The leading business webinar series for fintech innovators, influencers and those eager to learn.
What is Fintech Friday?
Produced by Next In Tech, the organisers behind MoneyNext 2020, Fintech Friday was set up to boost learning, conversation and connections at a time of global lockdown and uncertainty.
An industry driven by the latest in technology innovation needs discussion and debate to continue to move forward.
Delivered online, Fintech Friday showcases industry leading voices through short, topical presentations and panel debate.
Interactive chat channels allow our live audience to pose questions and join the discussion.
Reserve your free place for bi-weekly panel discussions covering the latest financial services trends, featuring some of the leading industry names and most innovative contributors.
An industry driven by the latest in technology innovation needs discussion and debate to continue to move forward.
Delivered online, Fintech Friday showcases industry leading voices through short, topical presentations and panel debate.
Interactive chat channels allow our live audience to pose questions and join the discussion.
Reserve your free place for bi-weekly panel discussions covering the latest financial services trends, featuring some of the leading industry names and most innovative contributors.
Event Calendar
Friday 1st May 2020
01 - The Future of Digital Banking
- Chairs Introduction
- How have customers changed their banking expectations?
- What are the advantages/disadvantages of app-led, mobile banking
- Can traditional banks provide a truly digital offering?
- How will banking change over the next 5 years?
Jason Maude, Chief Technology Advocate, Starling Bank
Jason Maude is a coder, coach, and public speaker. He has over a decade of experience working in the financial sector, primarily in creating and delivering software. He is passionate about explaining complex technical concepts to those who are convinced that they won't be able to understand them. He currently works at Starling Bank as their Chief Technology Advocate and host of the Starling podcast.
Jason Maude is a coder, coach, and public speaker. He has over a decade of experience working in the financial sector, primarily in creating and delivering software. He is passionate about explaining complex technical concepts to those who are convinced that they won't be able to understand them. He currently works at Starling Bank as their Chief Technology Advocate and host of the Starling podcast.
Jason Maude
Chief Technology Advocate
Starling Bank
Janet Jones, Head of Industry Strategy - Financial Services UK, Microsoft
Janet currently leads the Industry Strategy for Financial Services at Microsoft UK, ensuring that drivers of change and emerging technological trends across the sector are core to how Microsoft works with Financial Services organisations, supporting their digital transformation.
Before joining Microsoft in 2018 Janet held roles within commercial banking; most latterly at Lloyds Banking Group and prior to that at Barclays and NatWest.
She has a personal interest in cultural transformation and has also played an active role in supporting and driving the inclusion and diversity agenda during her career.
Janet currently leads the Industry Strategy for Financial Services at Microsoft UK, ensuring that drivers of change and emerging technological trends across the sector are core to how Microsoft works with Financial Services organisations, supporting their digital transformation.
Before joining Microsoft in 2018 Janet held roles within commercial banking; most latterly at Lloyds Banking Group and prior to that at Barclays and NatWest.
She has a personal interest in cultural transformation and has also played an active role in supporting and driving the inclusion and diversity agenda during her career.
Janet Jones
Head of Industry Strategy
Microsoft
Ritesh Jain, COO - Digital Technology Foundation at HSBC
Experienced Digital & technology leader, lead change in industries - financial services, Fin-tech, Shipping, Telecom and Government, currently building an enabling function to build bank of the future.
Ritesh comes from an entrepreneurial background, he has experience in building & mentoring successful businesses – A Wealth Management Company, corporate uniforms business, Investor & Mentor for start-ups, Ritesh holds non-executive with start-ups and corporates, and as a mentor offers technical expertise and advise to Parliamentary Digital Service in UK and Advisor for payment regulatory and other Governments.
Experienced Digital & technology leader, lead change in industries - financial services, Fin-tech, Shipping, Telecom and Government, currently building an enabling function to build bank of the future.
Ritesh comes from an entrepreneurial background, he has experience in building & mentoring successful businesses – A Wealth Management Company, corporate uniforms business, Investor & Mentor for start-ups, Ritesh holds non-executive with start-ups and corporates, and as a mentor offers technical expertise and advise to Parliamentary Digital Service in UK and Advisor for payment regulatory and other Governments.
Ritesh Jain
Former Head of Delivery
Digital Technology Foundation, HSBC
Digital Technology Foundation, HSBC
Anton Ruddenklau
Partner & Head of Digital & Innovation Financial Services
Global Co-Head of Fintech
Lead Partner – Google
KPMG
Anton specialises in Business, Corporate, Institutional Banking and market infrastructure providers.
He has led or worked on over 150 growth projects across Corporates and Financial Institutions with the highlights being:
Prior to working in financial services, Anton worked on growth projects with Corporates.
Partner & Head of Digital & Innovation Financial Services
Global Co-Head of Fintech
Lead Partner – Google
KPMG
Anton specialises in Business, Corporate, Institutional Banking and market infrastructure providers.
He has led or worked on over 150 growth projects across Corporates and Financial Institutions with the highlights being:
- Sales Transformation
- Digital & Innovation
- Strategy Development
- Client Strategy
- Regulation
Prior to working in financial services, Anton worked on growth projects with Corporates.
Anton Ruddenklau
Head of Digital & Innovation
KPMG
Marjan Delatinne, Global Head of Banking, Ripple
Marjan is an entrepreneurial business developer who enjoys establishing effective strategies and directing major initiatives from conceptual to implementation. With more than two decades of experience in various commercial positions (mainly big, complex and new product commercialisation), Marjan has gained valuable insights into the financial industry and the market infrastructures globally.
Since joining Ripple in 2017, she has been responsible for the definition and execution of the go to market strategy and sales of Ripple product and services.
Previously, Marjan worked for SWIFT and was responsible for the commercialization of large scale projects both in securities and payments, namely Target 2 Securities & resiliency solutions for national central banks. She also led the EMEA customer engagement for the global payments innovation initiative (gpi). Marjan worked for Eurocelar, BNY Mellon and held various positions in sales & network management divisions.
Marjan has a university degree in Business Administration and research master degree in Experimental & Clinical Psychology. In addition to English, she is fluent in French and Scandinavian languages.
Marjan is an entrepreneurial business developer who enjoys establishing effective strategies and directing major initiatives from conceptual to implementation. With more than two decades of experience in various commercial positions (mainly big, complex and new product commercialisation), Marjan has gained valuable insights into the financial industry and the market infrastructures globally.
Since joining Ripple in 2017, she has been responsible for the definition and execution of the go to market strategy and sales of Ripple product and services.
Previously, Marjan worked for SWIFT and was responsible for the commercialization of large scale projects both in securities and payments, namely Target 2 Securities & resiliency solutions for national central banks. She also led the EMEA customer engagement for the global payments innovation initiative (gpi). Marjan worked for Eurocelar, BNY Mellon and held various positions in sales & network management divisions.
Marjan has a university degree in Business Administration and research master degree in Experimental & Clinical Psychology. In addition to English, she is fluent in French and Scandinavian languages.
Marjan Delatinne
Global Head of Banking
Ripple
Friday 15th May 2020
02 - Open Banking and APIs
- Chairs Introduction
- How will open banking shape financial services in the future?
- Do the general public really care about Open Banking?
- What API success stories have we seen in the last two years?
- What does effective regulation look like in a new API ecosystem?
Chris Higham, Head of Strategy and Change - Payments, Virgin Money
https://uk.virginmoney.com/virgin/
https://uk.virginmoney.com/virgin/
Chris Higham
Head of Strategy & Change - Payments
Virgin Money
Iana Vidal, Head of Policy & Government Affairs, Innovate Finance
Iana is the Head of Policy and Government Affairs at Innovate Finance. She leads the organisation's engagement with government, regulators and other key stakeholders in the UK, to influence policy and regulation that supports and promotes FinTechs and innovation in financial services. Iana has extensive experience across a range of policy areas, and has previously worked for professional bodies and in the charity sector.
Iana is the Head of Policy and Government Affairs at Innovate Finance. She leads the organisation's engagement with government, regulators and other key stakeholders in the UK, to influence policy and regulation that supports and promotes FinTechs and innovation in financial services. Iana has extensive experience across a range of policy areas, and has previously worked for professional bodies and in the charity sector.
Iana Vidal
Head of Policy & Government Affairs
Innovate Finance
Hugo Rousseau, Programme Manager - Financial Services, Tech UK
Hugo is techUK’s Programme Manager for Financial Services. He works with techUK members on a wide range of areas including digital banking, payments, financial inclusion and the adoption of distributed ledger technology.
Before joining techUK, he worked in policy and public relations for different bodies and agencies, including the economic and financial services team of the French Prime Minister’s EU affairs department, Edelman and CMS Strategic.
Hugo is techUK’s Programme Manager for Financial Services. He works with techUK members on a wide range of areas including digital banking, payments, financial inclusion and the adoption of distributed ledger technology.
Before joining techUK, he worked in policy and public relations for different bodies and agencies, including the economic and financial services team of the French Prime Minister’s EU affairs department, Edelman and CMS Strategic.
Hugo Rousseau
Programme Manager - Financial Services
Tech UK
Tech UK
Hugh McCullen
Former Portfolio Director - Open Banking
HSBC
Hugh is Managing Partner of Fincerno, a consultancy specialising in banking transformation. In his most recent engagement, he was portfolio director for the HSBC commercial bank in their implementation of Open Banking and API to meet CMA and PSD2 regulations.
Former Portfolio Director - Open Banking
HSBC
Hugh is Managing Partner of Fincerno, a consultancy specialising in banking transformation. In his most recent engagement, he was portfolio director for the HSBC commercial bank in their implementation of Open Banking and API to meet CMA and PSD2 regulations.
Hugh McCullen
Former Portfolio Director - Open Banking
HSBC
Shubhanga Prasad, Director-Strategy - OakNorth Bank
Shubhanga Prasad leads the Strategy and Product functions at OakNorth Bank.
He comes with extensive experience across multiple functions including Product, Operations & Technology primarily in defining new business strategies, leading transformation efforts / execution, helping organizations build top notch teams that deliver growth whilst actively managing risk. He is a strong proponent of digital business models and is also an angel investor in the Indian start-up ecosystem.
Shubhanga Prasad leads the Strategy and Product functions at OakNorth Bank.
He comes with extensive experience across multiple functions including Product, Operations & Technology primarily in defining new business strategies, leading transformation efforts / execution, helping organizations build top notch teams that deliver growth whilst actively managing risk. He is a strong proponent of digital business models and is also an angel investor in the Indian start-up ecosystem.
Shubhanga Prasad
Director, Strategy
OakNorth Bank
Director, Strategy
OakNorth Bank
Friday 29th May 2020
03 - The Impact of AI in Financial Services
- Chairs Introduction
- Why is AI revolutionising Financial Services?
- What are the drawbacks to focusing on AI technology?
- Driving efficiency and productivity through AI automation
- How to scale up AI from pilot projects to company-wide solutions
Roshan Rohatgi, Senior Innovations & Entrepreneurship, RBS
Roshan Rohatgi is a senior member of the NatWest Innovations and Solutions team focusing predominantly on the search and qualification of Ai and Machine Learning Solutions that have potential for bank-wide implementation. At present he is also the Innovation and Solutions lead for the “Agent Based Modelling” programme of work funded and sponsored by the C-Suite. Roshan brings a great deal of experience in entrepreneurship and strategy to his role at NatWest having previously run two technology start-ups in the UK. Prior to this Roshan worked for two top tier U.S. Investment Banks as a bond trader and in business development.
He holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Roshan Rohatgi is a senior member of the NatWest Innovations and Solutions team focusing predominantly on the search and qualification of Ai and Machine Learning Solutions that have potential for bank-wide implementation. At present he is also the Innovation and Solutions lead for the “Agent Based Modelling” programme of work funded and sponsored by the C-Suite. Roshan brings a great deal of experience in entrepreneurship and strategy to his role at NatWest having previously run two technology start-ups in the UK. Prior to this Roshan worked for two top tier U.S. Investment Banks as a bond trader and in business development.
He holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Roshan Rohatgi
Senior Innovations & Entrepreneurship
RBS
Nidhi Nikum, Advisory Board Member and ex- ANZ Senior Manager, E2W Limited
Nidhi helps Heads of Credit Risk & Capital at Investment Banks, reduce Regulatory Capital and cost of Credit regulatory performance by leading change in digital transformation.
Nidhi has over 17 years of multidisciplinary experience across Technology, Credit Risk and Institutional Banking and has lead through strategy and digital change using latest technology.
Nidhi helps Heads of Credit Risk & Capital at Investment Banks, reduce Regulatory Capital and cost of Credit regulatory performance by leading change in digital transformation.
Nidhi has over 17 years of multidisciplinary experience across Technology, Credit Risk and Institutional Banking and has lead through strategy and digital change using latest technology.
Nidhi Nikum
Advisory Board Member and ex- ANZ Senior Manager
E2W Limited
Adri Purkayastha, Group Head of AI and Technology/Digital Risk Analytics, BNP Paribas Group
https://www.bnpparibas.co.uk/en/
https://www.bnpparibas.co.uk/en/
Adri Purkayastha
Group Head of AI and Technology/Digital Risk Analytics
BNP Paribas Group
Swati Kalra
Change and Transformation Lead - Banking
Monese
Sarah Rench, Director of Data, AI and Industry Solutions Financial Services, Avanade
https://www.avanade.com/
https://www.avanade.com/
Sarah Rench
Director of Data, AI and Industry Solutions Financial Services
Avanade
Friday 12th June 2020
04 - The Impact of an Increasingly Cashless Society
- Chairs Introduction
- Is a largely cashless society genuinely within reach or still a long way off?
- How can technology boost financial inclusion?
- What is the potential human cost to removing cash from society too early
- The benefits of going cashless: Crime, convenience and the challenges to overcome
Mark Walker
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
The Fintech Power 50
Lex Sokolin
CMO & Global Fintech Co-Head
ConsenSys
Nick Kerigan
MD-Future Payments
Barclaycard
Friday 26th June 2020
05 - Becoming More Customer-Centric
- Chairs Introduction
- How is today’s digital world changing customer expectations?
- How to create a seamless digital journey for customers
- Making the most of your customer data and exploring AI
- To what extent has progress been slowed by regulatory restrictions, security concerns and outdated legacy systems
Friday 10th July 2020
06 - Blockchain: Revolutionary or Over-Hyped
- Chairs Introduction
- What tangible Blockchain use-cases have we seen and what impact have these projects had?
- How is the tokenization of assets disrupting the financial industry
- Is there still a viable future for Cryptocurrency?
- What is holding back widespread blockchain adoption?
Friday 24th July 2020
07 - Disruptive Innovations in Payments
- Chairs Introduction
- What do customers expect from next-gen payments?
- How is data collection and analysis revolutionising payments?
- How should PayTech be regulated moving forwards?
- What will the payments ecosystem look like in 5 years' time?
Friday 7th August 2020
08 - Collaboration and Co-opetition
- Chairs Introduction
- How can Fintechs and traditional banks work more collaboratively
- Has Open Banking and APIs generated an opportunity or a threat to financial institutions
- Why collaboration is crucial to the rapid adoption of emerging technology and innovation
- Sharing the risk: Why partnerships are the future for fintechs
