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Barry McCall

Barry McCall Journalist at Jobbio

Tackling the tech talent crunch

Tech talent shortages are nothing new. The global tech industry has been lamenting a lack of talent for a long time and the imbalance between supply and demand has led to IT professionals enjoying quite stellar salary packages. But the talent squeeze has been tightening in recent years and is set to get much worse in the coming decade if industry ...

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Retired Member

Retired Member

Banks are winning the war for talent and employees are the victors

It seems almost quaint now how animated we used to get about feisty Fintechs taking on lumbering legacy banks. These days the distinctions have blurred. Digitisation, accelerated by the pandemic, has consumed everything from cashless payments to KYC compliance. As a result the line where pillar bank stops and disruptive challenger starts is less cl...

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Barry McCall

Barry McCall Journalist at Jobbio

Salary scales indicate it’s a great time to be in tech

Demand for skilled IT professionals continues to rise with no sign of a let up. Specialist roles like scrum master, DevOps engineers, and network cloud architects are no longer the sole preserve of the software industry as organisations across the world accelerate their digitalisation programmes in response to the changed market landscape and alte...

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Finextra Research

Finextra Research Writer at Finextra

IFGS 2022: Home Office's Philippa Rouse on the scale-up visa

Philippa Rouse, Director, Future Border & Immigration System Directorate, Home Office, spoke at the Innovate Finance Global Summit – the flagship event of UK FinTech Week – where she discussed the Home Office’s latest plans on the scale-up visa and getting more overseas talent into the UK FinTech sector. Her key updates included: Scale-Up Bu...

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Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith Founding CTO at RTGS & ClearBank

Agile Series: Diversity of thought

Diversity is a big issue, one that challenges most organisations, and with ESG becoming increasingly important, it is becoming hard for regulated institutions to hide from their responsibilities. Now I personally don’t see it as a responsibility, I see diversity, and by that, I mean all aspects of diversity, as an opportunity to do things better, ...

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Hamish Monk

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

For and against a four-day work week: How will the financial sector fare?

British economist, John Maynard Keynes, predicted in 1930 that successive generations would enjoy more free time than his generation could possibly imagine. Even the basic concept of the weekend – brought about by the gruelling working conditions of the Industrial Revolution – was relatively new to the UK when Keynes was born. Today, thanks to in...

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Ashley Veasey

Ashley Veasey Executive Vice President & Global CIO at Scotiabank

Diversity, inclusion and the future of banking

Diversity and inclusion are more than reputational issues. They are an operational imperative, especially in engineering. As banks tailor technology to meet unique customer needs, they need to understand the diversity of cultures and experiences in their domestic and international markets. Building this capacity for empathy, understanding and cult...

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Madhvi Sonia

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

How to overcome barriers to innovation by improving the skills gap

Banks are under pressure to innovate, but access to the greatest and latest technology is not the quintessential element required for success. Without skilled people within the organisation, business growth will be limited. As highlighted in the Finextra Research and Pluralsight impact study report, ‘Addressing Tech Skills Shortages in Financial ...

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Hamish Monk

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

Women’s Equality Day: Working toward gender parity in financial services

It is Women’s Equality Day today – and over two years since the publication of the UK government’s last mandatory gender pay gap report, due to coronavirus-induced cancellations for the 2019/20 reporting year. With just over five weeks until the next gender pay gap report – for 2020/21 – is issued, it is time to take stock of the how the fintech a...

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Hamish Monk

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

Demystifying the role of the fintech CIO

This series of articles looks to demystify the various C-level roles within fintech companies today – exploring the career paths taken by top managers, their critical skills, daily responsibilities and challenges, and even how the pandemic has impacted their understanding of running a successful business. This fifth instalment in the C-suite Serie...

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Hamish Monk

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

Demystifying the role of the fintech CFO

This series of articles looks to demystify the various C-level roles within fintech companies today – exploring the career paths taken by top managers, their critical skills, daily responsibilities and challenges, and even how the pandemic has impacted their understanding of running a successful business. This fourth instalment in the C-suite Seri...

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Hamish Monk

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

Demystifying the role of the fintech COO

This series of articles looks to demystify the various C-level roles within fintech companies today – exploring the career paths taken by top managers, their critical skills, daily responsibilities and challenges, and even how the pandemic has impacted their understanding of running a successful business. This third instalment of the C-suite Seri...

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