IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Interviews

Henk van Hulle, CEO, Open Banking Implementation Entity The UK has led the world in the development of open banking solutions with more than 6 million consumers now using open banking services. What comes next – consolidation, more cooperation? Have we reached the limits of the top-down approach to open banking? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses these questions and more with Henk van Hulle...

Mukesh Kalra, Founder & CEO, ET Money Tech-first and personalised, ET Money claims to be on a mission to simplify the financial journey for retail investors in India. The company believes that personalisation is the future of WealthTech and is leveraging technology to shift the power back to consumers, offering access to simple-to-use investing platforms. Puja Sharma of IBS Intelligence speaks...

Dhaval Patel, AVP Product, EbixCash Financial Technologies Protecting and growing client wealth and making smart investment decisions on behalf of the client is what wealth management is all about, but the traditional model of the wealth management business is undergoing profound change as a result of digitalisation. Where do new platform solutions leave the old-school relationship managers (RMs)...

Nicholas Soo, Regional Head of Payments Products, Asia, HSBC A majority of the central banks around the world are researching CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) but they are not all looking at the same thing. In this podcast, Nicholas Soo, Regional Head of Payments Products, Asia, for HSBC explains to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence the differences between the types of CBDCs and what they cou...

Andrew Doukanaris, Business Director FinTech, Europe, Intellias Finding funding for FinTech is increasingly challenging. What will it take to decongest the FinTech sector and stop the fall in investment? But you do have to be in the game to win the game. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Andrew Doukanaris, Business Director FinTech, Europe, of global technology partner Intellias, a firm fo...

Julien Traversini, Head of Financial Services, Valtech Having shown interest in payments, lending, and insurance, BigTech companies appear to have financial services providers firmly in their sights. In response, banks should act to embrace digital technologies more quickly, shifting their focus from being simply providers of financial services to being customer-driven, client-care-focused hubs. R...

Andres Korin, Co-Founder & CFO, Debite Getting early-stage financing for a FinTech startup can be a challenging and expensive prospect. Funding is a key hurdle for any new business – much of the focus in SME funding schemes has been on the ‘M’ of SMEs. But now there could be a useful option available for helping to turn your bright idea into a business. Tailored to early-stage and high-growth...

Shelby Austin, CEO & Co-Founder, Arteria AI Information is important but information in the wrong format, the wrong silo or even gathering dust in a filing cabinet is worse than useless! However, with an AI-driven, data first approach, financial institutions may digitise their legacy documentation processes and contract lifecycle management (CLM). This ‘forgotten transformation’ can provide a...

Richard Southey, Chief Digital & Experience Officer, Absa CIB The adoption of FinTech in Africa has been widespread – in 2021 FinTechs in Africa overshadowed all other startups in funding gained and mobile money transactions across Sub Saharan Africa were greater than the GDP of Nigeria. Increasing mobile phone and internet penetration will see further increases in FinTech activity, facilitati...

Ranjan R Reddy, founder and CEO Bureau .   Automation, fraud prevention, and powerful seamless user experiences have now become a norm for the customers and online businesses. By providing an accurate and comprehensive picture of individual customers, Bureau helps businesses confidently transact without fear of fraud. Its no-code identity orchestration platform powers seamless customer onboarding...

Gustavo Ruiz, SVP & CEO Latin America, Global Head of Open Banking, Paysafe Recent research by Paysafe highlights how consumer payment preferences are changing in Latin America, specifically in Brazil, Peru, and Chile. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence and Gustavo Ruiz, SVP & CEO Latin America, and Global Head of Open Banking for Paysafe, discuss financial inclusion, payment security, hyperg...

Martijn Groot, VP Marketing & Strategy, Alveo In a series of interviews carried out for Sibos 2022, we focus on what’s hot in banking, banking technology and FinTech. The shift to Data as a Service is key for the integration, mastering and cleansing of market and reference data. What’s more it can help address the task of managing data and help create a standard framework for ESG analysis and...

Mike Walters, Chief Product Officer, Form3 In a series of interviews carried out for Sibos 2022, we focus on what’s hot in banking, banking technology, and fintech. In this interview focusing on cloud-native technology Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Mike Walters, Chief Product Officer of cloud payments fintech Form3 about multi-cloud solutions and how to prevent fraud in real-time payme...

Michael Vrontamitis, Trade Finance and Banking Leader, Finastra & Joshua Kroeker, Chief Product Officer, Contour In a series of interviews carried out at Sibos 2022, we focus on what’s hot in banking, banking technology and fintech. During Sibos, Finastra announced a strategic collaboration to integrate its Fusion Trade Innovation software with digital trade finance network Contour, providing...

Amit Dua, President, SunTec Business Solutions In a series of interviews carried out at Sibos 2022, we focus on what’s hot in banking, banking technology and fintech. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Amit Dua, President of SunTec Business Solutions.

Marijke Koninckx, Product Officer, Bankifi In a series of interviews carried out at Sibos 2022, we focus on what’s hot in banking, banking technology and fintech. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Marijke Koninckx, Product Officer at Bankifi.

Alberto González, Learning Discipline Leader, BBVA ; José Martinez, Talent Management Discipline Leader, BBVA Global banking group BBVA is leveraging tools developed by cloud-based people development software provider Cornerstone OnDemand to upskill employees. Initiatives being undertaken include gamification and tokenisation make the online learning platform more rewarding, interactive, and engag...

Conor Colleary, Group VP Financial Services, Oracle In a series of interviews carried out at Sibos 2022, we focus on what’s hot in banking, banking technology, and fintech. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Conor Colleary, Group VP Financial Services for Oracle.

Ian Manocha, CEO, Gresham Technologies   In a series of interviews carried out at Sibos 2022, we focus on what’s hot in banking, banking technology, and fintech. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Ian Manocha, Chief Executive Officer of Gresham Technologies.

Gudmundur Kristjansson [GK], Founder & CEO, Lucinity With large-scale adoption of AI tools on the rise and accelerated by Covid-19, financial institutions are turning to automation to enhance their business processes, including financial crime compliance. To produce the best results for fighting financial crime, humans and AI must work together, according to Lucinity, reflecting a concept know...

Kareem Saleh, CEO & Co-Founder, FairPlay Fairness as a Service is a new concept being championed by FairPlay, with the aim of reducing algorithmic bias for people of colour, women, and other historically disadvantaged groups. Using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify bias in lending models, the idea is to identify more good borrowers – typically people who would otherwise be turned down f...

Falk Rieker, Global Vice President and IBU Head for Banking, SAP SAP and Santander Corporate and Investment Banking (Santander CIB) partnered earlier this year with the aim of improving client-to-bank connectivity and providing their global clients with financial tools to help navigate supply chain disruptions and accelerate the decarbonisation of their industrial activities.  In fact, Santander C...

Rizwan Shaikh, Director Sales, MENA & Asia, Expleo New financial technology is changing the way we work but making the technology work for the customer is paramount – and that means both working for the bank or financial institution and for the end customer, whether that consumer is an individual or a corporate. Rizwan Shaikh, Director Sales, MENA & Asia for Expleo, discusses the concept o...

Charles Damen, Chief Product Officer, Token Account-to-account payments now pose a genuine threat to debit cards – we review the use cases and benefits. At the same time, API maturity is accelerating and pushing the boundaries of open banking with premium APIs and value-added services, a key focus for the future with VRPs but one example. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the issues with C...

Ruchir Lahoty, Managing Director, MegaDelta Capital   The fast-track growth of financial tools, and platforms in the post pandemic world has created a huge market growth opportunity allowing VC funding in the FinTech sector to slowly pick up. Ruchir Lahoty, Managing Director, Megadelta Capital discusses investment, trends, valuation, and the role of the investors in today’s climate.