90% of start-ups fail. 10% within the first year. And yet the Fintech world is booming. $5.7bn of VC investment deals in just the first half of this year. Serial entrepreneurs and digital visionaries– they are all gearing up to disrupt the Financial Services (FS) sector. Add to that energy, support from the government - £375m Future Fund for star...
18 November 2021 Fintech
The Financial Services (FS) sector is risk averse, has been and most likely will remain so. Historically a sector that maintains a perception of being different, complex, and often resistant to disruption and digitisation. However, “the order is rapidly fadin'. And the first one now. Will later be last. For the times they are a-changin (Bob Dylan)....
15 November 2021 Fintech
The spotlight on the banking sector persists, infact intensifies. Challenges range from the uncertainty of Brexit to sustained focus on conduct and an ever-mushrooming threat of fraud and cyber risk. Banking executives today are burdened with a burning need to think differently. The need to respond to new threats (Fintechs, neo-banks), new technolo...
09 August 2019 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
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