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Hi Everyone,

1. Upcoming Event: NewFinance November FinTech Open Mic Night, Thursday November 3^rd @6pm, Browne Jacobson LLP, Bevis Marks

Please join us for our monthly mixture of presentations, skype-ins, fireside chats and shout-outs plus plenty of networking.

This monthly session is designed to provide an opportunity to catch up with your peers, to see what's going on in the London and International FinTech scenes and to tell us all about yourself and your own work.

Presentations:

·       Fabian Flatz, Co-Founder and CEO of Telleroo, a B2B fintech startup that makes payments for companies at scale

·       Jason Muller, Co-Founder and COO of Pivigo, a data science marketplace connecting rock star analytical talent with companies looking to get more value out of their data

·       Thomas Beevers, CEO and Co-founder of StockViews, a platform that connects asset managers with a network of independent equity analysts

·       Tobias Taupitz, CEO & Founder at Insure A Thing, aiming to turn the insurance model as we know it on its head by taking the gambling out of insurance

·       Délber Lage, CEO of SalaryFits UK, a new fintech that developed an innovative solution to make sustainable credit a reality

 Thank you to our Partner Browne Jacobson, the legal adviser with a unique approach to FinTech and Tech Start-Ups.  Get in touch to find out more.

2. FinTech Survey: location factors of FinTech and their impact on the site selection of FinTech

I think the summary results from this will be of interest to many of us…

My name is Christian Sabisch and I am a graduate student at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. For my Master Thesis, I am examining location factors of FinTech and their impact on the site selection of FinTech. I would like to invite all FinTech to participate in this research study by completing the attached survey. LINK: https://ubayreuthmarketing.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0wdZKUEmfsES49D

The survey will require approximately 5 minutes to complete. Be assured that all answers provided will be kept in the strictest confidentiality. If you require additional information, have questions or want to receive a summary copy of this study please contact me at the email address listed in the survey.

3. FinTech Accelerator: Apply to the Barclays Accelerator, Powered by Techstars London 2017 Programme – recruiting globally

The program will start on 23rd of January and the Demo Day will be on the 19th of April.

We are looking for exceptional founders who are tackling difficult problems and are going after big opportunities. We are specifically looking for founders working on applications of AI/machine learning, blockchain, payments, cyber-security and big data. Our definition of fintech includes insurance-tech and regulatory-tech as well as “traditional” fintech. As financial services is a global sector and Barclays is a global partner, we welcome applications from anyone and anywhere.

Ready to apply? Click here to start your application.

4. Interesting news items that caught my eye this week…

·       The ex-finance watchdog who trashed peer-to-peer lending now says it could 'make credit crunches less likely' – softening perspectives on Alternative Finance

·       Can fintech change the way the money business works? – maybe but it’s hard although that won’t stop people trying as it’s where the money is

·       Fintech Investment Slides as Insurance Tech Gains – we’re seeing the investment tip towards Insurance from the oversubscribed Banking FinTech sector

·       One of Peter Thiel's investors says Goldman Sachs' fintech efforts are doomed to fail – interesting discussion on a large Bank launching a lending platform

·       FinTech polls on Twitter show AI exciting, contactless rising, Brexit bad news – AI is certainly a hot topic, chatbots etc…

·       Ripple CEO Calls for Next President to Appoint FinTech Advisor – as “…regulators can unintentionally paralyze positive innovation…”

5. Visitors to London

(none this week)

6. Reach-outs for FinTechs

·       Fintech startup TradeRiser is currently looking for private beta users, to test their Research Assistant platform for the financial markets. The platform allow users to ask both simple and complex trading questions. To participate email beta[at]traderiser.com, or to learn more visit www.traderiser.com

·       CityFALCON is raising £150K on Seedrs.  They provide personalised financial news to consumers for free and to businesses for a small licensing fee to access the company’s API

7. Talent

Individuals looking for a new role:

·       Thomas Masters - Independent highly technical CTO for startups, with extensive experience in startups, stellar Investment Banks and Alternative Investment Firms. In search of a CTO role in a Fintech start up. Please get in touch at tomfintechlondon[at]gmail.com

·       Tom Spence - recently moved to Sydney from the UK having worked as a Product Manager in the Challenger bank; Tesco Bank. Seeking a role ideally in a Fintech, Insurtech or Challenger Bank. In my most recent role I led the commercial performance, supplier relationships and risk management for the product. Also heavily involved in product management. A range of roles in Tesco Bank, including Risk Manager in Insurance, as well as time with EY and a Treasury Management SaaS business. Contact: tom.d.spence[at]gmail.com

·       Dawn Pearlman is an experienced Senior Human Resources professional with over 17 years’ experience.  Global expertise primarily within the UK and the US delivered across all levels of HR function and a wide range of industries with the last 9 years in Financial Services.  Skilled in project management and successfully managing the smooth transition of acquisitions, mergers, and spin offs. Dawn is looking for a challenging generalist opportunity in a Senior HR Manager/ HR Business Partner/HR Director role due to redundancy of her current position and is therefore available with 2 weeks’ notice.  Dawn is currently sponsored on a Tier 2 ICT to work in the UK and would therefore require sponsorship on a Tier 2 General.  Possesses right to work in the US.  Contact: dawnpearlman74[at]gmail.com

Companies looking for talent:

·       Payfriendz is looking for a seasoned CTO with Fintech and ideally payments experience to manage and grow their technology teams, own the technical roadmap and be completely responsible for the evolution, development, and delivery of the core platform and products. Salary dependent on candidate in the range £[masked]k p.a. Equity participation TBD within 6 months. Contact: Howard Allen howard[at]payfriendz.com Technologies: Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Go (micro-services), gRPC, Protobuf, NATS (MQ), MySQL (GCP CloudSQL), RethinkDB, Node.js, JavaScript, React.js (web), React Native (iOS and Android), Redux, GraphQL, Apollo

·       Yinka Opaneye is looking for a Head of Compliance for a fast growing FinTech firm. The person will need both a compliance and MLRO skill set with experience ideally gained within an e-money or payments firm. They should have diplomas and/or certificates in either AML or compliance together with experience in dealing with the Financial Ombudsman Service and customer complaints. Contact: Yinka[at]okahr.co

·       Kontomatik is hiring Sales representatives. Would you like to be a part of one of the fastest growing disruptive industries? If so, there might be just a perfect place for you at Kontomatik, a leading fintech company that provides banking APIs. Join us as a Sales Representative either in London/Warsaw and start making the whole financial industry more consumer oriented. We are looking for an experienced sales representative with a proven track record of selling SaaS technologies in the financial services industry. Contact: tatiana.zalewska[at]kontomatik.com

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If you have any news to share with the group please send it to me by close on Fridays and I’ll drop it into this mailer.

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Cheers

Eddie