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The UK Space Agency has chosen seven firms to award with funding in the interest of tracking all the crap we’ve left in the sky. You might be reading this on the back of watching Climate Change – ...
A bunch of olfactory obsessives have blasted through their Kickstarter campaign target to start making bottles of fragrance purported to smell like space. Just as Robin Williams once lorded it over ...
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Tandem and TrueLayer partnership shows how fintech can support fintech
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 26 Nov 2019TrueLayer and Tandem partnership demostrates the power of collaborative ecosystems
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Azimo opens doors at Brexit-proof Dutch arm
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 Nov 2019Cross border payments fintech Azimo has opened the doors to its European headquarters in Amsterdam
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Wagestream gives staff alternative to payday lenders: Fintech interview 30
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 13 Nov 2019Wagestream is enabling workers to access their pay in real-time, reducing the need for overdrafts and payday loans
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The demise of Lehman Brothers sparked Inbotiqa’s flame: Fintech interview 29
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Oct 2019Following its demise former IT workers at Lehman Brothers used the experience they gained at the bank to create a tech start up
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All bank staff will have to understand APIs as the industry transforms
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 26 Sep 2019Can you describe what an API is in two sentences? If you work in a bank you might have to.
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Fintech Bud cuts 20% of workforce
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Sep 2019Fintech Bud is cutting support staff as it focuses on engineering open banking software capabilities
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A Deep Learning experience was the spark for Evolution AI: Fintech interview 27
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 11 Sep 2019Evolution AI is selling technology to banks that can enable a computer to read any text in any document and make decisions based on what it reads
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Don’t forget fintech the service amid the record investment headlines
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Sep 2019Fintech is not just about investors making money
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Tandem Bank steps up its artificial intelligence training with appointment
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 04 Sep 2019Tandem Bank names seasoned artificial intelligence expert to drive its journey to personalise banking
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Cross border payments fintech Azimo makes first profit
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 29 Aug 2019Azimo has made its first profit as the fintech moves onto its next phase of growth
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Mid-life crisis was the trigger for Funding Options’ fintech dating platform: Fintech interview 26
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Aug 2019Funding Options took a few years to realise that dating sites were the perfect model for a fintech helping small businesses get access to the right loans for them
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FutureBricks is helping an industry lay foundations: Fintech interview 25
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 01 Aug 2019FutureBricks is offering savers better rates through lending to the SME building industry
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Innovate Finance expands national network with three regions added
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 24 Jul 2019Innovate Finance is continuing to expand its network of fintechs with agreements with three regional hubs
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Esme Loans sprouts from firm foundations: Fintech interview 24
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 18 Jul 2019Esme Loans has emerged from an RBS innovation initiative and after a controlled launch is ready to scale its business
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Latest UK fintech investment figures reflect the evolution of the sector
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Jul 2019Investment patterns in the UK fintech sector reveals how the businesses in it are maturing
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Fintech pioneer helps to give fintech treatment to debt financing after Fidor sale
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Jul 2019The founder of digital bank Fidor has turned his attention to fixing the inefficiencies of debt processing at banks through technology and empathy
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The ID Co passport to travel the internet: Fintech interview 23
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 27 Jun 2019The ID Co is offering businesses technology that has the potential of getting a mortgage approval in seconds
Toronto residents are grappling with a quandary posed by the plans of Google sister company Sidewalk Labs to build a smart city on its eastern waterfront. It’s always fun to learn about Google’s ...
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London Tech Week opinion 4: Beyond the unicorns
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 25 Jun 2019Don'y forget the tech SMEs amid the noise being made by the unicorns
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London Tech Week opinion 3: The coming of age moment
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 Jun 2019With London Tech Week held recently various tech sector executives have kindly offered to provide their opinions of this year’s London Tech week. Here are the opinions already published: London ...
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Fintech IT chiefs earn more than chief financial officers
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 Jun 2019Fintech IT heads are the top earners but this will change as the industry matures and needs for different skills
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London Tech Week opinion 2: UK tech is more than just London
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 18 Jun 2019There is life in UK tech beyond the Big Smoke
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London Tech Week opinion 1: Incorporating diversity in your company
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 14 Jun 2019Diversity in the tech industry is vital if the UK is to prosper, but how do companies build it into their DNA?
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Currencycloud takes Lego approach to payments infrastructure: Fintech Interview 22
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 12 Jun 2019Currencycloud offers emerging fintechs make chiild's play of building a payments infrastructure
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UK adults are increasingly opening accounts with new banks, finds Zopa research
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Jun 2019UK consumers are increasingly opening multiple bank accounts
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Fintechs should get out of London to open their eyes and grow
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 22 May 2019Call for fintechs to stop designing products for themselves and look outside the London bubble.
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Brits want their banks to offer the latest fintech services but are not ready to use them
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 May 2019London might be one of world’s fintech hubs, but Brits are still wary of new tech for banking
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Striving to be a good bank at Tandem Bank: Fintech Interview 21
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 10 May 2019Tandem Bank is using the latest technology to help people manage their finances and half a million have already taken up its offer
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Fintech Tink gets UK expansion rolling with NatWest deal
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 09 May 2019Swedish fintech Tink gets its UK expansion going with NatWest deal
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Azimo safeguards its EU passporting rights with Dutch licence
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 07 May 2019Azimo makes Dutch office operational with licence and gaurantees itself the right to operate across EU after Brexit
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NatWest owned fintech reaches £50m mark for SME lending
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 01 May 2019NatWest owned SME lending platform Esme Loans has lent more than £50m to UK SMEs over two years. Esme cuts the time it takes to apply for a loan to 10 minutes for SMEs, offering SMEs loans of up to ...
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Bank of England governor speaks as maiden UK Fintech Week begins
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 29 Apr 2019The UK's first Fintech Week kicks off with Innovate Finance Global Summit
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Tink is building the foundation of every bank in the world: Fintech interview part 20
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 26 Apr 2019Tink is a Swedish fintech which realised a complete change of its business model was in order if it were to meet its growth potential
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Nationwide Building Society challenges seven fintechs to develop apps for financially vulnerable
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Apr 2019Nationwide Building Society offering fintechs funding and mentoring in a challenge to create apps for the financially vulnerable
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Brexit turn off increases IT salaries in UK fintech as overseas experts become harder to attract
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 09 Apr 2019The fintech industry in the UK is growing fast but it could face difficulties attracting the right IT talent as a result of the Brexit turnoff
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Is fintech making it too easy to mis-buy financial products?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 08 Apr 2019Is fin tech making it too easy for people to mis-buy financial products?
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Goldex is bringing Amazon-like usability to gold trading: Fintech interview part 19
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 04 Apr 2019An encounter between seasoned trading executive and archaic gold trading processes ignited Goldex Technologies
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Fintechs taking large chunk of SME lending sector
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 01 Apr 2019Alternative lending platforms targeting the SME sector have managed to get their message across to their customer base
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Azimo is stripping high streets and denting the universe: Fintech interview part 18
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 27 Mar 2019Cross border money transfer fintech Azimo is disrupting the high street
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Hear from some of the women shaping UK fintech
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 13 Mar 2019Find out what needs to done to increase diversity in fintech from some of the women shaping the industry
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Nationwide Building Society creating digital platform with fintech 10x
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 07 Mar 2019Nationwide Building Society creating business banking platform with 10 X
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NatWest fintech loan platform partners Microsoft for data warehouse and AI chatbot
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 06 Mar 2019NatWest fintech loans platform tapping Microsoft data warehouse expertise to support its rapid decision making
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Yoyo on its way up: Fintech interview part 17
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 01 Mar 2019Fintech Yoyo is on its upward trajectory as mobile phones take centre stage in people's lives
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Substantive reform to education needed to address the skills gap blighting fintechs
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 27 Feb 2019TrueLayer talks about the deeper causes of fintech skills shortages beyond Brexit uncertainty
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Brexit self-harm means London no longer the Holy Land for all fintech talent
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 26 Feb 2019Fintechs in London and the UK will face increased challenges finding the right staff as Brexit makes other European hubs even more attractive
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Fidor bank future clearer next month as split from BCPE nears
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 25 Feb 2019Digital challenger bank Fidor is close to splitting from BCPE, with clarity expected next month
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Nearly a third of UK tech startups are setting up presence in mainland Europe because of Brexit
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Feb 2019A third of UK startups are readying themselves for Brexit by setting up operations on mainland Europe
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Astrophysics and music production skills give Bud a different approach: Fintech interview part 16
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Feb 2019Fintech Bud is using a diverse range of skills to help banks like HSBC understand and create customer services based on open banking rules
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Forget all the fancy stuff and apply AI to paying invoices, says Previse: Fintech interview part 15
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 18 Feb 2019While self driving cars and robotic co-workers take the limelight businesses can benefit from the seemingly more mundane application of machine learning
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Fintech reveals that Brexit induced fall in pound’s value hits migrant workers in UK
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 15 Feb 2019Cross border payments Fintech identifies migrant workers in UK losing out because of falling pound
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HSBC to turn off mobile app after it finds life in open banking features
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 13 Feb 2019HSBC's exploration of open banking functionality with fintech Bud has identified what customers want
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Lloyds Bank outage just the latest of a recurring trend as complexity grows
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 12 Feb 2019Lloyds Bank IT outage he latest to hit UK consumers as banking systems wobble under pressure
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Positive discrimination needed to remedy shocking under-investment in fintechs founded by women
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 12 Feb 2019Positive discrimination if the lack of investment in fintechs founded by women is to become a thing of the past
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Challenger bank Monzo applying agile development techniques to business banking product
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 11 Feb 2019Monzo is testing out a business banking proposition with 1000 customers as it plans to be an SME finance management hub
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Consequences of failure at banks means they can’t mimic Google too closely
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 08 Feb 2019Banks are under pressure to transform digitally but is it fair to set Google as the destination?
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What the fintechs think about open banking’s progress? Part 2 Fluidly
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 29 Jan 2019What do fintechs think of the first year of Open Banking and what do they expect over the next 12 months?
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Tens of billions of pounds of IT spending held back as UK businesses wait for clearer idea of Brexit
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 28 Jan 2019Fintech could be losing billions of pounds in potential revenues as banks hold off IT projects until clearer picture of post Brexit business environment emerges
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Fintech Interview: Part 12 Eucaps
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 25 Jan 2019Swedish fintech Eucaps is about to launch as the Spotify of the share trading sector
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Is Tandem's half a million new customers in a year a measure of success?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 22 Jan 2019How do challenger banks measure success?
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Are bank innovation hubs just showcasing and should fintechs go direct to business units?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Jan 2019Sending a gift to a manager at a potential customer to attract attention seems old fashioned but it could be for a fintech to get visibility
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If a fintech could be in Jeremy Corbyn’s shoes what would be its demands for Brexit ?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Jan 2019If you had the parliamentary numbers that Jeremy Corbyn has how would you use them to break the Brexit impasse
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London didn’t only lose £700m tech investment, its reputation is also being hammered by Brexit
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 Jan 2019The UK risks losing its position as a leading fintech hub as a result of the suicidal tendencies of some politicians and group masochism within the population
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Massive fall in tech investment in London last year and Berlin is gaining ground
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 11 Jan 2019London experienced a huge drop in tech investment in the year following the Brexit vote.
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Challenger bank creates hundreds of new UK jobs outside London
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 09 Jan 2019There is life beyond London. Challenger bank Monzo creates hundreds of tech jobs in South wales
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The fintech interview: Part 10 Meniga
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 07 Jan 2019Icelandic fintech Meniga, grew from offering a personal finance tools to a company offering banks digital building blocks, is targeting UK growth.
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Is Ireland the main life raft for UK fintechs as Brexit approaches and could Paris be a reserve
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 04 Jan 2019Dublin is the natural choice for UK fitechs building an EU footing but there are alternatives
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The fintech interview: Part 9 TrueLayer
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 06 Nov 2018TrueLayer is at the core of the fintech sector's drive into the open banking space
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The fintech interview: Part 7 ClauseMatch
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 24 Oct 2018ClauseMatch is a London based startup that offers to automate the process that banks go through to prove they comply with industry regulations
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The fintech interview: Part 6 Rebuilding Society
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 Oct 2018Rebuilding Society is a Leeds based fintech trying to offer SMEs access to better loans as well as selling its technology to organisations setting up crowdfuning initiatives
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The fintech interview: Part 5 Honcho
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Oct 2018How a serial entrepreneur and a former soldier plotted to take on the car insurance price comparison sites
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The fintech interview: Part 4 Akoni
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 12 Oct 2018Finetch Akoni brings corporate treasury capabilities to the SME sector with Google functionality the Holy Grail
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Is Indian tech sector a threat or opportunity to UK’s fintech sector?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 11 Oct 2018India is an opportunity and a threat when it comes to any tech focused sector and the UK government wants to ensure it is a friend in Fintech.
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The fintech interview: Part 3 Wrisk
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Oct 2018Read how UK insurtech Wrisk was born and raised
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UK Blockchain startups, who are you?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 02 Oct 2018Who are the UK companies trying to have a share of the trillions of pounds that will be created by the Blockchain industries
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The fintech interview: Part 2 CreditLadder
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 28 Sep 2018CreditLadder is helping renters build up their credit scores and helping the rental industry get good renters
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The fintech interview: Part 1 Taina Technology
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 25 Sep 2018The fintech industry is maturing to the point that it now has subcategories, find out about some of the companies making hay in the sector.
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What if a small fintech could replace global giant Allianz in corporate deal?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Sep 2018An insurtech company set up a few years ago has dislodged 130 year old global insurance giant Allianz in BMW deal
The art of 3D printing has suffered a setback in Kuwait, after pressure from hysterical clergymen forced the closure of its local Doob 3D store with accusations of idolatry. The company offers a ...
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Fintechs: what do you want the UK’s immigration policy to look like after Brexit
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 13 Sep 2018Today IT trade group techUK announced some of the things it wants the UK post-brexit immigration policy to include. Just yesterday I was talking to the fintech lead at Tech Nation about this very ...
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Fintech firms pay top executives top dollar
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 11 Sep 2018Interesting article on Finextra about the pay packages of top fintech executives. According to research from Morlands Human Capital, cited by Finextra, the average package of a CEO at a fintech ...
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Tech startups can be the creation of anyone intimate with a business challenge
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Aug 2018The creation of tech startup Trint by a journalist brings home the importance of intimacy with a business problem
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London Fintechs: Could Saudi Arabia be your next stage growth opportunity?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 18 Jul 2018Saudi Arabia is selling itself as a fintech hub with an environment for startups to flourish, but are fintechs ready to set up there?
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When was 28% of tech startups considering leaving London ever good news?
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 Jul 2018It might not be fake Brexit news but it is outrageous spin.
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Venture capitalists fears for London’s fintech future is the starkest of warnings
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 13 Jul 2018Fintech is nothing without VC funding and the UK risks losing a significant share
If you’ve ever gone through the process of getting a tech startup off the ground, you’ll be familiar with the nerve-wracking process of pitching a group of stony-faced investors with your idea to ...
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Insurtech firm lost EU funding as a result of Brexit, but filled gap through fintech platform
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 15 Jan 2018When a UK startup had its EU funding put on hold due to Brexit it could not wait, so it turned to crowdfunding and succeeded in getting the funds it needs
This is a guest blogpost by Ted Dunning, chief application architect, MapR Technologies. I am a foreigner to the UK. I am an engineer. These characteristics are what shaped the first impressions I ...
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Tech industry Brexit horror story spells out potential harm to UK
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 04 Dec 2017A UK startup has lost its next round of funding as it was about to launch, as a direct result of Brexit
Everywoman has extended the deadline for its FDM everywoman in technology awards to allow more time for nominations – 2016 everywoman Startup Founder of the Year award winner Sophie Deen discusses ...
Got me thinking – just what IS a start-up company? Ok – so there are definitions within even Techtrailblazers itself as competitions are based upon rules, and rules dictate strict definitions, so ...
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What’s a Meta For? Augmented Reality Startup Swaps Screens for Thin Air in Office of the Future
31 Aug 2017The office of the future, as viewed through rose-tinted augmented reality glasses. A new film from augmented reality outfit Meta paints a vivid picture of how the office of the future may no longer ...
To Shenzhen, China, where tech entrepreneur Zhao Shuping has had cold water poured on his business after his sharing economy start-up Sharing E Umbrella rented 300,000 umbrellas to damp locals, and ...
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Securing the post-Brexit future of the great British tech success story
Editor in chief 24 Mar 2017With the UK’s formal Brexit notification due on 29 March, heralding two years of uncertainty, the tech sector’s lobbying for consideration in negotiations with the EU is likely to intensify. Two ...
The festive season is behind us for another year, even for those giddy traditionalists who keep their trees up well into January instead of just getting over it. But maybe we can cling onto the ...
It is a truth universally acknowledged on this side of the Atlantic that the version of English used by our American friends does, on occasions, stray from its British roots. Downtime received its ...
A pair of university students from Maryland USA have used the Indiegogo online crowdfunding site as the initial platform to launch HUMANS. The firm itself is dedicated to championing a variety of ...
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Everywoman extends deadline for entries to the 2016 NatWest Everywoman awards
Business Editor 07 Jul 2016The deadline to enter the annual NatWest Everywoman awards has been extended to allow more female business owners to put themselves forward. Female entrepreneurs now have until Monday July 11 to ...