338 Results from /people
Prasoon Mukherjee Director | Head of Securities Services | GSC-India at Societe Generale Bank
"What is the Matrix?” While Keanu Reeve asking this question in the movie was an act of fiction, in our real world today there are many who are asking the same question referring to metaverse. For most, the extent to which they can stretch their imagination is thinking of it as a virtual space conceived on augmented reality and built for soci...
23 October 2022 /people /retail Futuristic Banking
Retired Member
According to a report from the Office for National Statistics, there were over 5,600 registered company insolvencies between April and June. This represents a 13% increase on the previous quarter and an 81% rise from Q2 2021. Weakening consumer demand and soaring costs, in addition to a volatile economic climate, are wreaking havoc for businesses....
19 October 2022 /payments /people
Geraldine Bouckaert Management Consultant at Be Shaping the Future UK
The rapid development of disruptive technologies in recent years has sparked an explosion in start-up activity. Thanks to the favourable investment climate we witnessed in the past few years, there is a trend of rapidly developing businesses across all industries, which are expected to continue to grow to meet consumer needs and to realise investo...
13 October 2022 /people /startups Fintech
At the heart of every business is a product. It might sometimes be positioned as a service, but even firms selling only consultancy time have a proposition that’s dressed up as a buyable, differentiated package. This makes product management a significant, strategic role in any organisation. And for software vendors that put products at the heart o...
05 October 2022 /people /inclusion
The military conflict has dealt a blow to every sector of the Ukrainian economy, including entrepreneurship. And I could feel it in my own experience, watching Ukrainian businesses having to adapt to the new reality, shifting their directions and priorities. I will give you some insights into the impact entrepreneurship in Ukraine and the future i...
04 October 2022 /people /sustainable Entrepreneur field
Koen Vanpraet CEO EMEA at Moneycorp, CEO EMEA
From the very first ATM in the 1960s to the rise of smartphones leading to mobile banking in the 2000s, and now in the booming digital era with super apps and fintechs, the financial industry has evolved to improve the customer experience. While customers may choose a financial product or service for its function and features, user experience is w...
03 October 2022 /payments /people Trends in Financial Services
Victor Martin CMO at SquareRoot
Fintech representing the technology-driven financial industry, largely drives the modern financial and banking industry. Because of this, any new startup with a unique idea of streamlining financial services opens up a level-playing field to join the booming Fintech bandwagon. You know, many banking success stories were shaped by the Fintech revol...
29 September 2022 /people /startups Banking and Lending Solutions
Steve Morgan Banking Industry Market Lead at Pegasystems
In an age of constant innovation and ever-expanding possibilities for customer engagement, the banking sector is not alone in considering future talent development as a key business concern. Research released in April by the UK’s Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC) found that 92% of its member firms had difficult-to-fill vacancies in 2022...
26 September 2022 /people /retail High performing teams
Jonathan Westley Chief Data Officer, Experian UK & EMEA at Experian
As the global economy has become increasingly digital, the importance of data related skills in commerce has grown. At Experian we employ thousands of data engineers, data scientists, data analysts, to name just a few of the roles we rely upon to drive our business. But it’s not just data companies that are looking for people to support their ambi...
23 September 2022 /people Women in Technology
Lissele Pratt Co-founder at Capitalixe
Breaking through the glass ceiling in fintech While 30% of the fintech workforce are female, only 17% of senior fintech roles are women. To close the gender gap in fintech, we must first understand the root causes of why this disparity exists. I got my first finance job when I was 18, working in the City of London. At the time, I was one of the onl...
20 September 2022 /people /sustainable Women in FinTech
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