The combination of rapidly increasing inflation, expectations of additional growth in the Bank of England base rate and fears of a damaging recession are causing concern across the financial world. Mutual banks, building societies and credit unions are far from immune to the complex pressures facing all businesses, including financial firms. Perhaps the most impactful issue

At FTT Building Societies on 21st October, Alex Beavis, Head of Mortgage Products at Skipton Building Society and Matt Lowndes, Innovation Director at the Mortgage Advice Bureau discussed the Changing Landscape of Lending. In this fireside chat they talked about the potential impact of everything from Machine Learning to Distributed Ledger, to Open Banking and

If we were to have made note of the most commonly used phrase at FTT Building Societies on 21st October, it would most likely have been “lovely to virtually meet you”, or “your microphone is still on mute”, or perhaps “we’ll have to have a drink in person one of these days!” But beyond these

Hali Khan, Vice President – EMEA at Zafin joined 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. During our chat Hali discussed the fundamental notion of customer-centricity, for financial institutions truly looking to put their customer

“Don’t worry, I won’t hold your age against you.” This was said to me almost two years ago in the London office of a global bank for an internal comms role. I was 45 years old. <== Huh? It is quite some time before I qualify for a bus pass in the UK and I

Olympic parks have had a chequered history throughout the modern games. Many have been left to rot, some have almost bankrupted their host nations, while others are built on, enhanced and expanded. I am working from a co-working space, housed within the former Press Centre of the 2012 London Summer Games as I type. The

Our media partner, FinTech Finance finds out how to deal with cyber security at a breakfast briefing hosted by Pushfor founder John Safa and PR veteran Mark Borkowsi in London this January. “Don’t have your pet name in your password” laughs Mark Borkowski as he opens the talk. Set against the backdrop of London’s The Ivy

At the launch of FinTECHTalents last year, 20 companies took to the stage to tell their stories, showcase their development and demonstrate their products. We called the stage FinTech Stories. This stage will be re-created this year for FinTECHTalents – Generation 2019 with some returning faces as well as some new and exciting FinTech offerings.

Anyone who has seen me on a panel about technology talent or innovation (or even seen me sitting in the audience when there’s a mic nearby) will know I have strong views on how and where the capital markets (and other areas of the financial services industry, I’m sure) are going wrong in trying to