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Did you hear? We're bringing our fintech mentoring sessions to this year's Fintech Talents Festival on 11th November from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT. 👉 Apply today: http://ms.spr.ly/6044W30UA Learn about our mentors: Anastasiya Kizima- is the Head of Global Partnerships at Barclays. She has an MBA degree at University of Oxford focusing on Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Fintech. Wasim Mushtaq- career in financial services has focused on leading operational teams and delivering strategic change across banking sectors. Partnering with global banks to execute large-scale transformation and advising innovative startups to launch new products and services. Ricardo Chaves- has expertise in Marketing and Sales in Telcos and Banking. He has launched a successful start-up rental company and has worked on co-leading a hub for Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics for a consulting firm. Sadeque Ahmed- expertise includes driving strategy, transformation and managing large global teams. He has 10+ years of global Onboarding & KYC domain experience across retail and wholesale banking. Esme Wilson- works in Private Equity at Apis Partners, specialising in fintech and particularly payments. She has additional expertise in M&A and Strategy and working in investment banking at large Bank. #FTT24 #Fintech #Mentoring

Congratulations to Rise members Fnality International, Boosted.ai and AKUR8 for being listed on CB Insights Fintech 100: The most promising fintech startups of 2024. 🎉 This CB Insights list reflects 100 private fintech companies to have on your radar for partnership and investment opportunities. Learn more here: http://ms.spr.ly/6043Wy5J1 #Fintech #Startups

Yesterday was buzzing with innovation and excitement at our Rise Growth Academy (RGA) Demo Day. We showcased companies from the RGA cohort at our London and New York hubs as well as at Barclays HQ. The event brought together Barclays colleagues, industry leaders and investors to hear cutting-edge fintech solutions that are set to disrupt and redefine the financial industry. Thank you to our demoing companies Anonybit, Scribe, FinCrime Dynamics, Juice, Singlify, Spendbase, Data Safeguard Inc., Fennel, Heka Global, Mall IQ, Inc. (LocatIQ), Louisa AI, Odynn, Pockyt and our attendees for making this event such a success. The ideas exchanged and connections forged during our Demo Day have us excited about the future of finance. To learn more about RGA and the 2024 cohort, visit us at http://ms.spr.ly/6044WHVyw #Fintech #DemoDay #Innovation

What an incredible evening at Rise London for our 'How to Invest for the Future' event. A huge thank you to our speakers Clare Francis (Barclays), Richard Pearce (Barclays), Sam Brown (Planda) and Gabriel Nussbaum (That Money Guy) for sharing your insights on the barriers to investing such as financial education, perceived complexity and policy recommendations to help empower UK consumers to invest with confidence and boost UK capital markets.   This event was off the back of the latest research on the UK’s investment gap. To learn more, visit here: https://lnkd.in/e-VDkPXP #HomeofFinTech #Investing

Last week Drofa Comms hosted their 'Communicate Fintech' event in partnership with The Fintech Marketing Hub CIC at Rise London. Communicate Fintech is a platform dedicated to fintech brands and narratives. It integrates a series of events, webinars, and interviews uniting fintech opinion leaders, founders, and marketing professionals. Welcomed to the stage was Helen Disney, Jana Straiton, Vivienne Hsu, Alina Sysoeva and Ele Ward on the topics of aligning PR, marketing and sales, the definition of success, a company’s reputation and more. #Fintech #Fintechmarketing

📢 Only one week left until our Demo Day. 📢 Don't miss your chance to witness cutting-edge innovations in data, AI, banking, and fraud prevention from the 2024 Rise Growth Academy cohort. Register for London here: http://ms.spr.ly/6044mxomI Register for New York here: http://ms.spr.ly/6045mxomL #Fintech #DemoDay #Innovation

Are you in London looking for 1:1 advice from industry experts on your fintech start-up or scale-up? 👉 Apply today for our virtual mentoring sessions on 24 October at 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT : http://ms.spr.ly/6044mfg7w Learn about our mentors: Edward Black- has expertise in strategy and new product/service development. Edward has extensive experience of the payments industry and has held senior roles in Strategy, Product Management and Payments Innovation. Zena El Farra- an exited founder and fractional Chief of Staff in the fintech and payments space, currently supporting three climate tech businesses. Her areas of interest include product incubation, social marketing and PR, as well as operational and HR strategy. Ashraf Sleiman Agha (CAMS)- is a financial services professional known for his expertise in various fields, including finance, compliance, and business management. Michael Pearce- is a coach and mentor, running his own advisory/consulting/coaching business located in London. He has over 30 years of experience in financial services experience within a variety of financial institutions with global reach and a strong knowledge of the African market. Susana Ponce Froment- is an award-winning global fintech innovator with 20-years of leadership experience. Through risk management and innovation, Susana empowers global fintechs to become profitable and to successfully launch innovative financial products. #Fintech #Mentoring

Last week, Rise London had the pleasure of hosting the Cranfield School of Management Breakthrough Leadership Programme. The Breakthrough Leadership Programme is a transformative programme that equips business leaders with the necessary skill set to successfully implement strategies that create value and drive success across the organisation. Thank you for visiting us at the #HomeofFinTech.

Congratulations to Layla Alexander an Investor at Female Founders Fund (Rise New York resident) for being listed on 'New York's Top VCs Under 30' list by TechCrunch. Well done! 👏 Learn more: http://ms.spr.ly/6048mLBqY #Investor #VC

Are you interested in the latest tech solutions in data, AI, banking and fraud? Join us at Rise London and New York for our Rise Growth Academy Demo Day on 23 October. This event will showcase companies from our 2024 Rise Growth Academy cohort, sharing their tech solutions and plans for the future. See our demo line-up below. Rise London, 23 October | 1:30 PM GMT Demos: FinCrime Dynamics, Juice, Scribe, Singlify, Spendbase 👉 Register for London: http://ms.spr.ly/6044mxomI Rise New York, 23 October | 8:30 AM ET Demos: Anonybit, Data Safeguard Inc., Fennel, Heka Global, Mall IQ, Inc.(LocatIQ), Louisa AI, Odynn, Pockyt 👉 Register for New York: http://ms.spr.ly/6045mxomL #FintechEvent #FintechSolutions