I was disappointed to hear last week that Fintech Talk had closed down, but I admire Liam for what he did, and some of the grief he put up within the process. I really think the place had great potential and a great community too.
So, in light of the closure of FTT, Fintech Forum was set up to continue the conversation, regardless of what area of fintech you want to talk about. Opinions, news, features, problems - let the conversation begin!
A few differences
One thing that may be obvious from the outset is there are no categories for every bank. Instead, Iāve opted for a tag approach. Your thread could be anything and about multiple banks, so this way, you can just tag in the different banks.
You can still search and filter by tag so hopefully, itāll work quite well
But let me know what you think and how you find it
Introduce yourself
Letās get things started. Drop a reply below, introduce yourself, your interest in fintech, what you use and so on
Thanks @Graham! As mentioned, I feel that there was potential in the Fintech talk forum, but I completely understand (and admire) Liamās position there.
Iām not a regular on the Monzo forum, but happy to share it if you donāt think itāll upset anyone?
Hi, great to see this initiative. I am a financial novice and find great advice and information on Monzo [and Starling until it was taken down] and I very much hope that you donāt have the same experience as Liam. I wish you all the best. R-
Iām using the same user name here as I do on the Monzo forum, so I guess most people who end up here will know what Iām like (and if you donāt, youāll find out soon enough).
I hope this succeeds, because I do miss the old FTT forum.
It will be interesting to see how many people who arenāt on the Monzo forum find it.
Iām not sure about this, but will wait and see how it pans out.
Are there any plans for an āOtherā category? I note that there is a āTravelā one. Do you want to discourage non Fintech discussion? I donāt mind either way, just interested in your thoughts.
Iām hoping the tags approach will work itself out in time. My view was one thread could be about multiple banks or cards (like a poll, for example), so posting it in one category or the other missed the point.
Iāve set up a few tags, which are easily extended. If it doesnāt work, it can be changed - certainly open to feedback!
I canāt see why we canāt have an āOtherā category?
I missed FTT a lot, and all credit to Liam for running it as long and as well as he did. Like many, I reverted to just keeping an eye on the Monzo forum. But I decided not to participate as it was clear there was some agnst that us āFTT refugeesā might descend upon their community and cause some-sort of blind panic there. Anyways, thanks @Mathew for setting all this up. Hopefully it will be a balanced friendly place like FTT was. And great to see some familiar usernames here too!
All credit to @Mathew for taking on the task of setting up a new forum. And, not sure if heāll ever see this, but thanks to Liam for all the effort he put into FTT.
Hope this place becomes a busy and friendly community to discuss all things fintech!
I think this is a fantastic idea, hope this becomes as varied a place as the last one!
Iāve blossomed from Monzo into all the fintech I can get my hands on, just to try it out mostly! Looking forward to seeing what discussions we can have here
R-