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Anastasiia Kazakova Fintech Project Manager at Uptech
Gamification is the use of game mechanics in non-gaming contexts. In fintech, it’s a tool that makes using an app more engaging, intuitive, and even fun. Instead of dry numbers, users get achievement badges, progress bars for saving goals, savings challenges, cashback rewards for activity, and personalized prizes. These aren’t just nice “perks” ...
05 May 2025 /people /retail
Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA
In the high-stakes world of digital products, many banks and financial organizations face a fundamental yet often overlooked challenge: a dysfunctional team dynamic that hinders both innovation and progress. The most common solutions—team-building exercises, new management frameworks or injecting more resources—may seem logical. However, these app...
28 April 2025 /people /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
In many financial institutions, architecture teams serve as central advisory units, overseeing multiple projects and defining architectural standards. These teams often include various specialists—enterprise, solution, integration, and security architects—each responsible for reviewing, amending, and validating proposed solutions. However, this l
21 April 2025 /people /devops Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Dan Robinson Founder & CEO at Hackford
What does high churn in compliance oversight roles tell us about the financial services landscape? In 2024, the FCA’s SMF16 function—responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance—saw significant turnover, with some segments like building societies reaching a 35.7% churn rate. This isn’t just a staffing issue or an opportunity for recruiters; it’s...
01 April 2025 /regulation /people RegTech
Michael Misasi Senior Director, Strategic Partner Management at BlueSnap
The business environment has become extremely competitive and traditional revenue models like subscription fees and one-time sales are not enough to keep firms profitable anymore. As a result, private equity firms are pressuring software companies to develop more sources of revenue. This has had interesting effects on the C-suite and resulted in t...
25 March 2025 /people Fintech
Anton Roe CEO at MHR
While meeting financial goals is the overall objective for many organisations, achieving and sustaining them in the long term requires a strong, high-performing culture. People across any organisation need to work well together to boost productivity, efficiency and growth. However, misalignment between business leaders and the workforce on how to ...
25 March 2025 /people High performing teams
Anna Mazur Project Manager at Simply Contact
The fintech market is continuously expanding, which inevitably leads to growing competition. Over the years of working in this domain, I have observed changing standards and requirements in how fintech companies position themselves in the market and attract customer attention. Today, simply having a good digital solution may no longer be enough t...
17 March 2025 /people /predictions Customer Service 2015-2019-2025
Pratiksha Pathak Head of Payments Services at RedCompass Labs
When was the last time you paid with cash? If you’re in London, you might struggle to remember. But in parts of Europe, cash is still king—at least for now. Just before Christmas, I was delighted to unwrap an early gift from an unlikely source: the European Central Bank. They had just released a fascinating study about how Europeans pay for things...
27 February 2025 /payments /people The future of Payments in Europe
Steve Ponting Director at Software AG
Making decisions in fintech has never been easy. In a sector famous for its embrace of new technology, perhaps surprisingly more data and technology to contend with has done little to make it easier. Following a turbulent few years, marked by funding slowdowns, regulatory changes and unpredictable markets, the sector is at a crossroads. Fintechs
07 February 2025 /ai /people
Ritesh Jain Founder at Infynit / Former COO HSBC
The Hidden Costs of Modern Living Mental well-being is the foundation of a fulfilling life, yet modern society is eroding it at an unprecedented rate. With the rise of digital distractions, toxic work environments, and the erosion of family bonds, the world is facing a silent mental health crisis. While technology and economic progress have transfo...
06 February 2025 /people /predictions The digital Chasm
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