IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Interviews

David Messenger, CEO, LianLian Global   With the recent Chinese regulatory crackdowns on a lot of sectors, it has become essential for foreign companies in business with the country to understand the emphasis on new regulations. Cross-border payments company LianLian Global is based in Hangzhou and helps its global customers to break into the Chinese market. CEO David Messenger discusses with IBS...

James Booth, VP Head of Partnerships, PPRO Global provider of local payments infrastructure PPRO recently published its annual Almanac , a study expecting a 70% growth of digital payments in Europe in the next five years, as well as tracking the rise of ecommerce and changes in consumer behaviour. IBSi’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti discussed the findings and how the payment landscape might look like in...

Marshall Choy, SVP Product, SambaNova Systems US firm SambaNova Systems is building what is being claimed as Europe’s fastest AI supercomputer for Hungary’s OTP Bank. The partnership between the two will deploy a multi-rack AI system, built on SambaNova Dataflow-as-a-Service GPT, offering the most advanced language model in the world at a commercial bank. The system will also be provided as a nati...

Terry Duffy, SVP & GM, Digital First Software & Services, NCR Personalisation will mature in 2022 with financial wellness initiatives leading the way but while the rush to digital will continue, in the US, physical will also transform with merged channels and more connected user experiences. Look for banks and credit unions to solidify their crypto strategies and embrace the as-a-service m...

Luke Massie, CEO, VibePay From open banking to embedded finance, payments are part of the conversation, and the financial technology sector needs to remember why its customers behave the way they do. The pandemic has also seen the rapid rise of a ‘creator’ economy online. These topics, the race to become Europe’s super app and more in this conversation between Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence and L...

Monica Eaton-Cardone, Co-founder and COO, Chargebacks911 Shocked by the stark gender disparity within the FinTech industry where women currently make up just 7% of start-up founders, Monica Eaton-Cardone, Co-founder and COO of Chargebacks911, launched a new micro-mentorship programme called , LIFT: Elevating Women in Fintech to empower female leadership across the thriving FinTech and payments are...

Phani Tangirala, Senior Director, Delivery, Operations & Solutions, Expleo Solutions Hyper-automation is a business-driven approach that should allow you to identify and automate many of your manual business processes and IT processes. It is a way of bringing together a multiplicity of technologies, tools and platforms that will improve your efficiency and speed of delivery. It is also likely...

Stefan Schwitter, Head of Investment Solutions, SEBA Bank There is increasing institutional interest in cryptocurrencies with asset managers now viewing crypto as ‘digital gold’ and finding a corresponding commensurate place for it in their portfolios. These moves are being matched by progress in the regulation of digital assets and developments such as SEBA Bank’s crypto yield platform SEBA Earn....

Mike Yesudas, CTO, Suntec Business Solutions 2022 may be the year that highlights just how much banks still have to learn about the deployment and use of artificial intelligence. Many financial institutions have a wealth of data but huge technology gaps. They need to be able to leverage this data without jeopardising its security. The bottom line is that too often banks don’t quite have the techno...

Ron Benegbi, Founder and CEO, Uplinq Uplinq is building solutions for small business lenders that support the underserved, unbanked, minority and immigrant small business owner, while providing insights on all other SMBs that no other company globally can offer. Ron Benegbi, Uplinq’s Founder and CEO discuss how the start-up is helping SMBs become financially viable with IBSi’s Reporter Gaia Lamper...

Abhijit Prasad, SVP Working Capital Finance, Kyriba The trade financing gap has hit new heights during Covid-19, and SMEs are the hardest hit globally. Kyriba, an enterprise liquidity management platform, has recently launched its Working Capital Solutions, an attempt to close that gap. IBS’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti asked Abhijit Prasad, SVP Working Capital Finance at Kyriba more insights into this...

Jonathan Libby, Founder of Steady State Finance The technology side of cryptocurrency is getting more sophisticated, with DeFi, in particular, making revolutionary bounds in the financial sector. But price-protection is necessary to guard against asset volatility, giving retail and institutional investors a chance to put their assets to work earning a yield. Steady State, a comprehensive insurance...

Tim Hamilton, CEO and Co-Founder, Praxent What makes you stand out from the crowd? If you don’t know the right answer(s) to that basic question, your bank or financial services business is likely to struggle as we head into an increase complex and competitive future. Getting the customer experience right is key – beware of the pitfalls that your past system-centric approach may create. Embedded fi...

John Waupsh, Co-Founder, Nerve Historically, banks offered services tailored to their local geographies. Today’s banking communities aren’t defined by rivers and railroads but by the shared experience and goals of their customers. Nerve is a mobile app that merges data from streaming revenue sources, aiming to meet the unique business needs of music professionals. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence s...

Prof. Adam Putz, Director of Research, Aumni The median amount raised at Series A clocked in at around $14 million in the last six months, with the top decile at more than $30 million. Contrast these figures with previous bullish number such as those raised by Uber ($11 million) and Instagram ($7 million). What’s more, the valuations of the current crop of startups are accelerating even faster. Wh...

Neil Chapman, Chief Executive Officer, Exabel Data and analytics platform Exabel recently signed a deal under which APG, the largest pension provider in the Netherlands with some EUR 610 billion under management, will use Exabel to integrate alternative data into its investment strategy. Alternative data represents a huge opportunity for professional investors and fund managers but modelling this...

Gary Lewis, Managing Director, Jack Henry Lending Whether it is for asset diversification or the reallocation of credit risk, Jack Henry Lending’s Loan Marketplace centralises communications and transactions related to the purchase, sale, and trade of loans through the full spectrum of geographies, asset sizes and institution types. It creates a broad community of lenders that, together, may diver...

Samir Pandiri, International President, Broadridge   As in the digital age banks and asset managers need to cut costs and streamline activities more radically, Broadridge is providing tech managed services and outsourcing in fundamentally new ways. Samir Pandiri International President of Broadridge spoke with IBSi Reporter Gaia Lamperti about how the tech acceleration is transforming financial se...

Mark Roberts, Divisional Director, ClearCourse Payments Division Getting paid efficiently is the life blood of business, especially for SMEs. Digital payments have evolved in recent years, but the key issue of interoperability remains largely unresolved. In the UK alone around 1.3 million payment terminals do not interact with the payment software running the business. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intellige...

Paolo Ardoino, CTO, Bitfinex   Bitcoin was born to create a more transparent and democratic financial system. A strong supporter of this view is Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex, one of the top cryptocurrencies and digital assets exchanges in the world. In an interview with IBSi’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti, Ardoino discussed the evolution of payments systems and how cryptocurrencies’ disrupting quality...

Gary Bond, CEO, TISAtech   TISAtech is a new generation digital marketplace connecting Financial Institutions with FinTechs to facilitate the accelerated partnering and adoption of transformational digital solutions. The platform has been designed to help financial institutions throughout the industry source, implement and manage innovative technology solutions. In an interview with Gaia Lampert,...

Brian Coburn, Chief Executive Officer, BR-DGE Putting the power back into the hands of merchants, a payment orchestration platform allows them to integrate a variety of different payment solutions into one seamless checkout experience for the purchaser. Such a platform also frees up time and cost for the merchant, allowing them to focus on their business rather than on managing payment providers....

Keren Levy, President, Payoneer   After over 12 years in commerce tech trailblazer Payoneer, outgoing COO Keren Levy has recently been appointed President of the company. She joins the 44% of women (director level and above) making up the company’s leadership team, quite a unicum in the industry. IBSi’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti discussed with Keren Levi the importance of a diverse team as a critical...

Chris Catliff, President & CEO, Blueshore Financial From opportunity comes optimism for Chris Catliff, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian financial advisory firm Blueshore Financial. He discusses some of the key areas of focus for next year with Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence, including the impact of intergenerational wealth transfer and the need for financial institutions to f...

Jason Osborne, Global Head of Consumer & Commercial Banking, Genpact Customers’ needs are changing, economic conditions are challenging, and technology is profoundly reshaping the future of banking. So, what do institutions need  to do to develop new best practice to leverage their technology options to build and deliver digital financial services that best meet the needs of their customers? R...