😉. But from a more practical point of view I needed to see what I could offer – what ‘products’
- Published in Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Fintech, Innovation
The act of doing good can both energise teams and deliver tangible benefits to society
Friday 15 June 2018
We recently caught up with Kate Bolton, the Founder of Comms for Good. Kate has a passion for building communities and weaving CSR into the fabric of teams rather than delegating the activity to a separate function. The act of doing good – investing and giving back to the communities in which we work –
- Published in Diversity and Inclusion, Fintech, Innovation
Do large financial services companies and fintech disruptors need to partner up to survive?
Friday 01 June 2018
Despite having a substantial pool of resources to draw on, many of the big financial organisations have been slow to adapt to new technology. We speak to Matt Bunn, partner & co-founder of Capita Scaling Partner on how financial institutions can get ahead of the game by partnering with innovative fintech start-ups. ‘Fintech in the
- Published in Fintech, Innovation, Start-ups
Capturing the benefits of PSD2 – a new strategy for banks
Wednesday 30 May 2018
E-invoicing; opportunity and reward Technological development requires banks to streamline their services and create a superior user experience for their customers. It is imperative that banks look to provide new digital services to prevent client churn to fintech companies and “new banks”. Banks can capitalise on their large client base when launching new innovative services
- Published in Fintech
The Talent of Tomorrow: Schroders App Hack: Easter Edition (aka awesome girls coding)
Thursday 03 May 2018
I had the pleasure of joining the judging panel for a recent Stemettes hackathon run with Schroders. It was the most fun I’ve had at an event in ages (bearing in mind that FinTECHTalents hasn’t run yet…) and if you are thinking that the challenge of creating a mobile app to encourage Savings and Investing
- Published in Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Fintech
11:FS join FinTECHTalents as a Strategic Partner for the 2018 festival
Monday 30 April 2018
We are delighted to announce that 11:FS have come on board as a media partner for FinTECHTalents 2018. We are huge fans of their podcast series and are keen to see what the team comes up with for the Festival edition of Fintech After Dark. Watch this space over the coming months for future announcements.
- Published in Employment, Fintech
Avoiding the consequences of a looming techphobia
Monday 26 March 2018
As Nick Clegg, former deputy prime minister of the UK, noted during a keynote at the Innovate Finance Global Summit (IFGS) in London, attitudes towards the dream of the internet are in danger of souring. The promise of tech driven progress has been tainted and, as the narrative goes, been scuppered by corporate interests, an engine
- Published in Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Fintech, Innovation
The evolution of invoice data exchange
Thursday 01 March 2018
Charlie-India is revolutionising the traditional approach to invoicing solutions through its unique data-exchange platform. It allows banks and fintechs to implement the technology at a much faster pace than traditional API solutions.
- Published in Fintech, Innovation