We recently brought together a community of innovators and industry leaders, including retailers, manufacturers, financial institutions, insurers, telcos, fintechs and tech providers at FTT Embedded Finance & Super Apps. We gathered to delve into the technologies, innovations and trends that are re-defining the future of how financial services are crafted and distributed.   Lisa Moyle, VC

On 26th April our community of innovators and industry leaders, including retailers, manufacturers, financial institutions, insurers, telcos, fintechs and tech providers gathered at FTT Embedded Finance & Super Apps, where we delved into the technologies, innovations and trends that are defining the future of how financial services are devised and distributed.  During the day, our

Technology changes, coupled with the boom of e-commerce rapidly increased the ability to provide financial products and services directly to small businesses or consumers, at point of demand. No wonder embedded finance is currently the hottest topic in fintech: The industry is taking financial services everywhere.  Last Tuesday, our community of innovators and industry change makers,

According to the FCA’s Financial Lives 2020 survey, 53% of the UK’s population surveyed responded as not having insurance products. This difference between the volume of insurance that is economically beneficial for society and the volume of coverage that is actually purchased, is defined as the protection gap. The impact of this protection gap translates

Already in widespread use in China and other nations, super apps are yet to reach mainstream appeal across the West. While individual smart phone apps are extraordinarily popular, few of these applications offer more than a few core services to users. In China, WeChat is the definitive super app, with users being able to do

“Banking is no longer somewhere you go, but something you do” as Brett King said way back in 2012. And it is very much in keeping to what we are seeing across the industry now. From people consciously and proactively reaching out to their financial institutions to contextual channels offering them products that meet their

Tech-driven banking began innovating and addressing specific needs and was coined “The great un-bundling”. Currently we are seeing trends towards the opposite direction, as fintechs have begun to ‘re-bundle’ some of these innovations in an effort to scale up and increase market share. What are the benefits and challenges of these trends? At FTT Embedded

Confessions of Creating My First Pre-Recorded Conference Talk   Recording yourself is hard! Recording yourself is downright uncomfortable! Nevertheless, with us all working from home for the past year it has become a more common format for conference talks. Live talks are still happening, and for tips and tricks for that format I recommend you