We’re seeing a shift in consumers’ financial habits. The world is moving towards fintech products. The companies and traditional banks that don't capitalise on this trend will get left behind. On top of that, the game is no longer just about creating any fintech product. It’s about creating a product that will make a difference. A product that users will use on a daily basis. What’s the recipe for a product like this? What aspects should be taken into consideration when creating a fintech product? How will the fintech industry change in the next couple of years? Is it going to disrupt itself? Let’s try to find the answers to those questions together during Disruption Forum London Fintech.

There are various types of testing and many quality assurance techniques. You can choose from methods ranging from manual testing, through unit tests, functional test, to end-to-end tests. Each testing technique brings additional value to the project and improves its quality. Some of those techniques are also confused or misused.

"The fastest-growing use of Python is for data science, machine learning, and academic research" - says a StackOverflow analysis. These are actually the biggest trends in tech recently. As we can read, "Python became a common choice for that purpose". Why did people fall in love with this general purpose programming language for research and data science? Well, there are many reasons.

As organizations strive to make the most out of the data they collect, they turn to different techniques for generating insights from vast data sets. The market for data science and analytics is on the rise – according to IMB, the number of jobs for all US data professionals will increase by 364,000 openings to reach smashing 2,720,000 by 2020!

One of the major European banks has recently admitted that it has failed to spot money laundering in its books for years. As a result, the bank has agreed to pay $900 million in a settlement with prosecutors. While it was a man (the CFO) who stepped down for this negligence, would a machine (Machine Learning) be a better guardian to prevent such situations in the future?

As the UK’s Brexit secretary Dominic Raab continues to assure us that the UK will not crash out of the EU next March, while simultaneously preparing for that very eventuality, the minds at the Confederation for British Industry have been looking at the effects Brexit will have on daily working life.

Machine learning is undoubtedly one of the hottest topics in software development right now. And for good reason. Machine learning opens up a whole world of new possibilities for developers, exciting app owners and end users alike. From greater personalisation to smarter recommendations, improved search functions, intelligent assistants, and applications that can see, hear, and react – machine learning can improve an app and the experience of using it in all manner of ways.

Access to capital? Naaah. Corporate tax rates? No biggie. Sponsored by the fintech company Stripe, a global survey of 1,000 bank and financial firm executives found that they are way more concerned with access to skilled software engineers. Some key statistics from the survey:

Google began sending emails notifying about the coming changes in the Google Play Store policy. Starting from November 1, 2018, every app uploaded as a new application or an update of a previously launched app has to target Android Oreo (API level 26) or higher.

Have you ever wished for a time or life-saving function of your choice existing in Sketch? Well, the good news is you are not the only one, and your desired feature probably already exists as a plugin.