fintech
What type of FinTech’er are you? Take the Quiz!
Wednesday 29 August 2018
A well known person in the FinTech space once commented that if you couldn’t dine out on FinTech every night – you weren’t doing FinTech right. From bank elevators, to the free beer at co-working spaces – it would be hard not to bump into someone who works at a fund or an accelerator, grinding
- Published in Diversity and Inclusion, Fintech, Start-ups
An empowering culture should come first – CULTURE SHOCK DAY 1
Wednesday 29 August 2018
I was sitting having coffee with a well-known FinTech entrepreneur the other day who was looking at recruitment for her startup. She was talking pipeline. She wanted to hire a junior developer that would have room to grow into the role. What she didn’t want was to end up with a shortlist, where the team
- Published in Employment, Featured, Fintech, Innovation, Start-ups
It’s all about the ‘bots – A FinTECHTalents Snapshot Survey
Wednesday 22 August 2018
As the summer of 2018 comes to an end, we have gone to our community once again to see how they feel about the encroaching tide of automation, artificial intelligence and ‘bots. Whether they are advising you on your investments or chatting with you via a customer service inquiry – chatbots, AI and robo-anything is settling
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blog, Customer Experience, Fintech, Innovation, Robotics
Are you sitting comfortably? Join us for two days of FINTECH STORIES
Wednesday 22 August 2018
For those of us in the startup and innovation space, sitting down on a hard conference chair to watch a slew of companies demo and pitch is a familiar position. After a while, year in and year out, patterns emerge. Four boys in branded t-shirts playing with a stalled app on their iPhones. The establishment
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Fintech, Innovation, Robotics, Start-ups
Push it for secure content
Tuesday 14 August 2018
As customers and businesses realize the power and value of their data, issues around security and control become paramount. FinTech veteran and self-described ‘continuous mutant’, Mike Williams, CEO at Pushfor, talks about how pushing content rather than sending it reduces the risk of sensitive information falling into the wrong hands to virtually zero. We have
- Published in Data Privacy, Fintech, Innovation, Regulation, Risk, Security, Start-ups
The future of robo-advice is B2B
Sunday 12 August 2018
Belgium-based robo-advisor Investsuite makes a play for the B2B market with their own proprietary VaR approach and a team of senior bankers, computer and math experts, designers, and sector specialists who ‘understand how a real bank works.’ Bart Vanhaeren, CEO & co-founder discusses the growth of the robo-advice market, how he has never been a
- Published in Fintech, Innovation, Robotics
Banks are from Jupiter / Startups are from Mercury
Monday 06 August 2018
A while ago I read a promo for a webcast that read something along the lines of ‘Our industry experts will talk through best practice to enable successful bank startup partnerships.’ I read that line several times ‘best practice to enable successful … partnerships’ and I thought to myself… Liar liar, PANTS ON FIRE!!! Anyone who claims to know
- Published in Fintech, Innovation, Start-ups
Tech and Talent in Tandem – A FinTECHTalents Webcast
Monday 06 August 2018
As the sun continues to shine over Great Britain this summer, we gathered together some of our favourite steering committee members to have a chin wag about our upcoming FinTECHTalents Festival this October. Listen to our special Tech and Talent in Tandem webcast now! Mitesh Soni, Senior Director, Innovation and Fintech at Finastra, Diana Biggs, Head of Digital Innovation
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Fintech, Innovation, Robotics, Start-ups
The unlimited power of ‘The Pack’ at YellowDog
Tuesday 31 July 2018
Risk and financial modelling, anti-money laundering (AML), and stress tests all require a massive amount of computing power. Gareth Williams, CEO of YellowDog discusses how they harness the power of ‘The Pack’ (available and underutilised computers in the cloud) in order to unleash unlimited computing power to allow their clients to improve operational efficiency, reduce
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blockchain, Fintech, Innovation, Start-ups
The challenges of creating tech for a highly regulated industry
Monday 16 July 2018
We speak to the team at unblu about how financial institutions can move away from the bulky silos of old infrastructures to seamless customer experiences Can you tell us about unblu and how you enable better engagement between financial institutions and their customers? unblu is a unique software solution that helps banks and financial institutions
- Published in Customer Experience, Regulation, Start-ups