The relationship between FinTechs and Banks has evolved over the years, with the most recent focus on collaboration and partnerships. Although partnerships between FinTechs and Banks have not always been plain sailing, many have learned from the experiences, good and bad, and are now better positioned to partner and collaborate. Nonetheless, creating a partnership between

COVID-19 has accelerated digital lives at a speed that could not have been (or certainly was not) predicted. Confirming ‘who’ we are in the digital world has become critically important. Digital identity has been discussed for many years as the missing infrastructure, as the internet and the businesses built around it, has grown rapidly. Progress,

I can hear the chorus from Twitterati now: ‘Absolutely nothing!’ But I wanted to take a step back and examine – without ego or bias – what role people who have a flair for communication and a significant social media following play in an industry like FinTech. We all know what ‘influencer’ means in the

Our world is full of pithy one-liners and Tweet-worthy phrases. We’ve all been to conferences where we have heard: ‘Innovate or die’ or ‘Ignore the HiPPOs’ or ‘We’re just a technology company with a banking licence.’ Many of these well-worn keynote fillers have roots in real life case studies, lessons from the trenches of innovation

FinTechs have been created to transform the banking industry. Digital-centric, they started with a small niche — payment offerings, they then quickly moved onto the backend of financial services, providing a multitude of new solutions. Throughout the years, some have moved from being a standalone proposition to partner with incumbents. Although not all partnerships have

My mother in the US often comments to me: “Oh my, if this was 100 years ago, you would’ve left on a boat and that would have been it. We would just be waiting for a few written letters a year.” I was born in the US. I moved to the UK in 1997 to

The robots are coming… Artificial intelligence is replacing manual work… Business meetings will take place in an augmented reality… We’ve all seen the headlines about what the future of work might look like. Last year, the Office for National Statistics in the UK estimated that 7.4% of jobs are at high risk of being automated

A few years ago, I found myself engaged in one of my more frequent activities. Having a drink with a banker. Sitting in Helsinki with a lovely glass of wine, the banker turned to me and asked: ‘So, Liz – take a guess on what was the most significant date in corporate banking in the

You might think it strange that we are offering ‘Seven Top Tips for Success’ in this time of lockdowns, social distancing, and global crisis. However, when COVID-19 started becoming something we could not ignore, we began to ask some serious questions about our business and product offerings. We concluded that what we do, and what

Because of my career, I get to meet a whole range of people. These people can range from kind and smart and funny (they usually get upgraded to ‘friends’ 😊) or they are well connected, they know, or work with, or can make a warm introduction to someone I would like to meet (for a