The On Call with Insignia Podcast

The money for compliance AI is in cross-border adaptability. That's our main takeaway from this call with Gani.ai founders Bintang Hidayanto and Timur Nugroho , who themselves went on a call back in December 2023 to first talk about working on an idea Bintang has had over the last decade as a lawyer and founding partner of one of Indonesia's leading law firms. It is an idea that he ultimat...

Last year we covered the journeys of Tianwei and Hendra as they built fintechs in Singapore and Indonesia over the last decade and joined forces amidst the pandemic to bring together StraitsX 's compliant stablecoin technology with Payfazz's deep financial services network in Indonesia. Coming to a year later, StraitsX has refreshed its brand as it launches global distribution through part...

In this episode of On Call with Insignia, we go on a world tour of fintech innovation with Pat Patel , Co-CEO of GFTN Forums & CEO of USA, LATAM, MEA at the Global Finance and Technology Network (GFTN) , the non-profit behind the Singapore FinTech Festival. Over the past decade, Pat has been at the intersection of tech, finance, and policy—shaping ecosystems from London to Kigali, Tokyo to Per...

Session recorded from the "PR & Comms for Global Growth" as part of the Insignia Ventures Academy StartCXO ProgramOur StartCXO program beginning in September is now OPEN for applications:Gain the skills to transition seamlessly into a start up leadership roleLearn from industry professionals, well versed in the start-up scene. Join our network consisting of Start alumni, andLearn mor...

You are going on call with Pratyush Prasanna, Group CEO of  @FlipID  , one of Indonesia's largest consumer fintech platforms serving more than 13 million users primarily for their money movement needs, among other financial services. With 20+ years of executive and leadership experience in consumer and fintech companies including Paytm, Poynt, and Gojek, he joined Flip as MD then CEO finding a new...

In a world where nearly 1.4 billion adults still lack access to basic financial services, the promise of technology to bridge this gap has never been more critical. Our exclusive roundtable from the Surfin AI Fintech Forum 2025 in Manila brings together three visionary leaders -- a venture capitalist, a nuclear physicist turned fintech CEO, and Nobel Laureate in economics, who are supporting the g...

After building brand recognition and educating the market on digital investments in the years leading up to their 2020 inflection point, Finhay set its sights on a bigger goal: becoming Vietnam's first fintech to secure a stock brokerage license. In this final episode of our three-part series with VNSC by Finhay CEO and founder Huy Nghiem , we explore how Finhay acquired VNSC, a securities bro...

This is Part 1 of 2 with Zi Yong Chua, Carro COO on his journey driving Gen AI transformation in the pan-Asia used car platform. Timestamps (01:19) How Zi Yong joined Carro after PayPal, Alipay, and his own ventures; (04:41) Zi Yong's first order of business as COO, refining Carro's internal data processes for better productivity; (08:20) How Zi Yong linked productivity gains to end busine...

Many startups found an inflection point thanks to the shift to digital in 2020 amidst the pandemic. VNSC by Finhay was one of these startups, at the time a wealth management startup focused on mutual bonds and roboadvisory. But what has set Finhay apart has been its ability to convert this growth inflection into market leadership and an opportunity to become much more than just a wealthtech startu...

VNSC by Finhay has been raising the bar for Vietnam fintech for the last 8 years 🇻🇳 Taking the industry beyond payments, serving more than 300K+ funded accounts investing across asset classes Pioneering compliance for fintechs in wealth management as the first to acquire a securities firm and license Setting new standards for user experiences when it comes to unlocking various asset classes on a d...

Welcome to the Manila edition of our AI Transformation event. This all started as a playbook that we developed together with our partners at FileAI , WIZ.AI , NetSuite, and AWS. We launched that playbook last year , and as part of that launch, we organized an event in Singapore , providing businesses from different industries the opportunity to dive deeper into what AI transformation really means...

Timestamps (00:00) Highlights; (01:29) Chen Chow's Resilience Index: The Four Factors that Drive Entrepreneurial Resilience; (08:37) What Does Relevance Mean and What Drives Chen Chow; Full episode Transcript He is also a mentor for Insignia Ventures Academy's StartCXO program About who you are on call with:Yeoh Chen Chow, or known as CC, is now offering advisory, consulting, executive/biz coachin...

Timestamps (00:00) Highlights; (01:02) Introducing Allen Taylor; (03:53) Allen's Views on the Southeast Asia Opportunity; (09:47) Emerging Market Opportunity Amidst Global Challenges; (14:19) Understanding Entrepreneurial Resilience in Emerging Markets; (21:48) What makes entrepreneurial resilience; (27:47) Allen's evolution as an investor; (34:41) Future of exits in emerging markets; (39:...

This is part two of a three part call with the Malaysian entrepreneur, coach and investor who previously founded and grew Fave Group and since been supporting other founders through his 1% Advisory and Coaching. Catch up on part 1 Transcript Follow to stay notified for part 3! He is also a mentor for ⁠Insignia Ventures Academy's StartCXO program⁠ Transcript (00:00) Highlights; (01:09) Lessons from...

This is part one of a three part call with the Malaysian entrepreneur, coach and investor who previously founded and grew Fave Group and since been supporting other founders through his 1% Advisory and Coaching. Watch part 2 Transcript He is also a mentor for Insignia Ventures Academy's StartCXO program Timestamps (00:00) Highlights; (02:03) Chen Chow's career from consulting to tech; (03:47) Expo...

Learn how Tentang Anak founders CEO Dr Mesty Ariotedjo, Sp. A, MPH and COO Garri Juanda, MBA turned a massive social media following into an popular app for childcare and now top selling brands reaching more than 3 million children across Indonesia, with their vision to meet the needs of the 80 million (and growing) population of children in the country. Timestamps (00:00) Introduction; (01:54) Up...

In a competitive and largely fragmented industry like dental care, where trust, compliance, and expertise are critical, being a late mover can sometimes provide a unique edge. In this episode, we sit down with Ryan Teo , CEO and Co-founder of Dr. Clear Aligners, to discuss how his team strategically navigated the clear aligner market to build trust, leverage data, and innovate patient care. In jus...

The year is 2017. On a work trip to Bali, Dr Yanan Wu is inspired to take on the next stage of his career. Seeing the immense wealth gap in the market, he starts Surfin to leverage the emerging technological dividend around data analytics and AI in markets like Indonesia, where there is a demographic dividend of young, digitally savvy population with an unmet need for better financial services. Se...

What does it really mean to develop AI use cases for your business?  For the launch of our latest playbook on AI Transformation ( download your copy here !), we gathered a panel of digital transformation experts from established software solution providers and up and coming startups at the frontier of enterprise AI adoption. We’ve cut the best parts of this hour-long conversation into a podcast ep...

The year is 2019. Mila Bedrenets , a fintech marketing exec with two decades of experience building companies from the ground up across markets, gets a call from a familiar voice. It's Greg Krasnov, a founder she has worked with twice previously, first on a bank in Ukraine and second on a solar energy fintech in Southeast Asia. He's inviting her to join him on his next venture: Tonik , the first o...

What kind of organization and culture does it take to foster the growth of a business driving mental health care access globally?  Our conversation continues with Intellect VP of Partnerships & Solutions Cassandra Loh . This episode we delve deeper into the inner workings of Intellect’s organization and how that has impacted her role driving global growth of the company. How do they marry the...

Launched in May 2020, Intellect today counts 3.5 million users globally, with services available in 30 languages and comprehensive local networks of mental healthcare providers across 60 countries worldwide. Its enterprise solution has been rolled out for multinational companies including Singtel, Shell, Merck, Schroders, as well as institutions like NTU, NUS, and the Singapore government.  A key...

Lending is not for the faint of heart. But when Trasy Lou Walsh found the right partners to embark with on her first startup venture, she took the leap and started Fluid. With Fluid , she is working to bring consumer-level payment experiences to B2B ecommerce transactions, starting with handling buyer payments to suppliers (i.e., buy now pay later for B2B). Trasy goes on call with us to talk about...

More than two decades into his career in risk and compliance roles across PayPal, EY, ING, Rapyd, etc., David decides to not settle but go the other way -- start a company to bring “sexy” back to treasury. Timestamps (00:04) Highlights; (00:38) Everyone has a treasury problem; (04:07) Why is there a treasury problem and what recent bank runs have to do with it; (09:53) How it helps to have the gra...

We’re back with Nadira Zahiruddin and Gisella Tjoanda , VP of Innovation and VP of Business Development, respectively, at SuperApp (Super), the leading social commerce platform in Indonesia, innovating the future of retail in underserved areas in the country. In Part 1 , we got caught up on Super’s business, how it's developed and evolved over the last year, especially when it comes to develop...