Ahmed F. Karsli, Founder, Papara Papara is the market leading Turkish financial SuperApp, offering instant, free, multi-currency transfers to consumers as well as providing a one-stop-shop for paying bills, trading digital currencies, tracking spending habits and facilitating mass payments from businesses to employees. Specifically targeting the underbanked and underserved, Papara has grown since launching in Turkey in 2016 to become the country’s largest FinTech with a current customer base of ...
Apr 14, 2021•11 min
Peter Hazlehust, Co-Founder, Synctera Peter Hazlehurst was previously head of Uber Money before leaving Uber in 2020 to set up Synctera. He reviews key trends in FinTech, including the surge in going public, with Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence. Hazlehurst also explains how Synctera’s partnership banking solution aims to play matchmaker between community banks and FinTechs
Apr 14, 2021•12 min
Amit Dua, President, Suntec ; Likhit Wagle, General Manager, Global Banking & Financial Markets, IBM Modernising traditional legacy systems offers a structured way for financial services institutions to switch to a customer-centric approach to their business rather than a product-centric view. This may be done through the establishment of a new ‘middle layer’. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence discusses the challenges with Amit Dua of Suntec and Likhit Wagle of IBM....
Apr 13, 2021•17 min
Cecily Mak, Chief Operating Officer, Blockdaemon Dive into the future of the blockchain industry as institutional adoption of blockchain and digital assets accelerates. We look at how blockchain networks are scaling up with Cecily Mak of Blockdaemon, a leading blockchain node infrastructure provider. She tells Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence that 2021 is the most significant year yet for the industry.
Apr 13, 2021•13 min
Susanne Hannestad, Chair of the Advisory Board, FinTech Diversity Radar ; Annette Evans, VP of People & Culture, GPS Earlier this year, Global Processing Services (GPS) announced its sponsorship of findexable’s FinTech Diversity Radar – the first global platform gathering data to understand women’s impact on and contribution to the digital economy. Women remain largely underserved by and underrepresented in the FinTech sector. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence speaks to Susanne Hannestad, Chai...
Apr 12, 2021•13 min
Evgeny Likhoded, CEO, Clausematch Remote working in financial services has exacerbated governance issues over the past year. At the same time, regulators, notably the US Department of Justice (DoJ), are focusing more on conduct as opposed to fines for AML/KYC lapses. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence discusses compliance issues and solutions with Evgeny Likhoded of Clausematch.
Apr 12, 2021•10 min
Björn Goß, CEO & co-founder, Stocard European mobile wallet Stocard has more than 60 million users and aims to reshape the future of shopping and banking. In November 2020 it began rolling out its payment feature Stocard Pay and is now looking to expand its offering to provide a holistic approach to consumer financial services. Stocard aims to add multiple bank cards to its app and the company sees the future of banking as purely mobile. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence spoke to Stocard CEO B...
Apr 09, 2021•10 min
Teodor Blidarus, Founder and CEO of FintechOS The SME banking space is an untapped market which is underserved and overlooked, according to FintechOS, a technology provider accelerating digital transformation for financial institutions. Moreover, change and automation is happening at a low speed. Teodor Blidarus, Founder and CEO of FintechOS, speaks to Sunniva Kolostyak about issues around serving a very diverse group of companies, how to tailor and personalise services, and how to understand ac...
Apr 08, 2021•19 min
Gourav Datta, Director Intelligent Automation, Ciklum The pandemic has propelled the growth of the payments industry. How now to capitalise on this? The solution – intelligent automation that targets transactional, mundane and repetitive tasks, taking advantage of a full range of RPA, AI/ML and analytics solutions. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence discusses the potential with Gourav Datta of Ciklum.
Apr 06, 2021•12 min
Ivan Soto-Wright, CEO & Co-Founder, MoonPay Supporting 45 fiat currencies and more than 60 cryptocurrencies, MoonPay recently marked its second anniversary by processing more than a million transactions. It has also announced in-principal approval for a Class 2 Virtual Financial Assets licence from the Malta Financial Services Authority. The company’s latest move is to provide payment tools for non-fungible tokens. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence spoke to Ivan Soto-Wright of MoonPay....
Mar 31, 2021•10 min
Matteo Dante Peruccio, President International, Wave Financial Group Matteo Peruccio of Wave Financial Group has previously been CEO of Pioneer Investments and also a board member of Jupiter Asset Management, but his journey has now taken him to the digital asset space. He discussed how traditional asset management and custodian firms are coming to grips with digital assets on the new frontier of investment and asset management with Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence....
Mar 30, 2021•10 min
Karen Penney, VP Payments Products UK, Western Union Business Solutions The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the potential opportunities for women in the growing digital economy. Remote working and flexibility, together with the requirement for a fresh take on leadership that unites employees, clients and partners, have served to demonstrate how a new way of working can help personalise customer service and boost efficiency and productivity in financial services. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence...
Mar 25, 2021•10 min
George McDonaugh, Managing Director and Co-Founder, KR1 KR1 is a London-based digital asset investment company investing in digital and cryptographic assets of decentralised networks and DeFi projects at an early stage. It also seed-funds early-stage blockchain and DeFi companies and holds private equity long-term. Managing Director and co-founder George McDonaugh is a founding member of the Multichain Asset Managers Association. He discussed the company’s strategy with Robin Amlot of IBS Intell...
Mar 24, 2021•10 min
Jonathan Allan, Chief Marketing Officer, Puzzel The pandemic has brought with it sweeping changes in customer behaviours and expectations. Willingness to self-serve has increased exponentially and voice-assisted service has also grown. However, expectations have also grown – what customers need, how and when they need it – has changed and banks need to adapt to ensure they are providing the type of support customers value. Otherwise, as Jonathan Allan of Puzzel told Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligen...
Mar 23, 2021•8 min
David Foss, President & CEO, Jack Henry ; Alex Carriles, Digital Head, Simmons Bank On the back of its tech strategy and partnership with Jack Henry, Arkansas-based Simmons Bank saw a 30% rise in digital banking users in 2020 with an IOS App store rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars. The bank’s performance highlights how community and regional banks in the US can leverage digital technologies to compete regardless of size or location. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence spoke with Alex Carriles of Simm...
Mar 22, 2021•13 min
Tom Stelzer, Cryptocurrency expert, Finder So the price of Bitcoin is volatile – that’s a given – but almost one-fifth (19%) of potential or existing UK crypto investors told a survey commissioned by personal finance website Finder that their decision to invest was influenced by a view that it ‘seems an easy way to make money’. That’s a worrying number and a worrying attitude. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence discussed the survey’s findings with Tom Stelzer of Finder....
Mar 22, 2021•9 min
Thomas Schumann, Founder, Thomas Schumann Capital ; Markus Barth, CEO, Anatase Ltd The TSC Water Risk Index went live in January 2021 through a partnership between Thomas Schumann Capital and Anatase Ltd, a consultancy specialising in index development. The investment ethos behind it is guided by Thomas Schumann Capital’s support for UN Sustainable Development Goal SDG6 – sustainable management of water. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence spoke to Thomas Schumann of Thomas Schumann Capital and Mark...
Mar 19, 2021•13 min
Elena Sinelnikova, co-Founder, Metis , and CEO, Cryptochicks Metis recently raised $1 million in seed funding to assist with the release of its new blockchain solution for decentralised autonomous organisations. Company co-Founder Elena Sinelnikova explains the concept to Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence. Sinelnikova is also CEO of Cryptochicks, a non-profit blockchain educational hub which aims to support the potential of women in the blockchain industry....
Mar 18, 2021•8 min
Sassan Danesh, Managing Partner, Etrading Software; James Haskell, Business Operations Officer, Etrading Software Etrading Software has been nominated as the exclusive Registration Authority for the new International Organization for Standardization’s standard for Digital Token Identifiers. The crypto asset class includes cryptocurrencies, stable coins, security tokens and utility tokens. Developing a standard way of identifying one digital token from another is a key factor in helping this asse...
Mar 18, 2021•17 min
Scott Johnson, Head of Product, Western Union Business Solutions Western Union Business Solutions, the payments arm of Western Union, is expanding its global B2B payments platform. The expansion includes adding SWIFT gpi and expanding the currency portfolio within its Mass Payments API to cover 130 currencies. The increased functionality will enable partners to send up to 10,000 payments in a single batch. Scott Johnson of Western Union Business Solutions spoke with Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligen...
Mar 17, 2021•9 min
Colette Miller, Director Payment Solutions, moneycorp Americas Corporate culture is at a crossroads. One recent report suggested that 80% of the workers who left the US labour force in January were women. This abrupt slump needs to be addressed through a more balanced corporate culture. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence spoke with Colette Miller of moneycorp Americas, asking her how the business environment needs to change so that business can take advantage of a resource too many companies fail t...
Mar 16, 2021•8 min
Bharat Mistry, Technical Director, UK & Ireland, Trend Micro While cybercriminals are beginning to use more complex attacks on the cloud, according to the 2020 Cloud App Security Report from Trend Micro, high-risk email threats rose by 32% in 2020 and email remains the largest single threat vector. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence discussed the report’s findings with Bharat Mistry of Trend Micro. Although business email compromise declined 18% year-on-year, losses continued to rise, up 48% qu...
Mar 15, 2021•9 min
Ian Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, Kyckr Regulators across the globe took aggressive action against AML violators, handing down major financial penalties and in some cases, lengthy prison sentences to the individuals involved. 28 financial institutions were issued fines totalling more than $3.2 billion for AML-related violations last year, according to Kyckr’s 2020 AML Bank Fines Report . Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence discussed the report’s findings with Ian Henderson, CEO of Kyckr....
Mar 12, 2021•8 min
Anthony Culligan, Chief Engineer, SETL Following on from the first successful live settlement of a fund using Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) tokens what are the next steps in the development of CBDCs. How will they work and what will that mean, not just for banks but for all of us? Anthony Culligan of London-based settlement and payments infrastructure provider SETL spoke with Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence.
Mar 03, 2021•13 min
Matthew Williamson, Vice President Global Financial Services, Mobiquity It may not quite be a case of ‘go digital or go dinosaur’, but it is close! Digital banking is the way of the future with 13.6% CAGR forecast over the next six years, and the number of online and mobile banking users estimated to reach 3.6 billion by 2024. Matthew Williamson of Mobiquity discusses the outlook and the firm’s digital banking playbook with Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence....
Mar 02, 2021•12 min
Josipa Majic, Founder and CEO of Revuto Has every consumer-facing service provider adopted a subscription model? Sunniva Kolostyak speaks with Josipa Majic, Founder and CEO of Revuto, about investors’ preference for subscription-based companies – and how to help younger generations protect themselves against both the subscription economy and buy now pay later schemes.
Mar 01, 2021•20 min
Rob Shore, Chief Financial Officer, EML Payments EML Payments is based in Brisbane, Australia, providing back-end solutions to other FinTechs. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence spoke with Rob Shore of EML Payments about being a white-labelled B2B service provider. Shore also outlines how the pandemic has accelerated business adoption in a disruptive time for payments.
Feb 22, 2021•9 min
Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director, FIDO Alliance The FIDO Alliance is an open industry association whose members include the likes of Apple, Google, American Express, Samsung and Microsoft. Its aim is to develop authentication standards to help reduce our over-reliance on passwords. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence spoke with Andrew Shikiar of the FIDO Alliance about the progress being made towards open standards and an interoperable ecosystem for simpler, stronger user authentication....
Feb 22, 2021•11 min
Justin Pike, Chairman, MYPINPAD Software-based consumer authentication solutions enable businesses to define and create tailored, end-to-end customer experiences, shifting payments onto commercially available mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. But how secure is this? PCI DSS has introduced standards for both Software Payments on Consumer off the shelf devices (SPoC) and Contactless payments on Consumer off the shelf Devices (CPoC) but it has yet to do the same for CPoC+ PIN. Robin A...
Feb 22, 2021•10 min
Nick Jackson, President, CIMA , and Finance Transformation Leader, Oracle A new global survey by Oracle claims that people now trust ‘robots’ more than themselves to manage their finances. The study included more than 9,000 consumers and business leaders in 14 countries. The role of finance teams and financial advisors is going to change and, the survey says, it is time to embrace AI to manage finance. Nick Jackson of Oracle discussed the report’s findings with Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence....
Feb 22, 2021•13 min
