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MEF’s Innovation meetup with The Barclays Accelerator

Last week we hosted the 2nd MEF Innovation meetup with Barclays Accelerator (London) in partnership with Techstars, hosted at Rise London, an open innovation space designed to support start-ups and entrepreneurs. Ten innovative startups on the bleeding edge of Fintech disruption, presented their business concepts ahead of networking and matchmaking…
Sam Hill
April 6, 2016
Guest blog

The Barclays Accelerator: Meet the Start ups

Last month 10 financial technology companies joined the new cohort of the Barclays Accelerator (London) Programme in partnership with Techstars. MEF members will have the opportunity to meet the start-ups at the 2nd Innovation Meetup to be hosted at Rise London on 30th March – see a preview of the…
Sam Hill
February 29, 2016
Opinions

A year of developments: The three key FinTech disruptions of 2015

They’re everywhere. Digital disruptions in FinTech are proliferating at an unprecedented rate. The rise of hundreds of FinTech startups in 2015 from lending platforms all the way to virtual marketplaces that are changing the way we use and look at financial services. But what exactly were the most radical sectors…
Sam Hill
February 9, 2016
Guest blog

Let’s be intimate about the distributed ledger

Can the blockchain change the way we keep track of valuable things? Tim Green has a think... This week I did something unusual with Mrs Green. It was something new for both of us. Something unthinkable just a few years ago. We discussed the blockchain. I was nervous when I…
Tim Green
September 24, 2015
MEF