FTT19
YellowDog – The FinTechStory so far…
Tuesday 01 October 2019
At the launch of FinTECHTalents in 2018 – YellowDog commanded the stage with their story on how to unleash unlimited computing power in order to harness available and underutilised computers in the cloud. YellowDog returns for FinTECHTalents 2019. We caught up with the team to hear about ‘the story so far…’ So, what’s new? Any
- Published in Customer Experience, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation
Risk management for an interconnected world
Tuesday 01 October 2019
The gang at FNA not only appreciate the complexity of mapping multifaceted relationships to better understand modern financial markets, they also take the time to appreciate Mancunian beer that showcases local artists. What is FNA – what problem are you solving? Since the financial crisis of 2007–2008, regulators and supervisors have recognised the interconnected nature
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Regulation, Risk, Start-ups
ING and CBA tackles MiFID II/MiFIR in seconds with Ascent
Tuesday 24 September 2019
ING and CBA Pinpoint MiFID-II/MiFIR Obligations in 2.5 Minutes Using Ascent. Regulatory compliance programs cost financial firms billions of dollars annually. Much of this cost is a result of the exhaustive amount of time required to manually analyze regulations and determine how it impacts the firm — a laborious process that starts all over again
- Published in Blog, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Regulation
Inventing a helicopter from looking at dragonflies
Tuesday 24 September 2019
Ceri Godwin, Director of Growth & Advisory, EmTech, Santander UK sat down with us after the FinTECHTalents Steering Committee ‘donuts & danish’ breakfast this summer. Here she talks about FinTech for good, ‘out of the box’ thinking and her dream ‘fireside chat’ guest. Watch the video now. What is FinTech for good? For me it’s
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Partnership, Start-ups
Building value through network effects
Tuesday 24 September 2019
When not getting down with some house thumping Soul and Funk, the team at Aperture works to launch new businesses, bringing together strategy, product design, product building, branding and go-to-market plans to ensure our clients exceed in becoming digital leaders. What is Aperture? Aperture is a strategy consultancy that supports companies (focusing on financial services)
- Published in Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Partnership, Start-ups
Easing the pain of GDPR
Tuesday 17 September 2019
Keepabl offers an intuitive, customer-focused GDPR-as-a-Service solution. Their ‘product-led’ software regularly gets incredibly positive emotional responses when people see the solution. The two year old startup is often told by clients: ‘I can’t wait to use this’ – and this is about GDPR software! According to Robert Baugh, CEO, Keepabl: “When the product responds to
- Published in Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Identity, Regulation, Start-ups
Ask our Doers, our Dreamers, Our Rockstar Speakers
Tuesday 17 September 2019
Wouldn’t it be great to #AskaRockStar your most pressing questions? We think so as well. I mentioned last week that most people go to events to learn something and/or to network (and they rarely get both). While our community managers are busy working on the connections being scheduled for the FinTECHTalents – we thought we
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Cyber security, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation
The digital challenge for wealth managers – Nucoro Report
Tuesday 17 September 2019
Over £20 billion of high net worth individuals’ investable wealth could be passed on to their loved ones every year, but as many as 80% of wealth managers don’t have an existing relationship with these beneficiaries. Digitisation is key to addressing this challenge. A new report from Nucoro, a B2B fintech providing wealth management as
- Published in Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Start-ups
PAD is not enough… Biometric security needs RAD
Tuesday 17 September 2019
A thought provoking blog post from Gabriel Turner, Product Manager, iProov. Presentation Attack Detection or “PAD” is increasingly a hot topic within the biometrics industry. While this is definitely a step in the right direction, cyber-thieves are still diligently exploiting security gaps in identity proofing and strong customer authentication. Exclusive focus on presentation attacks alone
- Published in Cyber security, Data Privacy, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Innovation, Regulation, Risk, Security, Start-ups
The delightful stories of people’s financial lives
Tuesday 17 September 2019
Founded from the ashes of the 2008 global financial crisis, Meniga took inspiration from popular physical fitness and leading social media apps to offer solutions that help people lead healthier financial lives. What is Meniga – what problem are you solving? We are a diverse team of coders, developers and data scientists who provide banks with white
- Published in Customer Experience, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Start-ups