Start-ups
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
#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
Helping FinTechs scale like banks & banks innovate like FinTechs
Monday 17 September 2018
The Neonomics Team Enabling collaboration and partnerships between banks and new FinTech entrants is the way forward in this era of open banking according to Christoffer Andvig CEO & Co-founder of Olso-based Neonomics. Christoffer talks about the benefits of running a global team, how entrepreneurship is a constant quest for change and how his preference
- Published in Customer Experience, Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Partnership, Start-ups
Making better investment decisions: Giving your gut feeling a rational assessment
Monday 17 September 2018
Berlin-based YUKKA Lab uses AI, machine learning and neural networks to analyse hundreds of thousands of pieces of data and news sources – giving financial professionals the tools for more strategic decision making. There are many ways financial data and news is delivered to clients – what sets YUKKA Lab apart? We make complicated and
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Start-ups
Technology as a catalyst for change – INNOVATION TRIGGERS Day 1
Thursday 13 September 2018
Technology has had some bad press of late. Whether it be privacy invading algorithms on social networks or media-induced fear over the upcoming advances in robotics and AI– what tends to get lost is the way technology can inspire and fundamentally change business models, industry and society as a whole. Technology is but a tool
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blockchain, Blog, Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Robotics, Start-ups
Back to School – Here come the students!
Thursday 06 September 2018
When the nights draw in and the last of the summer gin is emptied, our thoughts drift from holidays and playtime, towards projects, work and planning for the future. Come September, most of us, in essence, are headed back to school. Whether your school is covered in ivy or simply the school of life –
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blockchain, Blog, Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Robotics, Start-ups
Put your money on the table to tackle the diversity challenge
Thursday 06 September 2018
Looking at the numbers, Ashleigh Ainsely, Co-founder of Colorintech, highlights the scale of the challenge facing the industry in ensuring a more diverse workforce at all levels. As he demonstrates, greater diversity is fundamental to the future success of financial services, both in terms of securing the talent pipeline and creating products and services that best serve all economic citizens. We look forward to hearing
- Published in Blog, Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Start-ups