Start-ups
Corporate Hackathons: How far have we come?
Tuesday 03 November 2020
Hackathons seem to be in Vogue this year, potentially boosted by global organisations and employees working remotely. However, and similar to other innovation methods, particularly innovation labs, they create a love-hate reaction in the financial services industry. Having been a judge of hackathons throughout the years, I keep going backwards and forwards on this matter
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Let us define FinTech – One more time – An FTT Snapshot Survey
Tuesday 03 November 2020
We know that many of you had some difficulty accessing our latest bi-monthly Big Question Snapshot Survey the other week. Rest assured our FinTECHTalents gremlins have been banished and our helpful elves have fixed our access issues. We are not one to deny our community a voice. So we are re-launching this ‘Define FinTech’ Snapshot
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Results, Reflections and What Next? – FTT Building Societies 2020
Tuesday 27 October 2020
The successful launch of FinTECHTalents Virtual Building Societies on 21st October 2020, united a driven and dedicated community of innovators. The day sparked new ideas and encouraged constructive debate on the power of digital transformation to boost the unique services building societies, credit unions and community banks provide. Above all it was clear that no
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Open Minds for Open Finance
Tuesday 27 October 2020
The goals and vision for the financial services sector are ambitious. The use and uptake of Open Banking may still be in its infancy, but the destination of the policy has changed. The industry is now working towards Open Finance. Regardless of the approach – regulatory push or market incentives – the industry is undergoing
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FinTECHTalents Future of the Branch
Tuesday 27 October 2020
The branch has played an important role both for providers and customers over many years. The closure of branches always generates discussion and debate, but footfall has been falling for a number of years. Customers – consumers and businesses alike – may like to know that they are there but they do not actually visit
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Anne and Tom – My part in their breakup*
Tuesday 27 October 2020
An email landed early in 2015 from my superior at the daily newswire where I worked. It read: ‘It looks like your agenda is unravelling’ and linked to a news article. I was putting together a FinTech event and had booked both veteran banker, Anne Boden, and FinTech entrepreneur, Tom Blomfield, as speakers. Their topic?
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Where FinTech found its True North – FTT Virtual Nordics
Tuesday 20 October 2020
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Building products that are trusted and loved – FTT Chats Episode 34
Tuesday 29 September 2020
Watch the interview now! Søren Rode Jain Andreasen, Chief Digital Officer at Danske Bank joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. In this chat Søren discusses applying ‘startup principals’ to product development and
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Is Nordic Innovation a Myth?
Tuesday 22 September 2020
This is an industry of many parts. Working groups and agile teams gather together every day to discuss the details over a messaging protocol, or the policy ramifications of a new regulation or adjust a minor bug in a consumer application. Millions of decisions and projects, in banks, tech companies and financial institutions all around
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Finding your Tribe in FinTech – FTT Chats Episode 33
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Watch the video now! Christa Nielsen, SVP, Tribe Lead for Core Payments Platform, Dankse Bank joins us for our ongoing series – FTT Chats – where we sit down with the great and the good of FinTech to discuss innovation, new entrants, and emerging technologies. In this chat Christa discusses how to incorporate entrepreneurial styles of
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