Inside Zopa Zopian life Why developers should learn design skills to create great products Design skills can improve code like coding skills can improve design Designers are often encouraged to learn basic coding skills to better understand the medium they design for. I believe… Posted on 31 August 2018 by Tamsin O'Neill Read more
Inside Zopa Zopian life Balancing family and work as a father Spinning plates - being a modern father I'm a father to two fantastic girls, a husband to an independent, driven and ambitious wife, and a Zopian. I'm trying to be… Posted on 15 June 2018 by ben.read@zopa.com Read more
Inside Zopa Zopian life Hackathon: designing the future of comms Weeks before the event, I signed up for the MUXL’s UX hackathon. The hackathon was going to focus on designing a chatbot experience. It seemed like a great idea at the… Posted on 11 June 2018 by Tamsin O'Neill Read more
Tech Zopian life Monitoring tools: One tool to rule them all Shared dashboards. It’s a nice dream. But in reality, everyone trying to work off one dashboard can turn into an inefficient nightmare. Trying to decide what monitoring tools should be… Posted on 04 June 2018 by Arthur Kirby Read more
Inside Zopa Zopian life Finding work-life balance with film production and fintech What do film production and fintech have in common? On the surface, not much. Unless you count the number of times I’ve thought about getting a Zopa loan to put… Posted on 23 May 2018 by ben.read@zopa.com Read more
Tech Zopian life Three things I wish I knew earlier about Machine Learning (Reposted from www.peadarcoyle.com) I’ve been working with Machine Learning models both in academic and industrial settings for a few years now, and I recently watched the excellent Scalable ML from… Posted on 09 March 2018 by Tamsin O'Neill Read more
Inside Zopa Tech Zopian life Women in Tech at Zopa Last week, we hosted our first Women in Tech event at Zopa. People from all over the industry joined us for an evening of eating mince pies, networking and listening… Posted on 22 December 2017 by Tamsin O'Neill Read more
Future of finance Tech Open Source at Zopa Recently we were contacted by the Python Sprints Meetup - a group that wants to encourage people to contribute to Open Source via workshops and sprints. One of our data… Posted on 13 December 2017 by Tamsin O'Neill Read more
Inside Zopa Zopian life Volunteering at Zopa Zopa introduced volunteering days in August last year and so far 64 staff have volunteered for charities across the country. Zopians can volunteer for any registered charity and the company… Posted on 07 June 2017 by Tamsin O'Neill Read more
Inside Zopa Zopa news Zopa opens development centre in Barcelona Zopa has opened a development centre in Barcelona, Spain. The new hub will initially focus on building the technology to support the launch of our next generation bank and developers… Posted on 07 June 2017 by Tamsin O'Neill Read more
Investments Our products How we use feedback to improve our service [alert]As of 30 November 2020, the Safeguard Fund was wound down with the remaining balance paid to investors. Investors affected have received email communications about the payment and how this… Posted on 05 May 2017 by ben.read@zopa.com Read more
Inside Zopa Zopian life Advice and inspiration from women at Zopa To celebrate International Women’s Day, we asked some of the women in senior positions at Zopa for their top career advice, the achievements they’re proudest of and who they look… Posted on 08 March 2017 by Sara Bishop Read more
Inside Zopa Tech Zopian life Paths to programming – meet Kate and Tom Our people come from many different backgrounds. Here at Zopa we recognize diversity of experience and background as a positive for our teams, and for the strength of the business.… Posted on 25 January 2017 by Zopian blogger Read more
Tech Zopian life Jump into OKRs without jumping off-track TL;DR If you're starting your journey with OKRs and it's scary, fear not! The mere fact you've started means you're doing well. Stay enthusiastic! At Zopa, we're split into autonomous… Posted on 16 December 2016 by Tamsin O'Neill Read more
Inside Zopa News We have a new look! After months of research, development, and testing, we’re thrilled to unveil our brand new look. This fresh new identity will give us a springboard for our ambitious plans to bring… Posted on 06 December 2016 by Tamsin O'Neill Read more
