Fintech 2025 – What’s in the Fintech pipeline?

Date: Tuesday 14th January 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Location: Shoosmiths, The XYZ Building, 2 Hardman Boulevard, Spinningfields, M3 3AZ
Cost: £FREE Members, £20+VAT Non-members
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FinTech
Member Event
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Financial institutions continue to adopt different Fintech trends to combat users' changing requirements.

Join us as our panel of experts peel back the layers of any upcoming initiatives for 2025 that may drive fintech innovation—key areas such as regulatory support, financial inclusion, and technological advancement. We'll touch on the Centre for Finance, Innovation, and Technology (CFIT), where digital verification processes are set to improve, advanced technologies like biometric authentication and AI-driven verification systems.

About the Speakers:

Kimberley Waldron Founder and Managing Director - Started PR / Co-founder SkyParlour

An award-winning advisor and entrepreneur, with over 15 years in the financial services and tech industry. Kimberley hosts the popular Get Started podcast, chairs the Manchester Fintech committee and is a long-term mentor for Rise by Barclays, Fintech Alliance and Fintech Circle. A regular on stage at events like Web Summit, Fintech Week London, Fintech Fringe, Finance Magnates and Fintech North, Kimberley’s insight also features in financial industry publications such as Fintech Magazine, Payments Expert, Verdict and The Fintech Power50 journal. Kimberley is board advisor to several exciting Fintech start-ups including ekko, Lemon and others soon to be announced.

Matt Bird Co Founder and CEO - Lemon

A visionary entrepreneur with a passion for innovation, Matt Bird is the Co-founder & CEO at lemon, a VC backed SaaS finance product that seamlessly connects financing to SaaS sales teams. Establishing lemon in 2023 as his third startup business, Matt is an ambitious leader set to solve two of the largest problems for SMBs: lack of clarity and overspend on the software that SMB’s use to power their businesses. Matt Bird’s leadership at Lemon embodies innovation, entrepreneurship, and a dedication to empowering SMBs. 

Patrick Smith Founder and CEO - zally

Meet Patrick Smith, a visionary serial entrepreneur who defies convention and catalyzes industry evolution. From igniting his entrepreneurial journey at age ten to orchestrating the successful launch and exit of two ventures, Patrick’s path is a testament to how hard work beats talent any day. With over three decades of experience running businesses, he leads an emerging breed of tech pioneers. Today, as the founder and CEO of zally, Patrick revolutionizes authentication. By continuously confirming that you are you through how you interact with your smartphones, he aims to eliminate passwords, build the UK’s next unicorn, and make digital experiences human. Patrick’s magnetic presence, brutal honesty, and awe-inspiring rhetoric inspire audiences to push themselves further and join him on the journey.

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