Leaders In Payments and FinTech - The EDC Podcast

Martin speaks with EDC Director Jean Sideris who is based in our Dubai office and heads MENA region. We discuss the rapid development of the payment and fintech market in the region as a whole, and deep dive 3 key markets in particular, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which share a lot in common but, as Jean explains, also have important differences that sets them somewhat apart. Episode links: https://www.edgardunn.com/theedcpodcast Martin's contacts:https://linktr.ee/martinkoderisch

Martin meets with Sirpa Nordlund Head of Sales and Partnerships at MobilePay. The company launched in Denmark in 2013 and has grown to become a dominant force in Danish and now Nordic consumer payments. It recently merged with Norway’s Vipps to create a pan Nordic mobile wallet platform. In the podcast, Sirpa shares with us how MobilePay started, why Nordic consumers have embraced mobile wallet payments to such an extent, and underlying reasons for its popularity. Episode links: https://www.edgardunn.com/theedcpodcast Martin's contacts:https://linktr.ee/martinkoderisch

Today’s conversation is about  financial inclusion in LatAm. In this episode, I meet with Luis Marinelli who is CFO and co-founder of Vana, a fintech from Guatemala in Central America  providing small loans to customers that have no formal access to the banking system. In the podcast, Luis shares with us how Vana started, survived COVID lockdown and successfully established itself  in Guatemala and recently launch in the Dominican Republic - Vana’s second  market.

In this episode, Martin meets with Panagiotis Kriaris. Based in Vienna he leads Business Development at Unzer - a German FinTech and  payment services provider. If you are into Fintech, you may also know  Panagiotis from LinkedIn. Head to https://www.edgardunn.com/ for full show notes and episode links.