When was the last time you switched banks? Yeah…and how did that go…?
Imagine being able to skip all those steps needed to switch your bank.
I bet it took a frustrating amount of time to switch. So many forms to fill, so many people to talk to, so many places to go or appointments to make or lines to stand in.
Now, you can skip all those steps!
Your new bank can get all the information they need from your old bank and set it all up for you.
But this is only one of the many perks of Open Banking.
Meet Jamie Leach
Jamie’s Role as a Data Science Leader at FDATA
Jamie K Leach is the Chapter Lead ANZ of FDATA. FDATA is a not-for-profit global association for financial services companies operating in Open Banking and Open Finance. They work with government, regulatory authorities, and financial industry stakeholders in their mission to open up Australia’s and New Zealand’s financial sector and the greater Consumer Data Right to the benefits of financial data and technology. Their members provide innovative financial applications and services to empower customers to make better decisions and take fuller control of their financial lives.
Jamie’s Other Work in the Data Science Industry
Jamie’s corporate background is diverse; ranging from strategy and project management, general management, corporate and investment banking, defence, spatial, and economics, as well as leading development and data/technology companies through capital-raising and global expansion. She is incredibly passionate about the transformative potential of data. She believes that access to quality data at all levels enables more transparent thought-processes and better decision-making through data-driven decisions.
Other than her role at FDATA, Jamie is currently a Board Chair at GridQube, an External Consultant with Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, a Digital Identity, eKYC and Financial Inclusion at The World Bank and at the United Nations Capital Development Fund, and the Founder of Open Data Australia.
Opening Banking, Open Data, and Innovation
In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Jamie shares:
- The effects of Covid-19 on the world of Open Data and Data Sharing across the globe
- Where each country is currently at with Big Data
- What exactly is the concept of Open Banking and Open Data
- What led to the concept of Open Banking in different regions
- How Open Banking creates a more fair and ethical landscape for financial services
- Improving financial literacy with Open Banking
- How Open Banking is paving the way for startups and innovation
- The benefits of Open Banking on banks themselves
- What the concept of Open Banking means for data analytics professionals
- Whether Open Banking has been successfully implemented in any country
- Advice for startups and innovators who want to adopt Open Banking or Open Data
If you are an executive working in the financial sector or a data analytics professional looking to implement open banking or open data, this is the episode you do not want to miss out on.
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Find out more about Jamie
LinkedIn:
What book she would gift to her younger self:
- Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World by Admiral William H. McRaven
- https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Bed-Little-Things/dp/1455570249
Twitter:
Company Website:
In The News:
- https://credfin.io/blog/credfin-is-a-member-of-fdata/
- https://www.openbankingexpo.com/features/feature-one-year-into-australias-cdr-can-banks-step-up/
- https://www.afr.com/technology/data-breach-fears-cloud-optimism-as-open-banking-expands-20210706-p587ed
- https://www.innovationaus.com/industry-bristles-as-open-banking-stutters/
- https://www.fintechaustralia.org.au/financial-data-and-technology-association-partners-with-fintech-australia-on-cdr-rollout/
Speaking Events:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZhXt7oyohE
- https://publicspectrum.co/events/aus-government-data-summit-2022/
- https://data-science-group.github.io/BigDataSociety/Hackathon/2020-12/index.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh9VGGMnRX8
- https://www.events.great.gov.uk/ereg/inactive.php?eventid=200230267
- https://ibrc.com.au/speaker-tags/data/?post_type=speaker
- https://www.cuscalpayments.com.au/news/videos/building-on-the-governments-open-banking-agenda/
- https://discover.events.com/au/state-of-queensland/logan-city/e/business/business-smarter-big-data-presented-jamie-leach-open-data-262813479
Publications:
- https://echochamberescape.com/tag/jamie-k-leach/
- https://global.oup.com/academic/product/open-banking-9780197582879?cc=my&lang=en&promocode=alauthc
- https://quillpeak.com.au/cdr-status-september-update/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkleach/recent-activity/posts/
- https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.1201/9781003181590-37/covid-19-open-data-pandemic-jamie-leach
- https://www.opendataaustralia.org/post/open-data-australia-is-declared-open
Interviews:
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TNkdCCXiaEfy4j45kz7rQ?si=fd8f8ae849f943c6&nd=1
- https://womenlovetech.com/why-covid-19-has-accelerated-the-need-for-open-data-sources/
- https://www.leadersofanalytics.com/episode/exploring-the-future-of-consumer-data-with-jamie-leach
- https://pod.co/alpha-geek-podcast-cios-and-technical-leaders/agp-ep-36-jamie-leachopen-data-open-mind-open-doors
- https://westbrightlaw.com/2022/01/30/consumer-data-right-with-jamie-leach-westbright-lawcast/
- https://australianfintech.com.au/the-fintech-report-podcast-episode-11-interview-with-jamie-leach-from-fdata-and-tonia-berglund-from-envestnet-yodlee/
- https://mysmart.community/2020/05/11/scp-e171/
- https://medium.com/myriad-live/putting-brisbane-on-the-world-stage-6a6b9d56e785
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- E83 – Steven Tye – The Data in Your Water – Smart Water Metering
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- E63 – Ben Nichols – Improving Customer Experience with Natural Language Processing in Banking
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