FinTECHTalents
Not afraid of the hard things – Fintech Leaders Series
Tuesday 22 June 2021
Leaders build companies and create products and inspire teams in large and small organizations in many different sectors around the world. They are the type of people that not only produce great results but attract and retain talent that go on serve as great leaders themselves. Who are those people in fintech? What drove them
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Is digital identity the key to greater financial inclusion?
Tuesday 08 June 2021
Despite decades of financial inclusion efforts, barriers preventing access to financial services continue to exist for individuals across the globe. One such critical barrier, is the lack of an official, foundational form of identification. An estimated one billion people worldwide are unable to prove their identity, while millions more have forms of ID that cannot
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Embedded finance – Friend or foe for banks?
Tuesday 08 June 2021
Innovative technology has been transforming the banking sector for decades. From humble beginnings in online banking to AI-enabled fraud detection and app-based banking; technology’s role as a driving force for transformation in financial services is unparalleled. Now, embedded finance promises to build on these advances to offer a truly revolutionary shift in the industry across
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All are welcomed in the Fintech Big Tent
Tuesday 01 June 2021
At least once a week I hear the reply: ‘Oh, I’m not Fintech’. These people usually work at a large bank or a technology company that was established before 2008. Further discussion reveals that they are involved in projects to update business models, introduce new technology, or to find someplace to introduce digital processes in
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CBDCs – A game changer
Tuesday 01 June 2021
Are central bank digital currencies the future of money? Cryptocurrencies are increasingly becoming part of established economic systems around the world. Financial giant Goldman Sachs now officially views Bitcoin as an asset class and Morgan Stanley recently started offering this cryptocurrency to wealthy clients through its funds. The central banks of countries including England, Japan,
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Fintech changes the world – FTT Bookmark Issue 17
Tuesday 25 May 2021
Your weekly resource for noteworthy news, fascinating features, and fintech titbits that caught our eye. Whether you live by your Twitter lists, save your Google Alerts or simply scroll through LinkedIn for insights and commentary – there is a wealth of content that weaves a global story around fintech. Our job at Fintech Talents is
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BNPL for your 90 days away, but we need to kick the cash habit first – FTT Bookmark Issue 16
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Your weekly resource for noteworthy news, fascinating features, and fintech titbits that caught our eye. Whether you live by your Twitter lists, save your Google Alerts or simply scroll through LinkedIn for insights and commentary – there is a wealth of content that weaves a global story around fintech. Our job at Fintech Talents is
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Innovation powered by payments
Tuesday 18 May 2021
A cross sections of experts came together as part of Fintech Talents North America to discuss the exciting and fast changing world of payments. Payments are often a catalyst to greater innovation across the industry and the panel discussion was a great demonstration of how that plays out across the ecosystem. From the technology to
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Digital accessibility
Tuesday 18 May 2021
I grew up in the ’70s. This was a time when it seemed to be socially acceptable to be overtly homophobic, sexist, and racist. Homosexuality had only recently been decriminalised and the Sex Discrimination Act was at the ‘back of a fag packet’ stage of development. Pubs had ‘No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish’ signs
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Fighting back against digital identity fraud
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Even prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, instances of identity fraud and financial crime were increasing at an alarming rate. At FTT Identity 2021, a panel of experts from Trulioo, Cifas and NatWest Group came to the conclusion that these threats will never entirely go away. Financial insitutions can only minimise risk by adapting to
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