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FinTech Scotland episodes

April 19, 2021 Episode 3 - AI and fintech applications
On the 22nd of March 2021 Scotland’s AI Strategy was published. AI is playing a growing role in the development of fintech solutions. In this special episode that launches during the UK fintech week we hear from two fintech firms that have built their proposition around AI as well as Gillian Docherty, OBE, CEO at The DataLab, member of the Steering Committee that led to the creation of Scotland’s AI strategy and Chair of the AI Alliance in Scotland. We’re also joined by Simon Pink, AI & Data Leader for financial services at IBM.
In this episode we discussed how Scotland will become an AI powerhouse, the evolution of AI and ethics implications and look at two firms using AI in the fintech space to deliver better outcomes for firms and citizens.
30 min
April 01, 2021 Episode 2 - The Future of Wealthtech
In this episode we welcomed:
-Chris Turnbull, CEO at Airfunders
-Ross Laurie, CEO at Visible Capital
-Iain Niblock the newly appointed CEO at Money Dashboard.
We spoke about new innovations impacting the world of Wealthtech from Open Banking to AI.
The conversation also took us to Open Finance as a natural and needed evolution of Open Banking and what it means for the future of digital financial advice and guidance.
Finally we asked ourselves whether people would ever move to full robots advice solutions or if they'd always value the human interaction.
19 min
March 18, 2021 Episode 1 - Fintech in Scotland
An introduction to the fintech sector in Scotland with:
-Nicola Anderson, CEO at FinTech Scotland
-Kent MacKenzie, Partner and Global Head of Fintech & Regtech, Advisory Services at Deloitte
-Alberto Macciani, CMO at fintech Paysend

Together our guests covered what makes Scotland a great place for innovation generally and for fintech more specifically. The recent UK Fintech Sector Review commissioned by the UK Treasure highlights Scotland as the second UK fintech hub in number of firms. We explore the strength of a nation whilst discussing areas of improvement and what's in train for FinTech Scotland in the coming years.
23 min
March 03, 2021 Welcome to FinTech Scotland's podcast
FinTech Scotland's CEO, Nicola Anderson, welcomes you to our new podcast and tell you about all the great things we'll be discussing.
1 min