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Alina Cahill, Product Lead at Wolt, brought us in on how they’re using the app’s information architecture and mental models to create a frictionless experience for customers in the digital world. Wolt’s vision is to build a digital version of the shopping mall in your pocket. During her chat with us, Alina discussed the following matters: What is information infrastructure and architecture? The de...

Speakers: Andrea Tassistro, CEO at Foodetective and Romain Colnet, Innovation Business Development Manager at Worldline Global. We will discuss how these two worlds are getting closer to each other, in particular in the payment space. Moderator: Filip Sobiecki, Netguru This episode was recorded during Disruption Forum Retail 2021 by Netguru. Find out more at https://hubs.ly/H0X_0p10

During this panel at Disruption Forum Retail, Milena Lazarevska, VP Commercial Quick Commerce at Delivery Hero, talked about the rapid growth of quick commerce and different approaches to the operational aspect of this service. She also discussed how quick commerce addresses the changes in consumer behavior and what customer problems it solves. Throughout the panel, Milena answered the following q...

How does Klarna, the buy now, pay later giant, offer such a smooth shopping experience for customers? Klarna has made it more affordable and easier to checkout on online shopping sites for many, and usage only increased during the pandemic. To talk about the design side of things, Ege Altunsu, Product Design Lead, Design Manager at Klarna, joined this episode of Disruption Talks. Ege explains how...

How sustainable are the brands you purchase from? In the past, not many people will have asked this question, but things are changing. Sustainability has become an increasingly crucial factor in purchasing decisions. According to a recent survey by IBM, 60% of consumers are willing to change their shopping habits to reduce environmental impact. Nearly eight in 10 respondents indicate sustainabilit...

What does it take to become a great product manager? We asked someone who has been both a product manager and a coach for others, Lisa Mo Wagner. Lisa has had an impressive career to date and has made it her mission to help others develop their ideas, confidence and skills to move ahead in the product management world. She joined this episode of Disruption Talks to discuss her career journey up un...

In the booming world of fintech, more and more new finance startups are prioritizing ethics and sustainability. We have had a few examples on Disruption Talks already, but this time we spoke with the Head of Growth and one of the founding members of insha, Mehmet Burak Dikmen. insha is a German fintech startup that brands itself as “an account with principles.” It offers an innovative and digital...

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a rise of freelancers, contractors, gig economy workers, and those who blend both employment and self-employment. As the future of work adapts quickly, politics and regulations around tax have some catching up to do. Tax is one of the challenges of being a freelancer, and it’s something that Kontist aims to help solve. Kontist is a neo bank and tax advisory solu...

People ignore design that ignores people. What is the current state of design in the financial world? How to build more inclusive designs/customer experiences? During this Disruption Talks we’ll try to find answers to these questions together with Shelley Armstrong, VP User Experience & Design at Finastra. Shelley has over 20 years of experience in building customer experience and user design in t...

All companies, big or small, need some source of capital. This can come from a variety of sources, including its own revenue or public funding through an initial public offering (IPO). According to all the recent headlines about companies raising huge amounts of money, it looks like the venture capital world is thriving. For example, Trade Republic raised $900 million, Solarisbank recently raised...

nsurance for digital companies is not exactly new. However, in many ways, there’s a “protection gap” within the digital economy. Web outages, cyber-attacks, and other connectivity issues are some of the biggest threats facing online businesses, especially eCommerce stores. Recent high-profile outages such as Akamai and Fastly show a harsh reality – that even the global retail giants aren’t safe fr...

With 48% of transactions now processed by cards and a massive $149 trillion spent through payment processors each year, online payments are definitely here to stay. Since the pandemic, online purchases have boomed, and that trend is likely to continue. Many online payment processors have started up in the past few years, offering convenient ways to make purchases. One such company is Total Process...

Insurance is rarely anyone’s favorite topic of conversation. Handling it all can be a headache that many of us would rather avoid. It’s a world that could greatly benefit from simplification – and that’s exactly what companies like Getsafe are promising. Getsafe is a digital insurance company and one of the leaders in the insurtech space. Getsafe utilizes new technology to create a seamless, app-b...

Online food ordering has been a lifeline for many struggling during the pandemic. In 2020 alone, Uber Eats generated $4.8 billion in revenue ( https://www.businessofapps.com/data/uber-eats-statistics/) , a 152% increase year-on-year. With demand increasing, this is a double-edged sword for restaurants. Many were forced to offer takeout services, but the costs of this can be eye-watering when using...

A smooth and seamless user experience (UX) is essential for banks that rely on mobile devices. One company that prioritizes great UX is N26. N26 is a German neobank that enables people to manage their bank accounts, track expenses, and set aside money on the go. Like most neobanks, N26 relies heavily on its mobile app, and therefore, a great user experience is a crucial focus for its team. In this...

In the era of fintech giants, neobanks, and modern payment processors, the buy now pay later (BNPL) model has picked up speed in recent years. While it has been around for some time now, new startups are joining the industry, aiming to offer the next big thing for customers. Zilch is one such company that helps customers to buy products online with the option to pay later. However, Zilch wants to...

What does it take to fight financial crimes like fraud and money laundering? In many cases, these are crimes that are not reported to the police. They often go by unnoticed. This makes them harder to detect in the first place and even harder to investigate. However, companies like ComplyAdvantage are here to save the day. ComplyAdvantage is a team of people dedicated to fighting financial crimes w...

We’ve heard the phrase “new normal” a lot over the past year. The new normal for many now is working from home and hiring remotely. While this has been a challenge for some, an unexpected benefit from hiring remotely has been greater access to a pool of talent that wasn’t accessible before. It means that companies who could only hire in their local area can now do so internationally. They can pick...

Modern banking has come a long way in many areas, but one way it falls behind is racial discrimination. In this Disruption Talks live stream, we speak with Asya Bradley, Founder & COO of First Boulevard, a neobank built for Black America. Asya has seen how prevalent the barriers to entry can be for simple financial services in the Black community. Seeing that discrimination, she’s been on a missio...

Where do the lines blur between art and technology? Technology has allowed for much broader access to art. It’s also given a platform for many artists to share their work. Historically, it would have been much more difficult to distribute your art, but in the age of YouTube and social media, we have more access to art than ever. In this Disruption Talks episode, we speak with someone who understan...

How can businesses become more sustainable? Rather than adding solutions on top of problems, organizations like Project X Global work from the ground up by providing solutions at every step in a value chain. Project X Global is a WWF-founded corporate accelerator that helps organizations adopt sustainable innovations throughout their supply chain. In this Disruption Talks episode, we spoke with Fr...

Expense Accounts - Trust, but Verify? Join our next Disruption Talks to listen to the interview with Sara Brooks, VP of Sales at Pleo.

How to shift the retail landscape? Join our next Disruption Talks with Nick Patrick, Co-Founder and CEO at Radar. Hosted by Filip Sobiecki.

In some ways, the insurance industry is in the business of trying to predict the future. Insurance firms don’t have a crystal ball, but there are different ways to predict risk to determine your premiums. As technology develops, insurance companies are finding new and inventive ways to predict behavior to calculate premiums. Already, insurance companies do this with car insurance. You can install...

What is the key to business growth as a tech entrepreneur? Is it the tools and resources you have at your fingertips? Partly, but it’s also about the community you surround yourself with. Traditional business networking hasn’t exactly gone out of style, but it has changed. Although it’s been tougher during the pandemic, the remote working world now has an opportunity to connect more easily with pe...