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The Fintech Times
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Fringe benefits
Last week, Francis Bignell and Thomas Bleach experienced everything Fintech Fringe had to offer as they learnt about growing and scaling companies, integrating tech and growth marketing.
Topics like growth vs profitability were discussed by an esteemed group of panellists and enjoyed by the attendees with the good coffee and snacks on offer at Level39.
The next day, we visited Thought Machine HQ for a morning focused on tech. After networking with more coffee, panellists recounted their own tech ‘horror stories’ and stressed the importance of trust, reliability, resiliency and secure technology.
Hear more of our Fintech Fringe takeaways here 👇🏽👇🏽
London's thriving
Later that week, we also attended Fintech Week London at the Park Plaza Victoria, superbly organised by Raf De Kimpe .
With Richie Santosdiaz and Thomas Bleach bringing enthusiasm and excitement to both stages, attendees had the pleasure of hearing about fintech for good, digital assets, payments and much more across the day.
Howard Dawber perfectly encapsulated the discussions held at Fintech Week London as firms look to the future, when he said: “London is a place of innovation, a place where people adapt, where we try things out. Bringing different technologies together to solve problems gives London a huge competitive advantage and creates a global stage for companies to disrupt and improve the financial services industry. Our strengthened financial services in London lays the foundation for a very successful and thriving fintech industry."
We also really loved the donuts!
Read what we had to say about Fintech Week London here 👇🏽👇🏽
Glowtastic night at the Underglobe
Allica Bank , PensionBee UK and Accenture ’s FinTech Innovation Lab were among the winners at this year’s uplifting Fintech Awards London 2024, an annual celebration of fintech professionals and companies in London and the UK.
The Awards, organised by Matthew Hyde of recruitment firm Recruit 121 Group , lit up The Underglobe, beneath the iconic cultural landmark of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, with glow sticks aplenty raised in the air.
The Fintech Times sponsored the Fintech Advisory Firm of the Year category - won by Evelyn Partners - presented by our CEO Mark Walker .
Read all about the winners here 👇🏽👇🏽
It's all about DEI
This June at The Fintech Times, we’re focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). No longer just a trending topic but an essential consideration to not only your business operations but in your offering as well, this topic feels more relevant now than ever before.
The fintech industry is known for its innovative, agile reputation, and yet it still faces a significant diversity problem that threatens to halt its growth and stop that innovation moving.
Here insights from industry leaders: 👇🏽👇🏽
In the news 🗞️
➡️In our latest News Roundup, we hear how NatWest Group has entered into an agreement to acquire the retail banking assets and liabilities of Sainsbury's Bank .
TerraPay has chosen Thredd , a next-generation global payments platform, to power virtual card payments for global suppliers.
While, Moneyhub announces three new hires across personal finance technology and decisioning teams.
Read more of the latest updates here 👇🏽👇🏽
➡️ In this week's Em Conversa we sit down with with Juan Pablo Ortega, co-founder and CEO of Yuno , to learn how payments are evolving in Brazil and what the company is doing to accelerate this.
Dive into our conversation here 👇🏽👇🏽
➡️ In our Spotlight, we put the spotlight on how Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) has approved new regulations for stablecoins, enabling it to integrate Dirham-backed digital currencies into its financial ecosystem. What could it mean for the future of the financial ecosystem, for the crypto space in the region, and the future of a UAE CBDC?
To find out, we asked a number of financial leaders. 👇🏽👇🏽