Chargebacks911, Fi911, findexable partner for women in FinTech radar

By Sunniva Kolostyak

Chargeback mitigation specialists Chargebacks911 and Fi911, together with real-time data company findexable, have launched the world’s first global platform that measures the role women play in the FinTech industry.

With the FinTech Diversity Radar, the companies hope to enable progress and identify measurable steps to improve diversity in the sector and support the growth of the digital economy – starting with a real-time global market map and report and culminating in the launch of a digital scorecard.

Moreover, the radar has been created at a time when the FinTech industry will play an important role in the UK’s economic recovery as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. FinTech and its power to remove barriers between previously disparate industries, increase access to financial services among poor and marginal communities, and knit the digital economy together, will be essential moving forward.

Denise Gee, Founder and Managing Director of findexable, said: “It is in FinTech where we can finally make a difference – borne from a desire to level the playing field by using digital innovation to create cheaper, more transparent and accessible financial services for all.”

Joining the board for the radar is Chargebacks911 Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Monica Eaton-Cardone, a long-time advocate for women in technology and leadership roles having authored articles on the problem of gender divides in the technology industry. Chargebacks911 and Fi911 also have a track record of ensuring women are promoted to senior-level roles, with 45 per cent of leadership roles being filled by women across the two companies.

Commenting on the partnership and initiative Eaton-Cardone explained: “It is with great pride that I join such strong and trailblazing women sitting on the FinTech Diversity Radar. For too long women have been unrepresented in the progressive and disruptive sector that is FinTech and it is the work of platforms like this that will pave the way for the future generations of talented and empowered women to take their rightful seats at top tables at businesses all over the world.

“Diversity has long since been a passion of mine and it’s an honour to share my experience and expertise while forever learning from those around me – there has never been a better time to support such a fundamental movement.”