The UK is fast becoming one of the world’s leading FinTech centres with innovation and growth in data analytics, payment models, mobile payments and alternative funding mechanisms being just some of them.
This year we saw the government reinforce the growing importance of FinTech with the appointment of a special envoy, Eileen Burbidge (now also chair of Tech City UK), charged with promoting and encouraging investment in London’s booming industry. The public sector is one area of payments that is innovating in this space and where the benefits of FinTech can be leveraged for the benefit of both Government and the citizen.
October 2018
As consumers, insurance is something we begrudgingly buy. We don’t trust insurers and we give them no loyalty. We only interact with them to perform the annual renewal dance or when something goes wrong. And when it does, only half of British consumers trust insurance companies […]
September 2018
How Smart Pension has used the power of digital to embrace change in unexpected ways. The first time visitors come to our office, they often remark on how it’s all entirely open-plan, and how everyone who works here can see everyone else. It’s not unintentional: […]
August 2018
Some say blockchain is the most significant technological breakthrough since the invention of the internet; others say it’s over-hyped. One thing is for sure; it’s probably the most emotive subject in the tech world today, with the most diverse opinions. For those not familiar with […]
July 2018
From nowhere, the term ‘disruption’ has become one of the most overused – and indeed misused – words in the lexicon of both digital and business environments. At school, nobody wanted to sit in a classroom next to a ‘disruptive’ child, just as no commuter […]
July 2018
Data is the oil of the digital age. It helps power our economies, provides us with e-government services and as we’ve seen from the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, has become a valuable commodity in its own right. Ensuring data flows unhindered is fundamental to our businesses […]
June 2018
Is there a fixed definition of the word ‘digital’? When we think of digital, we usually do so with the general assumption that it means a set of technologies which change things: industries, products, people, services and marketplaces. But is it more than that? Could […]
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