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11 March 2019

Tech nothing for granted – How a new kind of scholarship creates an opportunity for industries to deliver on diversity

by Kathryn Pierce – Founder, Somewhere EDI CIC   Within the UK, Scotland is uniquely placed in terms of diversity, as ...
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04 March 2019

Actuaries, are you prepared for the future?

Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels Barry Shannon, Senior Risk Manager at Standard Life and member of the Scottish Board of ...
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01 March 2019

FinTech Scotland and FinTech North to collaborate in 2019

FinTech Scotland announced today the strengthening of its relationship with FinTech North, one of the leading fintech organisation in England. ...
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28 February 2019

AutoRek and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce come together for free International Business Development working lunch

AutoRek, a global financial controls, regulatory reporting and data management platform, have announced that they’ll be hosting an International Business ...
Fintech firms
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26 February 2019

Orca launches Innovative ISA to help investors access multiple P2P platforms

Orca, the Scottish fintech, announced today the launch of its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). It will enable investors to invest ...
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25 February 2019

UK Ranks #2 for Startups in Europe. How Does Scotland Compare?

Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels Article written by Erin Yurday at NimbleFins  A recent study by NimbleFins showed that the United ...
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22 February 2019

Fortnightly FinTech Fuse ”“ Spreading The FinTech Network Far and Wide

This last couple of weeks has reinforced to me once again the enormous value in developing the fintech network far ...
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18 February 2019

Mi Rewards: the first card-linked, city-wide loyalty scheme. Here’s how it works

In 2018 we launched Mi Rewards, the cardless, city-wide loyalty scheme, in Perth. It’s the first UK scheme to offer ...
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15 February 2019

Engage Invest Exploit

Scotland has long been recognised as a nation with an established financial cluster and a reputation for innovation – we ...
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13 February 2019

The dangers of cashless and how to design for a digital economy

Blog written by Sergei Miller-Pomphrey – analyst, designer, full-time finch nerd – @goforsergei on twitter and medium   Many have recently spoken ...
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12 February 2019

Why ”˜adopt’ a MSc Data Lab Student?

Article written by Bethany Rodgers-Rintoul, Delivery Lead at the MBN Academy part of MBN Solutions. MBN are one of the ...
Fintech firms
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01 February 2019

Bringing Open Banking into 2019 with DirectID Insights

We’ve heard a lot over the last 12 months over the potential that Open Banking can bring, to business and ...