Inclusive Finance

Alessandro Hatami is the founder and managing partner of advisory firm Pacemakers.io, specialising in driving digital transformation in payments, financial services and banking organisations. He has been driving digital innovation for over 15 years at firms such as the Lloyds Banking Group, PayPal UK, PayPoint.net and GE Capital. He is a non-exec director of Cashplus Bank, mentor to several fintech start-ups and an investor in a number of early-stage tech companies. He is a well-known figure in European fintech and is a frequent speaker at events across the globe. His book Reinventing Banking and Finance (2021), also published by Kogan Page, was rated Best Overall Book on Banking of 2021 by Investopedia.com in the US. He is based in London, the UK.

Chapter - 01: Introduction; Section - ONE: What is wrong with the system?; Chapter - 02: Why is modern banking socially broken?; Chapter - 03: The role of banking in everyones' lives- what is offered vs what is needed; Chapter - 04: The importance of payments; Chapter - 05: The role of credit-the role potential of affordable lending; Chapter - 06: Protecting wealth from savings to investments, pensions and insurance; Chapter - 07: The bank as a trusted advisor- is this still true? Chapter - 08: The fears of inclusive finance- are the fears of the banks and regulators justified? Section - TWO: How do we fix finance? Chapter - 09: How Fintech is fighting social exclusion and what more it could do; Chapter - 10: The Fintech social champions- stories and case studies of businesses using Fintech to improve society; Chapter - 11: What can be done to support this transformation?; Chapter - 12: Business Models - How financial inclusion could become a viable business strategy for a financial services business; Chapter - 13: The future and beyond; Chapter - 14: Closing remarks; Chapter - 15: Resources