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FinTech Women Walk the Talk

Moving the Needle for Workplace Gender Equality in Financial Services and Beyond

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Demonstrates how to achieve gender parity goals in the workplace and highlights the long-term benefits

  • Showcases why FinTech is paving the way for change in gender equality

  • Celebrates FinTech successes and presents the challenges facing the industry

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xlv
  2. Purpose: Walk the Talk

    • Nadia Edwards-Dashti
    Pages 1-16
  3. Mission: What Is FinTech?

    • Nadia Edwards-Dashti
    Pages 17-25
  4. Mindset: Innovation and Transformation

    • Nadia Edwards-Dashti
    Pages 27-34
  5. Reality: The Issues We Must Acknowledge

    • Nadia Edwards-Dashti
    Pages 55-69
  6. Movement: Sharing the Steps Forward

    • Nadia Edwards-Dashti
    Pages 71-83
  7. Chasing the Tipping Point: Static for Too Long

    • Nadia Edwards-Dashti
    Pages 85-100
  8. Moving the Needle: Action

    • Nadia Edwards-Dashti
    Pages 101-126
  9. Help or Hindrance: External Factors

    • Nadia Edwards-Dashti
    Pages 127-137
  10. Be Powerful

    • Nadia Edwards-Dashti
    Pages 139-143
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 145-150

About this book

The FinTech community is steeped in change and has the potential to pave the way for equal opportunities in the workplace, considering the positive actions that have taken place. There is so much more that can be done but what has been achieved so far needs to be replicated. This book showcases the successes in the industry alongside that which could act as a barrier or escalator. Being the first of its kind, FinTech Women Walk the Talk draws upon the author’s podcasts that feature the insights of more than 150 FinTech experts; more than 100 of which are women. It is a call to action for diversity in the workplace, showcasing the successes and presenting how to overcome the challenges. By demystifying FinTech, and highlighting its potential to drive change, this book explores how to achieve gender parity in the workplace. The FinTech industry is used as a
case study and hence of interest to practitioners in finance, technology, FinTech and beyond.

Keywords

  • Diversity
  • Inclusion
  • Gender equality
  • Gender equality in the workplace
  • Women in finance
  • Women in fintech
  • fintech careers
  • diversity in finance
  • diversity in fintech
  • financial technology
  • financial technology jobs
  • financial technology recruiting
  • gender pay gap
  • gender diversity on boards

Authors and Affiliations

  • Harrington Starr Ltd., London, UK

    Nadia Edwards-Dashti

About the author

Nadia Edwards-Dashti co-founded the Harrington Starr Group in 2010, which has grown into the leading FinTech recruiter based in London with offices in New York. In 17 years in the FST sector, she has been responsible for helping over 2000 people find jobs and has grown from a trainee to a Managing Director and now Chief Customer Officer of a global technology recruitment business. She hosts the successful ‘Women of FinTech’ ‘The DEI Discussions’ Podcast Series where she has interviewed more than 150 women in leadership within the FinTech community to celebrate and showcase their successes.

Nadia created the diversity, equity and inclusion programme STEPFORWARD, helping companies produce tailored workflows and operational plans to drive towards gender equality and workplace inclusion.

Nadia is a regular speaker at industry conferences around the world, has been a panellist at some of the largest FinTech events in London and a guest judge for technology and innovation competitions for female technologists. She also speaks at universities on ‘Demystifying FinTech’ to attract the next generation to the industry. Ultimately Nadia believes in people and businesses becoming the best they can be and knows awareness, acknowledgement and action is needed to drive this forward. 

Her other accolades include: Winner of Investing in Talent 2019 Awards – Most Inspirational Recruitment Leader, Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Powerlist and Brummel 2019 Top 30 Inspirational Women in the City.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: FinTech Women Walk the Talk

  • Book Subtitle: Moving the Needle for Workplace Gender Equality in Financial Services and Beyond

  • Authors: Nadia Edwards-Dashti

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90574-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90573-6Published: 08 January 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90576-7Published: 09 January 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-90574-3Published: 07 January 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLV, 150

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Financial Technology and Innovation, Diversity Management and Women in Business, Careers in Business and Management

Buying options

eBook USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-3-030-90574-3
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Hardcover Book USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)