FinTech Magazine - May 2021 | Page 65

SANTANDER UK

“ I believe banking and financial intermediation as a first principle can do some powerful and amazing things and technology can facilitate that ”

JONATHAN HOLMAN HEAD OF DIGITAL , SANTANDER CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL BANKING that industry knowledge is crucial .”
“ In digital we have to marry someone who is a banker with someone who is aware and capable within technology . It ' s only when you bring those two together that you can truly make change rather than saying , ‘ we ' ve got some systems now let ' s try and solve the problems of those systems .”
“ Henry Ford classified that with the faster horse quote , ‘ If I had asked people what they wanted , they would have said faster horses ,’ but , it ' s far more important if you ' re going to reinvent something to say like
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