Sep 22, 2025 8 min read

🍂 High Agency, Repair Skills, Inversion, Scaling Culture, Feature Flags, Perfect Roadmaps, Hero Culture: TMW #449

Fintech at Full Speed: What CTOs Need to Know Now

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Fintech at Full Speed: What Technology Leaders Need to Know Now

Fintech is entering a defining stretch, and as a CTO you’re right at the centre of it. From the acceleration of AI in fraud prevention and customer personalisation to the rollout of real-time payments in markets across Europe and North America, the pace of change is forcing leaders to rethink architecture, security, and compliance all at once. Add in the shift from open banking to open finance and the growing scrutiny around operational resilience, and it’s clear the coming months will demand not only technical foresight but also strategic agility.

To help you cut through the noise, track emerging trends, and share what other technology leaders are doing to stay ahead, we're running a special CTO Craft Con just for technology leaders in the fintech and financial services space. It'll take place in London in November, and it's going to be the best gathering of technology minds in the industry. Secure your ticket below - see you there!

CTO Craft comes to Berlin - see you there? 🇩🇪

This week sees the CTO Craft community descend on Berlin for our second CTO Craft Con in the city - over 200 technology leaders will be joining us for two days of chatting, learning and building connections. Tickets are now sold out, but if you've missed this one you can still meet up with the community tonight (Sep 22) for an informal walk-and-talk and drinks:

That's it, on with the links! See you next Monday

Andy @ CTO Craft

PS. Don't forget to take part in our survey about scaling AI projects to production - it only takes a few minutes!

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[Survey] Mind the Gap: Bridging from Sandbox to Scale

We know many tech leaders are experimenting with AI - but making the leap from sandbox to scale is where it gets tricky.

That’s why, together with our partners at Ten10, we’re running a short survey to capture real stories, lessons, and insights from across the tech community.

Your input will help shine a light on what really works (and what doesn’t) when turning AI experiments into lasting business value.

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Have an amazing week!

Andy