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Why the UK is an insurtech powerhouse primed for expansion

The UK has firmly positioned itself as a global leader in the insurtech sector with a market value of over $20 billion placing it third in the world. China followed second at an approximate $28 billion valuation, with the US securing the top spot at $100 billion. However, when the population size of each nation was factored in, the UK reigned supr...

18 August 2023 /people

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Web3 job searches increase by 1957%

Waves of hype swell up regularly in the tech world. The latest obsession is with AI. With the potential for AI tools to be used across most industries, and new roles being created as a result, it’s no surprise that AI is capturing attention. However, not too long ago, the obsession was with Web3. Web3 and AI are not so different; essentially, they ...

21 July 2023 /people

What skills are fintech employers seeking in 2023?

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What skills are fintech employers seeking in 2023?

The workplace is changing at an unprecedented rate, and with it, how and why recruiters choose certain applicants over others. Historically, career progression and recruitment worked in a linear fashion, with experience and education certain to give one candidate an edge over another. Post-COVID, however, everything has changed. Research from McKi...

07 July 2023 /people

Want to scale your fintech? Here’s why the UK is the obvious choice

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Want to scale your fintech? Here’s why the UK is the obvious choice

Fintech investment in the UK fell last year. According to one KPMG report, it corrected itself from a record-breaking $39 billion in 2021, to $17.4 billion in 2022, a 56% drop. Innovate Finance also recorded an 8% dip in Venture Capital (VC) investment. For most of us, the market correction was a predictable byproduct of the COVID tech boom. Yet...

26 June 2023 /markets

How to respond to 'tell me about yourself' in interviews

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How to respond to 'tell me about yourself' in interviews

You have been called for an interview, which means that you have already beaten 80% of applicants. Now you just need to outperform the other interviewees to secure an offer. This seems like positive odds, yet the majority of candidates will stumble when the interviewer asks “tell me about yourself?” Because this question is generally proffered as ...

16 June 2023 /people

Payments without borders: The democratisation of finance for SMEs

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Payments without borders: The democratisation of finance for SMEs

One of the clearest memories from my childhood – one of those that I can still see like a photograph – is sitting in the back seat of my parent’s car and holding a bunch of papers I was given after opening my first bank account. For many businesses worldwide, accessing and using financial services is not straightforward. On top of that, once access...

06 June 2023 /markets

Cybersecurity and cloud computing have the largest tech skills gaps

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Cybersecurity and cloud computing have the largest tech skills gaps

In the future jobs market, it will pay to have skills that are in demand––so says The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2023 Future of Jobs report. Technology is moving faster than companies can design and scale up their training programmes, and as a result, companies and organisations are reshaping the way they look at nearly every aspect of the workpl...

02 June 2023 /people

Cross-border payments: How innovation can emerge from chaos

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Cross-border payments: How innovation can emerge from chaos

It is an immutable rule that no matter how neatly you put a bunch of wires into a drawer, when you take them back out in the future, they will have become entangled. You could lock the drawer with a key, put up a forcefield around the house, and you would still find yourself disentangling those Christmas lights a year later. An actual law explains...

30 May 2023 /payments

Can the wealth management industry embrace technology in the race for alternatives?

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Can the wealth management industry embrace technology in the race for alternatives?

Individual investors hold 50% of the estimated $280 trillion of global assets under management, though their allocation to private capital is just 16% and, in some segments, materially lower. Until recently, private investors had scorned greater allocation due to structural barriers: high minimum investment thresholds, the need and expectation of ...

16 May 2023 /wealth

3 useful ways to prevent ‘perkwashing’ at work

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3 useful ways to prevent ‘perkwashing’ at work

From coffee machines in the communal kitchen to onsite gyms, employee perks vary from industry to industry. However, with the demand for hybrid working and the increased attention on diversity and inclusion policies, ‘perkwashing’ has become a very real concern among those switching jobs. Much like greenwashing, perkwashing refers to policies that...

12 May 2023 /people

Understanding the regulatory impact of the Financial Services and Markets Bill

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Understanding the regulatory impact of the Financial Services and Markets Bill

The Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022-23 (the Bill) is currently making its way through the House of Lords. First introduced to Parliament last July, the Bill is expected to introduce significant and extensive changes to the UK’s financial services regulation post-Brexit. Among other key proposals, the Bill has set out specific measures to ...

11 May 2023 /regulation

How to prioritise regulation, diversity and collaboration to bolster UK fintech

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How to prioritise regulation, diversity and collaboration to bolster UK fintech

Over the course of 2022, the UK FinTech industry showed its resilience as it battled through heavy headwinds. Despite a global tech downturn as a result of a series of economic, political, and market turbulence, UK FinTech stood strong, securing $12.5billion of VC investment, which placed it well above its peers. The numbers speak for themselves –...

18 April 2023 /startups

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