The Buzz

Listen as Solutions by Text CEO Dave Baxter discusses how to integrate text messaging with payments. 

Listen as Uplinq co-founder Ron Benegbi discusses how his experience as an immigrant in Toronto inspired his business, what alternative data can do for SMBs and the collaborative ethos shared by Canadian founders. 

Listen as Defacto co-founder Jordane Giuly discusses the benefits of open banking in Europe, the rise of startup culture in Paris and how French President Emmanuel Macron has made entrepreneurship “cool.” 

Listen as FinMapp Chief Executive Kumar Binit discusses the flourishing startup scene in Bengaluru, India, and explains how the city went from IT hub to the “Silicon Valley of Asia.” 

Listen as Justt’s Chief Risk Officer Roenen Ben-Ami discusses automating chargebacks and his experience as a founder in Tel Aviv, the startup capital of the Middle East and a global leader in cybersecurity innovation. 

Listen to the first installment of the Global Startup Cities podcast from “The Buzz,” as Num Finance’s co-founder Agustin Liserra and Mariano di Pietrantonio discuss their experience founding a fintech in Buenos Aires, a city brimming with innovation, where ever-changing economic conditions make resilience crucial. 

 Listen as Bank of America’s Lindsay Huston discusses AP automation enhancements through AI and ML. 

Listen as Talkdesk's Rahul Kumar discusses how FIs can enhance customer retention through tech investment.     

 Listen as Envestnet D&A Group President Farouk Ferchichi discusses how financial institutions can harness data to create efficiencies in front- and back-end operations. 

Listen as BlueSnap’s CEO Ralph Dangelmaier discusses payments innovation, lessons learned from collapsed banks and the state of global payments rails today. 

Listen as Coherent Chief Executive John Brisco discusses data model risk and how AI will play a role in risk mitigation at financial institutions.   

Listen as CertifID CEO Tyler Adams discusses the growth of wire fraud through business email compromise and how automation can protect money movement. 

Listen as Zeta’s Gary Singh discusses how technology can provide transparency and solutions to create individualized loyalty program offerings.

The digital wallet market is saturated and has several established players, but this has not stopped new competitors from entering the space.  Despite being one of the late arrivals to the space, Paze, a digital wallet being launched by a consortium of banks, including U.S. Bank, Truist, JPMorgan Chase and PNC, is coming to market in Q3, Peter Galvin, chief growth officer at payments fintech NMI t...

Listen as  Creatio Chief Growth Officer Andie Dovgan discusses how no-code solutions help smaller FIs achieve digitalization to compete with larger institutions.   

Generative AI has beneficial uses for financial institutions, but fraudsters have taken note, employing the technology to create thousands of fake identities.  The emergence of generative AI has made rooting out fake users even more challenging for financial institutions (FIs), with cybercriminals harnessing it to deepfake a person’s appearance or replicate their speaking voice, Ajay Amlani, senio...

Bridging the gap between customer experience and digital transformation is critical for financial institutions (FIs) to ensure customers stay engaged.   Providing customers with options on transactions like automatic bill payments are just one way for banks to assure consumers that financial decisions are their own and making certain they are not blindsided, Shane Berry, head of customer experienc...

Listen as Finastra’s Al Carpetto discusses the upcoming launch of FedNow and how the financial software provider is preparing its bank and credit union clients for the payments network. 

The fall of Silicon Valley Bank has bank clients looking to financial institutions for deposit security, and banks must have the technology to bring peace of mind to clients.  This loss of client trust combined with unnecessarily risky business practices were behind SVB’s failure, Robinson shared in a recent episode of “The Buzz” podcast. 

In a world of instant gratification, consumers expect this of payment processes — and technology can help.   Bonita Springs, Fla.-based payments company ConnexPay addresses pain points in the payments world and works to reduce friction, Chief Executive Bob Kaufman tells Bank Automation News in this episode of “The Buzz” podcast.  

Proper data management is something all financial institutions strive for, but it is not easily achieved due to data siloes and drift.    While the process of organizing and gathering the right data can set banks apart from their competitors, using the right tools to accomplish this is critical, and something all FIs need to address, Jocelyn Houle, senior director of data governance at Securiti. A...

Listen as Sanat Rao , chief executive and head of software-as-a-service provider Infosys Finacle, discusses the evolution of AI and implications of ChatGPT for the financial institutions. 

Listen as Naveed Anwar, global head of TTS digital and data at Citi, discusses Citi’s use of data and customer feedback along with new advancements in data analytics via AI, machine learning and robotic process automation.  

The swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has shaken the banking industry during the past two weeks.  SVB engaged in risky lending practices and did not have the necessary safeguards in place, leading to a run on deposits that eventually sent the bank into receivership, Mike Sekits, co-founder and managing director of community bank partnership group BTech Consortium, tells Bank Automation News in...

Adoption of embedded banking by both businesses and customers is on the rise, and it is helping to reduce the risk of payment fraud along the way.  For consumers, tokenizing user credentials for their protection is a benefit; meanwhile, businesses gain security by using integrated systems to accept payments safely, Bennie Pennington, vice president of embedded banking and integrated payments at $1...