The Fintech Power 50

Moderator Ruth Wandhofer, Experienced Chair, Author, Speaker, Adviser, Visiting Professor at Bayes Business School Panellists Stephen Simmons, Co-founder and Chief Data Officer at Sikoia Simon Kingston, Head of Partner Sales, EMEA at Jumio Corporation Key takeaways Regtech is becoming part of how firms evidence control across automated processes. Identity verification is moving from one-off onboar...

Title: The Future of Open Banking: Trends and Challenges Host: David Parker , CEO at Polymath Consulting.  Guest: Timo Seifert, Director Product Management at Unzer. Miroslav Pekárek, CPO at Aevi. George Parks Davie , VP of product at Brite Payments. Takeaways Open banking has reached a tipping point with increased user adoption. Consumer trust in merchants is essential for the success of open ban...

Title: Cross-Border Payments: Connecting Merchants to Global Customers Host: Mark Walker: Editorial Director at The Fintech Times Guest: Victor Padee: CRO at Aevi. Tom Voaden: VP of Commercial at BR-DGE. David Messenger: Global CEO for Ping Pong Payments Expanding into new international markets offers immense growth potential, but it comes with a web of complexities—from fragmented local payment s...

Title: AI in Payments, Why Consumer AI Will Rewrite the Rules Guests: Neira Jones, David Birch In this episode of the Payments Power 50 podcast, Neira Jones speaks with digital finance expert David Birch about the real shift AI is creating within payments. Rather than incremental improvements in fraud detection or customer service, the major transformation will come when consumers deploy their own...

Another year has come to an end, and another year of incredible fintech innovation. At a time of reflection and anticipation, with our panellists we take a look at the developments and trends that have graced the industry over the past 12 months, as well as what to expect in 2025.

Is fintech really good? There's certainly a lot of effort by many players in the industry to make a difference in society. Whether it's offsetting carbon or providing services for the underbanked, this Podcast will explore what "doing good" actually means, and understand how fintech is making a difference. Our panellists will examine why the fintech industry is in the perfect position to "do good"...

Digital assets are a constant trending topic within fintech. With the rise, and somewhat fall of cryptocurrency with popularity at an all time high but consumer trust wavering, as well as the rise of blockchain technologies and even CBDC’s making an appearance. With digital assets on the rise, this Podcast will take a look at the current digital asset landscape and how the industry has evolved ove...

Embedded finance has been a consistent trend within the fintech scene for the past few years. With the potential impact on the industry being huge, in this Podcast we take a look at the current embedded finance landscape and the opportunities it can bring.

Payments are an everyday facet of peoples lives, whether you are a regular consumer, a business or beyond. The industry is constantly working to innovate and create new and better ways to pay. In this Podcast, we take a look at the disruption of the traditional payments ecosystem and the opportunities fintech's have taken to revolutionise the way people pay. With the help of our panellists, we wil...

With 2023 being another stellar year for fintech, in this Podcast we take a look at the stand out moments and learnings for the industry in 2023. With the help of our expert panellists, we also look ahead to 2024 and what future innovation the industry has to offer. Featuring Debbie Wong, Head of Business Development APAC at BPC, Howard Wimpory, KYC Transformation Director at Encompass & Philipp P...

Payments are an everyday facet of life for consumers, businesses and beyond, and the rapid innovation the industry creates is showing no sign of slowing down. In this Podcast, we take a look at the disruption of the traditional payments ecosystem and the opportunities fintech's have taken to revolutionise the way people pay. With the help of our panellists, we will breakdown the factors shaping th...

Around 30% of the Fintech workforce is made up of women, that figure drops to just 17% of Fintech leaders - though the industry has moved on a long way, theres still so far to go. In this Podcast we champion our panellists, amazing women who have broken barriers, overcome hurdles and sometimes even crash-landed to get to their positions. We take a look at their career journeys and their thoughts o...

With the use of digital banking services growing exponentially in the last few years, the industry is constantly reinventing itself. Consumers can now access banking services from anywhere in the world at any time, with banking's transformation becoming an industry standard. In this Podcast, we hear from our expert panellists about the current digital banking landscape and the trends that are taki...

By its name, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is the virtual format of a fiat currency for a particular nation or region. But why is it such a popular term right now? With pilots going well in China and encouraging words from the Treasury in the UK, CBDCs are moving forward at a spectacular pace. This podcast seeks to examine the reasons behind such a demand, and ask what technology and regu...

Regulation and fintech go hand in hand, and for both sectors its changing all the time. With monitoring and reporting ever more crucial to businesses out there, the regtech industry has evolved in a big way. This podcast will examine the current regtech landscape as well as what is currently exciting leaders in the space. With the help of our panellists, we will determine whats next for regtech, a...

Wealthtech is often considered as one of the more popular verticals within the fintech space. With personal wealth management continuously on the rise, wealthtech companies have carved themselves an ideal niche in which to work, offering innovative solutions to transform the investment and asset management world. In this podcast, we will take a deep dive into the world of wealthtech, learning what...

Payments are an ever-changing landscape within the fintech world - but as things change and develop, much about the sector stays the same. With payment methods developing all the time in the consumer and business sectors, many are left wondering what will be the major trend of 2023. In this podcast we will explore some of the latest innovations within the payments industry, and look at how paytech...

Open banking has seen significant growth over the last couple of years, and continues to be on the rise. With huge benefits available to the fintech sector, open banking continues to advance - but the question that remains is what's next? With 2022 creeping to a close, this Podcast will examine just how open banking is used within the industry, and more importantly how it can get better. With the...

Open banking has made information more accessible for organisations looking to help people manage their financial lives. As part of it, banking apps are now transforming into aggregators that allow banking users to manage their subscriptions on one single platform. With the help of our panellists, this podcast will explore the subscription management within the open banking sector and the benefits...

Embedded finance has proved to be one of the major buzzwords of 2022. With the value of the market expected to exceed $7 trillion in the next 10 years, its easy to see why. Join Polly Jean-Harrison and Alex Mifsud, Co-founder and CEO at Weavr, whilst they explore the year embedded finance has had, and uncover the hype around the topic, while looking ahead to the future.

On this weeks episode of Power 50 Podcasts, the Power 50 team speak about Neobanks with Nosa, Head of Retail Product & Partnerships at KUDA.

On this weeks episode, we speak with Will Marwick, CEO at IFX Payments, Damien Cahill, COO & Co-founder at VYNE and Daniel Blondell, COO at Mclear to talk Payments.

On this weeks episode of The Fintech Power 50 Podcast, Mark Walker, Chief Operating Officer at The Power 50 speaks with Lucy Liu, CEO of Airwallex to cover the Airwallex roadmap, and also talk about what it's like to be a female young Co-Founder, in a male-dominated financial services world.

On this weeks episode of The Fintech Power 50 Podcast, we speak to Kani Payments CEO, Aaron Holmes, and Trade Ledger CEO, Martin McCann as we want to understand their journey into the industry and explore the dynamics between established financial technology leaders with years of relevant experience, and the fresh up-and-coming fintech’s.