A Guest Post by Refiloe Seseane CEO 18Twenty8 Registered in January 2011, 18twenty8® is an award-winning, women-led, non-profit organisation that empowers young women by developing strategies for their educational and personal development. We encourage young women, between the ages of 18 and 28, to pursue higher education as an attractive

In the span of a few decades, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has journeyed from the realm of science fiction to an undeniable reality. For large, pre-existing businesses, especially those in the financial sector, it’s crucial to grasp the profound implications of this evolution. As we delve into the three horizons

I’m off on holiday soon, and you’re probably already there, so this blog is really just a wrap up for a side project I’ve been working on for way too long… Oh, before I forget - this side project has probably doomed humankind. Soz. Artificial Emotion. If

The UK and South Africa fintech markets have many similarities, but also some significant differences.  Both have seen significant growth - the UK fintech market is much larger than the South African fintech market in terms of investment, number of companies, and market size.  However, according to a recent report

A solution to the multiple demands faced by those charged with delivering FinTech. For the financial sector CTO and CIO there are many competing priorities. The demands for fresher products, new features, new integrations, etc etc. are all loud and all urgent. One solution our customers have come to rely

I recently spent a few weeks working with an AI to try and create a way of working for the Exec team.  One that had the advantages of Agile, but that acknowledged that only 30% of our work is planned. We looked at all the books the AI had read

What purpose then does digital have in this new world? None. Digital is just a way of getting human creativity into AIs. Instead of robots.text we’ll upload AI.text onto our sub-ceefax digital properties. Lonely, unloved web-pages visited only by our grandparents

I saw an interesting article about AI based lead generation for financial advisers in Citywire*. I asked AIME, our AI Platform, to respond. I had to edit a few bits that were too repetitive, and other bits that were outlandishly over confident, but the overall answer remains the same. GCG

A few weeks ago I made an automated solution that processes emails, pulls out any actions it thinks are for me, and adds them to my task management system. It worked pretty well when I tested it on a few dozen emails, and I was pleased with the results. I

But where's the opportunity? According to the latest figures from The Learning & Work Institute’s there’s been a 40% drop in people taking GCSE IT since 2015 suggesting we are in for a digital skills crisis in the UK. I found that surprising. But what really made me think

This weekend Santander joined a growing list of high street banks that’s suffered disruptive service outages, acting as a reminder that digital transformation is far from easy. On Saturday, reports that Santander’s online and mobile banking apps were knocked out started to hit the press. In-branch services, card

Can you really develop apps that integrate with legacy systems? With VDP you can. “We’re building an open source 5G, AI, ML, IoT bot for a disruptor in open banking.” It’s a job to tell if that’s for real or an April Fool, isn’t it? Actually

Why small interventions are better in the long run for company growth We gave everyone TWO hours off every week. The results were dramatic. Every now and again I review our company values and the constitution. They boil down to some very simple principles. But I believe, because of their

Ever noticed the disconnect between the people who come up with solution and product ideas and the people that actually add value, manage the risk and make it happen? I’d say it’s one of the most challenging elements to making progress and delivering a strategy. By disconnect, I’