How is wearable tech enabling people to spend more seamlessly? What can fintech firms offer customers beyond money management? Why are people refusing to think about their retirement funds? And how are challenger brands successfully addressing the underbanked?

Millions of people worldwide are still paid in cash, which can be expensive for businesses to manage and insecure for employees. The Better Than Cash Alliance – a partnership of governments, companies and charities – aims to change that, encouraging digital payments to boost financial inclusion.

There’s a seismic change underway in the banking sector, with challenger brands taking on the traditional Big Five. At the forefront is Monzo, a mobile-first digital bank that’s designed with tech-savvy customers in mind. Can its clever app and round-the-clock support convince Brits to switch?

SoFi is a finance company that pairs loans with an array of life advice, both personal and professional. The brand has made it part of its business to take interest in all aspects of its clients’ lives, demonstrating how closely linked financial wellbeing is to people’s wider values and life goals.