Griffin: Blog

Griffin submits application for UK banking authorisation, hitting major milestone in building a developer-friendly bank for fintechs

The London-based company is building an API-first Banking as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, designed to couple best-in-class technology with the security and reliability of an authorised bank.

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Five lessons to learn from anti-money laundering failures

Money laundering is a growing problem and big banks and digital challengers alike are coming under increased pressure to tackle it. Griffin MLRO Alex Nash shares five lessons on strengthening your AML processes.

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Spotlight on Griffin’s Chief Risk Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Anna O’Shaughnessy

Anna O’Shaughnessy is Clausematch’s Most Loved Compliance Professional of 2022 and one of FinTech Magazine’s Top 100 Women in FinTech. We sat down with her to learn more about her professional journey, her leadership style, and her advice for compliance officers in the fast-moving world of fintech.

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Why thoughtful decision-making is the key to building high-performing engineering teams

VP Engineering James Trunk on what it takes to build a thoughtful engineering culture, and how effective decision-making creates an environment where people can thrive.

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Insights from Griffin on International Women’s Day 2022

International Women's Day is a global celebration - and an opportunity to examine what else we can do to create truly inclusive and supportive cultures at work.

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Top women leaders in fintech: Spotlight on Griffin’s VP People, Maria Campbell

Griffin’s VP People, Maria Campbell, is one of the top 25 women leaders in financial technology in Europe for 2022.

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Four tips for getting compliance right in fintech startups

Griffin CCO Anna O'Shaughnessy on how to approach compliance in a fast-paced, high growth environment.

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Griffin appoints top tech and financial services talent to accelerate growth and build the global OS for embedded finance

Chris Forlano and Laura Hauser join Griffin as VP of Product and VP of Marketing, a perfect blend of digital banking experience and developer-first go-to-market strategy.

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Highlights from Slush21: startups, storytelling, and a Griffin debut

Aptly named for the weather visitors can look forward to upon arrival, Slush is Finland’s finest annual techfest and a highly anticipated event for startups all over the world.

From Sidekick to Superhero - panel at FFECON21

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Three key takeaways on fighting financial crime from FFECON21

250+ financial crime experts, 100+ fintechs, and one goal: winning the fight against financial crime.

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Griffin selected for Tech Nation's Fintech 4.0, an exclusive network of the hottest UK fintechs

We are delighted to announce that Griffin has been selected to join Fintech 4.0, a Tech Nation programme which aims to accelerate the growth of successful UK scaleups in the financial services industry. Now in its fourth year, the Fintech programme is funded by the UK Government's Department for

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Culture is too important to leave to chance

Culture must be taken as seriously as strategy. It is equally tangible, equally impactful, and needs to be deliberately designed and cultivated. At Griffin, we think of our culture as our most important asset.

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An OS for embedded finance

Picture a world where banking services are brought to you by your favourite brands, tailored to your needs, with a seamless user experience, and with robust regulatory safeguards still intact. Every brand is now a potential fintech, and new ideas can be rapidly brought to market and tested to see

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How BaaS is driving the next wave of financial innovation

Banking as a Service (BaaS) is big – and it’s getting bigger. Last year, SoFi acquired Galileo for $1.2bn, and 11:FS predicts the BaaS market could be worth $3.6 trillion by 2030. The recent surge of major financing and acquisitions in the BaaS space is, in part,

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Is It Worth It?

Optimisation is an obsession of modern workplaces. But how long can you spend trying to make a routine task more efficient before you hit a point of diminishing returns?

Adam Moulson and Maria Campbell join Griffin as Chief Commercial Officer and VP of People

Griffin, the Banking-as-a-Service platform currently seeking bank authorisation from the PRA and FCA, has expanded its executive leadership appointing Adam Moulson as Chief Commercial Officer and Maria Campbell as VP of People. Adam MoulsonAdam joins Griffin having previously served on the executive team as Chief Customer Officer at Form3, the

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Griffin appoints Amy Kirk to its Board

Griffin announces the appointment of Amy Kirk to its Board as Senior Independent Director (SID), effective from 3rd November 2020.

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Griffin secures £6.5m round led by EQT Ventures to build Banking as a Service platform and seek full bank license

London-based Banking-as-a-Service provider Griffin today announces a £6.5m round led by EQT Ventures.

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How We Write

Good writing is probably the single most undervalued talent a startup can have. We're used to thinking of communication as a key skill, and normal, face-to-face communication is great! It allows for empathy, human connection, and a high bandwidth of information transmission between two people.

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Designing a Bank: Part One

How a design system can help build the foundation of an efficient product design process.

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A Framework for Making Decisions

Rather than relying on an implicit framework and hoping things work out, we have an explicit framework for making decisions.

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Griffin closes a £3M Seed round, begins bank authorisation process

London based startup Griffin raises £3M seed round to build the fully regulated banking platform of choice for the next wave of fintech. Griffin aims to make it easy for any business to build and launch financial products on its proprietary API banking platform.

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Building an Immutable Bank

How to design and architect an immutable, event-driven bank - and what that means.

A Platform Banking Manifesto

If you're a modern financial technology firm, your business moves money around. A lot of it. The catch is, that money probably doesn't belong to you. For instance, consider PayPal or Funding Circle - most of the money in their systems belongs to their end users.

Welcome to the Griffin Blog!

Hello there! There's nothing much here for now, but as things develop we'll be using this blog to post updates on our experience getting through the regulatory process, our technology, and observations about the banking industry at large. We encourage you to keep an eye on this space, as well