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Redefining your business model
Tuesday 01 February 2022
As banks globally undertake digital banking transformations, embedded finance is a fast-growing trend that many non-financial companies have begun implementing within their own strategies – but what are the best practices to get this done properly? At FTT Embedded Finance UK & Europe 2021, our rockstar panellists argued about the different approaches to enhancing value
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Credit cards that go beyond transactions
Tuesday 01 February 2022
Just as many traditional financial institutions are being forced to improve their conventional product offering due to the innovations made by Fintech companies and start-ups, credit card lenders are also set for disruption. In the more than 55 years since Barclays launched the first credit card in the UK, the financial ecosystem has shifted dramatically.
Starting from fresh: the benefits of building a greenfield bank
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Why do established banks create new entities rather than devoting resources to improving the existing organisation? What are the drivers that underpin that strategic decision? In the buy, partner, rent or create decision making tree, what are the benefits of starting from scratch? The decision clearly comes with some eye caching job titles (Ivan
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Taking financial services everywhere
Tuesday 25 January 2022
“Banking is necessary, but banks are not” Bill Gates’ 1994 famous quote is the realisation of the concept of embedded finance: The integration of financial services that are adopted by non-financial institutions. At FTT Embedded Finance UK & Europe 2021, our panel of rockstar speakers debated the big questions in embedded finance: How can we
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The infrastructure of identity innovation
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Identity today is a key security concern for businesses of all sizes, across all sectors. By going digital with identity, businesses can offer their customers a more compelling experience, and gain a competitive edge. The challenge is to integrate innovative verification and authentication tools into existing architectures, without compromising security. At the Future Identity and
5 ways to improve the mortgage process
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Consumer preference around communication and experience has shifted to digital across many sectors, including mortgage lending. Certain technologies will be crucial to keeping financial service providers relevant to the next generation of borrowers. An analysis by Which? showed an average of 60 UK bank branches were closed every month in 2021. Banks say this has
In conversation with Société Générale at Future Identity 2021
Tuesday 18 January 2022
At the Future Identity and Fintech Talents festival on November 15th & 16th, we caught up with Martin Sladecek, Director of Digital Strategic Studies, at Société Générale. Martin looks for opportunities to bring greater value to Société Générale’s clients, through the introduction of emerging technologies. He shared his views on the most exciting trends shaping the future of digital identity
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Partners & Providers: The future of finance at a glance
Tuesday 18 January 2022
The financial services industry has changed in profound ways in recent years. Financial services are now being offered by providers of products and services from other industries, instigating the development of new ecosystems. As we welcome new challengers and disruptors to financial services industry, what are financial institutions doing to preserve market share and acquire new
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How FinTech CFO’s Prepare for 3000% Growth
Tuesday 18 January 2022
Andy Hirst, VP and Head of Financial Services EMEA North at SAP, led a panel of senior leaders to discuss the myriad of challenges faced by fast growing companies. Maintaining a shared sense of culture and purpose, for example, during an accelerated period of growth is too important to leave to chance and requires effective and determined action. And that is just one of the many ‘stresses’ that growth brings. The
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