Before some lively panel discussions took place between the who-is-who in the Cape's FinTech space, Barclays Africa's self-proclaimed 'chief of stuff' Paul Nel assured the audience his bank wants to "fundamentally change the way we do things". Barclays Africa recently announced a new accelerator in collaboration with the internationally renowned accelerator Techstars. "We really want to go out of our way to help companies grow," Paul said, adding that the example of the investment in lending marketplace RainFin shows it can be done, even though the process is onerous. "We need to make the partnership stuff real and get the compliance and legal departments involved in the solutions."