Common in applications that range from risk management to cryptocurrencies, Python has become one of the most popular programming languages among financial institutions and fintechs. Its simplicity and robust modeling capabilities make it an excellent tool for researchers, analysts, and traders.
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Access to capital? Naaah. Corporate tax rates? No biggie. The biggest concern facing the C-suite is finding access to skilled software developers and engineers.
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Who poses the biggest threat to fintech? How to focus on building products that people love to use daily? Is it possible to be an incumbent bank and a new bank at the same time? Will the future landscape of banking consist of only a handful of banks, and a few fintechs accompanied by Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google?
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When it comes to the world of fintechs - as well as numerous other startups - few accelerators are as well known and renowned as Level39. Founding a startup is no easy challenge, and the expertise and support accelerators provide is often essential.
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"Fintech? We Are Topping the League", Says Head of Level39, One of the Best Tech Community in the World
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
How to create a fintech product that people will use daily? To get an answer to this question, we invited the top experts from the fintech industry – Revolut, Starling Bank, Funding Circle, Monese, Tide, and OakNorth – to our Disruption Forum. To spice our event up, we've also invited Lloyds Banking to take part in the discussion.
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Fintech continues to be one of the most exciting sectors for growth and innovation. However, when it comes to software development, due to the complexity of building robust and secure applications that are compliant with stringent financial industry regulations yet still provide a seamless, highly functional, and beautiful user experience, it’s crucial that the right tools are used for the job.
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"We Can't Do Everything Ourselves". New Business Models and $1 Trillion Segment. Fintech Insights from Q3
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
How the quarter flies! Since this year, it became a sort of a habit that at the very last week of each Q I put my headphones on, turn off Slack, and dive into hundreds of transcripts of earnings calls. What for? I look for any meaningful references to fintech. Why? Because at Netguru, beyond developing and designing fintech apps and solutions (API, backend, frontend, SEPA, you name it), we are always keen to see the broader picture.
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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.
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Why Banks May Be Losing the Talent War for Software Developers. Four Leading Fintechs Share Their Tips
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
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:
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Fintech Hackers. How a Small Start-Up Reverse-Engineered Swedish Banks and Hacked Its Way to Over 500,000 Users
Natalia Kaptur
They say: “Keep your friends close, and your enemies even closer”. And that’s what biggest Swedish banks had no choice but to do after the fintech start-up Tink hacked their systems and launched an app loved by thousands.
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