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                       Tracking diversity in fintechw?          'better.' And what might better even look like, and who
                                                                gets it right.
                                   e want to thank Denise Gee,
                                   Findexablde's managing       "Four months later we are welcoming our first sponsors
                                   director, for sending us this   (https://findexable.com/diversity-radar-sponsors) together with
                       W note about an upcoming                 a  global  network  of  Champions,  Partners,  Ambassadors
        survey on diversity in the fintech sphere. It's focused on   and a Data Task Force (https://findexable.com/diversity-radar-
        women in the industry.                                  team/#data-task-force) to guarantee standards and rigour.

        "If women are better at saving, if female businesses    "Soon we will launch a survey of privately owned fintechs,
        perform better and if women control the vast majority of   carrying out qualitative research among large financial
        discretionary spending, why are fintechs not clambering   institutions and publicly listed payment firms. We need
        to know what's important for the world's fastest growing   your input to produce, not only another report, but a
        market?" Gee wrote. "And if fintech teams don't work    scorecard and real-time platform that will help the fintech
        alongside them, know the sex of their customers or      ecosystem to understand the opportunities of the female
        understand their preferences and spending habits, what   economy and how more diverse teams can play a role in
        are growth strategies based on?                         fintech success and growth.

        "In August we brought together a group of partners to ask   "Read on to meet some of the flag bearers and aspiring
        just this, and up came the data question, "Do we know   women behind the Fintech Diversity Radar at  https://
        how fintech is doing on gender diversity, and what the   findexable.com/diversity-radar/."
        potential impact of women can be on scaling their business
        and more broadly on the digital economy?"               How diverse is our workforce?
                                                                What's your take on diversity in the payments and fintech
        "The very area that fintech essentially owns, and therefore   sphere? If you were charged with making the industry
        shapes. The argument being, if we measure and monitor,   more diverse, what actions would you take? Weigh in at
        we can move the bar from wherever the benchmark is to   greensheet@greensheet.com.









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