FinTech North supports Northern Powerhouse Nordic-Baltic FinTech Mission
The two-day programme will showcase the UK’s Northern Powerhouse cities of Manchester and Leeds. UK attendees will be primarily senior decision…
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FinTech North @ Platform 28/9/17
Whitecap Consulting is delighted to announce that FinTech North, in partnership with Leeds City Council, will host an upcoming breakfast seminar…
Financial Institutions and FinTechs: (Now) a contemporary tale of collaboration and mutual co-existence
Robert Grant, in the publication ‘Contemporary Strategic Analysis’, summarises the evolution of strategic management through several distinct phases: Financial Budgeting…
Back to School – Strategy, Planning and Uncertainty
The same is true for executives in numerous organisations, as September is the typically the time to start the annual…
Are challenger banks challenging enough?
It’s widely accepted that the banking sector is undergoing a period of sustained change, with digital innovation, open APIs, PSD2,…
Meet the Directors – Luke Freeman
What brought you into consulting? Focus and variety. Specifically, the opportunity to really focus on strategic problem solving, with less…
Meet the Directors – Lal Tawney
What brought you into Consulting? Personally, to make a difference to clients and to make a difference to their organisations…
Meet the Directors – Stefan Haase
What brought you into consulting? Good question. The realisation that working for one company alone doesn’t really maximise your ability…
Meet the Directors – Julian Wells
What brought you into Consulting? I’ve worked in some big businesses in my career. When you work in a large…
‘Always on’ strategy – a challenge for corporates and SMEs alike
In an age of immediacy and agility, the concept of a more dynamic and flexible approach to strategic planning is…
Meet the Directors – Richard Coates, Managing Director
What brought you into Consulting? I’ve worked for 25 years, working for a range of businesses, and I had always…
2017 UK higher education sector – response to UCAS applications data
2017 UK university applications down – £225m of lost revenue for the higher education sector. Last week, UCAS data for 2017 applications…
Robo advice in the mortgage industry – what’s really happening?
Whitecap’s work in FinTech often leads us to conversations about digital transformation in financial sectors, and in recent months there’s been…
FinTech North Review
On April 26th, the much-anticipated FinTech North event took place at aql in Leeds city centre. The day was an…
Reflections on FinTech North, from Nostrum Group
FinTech North is a one day event in Leeds which focuses on technology innovation in the financial services industry – organised…