Diversity in financial services: A business imperative As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s crucial to recognise the role diversity plays in driving innovation, improving decision-making, and creating opportunities across financial services. In our latest FTT Chats interview, we spoke with Lucille Flamand, Chief Strategic Development Officer at Bibby Financial Services, about the tangible benefits

The Future of Lending with Jack Smith, CEO of Love Finance In our latest interview in our FTT Chats series, we had the opportunity to speak with Jack Smith, Chief Executive of Love Finance, a leading business loan provider in the UK. Jack shared the mission behind Love Finance: to make the business loan process

International Women’s Day 2025 #Accelerate Action To kick off our International Women’s Day 2025 FTT Chats series, we had the pleasure of speaking with Jessica Richards, Head of Performance and Business Management, Payments, at NatWest. Our conversation centered around her two great passions: diversity and the financial services industry. She shared her views on the

Maersk’s “global local strategy”: Cash, digital wallets, apps and everything in between Join us as we dip into the complicated world of payments within the international logistics sector! Head of Digital Customer Journey at Maersk, James Brindley-Raynes, shares some of the challenges Maersk faces as well as topics covered at the FTT Fintech Festival in

Innovating for Inclusion In a captivating discussion, Colin Field, Chief Executive of Saffron Building Society, shared the unique position of his organisation in the financial landscape. As well as a strong presence  in the East of England, they have a national lending footprint, as well as customers across the UK. Saffron Building Society excels in

The Future of Payments: Insights from Adam Gagen at Revolut We sat down with Adam Gagen, Global Head of Government Affairs at Revolut late last year to discuss the exciting developments across the payments landscape and at Revolut.  Adam is at the coalface of discussions around regulation and policy and spends much of his time

Exploring the Future of Mutuals Last November at FTT Mutuals, we were delighted to be able to chat to Cinzia Basile, Chairman and President at My Community Bank. Cinzia has been leading one of the largest credit unions in the UK for over seven years. Their primary mission is to meet the needs of customers

Enhancing Outreach for the Financially Underserved in Mutuals We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Emma Norledge, Deputy CEO at Wave Community Bank, as she joined us as a speaker on the FTT Mutuals stage this past November. Emma shared some insights into the strategies Wave Community Bank has implemented to serve the

We sat down with long time FTT Fintech Festival partners, Invest Northern Ireland, to catch up on all things related to the country’s fast growing fintech sector. As the regional economic development agency for Northern Ireland, they play an important role in supporting and growing businesses, attracting foreign investment, and fostering innovation across various sectors