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Why working on holiday is bad for your job
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Why working on holiday is bad for your job

While TikTok is exalting the benefits of “quiet quitting”, the rest of us are over here pushing through the always-on culture of remaining connected to work – even when we’re on paid time off. We weren’t always like this. The shift to hybrid working has blurred formal boundaries separating work from our leisure time. After all, if you’re fitting yo...

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Here’s how to get hired at Crowdcube
Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Here’s how to get hired at Crowdcube

‘Breaking into Fintech’ is a series that asks experts for tips to help job seekers join the industry. For this installment, we spoke to Sarah Lee, vice president of people and culture at Crowdcube, for insights around how to get hired in fintech. Who knows, after reading this you might find yourself paddleboarding alongside fellow ‘Cubers’. Crowdc...

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Collaborating for the future of Fintech: Driving innovation on the Isle of Man
Kurt Roosen

Kurt Roosen Head of Innovation at Digital Agency, Isle of Man Government

Collaborating for the future of Fintech: Driving innovation on the Isle of Man

This piece was co-authored by Simon Pickering, head of insurance and pensions at Finance Isle of Man. The fintech landscape is constantly evolving. It has the potential to transform everyday lives, change the way businesses are run, and define the future of finance. In the last few years, we have already seen how the integration of digital and ope...

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Two-thirds of UK workers want a better work-life balance
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Two-thirds of UK workers want a better work-life balance

Do you see work-life balance as a myth, or is it something you constantly strive to achieve? Research from Gallup shows that 61% of U.S workers are seeking a more improved work life balance, a desire brought about by the increase in flexible working caused by the pandemic. The picture is broadly the same in the UK. Recent research from HR and pay...

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Here’s how to get hired at Yapily
Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Here’s how to get hired at Yapily

For the latest piece in ‘Breaking into Fintech’, Finextra’s series that goes behind the lines to see what industry leaders are looking for in future hires, we sat down with Caroline Abercrombie, chief people officer at Yapily. Yapily is an open banking platform which works to provide infrastructure to financial institutions and innovate the payment...

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The fall of big tech: The impact on investing opportunities
Marco Mottadelli

Marco Mottadelli Head of Global Brokerage at Fineco Bank

The fall of big tech: The impact on investing opportunities

It has been a dismal start to the year for some of the world’s largest technology companies as earnings have slowed and their high valuations have been called into question. Is the future as bright for the glory sector of the 2010s? Technology has seen an extraordinary run since the global financial crisis. In the ten years to June 2022 the technol...

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The Future of Digital Banking in the UK: Retaining top digital talent
Níamh Curran

Níamh Curran Senior Reporter at Finextra

The Future of Digital Banking in the UK: Retaining top digital talent

This is an excerpt from Finextra’s report, 'The Future of Digital Banking in the UK 2022'. The “talent drought” has been a key topic of discussion from fintechs and banks alike. As companies become more in need of talent, especially those providing the building blocks for an increasingly digital banking world, it is the problem of these instituti...

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What will your future work week look like?
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What will your future work week look like?

Shorter hours, a four-day week, or the flexibility to pick and choose your own schedule any given week; if you could choose, what would your ideal working week look like? The workplace has irrevocably changed over the past few years, with expected changes accelerated by the pandemic and cemented as the new reality over the course of subsequent lock...

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Is Ethereum’s long-awaited 'The Merge' upgrade a game changer?
Charles-Henry Monchau

Charles-Henry Monchau CIO at Syz Group

Is Ethereum’s long-awaited 'The Merge' upgrade a game changer?

The price of Ether (ETH) rebounded strongly in July. Renewed risk appetite certainly played a role, but some investors are looking positively at a major change in the way the blockchain Ethereum will operate, starting 19 September. From Ethereum to Ethereum 2.0 Launched on 30 July 2015, Ethereum is a decentralised exchange protocol that allows use...

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Here’s how to get hired at iwoca
Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Here’s how to get hired at iwoca

iwoca’s chief operations officer, Seema Desai, spoke with Finextra in a tell-all around the tips and tricks to getting hired by a leading fintech in our latest ‘Breaking into Fintech’ piece. Priding itself on flexible, fast, and efficient lending, iwoca is a loan platform that supports businesses in the UK and Germany by providing them with credit ...

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The Future of Digital Banking in the UK: Digitising to the core with agile fintech players
Paige McNamee

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

The Future of Digital Banking in the UK: Digitising to the core with agile fintech players

This is an excerpt from Finextra’s report, 'The Future of Digital Banking in the UK 2022'. Beyond the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the world has found itself having to function in a context of rife with unpredictability, with climate change and global geopolitical events marking just the tip of the iceberg. On top of these pressures, the financial ...

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Solutions to help fintechs break down barriers to collaborate with banks
Madeleine Barratt

Madeleine Barratt Associate at Pinsent Masons

Solutions to help fintechs break down barriers to collaborate with banks

Customers in the financial service sector now demand 24/7 access to digital services from their banks. Those demands have only increased as a consequence of the pandemic and its impact on consumer habits. To compete, banks need access to the latest digital technologies quickly, and commonly find it more efficient and effective to procure technolog...

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