BlinkPay

Open Banking Q&A with BlinkPay

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This podcast is dedicated to all the payments and data enthusiasts in Aotearoa 😊In each episode we dig into the headlines that are shaping open banking both here and abroad. We also include a deep dive into a specific facet or feature of open banking and explore what it all means for banks, businesses, and consumers. We usually have guests who are working in, or are adjacent to the open banking industry in Aotearoa, and asked for their reflections based on their lived experience of working with the standard and trying to build this new network.

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From Regulation to Reality: MBIE on What Happens Next for Open Banking 06.11.2025 48:16

Episode #: S01E07 – part 2 Hosts: Adrian Smith (CEO, BlinkPay ) & Tim D’Shea (Head of Product, BlinkPay ) Music by  Levgen Poltavskyi  from  Pixabay In this second half of From Regulation to Reality, Adrian Smith and Tim D’Shea sit down with Alan Carnaby from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to unpack what the new open banking regulations mean in practice for banks, f...

From Regulation to Reality: Minister Scott Simpson on What’s Next for Open Banking 27.10.2025 30:44

Episode #: S01E07 Hosts: Adrian Smith (CEO, BlinkPay ) & Tim D’Shea (Head of Product, BlinkPay ) Music by  Levgen Poltavskyi  from  Pixabay In this two-part episode of Open Banking Q&A with BlinkPay, we go straight to the source of Aotearoa’s new open banking regulations. In Part One, Adrian sits down one-on-one with the Hon. Scott Simpson , Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to un...

Herding Cats: Inside the API Centre with Jane-Renee Retimana 10.10.2025 1:12:41

Hosts: Adrian Smith (CEO, BlinkPay ) & Tim D’Shea (Head of Product, BlinkPay ) Music by  Levgen Poltavskyi  from  Pixabay In this episode of Open Banking Q&A with BlinkPay, we sit down with Jane-Renee Retimana , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Payments NZ (self-styled “Chief Cat Herder”), to explore the role of the API Centre in Aotearoa’s open banking journey. Jane shares what...

From Policy to Practice: How Regulation Shapes Open Banking 30.09.2025 1:08:00

Hosts: Adrian Smith (CEO, BlinkPay ) & Tim D’Shea (Head of Product, BlinkPay ) Music by  Levgen Poltavskyi  from  Pixabay In this episode of Open Banking Q&A with BlinkPay, we bring together voices at the heart of Aotearoa’s open banking journey: Matthew Lewer , Head of Payments at the Commerce Commission Emma Geard , Senior Associate at MinterEllisonRuddWatts Andrew Dentice , Co-chair of...

Ground Breakers & Game Changers 19.09.2025 1:01:46

Hosts: Adrian Smith (CEO, BlinkPay ) & Tim D’Shea (Head of Product, BlinkPay ) Guests: Sam Meikle of Sharesies and Stuart Wilson of Modica Group . Music by  Levgen Poltavskyi  from  Pixabay What we cover: Why Sharesies built Instant Bank Transfer with BlinkPay, and how it’s changing investor behaviour How Modica is embedding open banking into their CPaaS platform to enable payments and data se...

Banking on Change: APIs, Lessons, and the Road Ahead 15.09.2025 59:15

Episode #: S01E03 Hosts: Adrian Smith (CEO, BlinkPay ) & Tim D’Shea (Head of Product, BlinkPay ) Guest: Jonathan Dale from the Bank of New Zealand Music by  Levgen Poltavskyi  from  Pixabay Episode Overview Open banking in Aotearoa is gathering momentum — but what does it really take to modernise decades of legacy systems, stay compliant with fast-evolving regulation, and still deliver innov...

From the Trenches: Real-World Open Banking Experiences in Aotearoa 07.09.2025 1:05:43

Episode #: S01E02 Hosts: Adrian Smith (CEO, BlinkPay ) & Tim D’Shea (Head of Product, BlinkPay ) Guests: Jason Danner , Usable Balance ; Ashley Lake-Johns , Qippay Music by  Levgen Poltavskyi  from  Pixabay In today’s episode, we’re going straight to the coalface — hearing from the third parties who are living and breathing open banking in Aotearoa. Starting with news stories from abroad, to t...

The State of Open Banking in NZ: 2025 and Beyond 28.08.2025 1:11:27

Episode #: S01E01 Hosts: Adrian Smith (CEO, BlinkPay ) & Tim D’Shea (Head of Product, BlinkPay ) Guests: Dan Symons , Westpac New Zealand ; Lisa Ibarra , Payments NZ . Music by  Levgen Poltavskyi  from  Pixabay Episode Overview This podcast is dedicated to all the payments and data enthusiasts in Aotearoa 😊 This week we’re diving into the recent news about API fees, the open banking regulat...