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Liz Lumley

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Making hay in Fintech - Don't forget to subscribe to my Substack: elizabethlumley.substack.com/

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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are all Jane Doe elizabethlumley.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
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We are all Jane Doe
All of this bleeds into the work we do now – if you disagree, you are not paying attention
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trust me, I’m a billionaire! elizabethlumley.substack.com/p/trust-me-i...
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Trust me, I’m a billionaire!
I’m just a girl, listening to a podcast, trying to control her rage
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A series of kind sorta connected conversations about women elizabethlumley.substack.com/p/a-series-o...
elizabethlumley.substack.com
A series of kind sorta connected conversations about women
Perfect is the enemy of good
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who writes your opinions? elizabethlumley.substack.com/p/who-writes...
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Who writes your opinions?
Don’t hand over your humanity to AI
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Back to school! Back to School! elizabethlumley.substack.com/p/back-to-sc...
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Back to school! Back to School!
September always fills me with promise. I don’t think I am alone
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The desire path is not always a failure elizabethlumley.substack.com/p/the-desire...
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The desire path is not always a failure
Death admin sucks
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Tell women how they need to change, one…more…time… elizabethlumley.substack.com/p/tell-women...
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Tell women how they need to change, one…more…time…
Just give the football players a better locker room, why don’t you?
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Do not stand by my gravesite and weep… elizabethlumley.substack.com/p/do-not-sta...
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Do not stand by my gravesite and weep…
I will get back to fintech, AI, and banking next week; I promise
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I see you are attending an event; would you have time to meet … open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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I see you are attending an event; would you have time to meet …
Nooooooooooooo!
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We hold these truths to be self-evident open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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We hold these truths to be self-evident
Sometimes a party and a traffic cone is all it takes
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
What problem are you solving, really? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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What problem are you solving, really?
Your experiences are, but one node in a data matrix, and that’s OK
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
There are no NPCs in your own life open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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There are no NPCs in your own life
That bag is always ready to be packed in a fictional North London flat
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Does FOMO breed true innovation? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Does FOMO breed true innovation?
Really, “no one knows” ???
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Facing forward and starting again open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Facing forward and starting again
There are three ice cream stores within a five-minute walk; I call that a “good thing”
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Is your phone a private space? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Is your phone a private space?
When at work, soft porn is a home activity!
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Why can’t AI get rid of the right people? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Why can’t AI get rid of the right people?
Sometimes you need to throw that guy out the window before you get your glass of wine
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Confessions from the dancefloor of fintech disillusion open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Confessions from the dancefloor of fintech disillusion
For the love of Pete, ditch the bar stools!
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
How does AI know you? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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How does AI know you?
It seems I am a frazzled, middle-aged woman, who drinks coffee and sometimes writes about fintech … OK
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Should we re embrace the analogue – for survival? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Should we reembrace the analogue – for survival?
And hire a journalist for their skills, not their technical proficiency
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Three stories about touching grass and one about touching glass open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Three stories about touching grass and one about touching glass
My finger is fine, BTW
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Three stories about the customer experience open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Three stories about the customer experience
Misalignment, shame and frustration should never be part of the customer experience
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Acceleration should be a choice open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Acceleration should be a choice
Asking every damn day whether I want to “draft with Copilot” is making me yearn for an electric typewriter
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
To raise a son holds many responsibilities open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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To raise a son holds many responsibilities
Given a choice between a Big Mac or a dinner in Milan, you all know which you’d choose
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
When someone asks, “Who did this?” How do you answer? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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When someone asks, “Who did this?” How do you answer?
It's better off not knowing is not the way to find out if it is raining or not
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Here’s to the hodgepodge open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Here’s to the hodgepodge
How’s your 2026 going?
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The Blacklist open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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The Blacklist
Are you on it? 😉
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The crimes we women commit open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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The crimes we women commit
When was the first time someone called you a “fucking bitch”?
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I'm the first guest on the "Good Company" podcast from Zngly! 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/0DIw...
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The Girl Disruptor: Elizabeth Lumley on Buzzwords, Bankers & Taylor Swift
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
God respects us when we work, but loves us when we sing* open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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God respects us when we work, but loves us when we sing*
Don’t co-opt your humanity to a tool
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The answer lies in the stories we tell open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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The answer lies in the stories we tell
Never give up your voice – it’s your most valuable asset
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I accept the great adventure of being me open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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I accept the great adventure of being me
Have a holly jolly Christmas, everyone
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The life of a freelancer open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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The life of a freelancer
It’s all about the bills
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The 15-minute rule open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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The 15-minute rule
This is a hill I will die on
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
You can’t surf that wave with one foot on the ground open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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You can’t surf that wave with one foot on the ground
A bag of corn chips caused me to go on a long mental journey
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
What if removing the mundane and routine makes us dicks? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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What if removing the mundane and routine makes us dicks?
Leave the coact check women alone
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Cows don’t know it’s Sunday open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Cows don’t know it’s Sunday
Your bank should understand that
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Live demos and a late apology open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Live demos and a late apology
Yes, I am hiding my apology on a Saturday
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Remember the wives? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Remember the wives?
Wives don’t want “holidays,” they want funding for their startups as well
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Growth or humanity? Why does it have to be a choice? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Growth or humanity? Why does it have to be a choice?
For all of those with a princess dress in their attic
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I was introduced as 'The Kara Swisher of payments' this evening and it honestly made my year. #NotMyWords peeps!
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
RIP – the conference press room open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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RIP – the conference press room
I’ve visited numerous press rooms during my 31 years in this industry.
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Sibos 2025 Bingo! open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Sibos 2025 Bingo!
OK- this is a bit 'Liz' specific at times. But it's MY Substack :-)
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The uncomfortable, comfortable status quo open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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The uncomfortable, comfortable status quo
Don’t worry about turning off the lights; they are all motion-sensitive now
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Were you ever one of nine people in the room? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Were you ever one of nine people in the room?
Where have you planted your flagpole today?
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Have we made a Faustian pact with AI? open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Have we made a Faustian pact with AI?
The Girl, Disrupted Podcast - Episode One
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
No one makes money for nothing open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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No one makes money for nothing
Happy end of summer, rant
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
It's all about the little things open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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It's all about the little things
Some words sound the same – but mean very different things
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Trust me, I’m a journalist open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Trust me, I’m a journalist
Good “content” does not emerge from the sad, safe, beige, and conforming
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Don’t worry darlin’, there are plenty of experienced people around … today While doom-scrolling on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I fired off a LinkedIn post with a thought that I have been *thinking* about a lot. open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Don’t worry darlin’, there are plenty of experienced people around … today
Be careful what you wish for when you claim AI will take all the jobs
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Liz Lumley @lizlum.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The decentralised Wild West of crypto When you watch hours of people trying to describe “tokenisation” in 12 different ways, you start to question the “clarity” claim in the marketing materials open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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The decentralised Wild West of crypto
When you watch hours of people trying to describe “tokenisation” in 12 different ways, you start to question the “clarity” claim in the marketing materials
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