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5/4

Industry

Women in Tech: The Book

Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack, CEO of Seattle-based tech company Fizzmint, is passionate about women in technology. “I want to see women succeed in tech. I also don’t think there’s any vast conspiracy keeping us women out of technology. Instead, I think we’re battling an unconscious social bias that keeps us from thinking that women will […]...

4/28

Company

Insider Interview: Carlota Montoro, HR Manager

Carlota Montoro is our Human Resources manager and is based in Madrid. She has worked with the company for almost two years, since she began in July 2015. Carlota is responsible for recruiting and training new members of the team; streamlining work processes; monitoring progress; and ensuring clear communication between management and employees. An entrepreneur […]...

4/20

Uncategorized

South Africa to Decide on Equity Crowdfunding

The crowdfunding industry in Africa is expanding, becoming more diverse and more widely recognised in the process. We recently reported on the potential the continent holds in the P2P lending field, as well as the inaugural and upcoming FinTech Academy Africa event, which will be held in Johannesburg later this month. We recently began working […]...

4/18

Company, Industry

The Benefits of a Happy, Healthy Workplace

Companies such as Google have long been praised for the work environment they offer their employees. Flexible working hours, laundry and fitness facilities, generous holiday allowances, on-site childcare and gourmet food, as well as appropriate salaries and the flexibility to dedicate time to passion projects, are just some of the elements of life at Google […]...

4/17

Company, Industry

Daniel Rajkumar Fills us in on FinTech North

Daniel Rajkumar has lived in Leeds since he attended university in the West Yorkshire city. It is there that he has founded his three businesses: Web-Translations, rebuildingsociety.com and White Label Crowdfunding. Daniel ventured into the financial technology field in 2012 when he launched rebuildingsociety.com, the peer-to-business lending platform that was recently authorised by the Financial ...

4/13

Industry

Sara Parker on Payments

Sara Parker is the UK Portfolio Director at payment systems company, VocaLink. An experienced business leader, Sara previously worked as Head of Product Development, Director of M&A Strategy, Head of ATM Services and Product Director within VocaLink, before taking on her current position. Sara leads on strategy, change, delivery and people management. Over the course […]...

4/11

Industry, Running a Platform, Technology

Translating Technological Terms: Open Source

Welcome to the third article in our Translating Technological Terms series. The idea behind these blog posts is to help you understand some of the terms and technical phrases that we use when describing and explaining the platforms we help you create, launch and maintain. Our team comprises a group of knowledgeable professionals who are […]...

4/10

Industry

Professor Hussein Abdou On Finance

Hussein Abdou is a Professor of Banking and Finance at the Business School at Manchester Metropolitan University. His academic background is in this field, focusing on topics such as credit scoring modelling techniques, risk management in financial institutions and applications of non-parametric modelling techniques in banking and finance. Hussein has experience building scoring models for [&helli...

4/7

Company, Industry, Running a Platform

Multi-Faceted FinTech Firms

Expanding industries promise opportunity, challenges and the chance to become part of an evolving field with unlimited potential. The FinTech industry is no exception. Earlier this year, we took a look at what it takes to work in FinTech, and also commented on the newly-founded FinTech society at Oxford University, which shows how the topic […]...