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In this special episode with speak with David Tracy, Head of Data Science, at Smart Data Foundry on the week they presented their new Aisle proposition at Innovate Finance Global Summit. What is synthetic data is? How is it different from real-world data? We'll explore how it will speed up innovation and collaboration in the fintech world, what the risks and benefits are and much more. David will also speak to us about the work they've done with the FCA and the PSR to tackle APP fraud using Agent Based Simulation.
The UK announced plans to mint an NFT and said it want to bring stablecoins into the country's payments framework to enable issuers and service providers to flourish in the country. The announcement is part of the country's long-term plans to regulate the crypto industry as a whole and become a “world leader” in innovation and financial technology. The UK has a long standing history as a global financial hub and intends to keep that spot. The NFT and Stablecoins City Minister John Glen broke the news at a fintech event London — the Innovate Finance Global Summit — and told the conference that Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has asked the country's Royal Mint, which is responsible for minting coins in the UK, to create and issue an NFT “by the summer.” He added that: “There will be more details available very soon.” Meanwhile, the UK government's website published a press release detailing some of its plan to become a “global cryptoasset technology hub.” Under the plan, the country intends to officially adopt stablecoins as a recognized form of payment to foster growth in the industry and help both issuers and service providers grow. Bringing stablecoins under the umbrella of regulation is the first in a series of measures to set the country up as a hub of crypto technology and investment, according to the release. However it is unclear how they will regulated and whether this will include all stablecoins or only a few. According to Sunak, the government hopes to give more clarity to the industry in terms of regulation to foster growth and innovation. He said: “This is part of our plan to ensure the UK financial services industry is always at the forefront of technology and innovation.” Sandbox for DLT innovation Glen also said that the UK is very interested in Distributed Ledger Technology, or DLT, and how it can be leveraged to make various systems more efficient. He added that the government will legislate to establish a financial market infrastructure sandbox to allow firms to experiment with DLT and how it can be used to innovate infrastructure services that underpin markets. The government also intends to conduct research into how DLT can be used for sovereign debt instruments and the potential benefits of doing so. Regulation Glen said that a full regulatory regime coming into effect is still a ways off, however, there will be more developments in the coming months. He added that there will be consultation on how crypto should be regulated later in the year. According to the release, the government intends to create a competitive tax environment for crypto, which will include a review of DeFi based loans and profit. It may look to bring cryptoassets under the Investment Manager Exemption regime to give DeFi participants leeway. Meanwhile, the Financial Conduct Authority, or FCA, will hold a two day “CryptoSprint” in May to gather insight from industry participants on how to regulate the sector. Additionally, the Economic Secretary will establish and chair a Cryptoasset Engagement Group which will consult key regulatory authorities and the industry on the issues affecting the crypto sector.
My guest is the one-and-only Chris Skinner. Chris, the CEO of the Finanser, began writing a daily blog in 2007. Every single day since then, for twelve solid years, he has written a blog post. It’s said that journalism is the first draft of history. Chris has written that daily first draft of the history of fintech, almost from the start. He’s the bard, or minstrel, or troubadour of fintech, telling its story as it has unfolded in real-time, day by day, with all its twists and turns and surprises. He’s been the one seeing the patterns and understanding what’s happening and what is likely to come next. He’s based in London, which means that for me (I’m usually in Washington DC) that his daily missive comes with my morning cup of coffee. I read it and, most likely, I tweet it. I have a great deal of company in this: Chris has nearly 50 million followers on Twitter. Chris and I recorded this conversation last spring during the Innovate Finance Global Summit in London (one of my favorite conferences in the world). We found a reasonably quiet corner of the bustling speakers’ lounge in one of the old Guildhall buildings and talked about the future of banking.
This week we share interviews from Innovate Finance Global Summit with some of UK's big challengers. Ryan shares an exciting new SME offering, Jaidev shares the continued growth story of Zopa and dates around the launch of their full banking license and Eric who announces some very exciting news around a new partnership with a big global player. Guests include: Ryan Edwards-Pritchard, Managing Director, Funding Options Jaidev Janardana, CEO & Board Member, Zopa Eric Mouilleron, Founder & CEO, Bankable
DiverCity Podcast: Talking Diversity and Inclusion in the Financial Services Industry
This special episode of DiverCity Podcast was recorded at the Innovate Finance Global Summit 2019 in London, featuring interviews with CEOs from across the industry, each offering insights and opinions about where to find the talent the industry needs. Hear highlights from Charlotte Croswell CEO of Innovate Finance and her further thoughts in her interview. Tom Bull of EY offers early insights into the fintech Census and Alison Rose of NatWest Holdings and RBS updates on the Prime Minister and Treasury’s review of female entrepreneurship ‘The Rose Review’. Tim Levine of Augmentum Capital, Karen Rudich of FireDrake, Adam Toms of Openfin, Ben Brabyn of Level39 and Husayn Kassai of Onfido each offer a wide range of perspectives including how we can best educate and attract young people into fintech, tap into diverse pools, how businesses can scale up and accelerate their pace of change, the changing face of leadership in tech, what we need post Brexit and more.
We were at the Innovate Finance Global Summit this week to bring you a very special collection of interviews. Sarah sat down with some great guests to get an insight into the breadth of London fintech’s influence on a global scale, she speaks with: Charlotte Crosswell, CEO of Innovate Finance Chris Woolard, Exec Director of Strategy and Competition Rishi Khosla, CEO and Co-founder, Oak North Charles Ng, Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong. Sarah talks to the interviewees about the summit, now in its fifth year, what the FCA has planned for its sandboxes in the coming year as well as GFIN, commitments that fintechs have made to give back profits and some key insights into the fintech market in Hong Kong with startups finally gaining access to a long-coveted Asian market. All this and so much more on today's show. Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and let us know your thoughts on the stories @FintechInsiders on Twitter where you can also ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com This week's episode was produced by Laura Watkins and edited by Alex Woodhouse. Special Guests: Charles Ng, Charlotte Crosswell, Chris Woolard, and Rishi Khosla.
Chris Denson is an award-winning innovator, marketer, recovering comedian, and host of the Innovation Crush interview series, with over 200 episodes and 700,000 subscribers around the world. Having been a guest speaker, curator, and attendee at 100’s of industry events, Chris is an expert at uncovering the best thinking and commonalities across a diverse array of cultures. Applying his expertise to the likes of The White House, Google Launchpad, C2: Montreal, and Omnicom Media Group, his work has been featured in Adweek, Forbes, the New York Times, and Inc., to name a few. As an industry taste-maker, he most recently served as Director of Omnicom Media Group’s Ignition Factory, the key group responsible for emerging innovations across media, technology, and culture for Fortune 50 clients including Warner Bros, Wells Fargo, The CW, Hilton, Asics and more. With an early background steeped in stand-up comedy, screenwriting, and production, Chris conceived Innovation Crush in 2013, launching the series in 2014 alongside Levity Entertainment Group. Prior to his work in innovation, Chris worked in front of – and behind the camera for Paramount, BET, Playboy Television, Machinima, the American Film Institute’s Digital Content Lab, and more. He has also been a featured speaker and curator at numerous events around the world from The White House Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Innovate Finance Global Summit, and SXSW. Author, Crushing the Box: 10 Essential Rules for Breaking Essential Rules which is an Amazon #1 Bestseller. If everyone followed the rules, Grace Hopper would've never invented the computer, George Lucas wouldn't have visited a galaxy far, far away, and Colonel Sanders would still be pumping gas. True innovators think way outside the box—stomping it down and tap dancing over it on their way to success. With these ten unexpected metaphors to guide you, you too can demolish the status quo and claim creative victory. Chris Denson's colorful career has given him unique perspective on how great breakthroughs happen. In Crushing the Box, he shares wisdom and stories from his experiences and those of innovation rock stars to help you find your own inspired path. From learning to swim like an otter to fleeing like a refugee or even ruining everything, Chris's unconventional and irreverent advice will help you reimagine, experiment, collaborate, grow and succeed…. It's time the break all the rules and kiss that boring old box goodbye. http://thecrush.co https://twitter.com/densonology https://www.instagram.com/densonology
In a series of one to one interviews from Innovate Finance Global Summit 2018, Ross Gallagher and Simon Taylor explore the ins and outs of some great fintechs with some exciting movements in the UK, Hong Kong, China, and the EMEA. Including: Benedetta Arese Lucini, Co-founder, Oval Money Charles d’Haussy, Head of Fintech, InvestHK Thomas Eyre, CEO and Co-founder LOQBOX Li Wang, Head of EMEA, Alipay James Mackonochie, COO and Co-founder, Pia Marieke Flament, Managing Director for Europe, Circle Sophie Winwood, Head of Partnerships, Innovate Finance Stephen Ingledew, CEO, Fintech Scotland Husayn Kassai, CEO and Co-founder, Onfido These fintech superstars give us the scoop on where they’ve been, what they’re doing, and where they’re going over the next year. We hope you enjoy the show! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode and if you really love us please leave us a review on iTunes! Let us know your thoughts @FintechInsiders or email podcasts@11fs.com. Special Guests: Benedetta Arese Lucini, Charles d'Haussy, Husayn Kassai, James Mackonochie, Li Wang, Marieke Flament, Sophie Winwood, Stephen Ingledew, and Tom Eyre.
Brett King and I see each other often, partly because we often speak at the same conferences and partly because we’re both on the board of the Center for Financial Services Innovation. For some reason, though, we went for over a year trying unsuccessfully to find time to record a podcast. So we we ended up getting together in London. We both participated in the wonderful Innovate Finance Global Summit at the Guildhall, in the old City, where we carved out some early morning time, met at a restaurant and, and over plates of hearty eggs and bacon and mushrooms and tomatoes, had a conversation unlike any previous one in the fifty-four episodes we’ve done so far on Barefoot Innovation. As most listeners know, Brett is a four-time best-selling author of an acclaimed series of books on the future of banking and hosts the global podcast and radio show, Breaking Bank$ -- on which I enjoyed being a guest in May. He is also the founder of the fintech firm Moven. He is a prominent media voice, and he is certainly the most popular speaker anywhere on the future of financial technology, both for his insightful content and his entertaining, unforgettable style. In recent years, Brett has also reached beyond banking to become an overall futurist, especially in his book Augmented, looking ahead at how technology will change our lives. I usually introduce each show by pointing out some highlights of my guests’ comments and sharing some of my own thoughts about them. With Brett, though, I’m going to skip that, because the whole discussion is a highlight. My suggestion is that you listen to all of it, and then listen again. And maybe take some notes, because this might be the easiest way to get a glimpse of the future of finance, from someone who has been exploring far beyond the mapped frontiers for many years. On that note, be sure to watch for his next book, Bank4.0, which will go even further in predicting a transformation of finance. More on Brett King Brett King is a four times bestselling author, a renowned futurist and keynote speaker, the host of "BREAKING BANK$, the First Global Fintech Podcast" and the founder of Moven, with its concept of a downloadable bank account that incorporates mobile payments and banking capability, along with a gamification based money management system. King was voted as American Banker's Innovator of the Year in 2012, and was nominated by Bank Innovation as one of the Top 10 "coolest brands in banking". His books Augmented, Breaking Banks (based on the podcast), BANK 3.0 and Bank 2.0 have al ranked as a finance bestsellers and have been released in several languages in 19 countries. King has been featured on FoxNews, ABC, CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC, Financial Times, The Economist, ABA Journal, Bank Technology News, The Asian Banker Journal, The Banker, Wired magazine and many more. He contributed regularly as a blogger on Huffington Post. He has spoken to more than a quarter of a million finance professionals in over 40 countries in the last 3 years alone. Breaking Banks Book Bank 3.0 Book Branch Today, Gone Tomorrow Book Bank 2.0 Book More for our listeners I hope to see you at events where I’ll be speaking this year, including: Finovate in New York September 13; Money 20/20 in Las Vegas in October; SourceMedia’s Regtech Compliance Transformed, in New York in October; Fintech Connect Live in London in December; and others -- watch the website. I’m also speaking at a lot of regulator events. For all the regulators listening, it’s great to see you all at these, and I’m glad that there are more and more of them. For everyone, remember to review Barefoot Innovation on ITunes, and please sign up to get emails that bring you the newest podcast, newsletter, and blog posts, at jsbarefoot.com. Please also join my facebook fan page, and follow me on twitter @JoAnnBarefoot. Support our Podcast And watch for upcoming podcasts. These include a special series I recorded from the floor of the ABA’s annual Regulatory Compliance Conference, including one with Gene Ludwig and Alistair Renee of IBM’s Watson Financial on how artificial intelligence and machine learning will transform compliance. We’ll also have a provocative discussion with John Ryan of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. We have a lively discussion with prominent regulatory attorney Andy Sandler. We’ll hear from Sanjay Jain, who helped build India’s revolutionary “tech stack” project to capture customer identity on more than a billion people. And we’ll talk with Sopnendu Mohanty, the Chief Fintech Officer of Singapore. Meanwhile, keep innovating! Subscribe Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Email Address Sign Up We respect your privacy. Thank you!
In this episode We’re at the 2017 Innovate Finance Global Summit, one of the most prestigious conferences for the financial technology industry. This annual event provides a platform that convenes the world’s global institutions together with startups, policy makers and investors to share ideas and solutions to the challenges facing financial services. Guests Lawrence Wintermeyer, CEO of Innovate Finance Nick Ogden, Executive Chairman of Clear Bank Richard Peers, Director of Financial Services Industry at Microsoft John Edge, Chairman of Identity 2020 Claire Calmejane, Director of Innovation at Lloyds Banking Group Enjoying FinTech Insider? Tell a friend about us and please leave us a review on iTunes. The post Ep240 – Innovate Finance – THE Global Summit of FinTech appeared first on 11:FS.
In this episode We're at the 2017 Innovate Finance Global Summit, one of the most prestigious conferences for the financial technology industry. This annual event provides a platform that convenes the world's global institutions together with startups, policy makers and investors to share ideas and solutions to the challenges facing financial services. Guests Lawrence Wintermeyer, CEO of Innovate Finance Nick Ogden, Executive Chairman of Clear Bank Richard Peers, Director of Financial Services Industry at Microsoft John Edge, Chairman of Identity 2020 Claire Calmejane, Director of Innovation at Lloyds Banking Group Enjoying FinTech Insider? Tell a friend about us and please leave us a review on iTunes. The post Ep240 – Innovate Finance – THE Global Summit of FinTech appeared first on 11:FS.
At last week's conference in London, host Brett King took time away from speaking and judging startup pitches to talk to some of the main presenters, including Ruth Wandhöfer, Citi's global head of regulatory and market strategy.
Brett King, acclaimed author, speaker, futurist and host of the Breaking Banks radio show joins us to discuss quantum computing and AI following the Innovate Finance Global Summit event in London on April 10th, 2017.
In this episode Innovation isn’t having an app – it’s having a new business model. Yet for banks, business models are one of the hardest things to innovate around. We discuss what’s broken with traditional bank business models, and how to create new ones, with two people who know best: Tom Blomfield, CEO of Monzo, and Dora Ziambra, Head of Business Development at Azimo. “For me, and many people in the industry, being a marketplace bank is the future,” Tom says. “It’s a customer interface that acts as a platform for all of your financial problems. So a single interface that gives you access to the Azimos and the Funding Circles and the Transferwises, with a delightful, one-click user experience, but still giving you the benefits of that choice and that customer service. So, sort of, looser recoupling around APIs.” If you liked this interview, please review us on iTunes. To learn more about the team that brings you FinTech Insider, visit 11fs.co.uk. Listener offer: for a 30% discount on Innovate Finance Global Summit tickets, register using the discount code FinTechInsider. The event will be held April 10-11 in London. The post Ep213 – Bank Business Models: The Last Bastion of Innovation appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep213 – Bank Business Models: The Last Bastion of Innovation appeared first on 11:FS.
In this episode Innovation isn't having an app – it's having a new business model. Yet for banks, business models are one of the hardest things to innovate around. We discuss what's broken with traditional bank business models, and how to create new ones, with two people who know best: Tom Blomfield, CEO of Monzo, and Dora Ziambra, Head of Business Development at Azimo. “For me, and many people in the industry, being a marketplace bank is the future,” Tom says. “It's a customer interface that acts as a platform for all of your financial problems. So a single interface that gives you access to the Azimos and the Funding Circles and the Transferwises, with a delightful, one-click user experience, but still giving you the benefits of that choice and that customer service. So, sort of, looser recoupling around APIs.” If you liked this interview, please review us on iTunes. To learn more about the team that brings you FinTech Insider, visit 11fs.co.uk. Listener offer: for a 30% discount on Innovate Finance Global Summit tickets, register using the discount code FinTechInsider. The event will be held April 10-11 in London. The post Ep213 – Bank Business Models: The Last Bastion of Innovation appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep213 – Bank Business Models: The Last Bastion of Innovation appeared first on 11:FS.