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VC investors dislike women more than they like profit
It’s enough to make you want to hurl your skinny latte at the wall. Preferably a freshly painted white one. 40 per cent of all early-stage fintechs are led by women. Yet investors – blinded

For the planet’s sake… Ditch the toxic banking culture
Last month, David Malpass, President of The World Bank refused to acknowledge the climate crisis. After dodging questions about global warming, he eventually answered “I don’t know. I’m not a scientist”. Brilliant. This is the

F**k the banks. We need fintech
As the climate continues to hurtle off a cliff, Hannah Duncan writes about where banks are going wrong and how fintech must help. Back in 2018, I wrote my masters dissertation on greenwashing in investment

Fintech misses out on 3.38 billion clients
“Imagine a bank that … literally … did your tax for you”, whispers Dan Callis, a freelance SEO expert. We both dream for a moment. When an invoice gets paid, 20% trots off to a

The goldwomen hiding in plain sight
Banks are searching far and wide for their next big fintech. But have the solutions been under their noses the whole time? Big banks have always had a raging crush on fintech. For decades, they’ve