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Living in the present, learning from the past and looking forward to the future is my motto. Using technology to improve all that we do, and in particular the environment we live in and the planet we live on, is what motivates me most about the future. As a result, I am even more excited about the next decade of innovation than I am about the one we are just finishing in 2020.
Samantha Seaton Samantha Seaton needs no introduction! But we’ll do it anyway. She’s the trailblazing, equestrian-loving, CEO of Moneyhub. We love her down-toearth attitude and sky-high ambitions. Go on Seaton! This swashbuckler has a good eye for capturing future trends in fintech. She’s strategic, self-starting and all-round spectacular. In our ship, we see her plotting the map and charting the course for the bounties ahead.
LEADING THE WAY FOR OPEN BANKING
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Who hasn’t heard of open banking? Well… a special moment for Seaton. “Dan Scholey probably most people, but in our industry it’s (Moneyhub’s COO) and I showed the first live, a huge, deal. Getting bigger every day. 73% real Open Banking payment (PIS) at the first of UK financial institutions are interested in Open Banking Excellence meet-up in the movement, compared to just 48% this London”, she explained. “And much to time last year. And who was everyone else’s amazement, it there when this momentous actually worked. That was the IIIII IIIII IIIII III II I IIIII III movement was first conjured? moment I knew the world of financial None other than our services had changed and Natural Navigator, changed forever”. It had indeed! Samantha Seaton. We asked about her favourite achievements, and A TRUE ADVENTURER like a shot she pinged back Throughout this magazine we’ve with, “Being at the very heart of the created analogies between fintech and the creation of the Open Banking APIs (special theme of swashbucklers (not sure if anyone shout-out to Dave Tonge, our CTO) from the noticed…?). But with Seaton, we can give our very beginning way back in 2014”. creative brains a rest as she really is a Unveiling the powers of open banking was legend on
horseback. This Swashbuckler has been galloping to the rescue even before she was involved in fintech, and it’s still one of her main passions. We couldn’t resist asking about her proudest moments. “Competing internationally in my highly addictive equestrian sport of three-day eventing”, she revealed. “Particularly at Badminton (jumping the infamous Vicarage V), and Burghley (jumping the largest open ditch and hedge in the world) here in the UK”. We love that! No long faces here! But that’s not Samantha Seaton’s only extra-curricular activity. Just when you thought she was a bit too impressive to be real, she whips this comment out of the bag, “I'm so excited to be at the forefront of Open Finance: releasing the world’s first Charitable Donation with Gift Aid built-in via Open Banking, and driving people to understand their Retirement options with the world’s first lifestyle-focussed pension modeller and dashboard powered by Open Banking”. Wow. Just wow. We love Seaton’s impeccable sense of direction, so it’s no wonder she’s the navigator of our ship.
WHERE’S NEXT ON THE MAP? So where is this Natural Navigator cantering off to next? We asked Seaton more. “There is just too much I want to do and nowhere near enough time to do it all!”, Seaton explained. “I really want to automate money management and make sure every penny works as hard as it can for each and every one of us with as little effort as possible!”. We hear you Seaton. We hear you. ■
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