Sehrish Alikhan - Community Author: Finextra Research

Breaking into Fintech: Here’s how to get hired at Mollie

For the latest piece of our ‘Breaking into Fintech’ series exploring the job opportunities in fintech, Finextra asked Tamar van Herk, head of talent acquisition at Mollie, how candidates can maximise their potential and to get hired by leading fintechs. Mollie is an online payments service for businesses, with offices across Europe in the Netherlan...

09 February 2023 /people

How Gen Z is driving sustainability across fintech

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

How Gen Z is driving sustainability across fintech

The up-and-coming generation of young adults that were born between 1995 and 2010, popularly known as Gen Z, has been at the forefront of green ambition and combatting climate change. Activism has been popular among this generation not as a mere trend, but as a genuine and passionate interest in safeguarding their future and the future of this pla...

06 February 2023 /sustainable

Cloud Makeover: How has cloud migration changed National Australia Bank?

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Cloud Makeover: How has cloud migration changed National Australia Bank?

In the lead up to Finextra’s first annual Financial Cloud Summit, Finextra is reaching out to leading companies in the industry to discuss their cloud migration for our Cloud Makeover series. These case studies will explore how banks operated before and after their migration to cloud, and how the transition has impacted their product rollout, cus...

24 January 2023 /cloud

Breaking into Fintech: Here’s how to get hired at GoCardless

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Breaking into Fintech: Here’s how to get hired at GoCardless

In our first Breaking into Fintech of 2023, we spoke with Luke Fossett, general manager for Australia and New Zealand at GoCardless, to discuss how candidates can get hired in the fintech field. GoCardless is a UK-based company that offers online payment processing solutions to numerous international businesses, facilitating payments to be made dir...

19 January 2023 /people

US cryptocurrency policy and the impact of the 2022 midterm elections

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

US cryptocurrency policy and the impact of the 2022 midterm elections

The United States is one of the biggest areas of growth for the cryptocurrency industry in the world. The results of the 2022 midterm elections that took place last November have potential to determine next priorities in banking and crypto regulation that will significantly impact the sector. As a result of the elections, the Democrats have retain...

03 January 2023 /predictions

Netflix’s Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard and the fintech that deceived us all

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Netflix’s Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard and the fintech that deceived us all

One of the largest event’s to shake the fintech world over the past few years was the collapse of the German fintech, Wirecard. Earlier this year, Netflix released a documentary titled Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard, which follows the fintech’s infamous and controversial downfall. The documentary is based on the book by Dan McCrum, a Financial Tim...

05 December 2022 /crime

SF.Live sneak peek: CommerzVentures reveals climate startup surge

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

SF.Live sneak peek: CommerzVentures reveals climate startup surge

CommerzVentures, the independent fintech venture capital specialists backed by the German banking giant CommerzBank, recently published the H1 2022 Climate Fintech Report on the sector, indicating that climate fintechs are working towards net-zero and attracting large amounts of VC funding. Reflecting on the conclusions of the research, managing pa...

28 November 2022 /sustainable

How can cloud migration be leveraged to achieve sustainable goals?

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

How can cloud migration be leveraged to achieve sustainable goals?

Cloud allows businesses to deliver on net-zero goals by creating a space where all forms of the company’s digital ecosystem can be accessed at one point. Sustainability ambitions can be achieved through thorough data analysis, insights into company activities, and collective strategies employed by teams throughout the company. Cloud platforms can ...

24 November 2022 /cloud

Bank On takes strides in banking the unbanked

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Bank On takes strides in banking the unbanked

The Bank On initiative has been addressing the needs of the unbanked throughout the United States by certifying secure and certified bank and credit union accounts. These accounts are specifically designed from feedback from the unbanked and underbanked populations that are left outside of the financial mainstream, whose needs and concerns have be...

21 November 2022 /inclusion

Manifesting the benefits of cloud migration

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Manifesting the benefits of cloud migration

Leading up to Finextra’s Financial Cloud Summit in March 2023, we are focusing on the future of cloud in the financial industry. Cloud migration presents a multitude of advantages for financial institutions which employ it. Cloud, like its light fluffy namesake, is agile, mobile, and creates a secure space for financial service providers. Cloud mi...

15 November 2022 /cloud

The Future of Digital Banking in North America: Offence and defense - Fraud vs. regulation

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

The Future of Digital Banking in North America: Offence and defense - Fraud vs. regulation

This is an excerpt from Finextra’s report, 'The Future of Digital Banking North America 2023'. Post Covid-19, North America has seen significant market growth in e-commerce and digital payment systems. Financial institutions are determining how to move forward where non-traditional payment systems are being introduced. To confront these waves of ch...

25 October 2022 /retail

Breaking into Fintech: Here’s how to get hired at Xero

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Breaking into Fintech: Here’s how to get hired at Xero

Sitting down with Tracey Wells, talent experience manager at Xero, we discussed how potential hires can learn about the fintech field and land their ideal position. The New Zealand-based software company specialises in cloud-based accounting software and has offices from New Zealand and Australia, to the UK, and US. What top tips can you offer cand...

20 October 2022 /people

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