Flagship Advisory Partners

Fintech Conversations with Flagship

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FinTech Conversations with Flagship is a podcast by Flagship Advisory Partners, the leading consultancy specializing in strategy and M&A in the payments and fintech space. In each episode, we explore the big topics shaping the future of payments and fintech, and every conversation brings you sharp analysis, practical perspectives, and fresh thinking from across the fintech ecosystem. Whether you’re building, investing, or simply curious about fintech, you’re in the right place.www.flagshipadvisorypartners.com

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Ep #6: TreviPay on Why B2B Commerce Is Reaching an Inflection Point 12.05.2026 46:58

B2B commerce is entering a new era, where payments, invoicing, credit, compliance, and order-to-cash workflows are becoming increasingly connected. In this episode of Fintech Conversations, Flagship Advisory Partners’ Rom Mascetti and Charlotte Al Usta sit down with TreviPay’s Allen Bonde and Inez Berkhof-Hollander to discuss how B2B sellers across the U.S. and Europe are modernizing commerce expe...

Ep #5: The Future of Mobile Payments: Vipps' Strategy and European Expansion 08.04.2026 30:13

This interview with Rune, CEO of Vipps MobilePay, explores the evolution of mobile payments, focusing on NFC wallet development, market strategies, and European interoperability. Discover how Vipps is positioning itself against global giants and shaping the future of digital payments. Key Topics- NFC wallet development and launch- European interoperability and cross-border payments- Market strateg...

The Battle Between Local and International Card Schemes in Europe 10.12.2025 22:37

Local card schemes like Girocard, Bancomat, Dankort, BankAxept, and Carte Bancaires are losing ground fast to Visa and Mastercard – but is that decline inevitable? In this episode, Elisabeth Magnor talks with Flagship partner Yuriy Kostenko about what the data really shows, why domestic schemes have fallen behind on innovation, how PSPs and merchants actually think about them, and what their futur...

Episode #3 | Why Embedded Lending is the Next Big Wave in Embedded Finance 25.11.2025 46:21

This episode explores why embedded lending is emerging as the next big frontier after embedded payments in Europe and North America. Charlotte Al Usta (Flagship) and Luke Trayfoot (YouLend) discuss how lending delivered through platforms can finally fix SMBs’ chronic access-to-credit problem by leveraging real-time data instead of slow, paperwork-heavy bank processes. They dive into key use cases...

Episode #2 | The Rise of Agentic Commerce 30.10.2025 52:21

This episode is a recording of a webinar Flagship hosted on agentic commerce. The episode consists of a c. 15 minute overview presentation on what agentic commerce is and how it works (by Ben Brown, Partner at Flagship), followed by a discussion with Craig DeWitt (Chief Product Officer, Skyfire), Robin Gandhi (Chief Product Officer, Lithic), and Colin Luce (Chief Executive Officer, Basis Theory).

Episode #1 | Financial Health of Public Fintechs 09.10.2025 22:10

In this first episode of FinTech Conversations with Flagship , host Elisabeth Magnor sits down with Joel Van Arsdale, Managing Partner, and Rom Mascetti, Principal at Flagship Advisory Partners, to unpack the real story behind the growth of public fintech companies. Has the industry finally learned efficiency after years of “growth at all costs”? Drawing on Flagship’s latest analysis of 50 listed...