UK FinTech firm Hello Soda expands to USA to revolutionise financial services and fraud detection markets
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Financial
Revolutionary UK FinTech company, Hello Soda today announces its expansion into the United States with the opening of a New York office and recruitment of two new heads of sales. The US office and hiring of experienced new recruits, Layton Brooks and Oliver Peckham, will enable Hello Soda to push further into the US market and develop an established brand presence in the North-American market.
Oakam sees surge in demand for loans as migrants kick-start careers
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Financial
UK-based lender Oakam (www.oakam.com) today reports a surge in demand for its services from new arrivals to the UK who find it difficult to borrow from banks. In the last six months, it has seen demand for loans from customers for whom English is not their first language surge by 40%. This growing demand mirrors a rise in the number of new arrivals to the UK – according to the Office for National Statistics, 636,000 migrants came to live in... more
FP&A Innovation Summit
- 9 years 10 months ago
- IT Innovations
The FP&A Innovation Summit brings together the largest gathering of finance executives leading FP&A initiatives. Presentation topics include: > Driver Based Modelling > Financial Leadership > Rolling Forecast Implementation > Reducing Financial Reporting > The Interplay Between Finance & Strategy > Integrated FP&A > Performance Benchmarking & Measurement > Business Partnering > Big Data... more
MasterCard Start Path to Build the Future of Commerce with Startups
- 9 years 10 months ago
- Payments, IT Innovations
In today’s crowded and competitive business environment, startups are seeking global opportunities that will rapidly scale their business. To address this need, MasterCard today announced the launch of Start Path Global – a unique six-month partnership programme for startups that extends Start Path’s existing footprint in a greater number of countries globally across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, as well as in Canada .
Global Innovation Summit 2015 presents awards to six individuals from diverse sectors
- 9 years 10 months ago
- IT Innovations
The Global Innovation Summit and Awards 2015, held under the patronage of HE Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of International Cooperation and Development, recognised six individuals for path breaking implementation of technology in diverse sectors. The awards were presented by HE Hazza Mohammed Falah Al Qahtani, Undersecretary of Ministry of International Cooperation and Development. The education sector innovation award was... more
Lloyds Banking Group collaborates with Cambridge Judge Business School on banking innovation
- 9 years 11 months ago
- Banking, IT Innovations
Lloyds Banking Group and the Cambridge Judge Business School undertook a unique collaboration to look at innovative digital opportunities for the future of banking and our customers. As part of their MPhil in Management programme, students from the university participated in an intense six-week programme to deepen the understanding of three challenge areas set by Lloyds Banking Group: identity, social and gamification.
Blockchain and Wealth Management should be the next trends in FinTech according to investors and financial industry experts at first Startupbootcamp FinTech Demo Day in Singapore
- 9 years 11 months ago
- Wealth Management, IT Innovations
Startupbootcamp FinTech, the leading accelerator focusing on financial innovation, hosted its first Demo Day in Singapore on the 29th of July for the top 11 FinTech teams selected out of 300 applications earlier this year.
Startupbootcamp announces 2015 cohort of rising stars in London FinTech
- 10 years 3 days ago
- IT Innovations
Startupbootcamp FinTech, the leading accelerator focused on financial innovation, has today announced the 10 international startups selected to join the London program. The finalists, which include teams from across Europe, America and Asia-Pacific, have been chosen following a rigorous selection process by a panel of industry experts, including representatives from Startupbootcamp and its partners.
IT Professionals attracted to companies with strong culture of innovation
- 10 years 1 week ago
- IT Innovations
Top IT professionals are attracted to companies that can offer a strong culture of innovation and not simply a competitive remuneration package, according to a new report1 from Robert Half Technology.
Algomi Wins “FinTech Innovation of the Year” in Euromoney’s Global Awards for Excellence
- 10 years 1 week ago
- IT Innovations
Algomi, the network company providing information-matching solutions for the optimisation of fixed income liquidity, has won the “FinTech Innovation of the Year” in the 2015 Euromoney’s Global Awards for Excellence.
Callcredit Trio To Launch Fintech Startup
- 10 years 2 weeks ago
- IT Innovations
Three former employees of the UK’s second largest credit reference agency Callcredit have left the firm to form FinTech company Hello Soda in a bid to revolutionise the financial services sector.
BT Creates Innovation In Financial Services With Fintech Start-ups Initiative
- 10 years 3 weeks ago
- IT Innovations
BT today announced a new drive to accelerate innovation in global financial markets by bringing fintech start-ups onto the BT Radianz Cloud, the world’s largest, secure networked financial community. The Radianz Cloud celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Fintech start-ups are a growing source of innovation in the financial markets industry. But their small size creates challenges around market adoption, delivery and meeting the stringent... more
Tech City residents held a meeting with PMF representatives
- 15 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations
The Professional Managers of the Future (PMF) community held a meeting with the representatives of companies from the Internet industry to discuss the capacity and profitability of high technologies employed in UK businesses.
Siemiątkowski, Knox, Graubner-Mueller – the Great Minds Coming to Impact’16 Fintech/Insurtech
Sebastian Siemiątkowski, founder of Klarna, Ricky Knox, CEO of Tandem Bank and Alexander Graubner-Mueller from Kreditech will come to Wroclaw to attend impact’16 fintech/insurtech – a congress devoted to the technological novelties in financial sector. 500 participants, 100 speakers, both from Poland and international and 250 meet-ups between startups and corporations – it’s just a short summary of impact’16 fintech/insurtech. This congress... more
