Innovate Finance

This week Janine Hirt, COO at Innovate Finance speaks to JR Lowry, Chief Operating Officer at State Street Alpha. They discuss how State Street Alpha is working with the FinTech Community to help tackle data and cyber threats, the challenges State Street face in transforming their own internal legacy systems and much more! Tune in for regular episodes every week!

This week, Charlotte Crosswell, CEO at Innovate Finance speaks to Husayn Kassai, the CEO and co-founder of Onfido. They discuss Onfido's expansion into the United States, their recent funding round and much more! This Episode features an introduction by William Russell, Lord Mayor of the City of London. Tune in for regular episodes every week!

This week, Iana Vidal, Head of Policy and Government Affairs at Innovate Finance chats to Dan Morgan, Policy Lead for Europe at Plaid, where they discuss, how and why Plaid was set up, the future of Open Banking and much more! Tune in for new episodes every Friday!

This week, Josh Townson, Startup Lead, Public Policy and Membership at Innovate Finance chats to Ron Delnevo, UK Business Development Director at Sonect, where they discuss, why access to cash is such an important topic, the strategy for choosing and entering a new international market or specific region within this market and much more! Tune in for new episodes every Friday.

This week, Rashee Pandey, Head of Partnerships at Innovate Finance speaks to Joanne Dewar, CEO of Global Processing Services (GPS). They discuss the history of GPS, Joanne’s story, payments and innovation and GPS’s international partnerships. Be sure to tune in for regular episodes each week. 

This week Charlotte Crosswell, CEO of Innovate Finance speaks to Imran Gulamhuseinwala, Implementation Trustee at Open Banking, they discuss, the journey, challenges and progress of Open Banking in the UK, as well as the importance of Open Banking and much more! Tune in for new episodes every Friday.

This week, Janine, COO at Innovate Finance chats to Vikesh Patel, Head Of UK and Ireland at Swift, they discuss, how Swift has evolved as an organisation over the years,  how Swift is working with their partners within the FinTech community and across the wider Financial Innovation community to achieve their key goals and much more! Tune in for new episodes every Friday.

This week, Janine, COO at Innovate Finance chats to and Tom Winstanley, Vice president, New Ventures & Innovation and Roberto Belloví, Head Digital Banking at everis - NTT Data UK, they discuss all things NTT Data and how they engage with FinTechs, the impact of transformational technologies on financial services, the similarities between the UK and Japanese FinTech ecosystems and much more! T...

This week, Janine, COO at Innovate Finance chats to Doug Reay, Managing Director at Blue Fire AI, they discuss, the Blue Fire AI story, partnering with incumbents in light of Covid-19, what the future of capital markets looks like and much more! Tune in for new episodes every Friday.

This week, Rashee Pandey, Head of Partnerships at Innovate Finance chats to Iana Dimitrova, Chief Executive Officer at OpenPayd, they discuss her career, how OpenPayd works and is managing through covid-19, the power of partnerships and much more! Tune in for new episodes every Friday.

This week, Natalie Ceeney CBE, Chair of Innovate Finance speaks to Diego Navarrete, Senior Vice President, Global Banking Sales at NCR Corporation. They discuss access to cash, Financial innovation and payments infrastructure and much more! Tune in for new episodes every Friday.

In this special bumper episode, Janine Hirt COO of Innovate Finance speaks to Adam French, Co-founder & Director at Scalable Capital and Ross Dalzell, Head of Digital Investment Platforms at Barclays UK. They discuss the story of their partnership, the challenges they faced and the future of wealth management post-covid and much more! Tune into for new episodes every Friday.

This week Charlotte Crosswell, CEO of Innovate Finance speaks to Charles McManus Co founder and CEO ClearBank. They discuss the formation of ClearBank, the impact of Covid-19 on culture and continuity, what lessons are there to be learnt from the 2008 financial crisis and much more! Tune into for new episodes every Friday.

As part of Financial Inclusion week, Rashee Pandey, Head of Partnerships at Innovate Finance speaks to Aritra Chakravarty, Founder and CEO of Project Imagine. They discuss how Dozens fits into the overall Project Imagine vision, the launch of Pi1, what the Covid-19 crisis means for innovation, and much more! Tune into for new episodes every Friday.

As part of Financial Inclusion Week, Janine Hirt, Chief Operating Officer at Innovate Finance chats to Freddy Kelly, CEO at Credit Kudos. They discuss the formation of Credit Kudos and recent fundraising, how to support individuals through a recession, leadership during a crisis, and more! Be sure to tune in for new episodes every Friday.

This week, Joshua Townson, Policy and Membership Lead at Innovate Finance chats to Matt Cockayne, Chief Commercial Officer at Yapily. They discuss next steps and opportunities of open banking and open finance, how Yapily has coped during Covid-19 and Yapily’s partners and next steps. Be sure to tune in for new episodes every Friday!

In this very special episode, Innovate Finance CEO, Charlotte Crosswell speaks to Ron Kalifa OBE, Chair of the FinTech Strategic Review. In this discussion they frame the need for the review, a timeline for the various work streams and the ideal outcomes from the review. Tune into our regular episodes every Friday!

This week, Iana Vidal, Head of Policy and Government Affairs at Innovate Finance chats to Lord Holmes, Vice Chair for the APPG on FinTech. They discuss how FinTech has risen to the challenge during the pandemic, what lessons we can learn from the Wirecard scandal and what will be on the government and Parliament’s agenda in the autumn, including the FinTech strategic review Be sure to tune in for...

This week, Rashee Pandey, Head of Partnerships at Innovate Finance chats to Valentina Kristensen, Director of Growth & Communications at OakNorth. They discuss lending, international expansion and financial education and much more! Be sure to tune in for new episodes every Friday!

This EY podcast provides emerging insights from EY’s research on the UK FinTech ecosystem, commissioned by Innovate Finance and the City of London Corporation. The focus is moving beyond London and beyond FinTech. Firstly, exploring how to support and develop regional FinTechs across the UK, and, secondly, building digital innovation in an integrated environment. Speakers: Anita Kimber, Partner, U...

This week, Rashee Pandey, Head of Partnerships at Innovate Finance chats to Benedetta Arese Lucini Co-Founder of Oval Money. They discuss democratising finance and investing, the rise of green investing as well as the recent Wirecard scandal and much more! Be sure to tune in for our regular episodes each Friday!

This week, Daniel Stack, Head of Engagement at Innovate Finance chats to Sam Handfield-Jones, co-head of Seccl. They discuss innovation in wealth management, the importance of ecosystems, culture as a long-term strategic advantage and much more! Tune in every Friday for the latest episode of Coffee with Innovate Finance!

In this special episode, Janine Hirt, COO at Innovate Finance speaks to Shachar Bialick, Founder & CEO at Curve. They discuss the recent Wirecard scandal, the challenges that Curve faced as a result and the agility they showed to overcome this extremely quickly. Be sure to tune in for our regular episodes each Friday!

Rashee Pandey, Head of Partnerships at Innovate Finance is in Conversation with Alastair Paterson, CEO and Founder of Digital Shadows, on Minimising Risk in a Digital Age and much more.  Tune in every Friday for the latest episode of Coffee with Innovate Finance!

This week, Daniel Stack, Head of Engagement at Innovate Finance chats to Tom Britton, Co Founder at SyndicateRoom. Tune in every Friday for the latest episode of Coffee with Innovate Finance!