Voice of FinTech®

Lucia Hegenbartova , CCO of Dreams , Swedish neuroscience-FinTech, spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about using neuroscience when engaging with your clients in financial services. Here is what you learn from their conversation: Lucia's entrepreneurial journey so far What is Dreams? Dreams provides a custom experience layer that enables banks to boost their customer'...

In this episode of the Americas Series, David Yakobovitch spoke to Patricia Montesi , co-founder and CEO of Qolo , a FinTech for FinTechs. Here is what they discussed (and more): FinTechs have traditionally didn't always like the relationships but had nowhere else to go. Today there are more options, but unhealthy relationships remain. Now, FinTechs get lured by "quick-to-market" approaches that l...

Nikolaus Sühr , CEO and founder of Kasko , a London headquarter InsurTech-as-a-service spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how Kasko helps incumbent insurers reach customers with new offerings and features quicker than on their own. Here is what they talked about: Nick's backstory: How and why has Nick decided to start his own company What is embedded insurance a...

In this episode of Africa Series, Stacey Japhta , Head of Strategic FinTech Partnerships at Talent in the Cloud , an emerging markets FinTech executive search firm and host of Talking success podcast, sat down with Aneesa Ameer , Head of Innovation at ABSA Life in South Africa. ABSA Life offers a comprehensive range of life insurance options which include: disability, death, critical illness cover...

Neha Wattas , Executive Director, Innovation & FinTech Partnerships at J.P. Morgan in New York, spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about why and how J.P. Morgan likes to partner with FinTechs or invest in them globally. Here is what they covered: J.P. Morgan's approach to working with start-ups: why J.P. Morgan wants to be the partner of choice for start-ups Neha'...

In this episode of Voice of FinTech: Asia Pacific Series, Chia Jeng Yang , Principal of Saison Capital based in Singapore, spoke to James Vuong , founder and CEO of Infina Vietnam, about his journey from Vietnam to the US and back, his entrepreneurial journey and his latest venture, Infina, providing investment opportunities to retail investors, similar to Robinhood in other markets. Here is what...

Olga Shikhantsova, Principal at Speedinvest, focused at FinTech and Forber 30 under 30, spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about believing and investing in European FinTech and redefining VC.  Olga's backstory: FinTechs and VCs, from Russia to Germany What is Speedinvest? Globally present, European focused early-stage VCs with FinTech, DeepTech, Industrial Tech, Netwo...

Patrick Awori , Founder and CEO at Imaginarium, a Kenyan-based FinTech behind the Circle, a virtual savings platform, hosted another episode of Voice of FinTech: Africa Series. Patrick spoke to Mary Mwangi, CEO and founder of Data Integrated (DIL) about digitizing payments in the transport sector across Africa. Here is what they covered: For our audience, what is your background in Fintech in gene...

Christoph Baumann , Deputy Head Insurances & Risks at State Secretariat for International Finance SIF (SSIF), spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how Switzerland sees sustainable Finance as a major opportunity for the Swiss financial center. Here is what they covered: Christoph's journey from the banking and start-up world to the government Why Green FinTech...

David Yakobovitch spoke to Rohit Taneja , founder and CEO of Decentro, an automated API platform for banking integrations, based in India and Singapore, backed by United States' Y-Combinator about Banking a service, embedded and decentralized Finance.  How is India shaping up as a FinTech destination? What’s exciting about India? Are regulators making regulations easy for FinTechs to thrive? If ye...

Gerti Dervishi , Chief Growth Officer at Flybits, spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about why contextual banking is the future of banking and how to get it right. Here is what they talked about: Gerti's background and motivation to join a start-up What is Flybits and the problem they are solving: helping banks to build  better connections with their clients using con...

Prashant Fuloria , CEO at Fundbox , spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about leveraging AI to help SMBs with their working capital needs more efficiently. Prashant is also a lecturer at Stanford, Cornell and Berkeley, where he teaches MBAs on building consumer internet businesses. Here is what they talked about: Prashant's backstory: from Google, Yahoo and Facebook to...

Eva A. Kaili spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about digital transformation in the EU and the policy framework that is being created or adapted to facilitate the adoption of digital technologies.  Eva Kaili is MEP from Greece, Chair Science & Technology, Chair Centre for Artificial Intelligence and co-founder of the World Future Foundation - very active in shapin...

In this episode of the Africa Series, Patrick Awori spoke to Hilda Moraa , founder and CEO of Pezesha ; a Kenyan headquartered digital financial marketplace platform that connects quality SMB to working capital from investors on its marketplace. Hilda is a trailblazer in the Kenyan and African FinTech space. From founding and exiting her FinTech startup in 2015, Weza Tele, she has done it all, ris...

Fabian Wesemann , co-founder and Group CFO at Wefox , spoke to Wani Baumgartner , guest co-host and Finance and Life Sciences recruiter and Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast about using technology to bring the insurance industry to the new level of customer-centricity. Here is what they covered in more detail: Fabian's road towards entrepreneurship What led Fabian to co-found...

David Yakobovitch spoke to Duncan Barrigan , Chief Product and Growth Officer at GoCardless about Open Banking in the US, innovation in payments and the FinTech megatrends. Here is what they covered: 1) Brief introduction of GoCardless A potted history of the last 10 years Growth in the US GoCardless’ recent open banking feature- Instant Bank Pay , a new open banking feature directly integrated in...

Oliver Marchand is Global Head of ESG Research & Models at MSCI and founder of Carbon Delta (now part of MSCI). Oliver spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how to provide portfolio managers with insights to assess climate change impacts on the businesses they invest in. Here is what they talked about: Oliver's backstory: from computer sciences to asset managem...

Jared Lim , the co-founder of Finology, spoke to Wani Baumgartner , guest co-host and Finance and Life Sciences recruiter, and Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about making access to financial products instant and effortless. Here is what they covered: Jared's backstory and serial entrepreneurship journey in Malaysia Finology: how does it work? Problem definition. What is Fi...

Guillaume Descottes , founder and CEO of Vialma , spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how a dedicated classical and jazz streaming platform helps clients discover such music and improve artists' economics. Here is what they covered: Guillaume's backstory Motivation to start his own business What is Vialma? A problem solver or a delight for customers?  Very first...

Stacey Japhta , Head of Strategic FinTech Partnerships at Talent in the cloud , emerging markets FinTech executive search firm and host of Talking success podcast, talks to Wayne Zwiers , founder of Basalt . Basalt is a global Fintech studio focusing on designing and developing digital banking and insurance solutions for the future, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Basalt co-creates solutions...

Jamie Beaumont is a founder of Playter , creator of hire now, pay later service for SMEs using recruitment agencies. Jamie spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about the need for SME financing focused on hiring through recruitment agencies. Here is what they talked about: Jamie's back story and why he decided to start your own company What were your very first steps whe...

David Yakobovitch spoke to Derek Merrill , CEO of LeaseLock about how to get rid of one of the most painful steps in real estate transactions, paying a security deposit, by using technology. Derek is a product and financial technology-focused entrepreneur with a special interest in building data-driven products that service the enterprise. As CEO, Derek leads the overall product, marketing, sales...

Abdulla Almoayed , CEO and founder of Tarabut Gateway , spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about open banking in MENA, why he set up the business UAE's ADGM (Abu Dhabi Global Market) in particular and his thoughts on data-driven innovation. Here is what they covered: Abdulla's back story Reasons to start his own company What is Tarabut Gateway? The problem that Tarabu...

En este episodio de Voice of FinTech Americas Series, conducido por Clementina Giraldo , fundadora y CEO de Dots & Tech , con sede en Colombia, Clementina habla con FIRA , criptoartista colombiana y una de las líderes del criptoarte en América Latina y con Mario Valle Reyes , cofundador y managing partner de Altered Ventures , con sede en San Francisco, Estados Unidos, inversionista en videoju...

In this episode of the Voice of FinTech: Africa Series, Adejoke Adekunle , CEO of VVM Group and the founder of the African Tech Woman podcast, based in Lagos, Nigeria, spoke to Tobi Oke , Managing Partner at V8 Capital Partners , also based in Lagos, Nigeria. Here is what they talked about: Why does V8 Capital focus largely on early-stage companies? V8 Capital portfolio companies From all of these...