fINTECH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2024
june 12: Product & tech
WED / JUNE 12 / 9:30AM - 12.30PM
Thought Machine HQ, 7 Herbrand St, London WC1N 1EX
Join us on Day 3 of Fintech Fringe Festival where we will cut through the tech jargon to provide you with the best systems, platforms and programs to use to help your organisation scale. From SaaS solutions to cloud-based platforms, discover how these technologies serve as the backbone for growth and efficiency in the fintech landscape.
EVENT MC: KATHRYN STRACHAN
Kathryn is the founder and CEO of CopyHouse, a global award-winning content marketing agency that works with some of the largest and fastest-growing tech brands.
She is also a respected Forbes contributor and industry speaker, featuring at events such as Money20/20, Semrush Workshops and B2B Marketing Course, and TechTalks. She regularly delivers talks on a wide range of topics, such as SEO, customer-centric content, technology marketing, agency culture, leadership, and female entrepreneurship.
Kathryn hosts the podcast ‘Tech Marketers Uncorked’, where she interviews top marketing leaders from various leading tech enterprises. Kathryn also judges influential awards programs and has received accolades from The Drum, BIMA, IoD, among others.
HOW TO BUILD A MULTI - BILLION DOLLAR FINTECH
- Journey from Startup to Scaleup: Explore Thought Machine’s origins, early deals, and the strategic considerations that propelled their growth. Understand the pivotal changes in culture, practices, and processes through various funding rounds and how these lessons shaped the company.
- Product-Led Business Approach: Delve into what it means to be a product-led business and how this influences Thought Machine’s culture and approach. Learn about their focus on client success, go-lives, and incorporating client feedback to drive international expansion.
- Future Vision and Enterprise Technology Sales: Gain insights into Thought Machine’s future plans, including their path to IPO. Discuss the importance of selling enterprise technology, particularly to banks, and the critical role of client success and internationalisation in their continued growth.
OPENING KEYNOTE: TRAVERS CLARKE – WALKER, FOUNDING C-SUITE, FORMER CCO AND NOW CMO
Travers heads up Thought Machine’s marketing team and led the commercial expansion of the function from seed level to double-unicorn status.
Travers has over 15 years of board-level experience scaling regional sales and marketing functions across software, banking, energy and retail industries. Before joining Thought Machine, Travers was chief marketing officer at Fiserv and managing director at Barclays, where he led the market launch of the peer-to-peer payment app PingIt. Before this, Travers was responsible for launching EDF Energy into the UK and building their pioneering Nectar scheme.
Progress and Patents: Innovating Tech, Teams & Product at Scale
- Andrew McKibben to share insights on what elements are needed to develop an innovative culture and tech creation mindset, both to create breakthrough solutions and foster positive tech partnerships
- The bank’s collaborative and mentoring relationships with fintechs.
- Lessons learned and how they have played a role in the bank’s approach to innovation and technology development.
- Discuss how having a strong portfolio of patents can give a financial institution and fintech scale ups a competitive edge in the market.
Elizabeth Lumley
The Banker
Andrew McKibben
Bank of America
Stability and resilience: How your tech won't let you down as you scale up
- Identify common technological and operational challenges fintechs and banks face as they grow or embrace emerging tech
- Building a scalable Tech Infrastructure
- Talk about the role of cloud technologies, low code – no code systems, and scalable databases in ensuring that tech platforms can handle growth without downtime or loss of service quality.
Alina Timofeeva
Oliver Wyman
lee provost
Flagstone
Tamsin Powell
Creditspring
David Starling
NatWest Group
Jake Figg
MMOB
Speed vs. Security: Tools for Fighting Fraudsters
- Advances in fraud detection and prevention technologies
- Balancing user experience with stringent security measures
- The future of secure, high-speed payment systems
Clive Summerfield
FARx Group
Priya Gulani
Earth ID
Juspal Manic
Featurespace
Brendan Regan
Plaid
Adapting to the New User: What actually makes a great fintech product
- A decisive look into what makes a good digital product?
- Adapting fintech products to meet the needs of a changing, demanding customer base
- Trends in consumer behaviour and expectations in digital finance
Jas Shah
bitsul
RACHEL BOOTH
Mettle
Jordan Drosdick
Mastercard
Daniel Greiller
Weavr