Amsterdam, November 4th, 2019 - Joseph Healy, Co founder and Co CEO of Australian challenger bank Judo will be speaking at Future of banking: Live.
Healy is the first speaker announced by the organisation, more speakers will be announced shortly after. The Sydney event is the first of three events. The evens are held on April 9th, May 12th and June 15th, 2020 in Sydney, New York and Amsterdam respectively.
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In our final post on the UK Fintech series, we’ll look at the country’s strong regional Fintech hubs and how they each play a role in making the country a true “nation of innovation” (Fintech UK Proposition Report).
In the South, London is well-known as, not only a UK Fintech hub, but also as the global Fintech capital .
The city has the world’s largest financial services sector, a solid tech industry...
Just like linked systems have made finding a coworking space in Cincinnati or London easier, fintech solutions are making financial more efficient.
That said, the benefits they offer consumers are matched by the benefits they offer banks. Traditional banks that see fintech firms as the competition overlook the fact that new innovations can allow them to better serve their own customers by improving back office efficiency....
We continue our series on why the UK is still viewed as the leading Fintech ecosystem in the world and today we’ll be looking at what we consider to be the most important driving force behind Fintech innovation: Fintech talent.
It should go without saying that a region might have all the Fintech demand, capital investment, and supporting infrastructure and regulations, but without the brilliant minds that work in on these...
In our series so far on the UK’s Fintech dominance, we’ve seen how strong demand for Fintech solutions combined with readily available investment capital is in itself a winning combination.
Today we’ll consider the UK’s regulatory ecosystem and infrastructure, and what role it plays in the UK’s number one spot on the Fintech world rankings. This is an interesting perspective because if you look at demand and...
In our previous post on the UK Fintech ecosystem , we looked at the demand for Fintech solutions as a key growth factor to its thriving financial technology industry.
In this post, we’ll take a deeper look at how a healthy capital investment outlook can really push an industry to new heights.
Fintech startups need investment (in the form of seed investment rounds from Angel or VC investors) to bring their ideas to life and their...
The UK is still the No.1 Fintech ecosystem in the world.
This is according to a recent report published by GOV.UK’s Department for International Trade. The Fintech industry adds around £7 billion to the UK economy and employs more than 60,000 people across the country.
More than a third of the top 50 international Fintech companies are based in the UK across various technologies, including mobile payments, peer-to-peer...
Regulatory Technology (RegTech) is the next big thing according to many. The hype about RegTech goes as far as Deloitte calling it the new FinTech . Even if we don't believe the hype we have to acknowledge the importance of RegTech today. Regulations all around the world are changing quickly and people find it hard to keep up with them. Globally, every ten minutes there is some change in regulation. Some accounts are stating that...
Blockchain For Cryptocurrency
Based on distributed ledger technology , Bitcoin was the first implementation of a cryptocurrency. This was invented in 2009, and since from the day of its invention, it has been gaining popularity and traction by business owners seeking for a distributed trust model. The Bitcoin consensus algorithm is based on proof of work [POW]. The transactions are collected into blocks in PoW by miners and...
Global FinTech investment has almost doubled in four short years, from around $20 billion in 2014 to almost $40 billion by the end of 2017.
In a sector that continues to see unprecedented growth, it would seem that there is very little that can stop its meteoric rise. However, over the last couple of years, one potential pain point has been identified that is closely related to the increasing demand for skilled FinTech staff....
Blockchain technology enables users to carry out online transactions across a peer-to-peer network. This network is decentralized and is not controlled by anyone. In its simplest form, blockchain based transactions work in the following way.
User A initiates a transaction and sends it to a public blockchain ledger. The transaction is verified and authenticated and added as a block of data onto the ledger. It is then sent on in the chain to...
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Because we know this stuff is interesting to many of you, let me walk you through some of our current...