Why Fintech investing will become more attractive post COVID-19 June 29, 2020 | Sponsored With the global economy predicted to fall, valuations in Fintech companies will be hit hard, too. This will provide investors unique opportunities to invest into those Fintech firms at attractive valuations, which will shape the future of financial services. Fintech investments so far this year: The impact of COVID-19 and the speed of its disruption [...]
What makes London a tech hub? June 29, 2020 | Sponsored Why the key to London’s future success is in its past – and what the UK must capitalise on to top the US as the world’s leading tech hub. 2019 was a bumper year for the UK tech sector. London overtook Beijing to become the third biggest tech hub globally and UK tech investment topped [...]
Can Fintech and big data transform a post COVID-19 landscape? June 29, 2020 | Sponsored COVID-19 has transformed the world in a short space of time, possibly forever. With this change brings opportunity, and Fintech has the potential to be part of a brighter future. The SARS-CoV-2 virus epidemic has generated widespread strife and conflict in economies across the globe. Virtually overnight, consumers shifted their activities online. There is an [...]
Increasing the opportunities for female leaders in Fintech June 29, 2020 | Sponsored Fintech emerged from the 2008 financial crisis to transform traditional financial services, with aspirations to innovate, build trust and, deliver greater efficiency. While progress has been made for customers and businesses, are we optimising our ability to innovate? Despite the UK being one of the fastest growing Fintech economies, female founders make up only 17% [...]
Innovation and decentralisation are key June 29, 2020 | Sponsored The financial services industry is held back by rules imposed after the 2008 crash. We need to move forward. To liberate the financial industry, decentralisation is the way ahead. One of the unexpected side effects of of social distancing and the lockdown has been the uncovering of a lot of pain points in the business [...]
Five ways to improve collaboration in Fintech June 29, 2020 | Sponsored In the shadow of the last global financial crisis, the Fintech industry emerged as a disruptive phenomenon that cut out the middleman. This transformative sector has had a massive impact on the perception of banking and money management. Fintech has established itself as a credible alternative, especially in these times of another looming financial crisis [...]
Not just for unicorns – Fintech services all June 29, 2020 | Sponsored Fintech is commonly associated with unicorn companies. But it is there to service a far wider part of the economic community as the recovery begins. As the country emerges from lockdown and turns its attention to rebuilding the economy, one resource that is of crucial importance is Fintech. A complex and diverse industry that is [...]
The City View: Race, diversity and leadership in business, with Julia Streets June 29, 2020 Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS In this episode Christian is joined by Julia Streets, founder of Streets consulting and host of the long-running DiverCity podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about corporate diversity and the importance of leadership at a time when businesses of all sizes are looking to their own track record in improving diversity in [...]
EY ‘failed to request Wirecard bank statements for three years’ June 26, 2020 EY failed to carry out a standard audit procedure on Wirecard for more than three years that could have uncovered colossal fraud at the fintech, it is claimed. The accounting firm, which has audited Wirecard for over a decade, has come under fire after the German fintech disclosed a €1.9bn black hole in its accounts. [...]
A message from a former Extinction Rebellion activist: Fellow environmentalists, join me in embracing nuclear power June 25, 2020 As the lockdown measures we have become so familiar with over the past three months are slowly eased, discussions are turning to how to move forward with recovering from the economic hit of Covid-19 in a way that also addresses climate change. I have a long history of campaigning on environmental issues, most recently as [...]