Generate London 2016 Part 3: Data visualisation and processing
“These things may be electronic, connect to the internet, exist on the web or in the physical world, make data beautiful or simply make people smile” – Brendan Dawes
Generate London 2016 Part 2: Creative culture
The surprising but welcome finale to the Generate London 2016 conference was Jeff Veen’s talk Crafting a Creative Culture. In the FinTech industry the work environment makes all the difference for the employees and, consequently, production. To me, work culture is a game changer that ultimately determines if I will perform well for a company…
Generate London 2016 Part 1: The future of web design
Three designers from TotallyMoney.com recently attended the Generate London 2016 conference. This is the first in a three-part series of blog posts focusing on the conference. Is web design a secure career? Should designers code? These questions often cross my mind and make me question my career and skill set as a designer. They were…
Thumb-Stopping Moments: Why a credit comparison site decided to launch a film competition
In the age of social media the user’s attention has become a difficult prize to win. The average person scrolling through their Facebook feed for 30 seconds will see dozens of news stories, videos and adverts. The big question, ‘what grabs people’s attention?’, is something marketing departments have puzzled over for years, and the answer…
Cycle to work day: Why you should be hopping on the cycle to work scheme
Wednesday 14 September 2016 is the day to follow Norman Tebbit’s (misquoted) advice and “get on your bike”. One of the most cost effective ways to join the 741,000 people who regularly cycle to work is to take advantage of the cycle to work scheme which several organisations, including TotallyMoney.com, offer to their employees. What…
Creative marketing makes awards’ shortlists
It’s awards season and TotallyMoney.com is mixing it with some major league players in shortlists for the DADIs and the Masters of Marketing. Our Commuter Hotspots Tool has been shortlisted in the Branded Content category at The Drum Awards for Digital Industries (DADI) awards. The interactive map that allows users to narrow down their search for…
Credit card holders to get ‘time to find a new deal’ alerts
Last week, the FCA published their Credit Card Market Final Findings and announced the introduction of measures designed to protect consumers. The publication highlighted two particular concerns. First, that a significant number of people in the UK carry potentially problematic debt for a number of years – they found that 650,000 people had been in…
A Tale of Two Circles: Mastercard re-designs for the best of times.
Mastercard recently launched a new logo, and for any brand as ubiquitous as theirs it’s an event that will always carry an element of risk. Despite the rigour of the design process and the nous of the people involved, you never really know how well it’s going to go until it’s out there — how…
Will you start the fans, please!
We’ve given the meeting rooms here at TotallyMoney.com a lick of paint. Following a Crystal Maze theme, each room is modelled on one of the hit ’90s gameshow’s zones: Aztec, Industrial, Futuristic and Medieval, with the boardroom taking its cue from the ultimate Crystal Dome destination. Why the Crystal Maze? Well, it was something…
Sittin’ On the Docker of the API
Continuing the theme of Microsoft’s recent endeavours to move their entire development stack towards a platform agnostic, more Open Source world, I thought I’d share some of the adventures I’ve had along this bleeding edge of development. Here at TotallyMoney.com, we are happy to have been early adopters of .Net Core, using it to power…