What decluttering, Kilowatthours and SciFi taught us about money.

Last month some of our team attended BrainBar in Budapest. Billed as the ‘conference on the future’ the content ranged from science fiction writing to cooking. And it turns out that dipping into seemingly unrelated topics can help you look at your own subject in a different way.

In 30 degree heat on the banks of the Danube, we pulled up beanbags and sat in the courtyard of the Corvinus University for a conference quite like no other. Not focused on a particular sector, BrainBar’s spotlight is the future, looking at innovation in any form.

Being a Fintech…

Why our fintech is 75% female.

Is it because we can have a unique take on things? Is it because we can tap into emotions better? Are we better listeners? More driven by a social cause? Or is it simply to smash the status quo?

Truth be told the gender ratio just kinda happened.

A mixture of guys and ladies made it to the interview stage. We focused on hiring the most talented, passionate and down to earth people and 75% female is the result.

Who knew eh?

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Published in Project Imagine

·May 30, 2018

How did we lose touch with money?

A click, a tap, a beep… that’s all money has become now. But, how has this intangibility affected our financial lives, even our future? In more ways than we think. We explore the uncomfortable truth about convenience at a time when people are increasingly jaded about the power of capital.

Do you care about your money?

Of course. We all do.

But our relationship with money is going through a tough time. Day after day, we’re becoming increasingly estranged from the one thing that touches every single aspect of our lives. …

The best start for a startup — a community of your own

Startups have the golden opportunity to work hand in hand with people we’re creating products for. But, to gain from it meaningfully we need to go beyond focus groups and user testing, and create a platform for free flowing conversations. Here’s our experience of it.

Creating a digital community is…

The first 500 hours.

What the hell do you do when you’re building a new financial solution… from scratch?

The cogs of our startup had already been turning for a few months, there’d been meetings in the Tate modern café, interviews in Wagamamas, finance discussions in the White Hart, but there’s something about the…

Here we are. Yet another startup in the crowded Fintech capital of Europe.

In the 150 years prior to 2010, the number of banking licenses the Bank of England awarded to new companies was precisely, zero. In the few years since, there’s been 27 new banking licenses, dozens of e-money licenses and hundreds of apps designed to help you manage one aspect or…