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Articles by Barb MacLean
Fintech Tribute: Her Song Lives On
In June we lost a pillar of our community, Barb MacLean, a brilliant fintech mind and a beloved colleague. A guest turned co-host on Breaking Banks and an invaluable member of Alloy Labs. She was truly special, she never hesitated to pay it forward or to speak truth, albeit in the most polite Canadian way, whether on podcasts or the stages of Finovate. Every week she curated a list of the most impactful things she had read and paired them with a song, publishing the Fintech Playlist.
The Caregiving Path: What Phase Are You In?
By Kate Landreth, Education and Learning Lead at Family Caregivers of BC (FCBC) and Wendy Johnstone, Director of Programs and Innovation, FCBC Caregiving is often a winding path, with many twists and turns. Your role as a family caregiver is unique, dynamic, and varied, and you will experience different phases of caregiving over time.
Community and connections in fintech with Barb MacLean | FF Salon at Sibos 2023
From the FF Salon at Sibos 2023 we caught up with Barb MacLean, Head of Technology, at Coastal Community Bank to find out what makes her tick and why she’s passionate about the field she’s in. We hear about her journey from computing to business and the way she’s able to go beyond what some of the bigger banks can do when working with smaller community banks. MacLean talks about the importance of the fintech and finance community, which she is an active and visible part of.
EXCLUSIVE: "An Ode to Plumbers"
Barb MacLean, creator of Fintech Playlist and a veteran builder and an operator of business critical banking and payments platforms, picks up the digital wrench and gets to work with APIs When I was a kid, we played this card game called Waterworks. The cards all had pictures of different kinds of pipes, taps, and faucets. Some of them were lead pipes and some of them were copper. And the lead pipes sometimes had leaks in them.
Fintech Playlist ğ¿ Week 52
This is the Fintech Playlist ğ¿ youâre looking for What if all the newsletters and posts you read abou What happens if we don't do the things that need doing Because admitting we donât know is the first step to learning and is there more magical a thing than *not* resisting new knowledge? Not resisting the process of learning. The discomfort of admitting you donât know.
Fintech Playlist ğ¿ Week 48
Too busy at Finovate this week? This is the fintech playlist youâre looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian ğ¨ğ¦ Am I missing one? I mean I can only waste so much of my life on Twitter. Hit me up @barbmaclean and tag in your fav
Fintech Playlist ğ¿ Week 42
This is the fintech playlist youâre looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about This is the fintech playlist youâre looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian ğ¨ğ¦ Am I missing one? I mean I can only waste so much of my life on Twitter.
Fintech Playlist šæ Week 40
40 weeks in, Iāve been at this the same duration as the gestation period of a human. Russia has been waging war in Ukraine for half this time šŗš¦ People are selling their sneakers to pay for family funerals. We have important things to do, fintech friends. Thanks to all of the writers and creators who inspire me each week. Thanks to all of you for subscribing and reading and listening and giving me feedback. You all encourage me to keep publishing.
Fintech Playlist ğ¿ Week 33
This is the fintech playlist youâre looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian ğ¨ğ¦ Am I missing one? I mean I can only waste so much of my life on Twitter. Hit me up @barbmaclean and tag in your favs
Fintech Playlist ğ¿ Week 32
This is the fintech playlist youâre looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian ğ¨ğ¦ Am I missing one? I mean I can only waste so much of my life on Twitter. Hit me up @barbmaclean and tag in your favs
Fintech Playlist ğ¿ Week 30
All business, and I mean all business, no matter how young or small, operates in context. Both local and global. So think it through. As our ability to navigate shrinks, so does our horizon. And thatâs when promises to make it better are needed the most. Where jingoism flourishes the fastest. And where the promises are emptiest. Because where none of the actual problems are local, how can their solutions be? And youâd think we would learn.
Fintech Playlist ğ¿ Week 25
This is the fintech playlist youâre looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian ğ¨ğ¦ Am I missing one? I mean I can only waste so much of my life on Twitter. Hit me up @barbmaclean and tag in your favs I get that the current web needs some serious fixing.
Fintech Playlist đż Week 23
This is the fintech playlist youâre looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian đšđŠ Am I missing one? I mean I can only waste so much of my life on Twitter. Hit me up @barbmaclean and tag in your favs Back in 2015, I interviewed Nikolas Adalberth, a co-founder of Swedish FinTech unicorn Klarna.
Fintech Playlist 💿 - Revue
#25・ Apr 9, 2022 Things I read, or wanted to read or listen to, or retweeted without reading that you might find interesting #24・ Apr 2, 2022 gets its own mini section this week #23・ Mar 26, 2022 Dharmesh spawned a thread of song recommendations, so I’ve included them all in this week’s playlist #22・ Mar 19, 2022 Things I read, or wanted to read or listen to, or retweeted without reading that you might find interesting #21・ Mar 12, 2022 Things I read, or wanted to read or listen to, or...
Fintech Playlist ğ¿ Week 17
This is the fintech playlist youâre looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian ğ¨ğ¦ Am I missing one? I mean I can only waste so much of my life on Twitter. Hit me up @barbmaclean and tag in your favs. The ambulance siren was wailing as they went past traffic lights.
Fintech Playlist 💿 Week 10
This is the fintech playlist you’re looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian 🇨🇦 Am I missing one? I mean I can only waste so much of my life on Twitter. Hit me up @barbmaclean and tag in your favs.
Fintech Playlist 💿 Week 8
This is the fintech playlist you’re looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian 🇨🇦 Am I missing one? I mean I can only waste so much of my life on Twitter. Hit me up @barbmaclean and tag in your favs.
Fintech Playlist 💿 Week 6
This is the fintech playlist you’re looking for. What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian 🇨🇦 Am I missing one? I mean I can only waste so much of my life on Twitter. Hit me up @barbmaclean and tag in your favs. 5.
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