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.
June 2016
As the Payment Services Directive makes life easier for challenger banks and payment providers using fintech systems, the big banks need to step up their game. The digital revolution has finally hit financial services. The UK financial technology (fintech) industry is worth around £20bn a […]
April 2016
The Tech Nation 2016 report recognises Yorkshire biggest cities as technology hubs with strong capabilities in sectors such as IoT, Connected Device, Digital Advertising and Marketing, E-Commerce and Online Gambling. Nonetheless, there are still areas where improvement is needed. Although Leeds has the highest growth […]
March 2016
For a relatively nascent technology, blockchain – the shared ledger or shared database technology allowing any participant in a business network to see the system of record – seems to be everywhere. Well, verbally everywhere. Earlier this month, I participated in a Digital Leaders TV […]
February 2016
In the latest DLTV, Kate Russell discusses Fintech with Shadi Razak (Head of Cyber Security & Compliance at CyNation), Simon Ware ( FinTech Innovation Lab) and Andra Sonea (Lead Solutions Architect, Digital Innovation Lab at Lloyds Banking Group). If you missed the recent live broadcast […]
April 2015
In March 2015, Digital Leaders took their programme to the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels for a DLEU Salon to discuss how we can make Europe’s business more digital and increase their potential for future growth, productivity and competitiveness, while simultaneously developing innovative […]
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