Beyond The Capital from SuperTech

Beyond The Capital is the podcast series from SuperTech that explores the professional services tech scene outside of London. We’re also on the AdviserTech Show podcast feed. This is a special four-part mini-series in partnership with the Women in Finance Collective , a new network to promote and support women who work in finance and fintech in the Midlands. In this episode, we spotlight the next...

Beyond The Capital is the podcast series from SuperTech that explores the professional services tech scene outside of London. We’re also on the AdviserTech Show podcast feed. This is a special four-part mini-series in partnership with the Women in Finance Collective , a new network to promote and support women who work in finance and fintech in the Midlands. In this episode, host Hilary Smyth-Alle...

In this episode of Beyond the Capital, part of our Women in Finance Collective mini-series, host Hilary Smith-Allen is joined by Kim Jenkins, Chief Operating Officer of fintech firm Afternoon, and Liz Basten, founder of Kiss My Brand, a marketing agency. Together, they share their reflections on decades of working in fintech and financial services, tackling barriers and exploring how women can thr...

Beyond The Capital is the podcast series from SuperTech that explores the professional services tech scene outside of London. We’re also on the AdviserTech Show podcast feed. This is a special four-part mini-series in partnership with the Women in Finance Collective, a new network to promote and support women who work in finance and fintech in the Midlands. For this first episode of the series, ho...

This is the final episode of a four-part mini-series of Beyond the Capital from SuperTech WM , in partnership with the TiPS Accelerator , a programme helping regional law and accountancy firms adopt new technology. This episode explores how accountancy and audit firm Armstrong Watson navigated the cultural, technical, and client-related challenges of adopting new audit technology through the TiPS...

This is the third episode of a four-part mini-series of Beyond the Capital from SuperTech WM , in partnership with the TiPS Accelerator, a programme helping regional law and accountancy firms adopt new technology. This episode features leaders from Thorntons , a full-service Scottish law firm, who speak to host Hilary Smyth-Allen about their journey on the TiPS Accelerator.  Sarah Blair, Jane...

This is the second episode of a four-part mini-series of Beyond the Capital from SuperTech WM, in partnership with the TiPS Accelerator—a programme helping regional law and accountancy firms adopt new technology. In this episode, host Hilary Smyth-Allen speaks to Dr Catriona Wolfenden , Director of Product and Innovation at Weightmans , a top-40 UK law firm. She shares insights from Weightmans’ pa...

In this episode of Beyond the Capital from SuperTech WM, we find out about the  TiPS Accelerator —a programme helping regional law and accountancy firms adopt new technology. Host Hilary Smith-Allen is joined by the research team at  Oxford Brookes Business School —Professor Tim Vorley, Dr. Francisco Trincado Munoz, and Dr. Hannah Tornow—to explore how the accelerator helped firms naviga...

Welcome to Beyond The Capital from SuperTech.  This is a four-part mini-series about the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab. SuperTech has partnered with Fintech Scotland for the Lab, which is an industry-led collaborative research and innovation programme, helping to shape future financial regulation in the UK.  The programme - and this mini-series - focuses on how new technologies can...

Welcome to Beyond The Capital from SuperTech .  This is a four-part mini-series about the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab . SuperTech has partnered with Fintech Scotland for the Lab, which is an industry-led collaborative research and innovation programme, helping to shape future financial regulation in the UK.  The programme - and this mini-series - focuses on how new technologies c...

Welcome to Beyond The Capital from SuperTech.   This is a four-part mini-series about the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab . SuperTech has partnered with Fintech Scotland for the Lab, which is an industry led collaborative research and innovation programme, helping to shape the future financial regulation in the UK.  The programme - and this mini-series - focuses on how new technologi...

Welcome to Beyond The Capital from SuperTech and a special four-part series about the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab . SuperTech has partnered with Fintech Scotland for the Lab, which is an industry led collaborative research and innovation programme, helping to shape the future financial regulation in the UK.  The programme - and this mini-series - focuses on how new technologies can de...

Welcome to our special mini-series of Beyond The Capital recorded at Birmingham Tech Week 2024. In this episode, Hilary Smyth-Allen explores the challenges and opportunities of AI adoption in the legal sector. She spoke to Emma Jackson, Head of Legal Technology & Data at Mills & Reeve; Vipul Ladwa, founder of legal tech company Casey; and Aisling O’Connell, Head of Innovation Policy at the...

Welcome to our special mini-series of Beyond The Capital recorded at Birmingham Tech Week 2024. In this episode, Hilary Smyth-Allen finds out more about the role of the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT). She speaks to its CEO Ezechi Britton. They discuss: CFIT’s role in driving financial innovation in the UK The importance of open finance  How the Digital Innovation and Sma...

Welcome to our special mini-series of Beyond The Capital recorded at Birmingham Tech Week 2024. In this episode, we’re finding out about AI and real estate.  Hilary Smyth-Allen speaks to Shakirah Akinwale, centre director of University College London’s Centre for Sustainability and RealTech Innovation, who is also a smart buildings technology consultant. She also speaks to Tom Shrive, the CPO...

Welcome to our special mini-series of Beyond The Capital recorded at Birmingham Tech Week 2024. In this episode, Hilary Smyth-Allen finds out about the evolving landscape of the UK's fintech sector following the recent election of a Labour government. She spoke to Adam Jackson, Chief Strategy Officer at Innovate Finance. They discuss: How the new government’s current approach to fintech is charact...

In this series of Beyond The Capital from SuperTech, we're exploring the power of partnerships. Birmingham-based Fastcheck was set up by Amar Rana who was frustrated by the complicated nature of obtaining car finance. In this episode, Hilary speaks to Amar about: How a pain point for customers helped spark the idea for Fastcheck How a cold approach through LinkedIn was pivotal for the company How...

In this series of Beyond The Capital, we’re exploring the power of partnerships. Shame is a huge barrier to tackling problem debt. But the first thing anyone in debt is required to do is complete an income and expenditure form. To help those complete this form who can’t face speaking to a real person, a Midlands-based business has come up with a solution: an AI assistant to help with affordability...

In this series, we’re exploring the power of partnerships. A fintech that’s focused on credit unions and community banks says its whole business model is formed on partnerships. Incuto's ethos is tech for good. It helps enable people to access financial services that don’t always have traditional routes available to them.  In this episode, Hilary speaks to Lauren Langton, Head of Advocacy at...

In this series of Beyond The Capital, we’re exploring the power of partnerships. The number of Brits owning properties in Spain continues to rise according to recent data. But the process of holiday home ownership is complicated. One Birmingham-based business is working to address this. Bueno is a one-stop platform for property owners. In this episode, Hilary speaks to Felix Hughes of Bueno. They...

In this series of Beyond The Capital, we’re exploring the power of partnerships. For this episode, we hear from a Birmingham-based start-up that’s leveraged different types of partnerships to help it grow. Lexverify is an AI-powered risk management assistant that helps identify legal and compliance risks in emails and other electronic communications. Hilary is joined by Cristian Gherhes, the Found...

A West Midlands-based business aims to make owning a car much easier. In this episode of Beyond The Capital from SuperTech, Hilary speaks to Paul Jewell, the founder and CEO of CarCloud Community - an app that manages insurance, car finance, and key dates in one place. In this series of the podcast, we're talking about the power of partnerships. CarCloud's partnership with Reach Plc has helped it...

In this series of Beyond the Capital from SuperTech, we're exploring the power of partnerships. How can an international bank tap into local tech talent and innovation in the West Midlands?  To answer that question and learn more about its regional partnerships, Hilary is joined in this episode by Richard Newland, Chief Customer Officer, BNP Paribas Personal Finance. They discuss: BNP Paribas...

In a brand new series of Beyond the Capital from SuperTech, we're exploring the power of partnerships. In the first episode, Hilary Smyth-Allen speaks to Indy Johal, COO and interim CEO of Advance Credit Union, to discuss how credit unions work and their role in building a more inclusive financial services sector. They also talk about the level of need for financial inclusion in Birmingham and the...

Beyond The Capital is back with a new series! This time, Hilary Smyth-Allen explores the power of partnerships and their crucial role in helping businesses flourish. She speaks to both big and small organisations about some of their most important partnerships. Beyond The Capital is the podcast series from SuperTech about the professional services tech scene outside London. It's presented by proft...