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Fintech innovation and startups

Disruption, destruction, harmony and creation; Fintech’s new frontier – a place to discuss the cutting edge of innovation.

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European Fintech: Trends, Adoption and Investment

As the millennial generation begins to enter the stage in their lives where they make larger purchases, invest, and buy property, they are finding that the traditional banking services their parents relied upon do not meet their needs. With smartphones never far away and the internet always accessible, they are seeking financial services that mee...

Freddie McMahon

Freddie McMahon Director Strategy and Innovation at DF2020 Ltd

Chatbots a new way of thinking. Are lawyers complicit in undermining GDPR?

Since the beginning of online services, lawyers have been the major influence upon the customer consent process. Their preferred instrument is to produce dense content, such as terms and conditions, combined with a tick box for the customer to acknowledge they have read, understood and given their consent. In practice, most people don’t read this ...

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Simon Barnby

Simon Barnby CMO at Archax

CMOaaS Proven marketing skills, as and when you need them

In today’s fast paced, cost-conscious world, marketing often gets overlooked–and yet for small and growing firms in particular, it is a vital activity that needs to be done. And needs to be done well. New FinTech firms, for example, are often trying to establish themselves on the global stage and get across sometimes complex messaging to an audienc...

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Freddie McMahon

Freddie McMahon Director Strategy and Innovation at DF2020 Ltd

Complex Knowledge two more examples to why it matters

In the UK, there were two public disclosures within a 24-hour period, which provided more examples that Complex Knowledge in a documented form is no longer fit and is the causality of deeply rooted systemic risks. The first relates to the collapse of Carillion. The parliamentary Business Committee has been cross-examining the Carillion auditors. ...

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10 Funding Options To Raise Startup Capital For Your Business

Most business startups usually begin with high hopes and investor confidence. However, a few circumstances can either make or mar any business startup. A comprehensive research conducted by experts has shown that business startups within the first year often capitulate due to a myriad of reasons. The salient requirement for any business to prosper ...

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Victor Martin

Victor Martin CMO at SquareRoot

Revolutionize Your Finance Industry Business With FinTech Mobile Apps

The environment in the financial service industry is complicated, and this makes business in this industry not so customer-friendly. However, FinTech has been introduced for more than five years now and promises a vast scope for improving customer experience. The FinTech space has a large room for improvement in the traditional FinServe (Financial...

Nick Ogden

Nick Ogden Chairman at Ogden Research

How do Fintech entrepreneurs get help?

One interesting option is through the SETsquared Entrepreneur Programme for Tech Start-ups which has its next 2-day programme in Guildford - 1st and 2nd February 2018. SETsquared is the world's largest university based business incubator and has supported over 1,000 hi-tech start-ups to develop and raise more than £1.25bn of investment This progr

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Freddie McMahon

Freddie McMahon Director Strategy and Innovation at DF2020 Ltd

CHATBOTS UNDER-HYPE: THE NEW FRONTIER TO SIMPLIFY COMPLEX KNOWLEDGE PART 1

The Opportunity The simplification of Complex Knowledge is a paradigm shift opportunity for chatbots, with the potential to bring benefits to every person and every organisation on the planet. The Definition Complex Knowledge is any combination of regulatory, statutory, legal, tax, tariff, policy and procedure matter, which is primarily found w...

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Keith Stonell

Keith Stonell Managing Director, EMEA at Guidewire

Insurtech and Bots in 2018: Should insurers dream of electric sheep?

The movie Blade Runner (and the novel it is based on, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) depicts a future world where artificial intelligence is taking over. It is a striking dystopia where robots – the replicants – have more humanity than their human masters. Reimagining the future of insurance can get a little bleak too. Insurers might be con...

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Independent Asset Managers need to become polygamous

Independent asset managers shall maintain relationships not only to custodians. Due to disintermediation and distributed ledger technology they will be able to profit from a much broader range of financial assets. Independent asset managers usually run a very traditional business model, focusing on discretionary asset management. They are very tigh...

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