The topics covered:

• Funding
• Monetization & Growth
• Attracting & Retaining Talent
   

Some Insights from the Discussion…
 

“The danger for Fintech’s are thinking that having a partnership with a large bank is a ticket to success, but these small innovation teams within the bank can be restricted in budget and still hold a lot of bureaucracy meaning projects can go into a dead end if you don’t have the right people on the banks side”

• Leigh Pepper, 10x Banking
   

“Be proactive and not reactive with change, think 18 months ahead as appose to waiting until the last minute as that will inevitable slow things down”

• Jon Salter, Clear Bank
   

“Compliance does not need to be a barrier for innovation, however compliance need to understand product and vice versa and bring both on the journey together, so we can still retain that blue sky thinking and all parties understand the vision”

• Willem Wellinghoff, Shield Pay
   

“The one thing in an interview I always look for, is how well do they understand the business as that demonstrates why us and not any Fintech, which is important when looking to grow the right culture for us”.

• Ambitabh Ghatak, Molo Finance
   

“When looking for investors, you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find one that believes in your proposition and doesn’t try to change it to something they feel comfortable with”

• David Brown, Previse