In September we're very excited to welcome Jason Maude to Startup Grind Bournemouth. Jason is Chief Technology Advocate of Starling Bank and will be talking to us about the growth of Starling Bank and the future of fintech and banking more broadly. We’ll talk about how Starling Bank see themselves as a technology business that happen to have a banking license rather than just a bank with an IT department and why their technology is what differentiates them from their competition. Jason joined the team at Starling Bank almost three years ago and since then, the business has grown in headcount by 10x. We’ll discuss the realities of rapid growth in a technology business and how Starling Bank are projected to reach profitability next year. Jason will also give us some insight into the state of mobile banking today and what the future holds for banking and financial technology businesses more broadly.

In this interactive chat, Jason will talk about:

How Starling Bank started

Why their technology is what differentiates them

The realities of rapid growth

Fintech now and in the future

About Jason

Jason is a developer, podcaster, debater and public speaker. He has over a decade of experience working in the financial sector, primarily in creating and delivering software. He is passionate about building teams, rapid growth and explaining complex technical concepts to those who are convinced that they won't be able to understand them. Jason is currently the Chief Technology Advocate at Starling Bank having previously been one of the businesses lead engineers. He joined Starling Bank almost three years ago and has been part of their incredible recent growth. Jason also hosts the Starling podcast which gives listeners a closer look at the technology behind Starling Bank and what life is like at HQ.