We are proud to announce our first Fintech Fridays session on May 14 with guest speakers from OpenPayd, Rapyd and NatWest.

The topic of this opening session is Embracing the Business Case for Serving Women.

The female economy is large, fast-growing and underserved — and fintechs are well-positioned to tap into it, as showcased in our research, “How Fintechs Can Profit from the Multi-Trillion-Dollar Female Economy.” Fintechs that track key performance indicators by sex show a compelling business case for serving the women’s market.

Sixty-four percent of fintechs that collect sex-disaggregated usage data found that female customers have similar or higher usage rates than men. The picture is also favorable for other key performance metrics, such as customer acquisition cost (CAC) and life-time value (LTV). However, few fintechs are aware of the size of the women’s market opportunity or of women’s dissatisfaction with current providers.

Join us as we kick-start the one-hour webinar with a panel of expert industry players sharing insights and recommendations on how fintechs and incumbent financial service providers can collaborate to elevate women’s financial experiences and accelerate their economic empowerment. This thought leadership segment will be followed by a spotlight on up-and-coming fintechs Dakko and Lucy and a meet-up for ecosystem players to build connections and create market opportunities.

Date: Friday, May 14
Time: 1 pm London Time (8am EST)
Duration: 1 hour

The session is open to non-members.

Book your spot here.

Upcoming sessions – Save the Date:

1. June 18: Using Sex-Disaggregated Data to Drive Decision-Making
2. July 9: Taking a Gender-Intelligent Approach
3. August 6: Scaling Up Through Partnerships: Speed Boats
4. September 3: Aligning with Investors
5. October 29: Advocating for an Enabling Regulatory Environment

About OpenPayd: OpenPayd is a leading global payments and banking-as-a-service platform for the digital economy. Through its API-driven technology, businesses can embed financial services into their products and create the seamless user experiences needed to drive business growth.

About Rapyd: Rapyd is a global payment network dedicated to enabling locally relevant payment methods, including cash, bank and ATM transfers, local debit, and e-wallets, in a fully compliant manner. The Rapyd payments network allows platform partners, local financial institutions and processors, and leading merchants to enable 2 billion people to pay and receive funds their way.

About NatWest: NatWest Group is the largest business and commercial bank in the UK serving over 19 million customers across the globe. They serve around 1 in 4 businesses across the UK and Ireland, from start-ups to multi-nationals. In January 2021, NatWest Group launched £1 billion in female entrepreneurship funding and announced targets to help create 50,000 new businesses by 2023.

About Fintech Fridays: Fintech Fridays are a monthly peer-learning and thought leadership opportunity coupled with meet-ups between key stakeholders in the fintech ecosystem focusing on ways to accelerate the female economy.