IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Solomon Lax, Chief Executive Officer, RevenuedIt’s always been a challenge for small businesses to manage their finances but there’s a way to do it with help from lenders that are leveraging machine learning and underwriting to provide flexible terms and fast response times. Short-term commercial credit eases cash flow and keeps small business in business. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Solomon Lax, CEO of Revenued. 

Pavan Bachwal, Sales Manager Financial Services, EricssonArtificial intelligence is having a growing impact on financial services in general, on open banking and in new service opportunities, including AI-driven customer service agents and advanced fraud management systems. At MWC Barcelona earlier this year Ericsson demonstrated its own solutions for frictionless payments and device financing. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Pavan Bachwal, Sales Manager Financial Services at Ericsson. 

Chris Skinner, Author, Intelligent MoneyDigital money will make money personal; individualise currency and its usage; secure it; enable it to automatically grow to meet our personal goals; manage risk automatically; and make life simpler and easier for all – that’s the thesis of Chris Skinner’s latest book, Intelligent Money. Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Payments Association in 2023, he has been an advisor to the United Nations, the White House, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, as well as governments and firms across the world. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Chris Skinner about Intelligent Money. 

Prashant Muddu, MD and CEO JocataJocata, a subsidiary of BillDesk, is a digital transformation partner for the BFSI industry, specializing in digital lending and offering AI/ML-powered Credit Intelligence Suites for MSME and Retail borrowers. Puja Sharma of IBS Intelligence speaks to Prashant Muddu, MD, and CEO of Jocata. 

Phoebe Kitchen, VP of Growth Equity, InoviaWhat are the hot opportunities in FinTech in Europe? Changes to the role of the CFO are providing one set of growth prospects while B2B open banking solutions offers another. Canada-based Inovia is a VC firm looking to support founders to build global sustainable tech companies. From the firm’s London office, Phoebe Kitchen, Vice President of Growth Equity at Inovia, speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about the opportunities she identifies. 

Robert Kraal, Co-Founder & CBDO, SilverflowSilverflow is a Netherlands-based cloud platform for card processing, offering a modern tech solution that addresses the issues of legacy systems within payment processing. Robert Kraal, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Silverflow, explains how the company’s platform helps brands remain competitive. But first, Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence asked him about the current environment for FinTech and how to succeed as a startup. 

Gerald Perez, CEO, Interactive Brokers (UK)Investment opportunities are now global but no further away than your online platform. As but one example, Interactive Brokers allows clients to trade stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, funds and more on 150 global markets from a single unified platform. Gerald Perez, CEO of Interactive Brokers (UK) speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about the rise of self-directed investing and trading, as well as the trends in online broking. 

Yash Patel, General Partner, Testra VenturesThe last 18 months have been a tough time especially for late stage FinTechs looking to raise money. There was a clutch of disappointing downrounds but while money was tighter, startups looking for seed funding or Series A/Series B funds were able to tell their stories. Now as we look already towards Q2 2024, interest rates remain on the high side, but funds do seem easier to come by for the right business plans. Yash Patel, General Partner of San Francisco-based VC firm Telstra Ventures speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence. 

Virender Bisht, Co-founder & CTO at NiyoIn the rapidly evolving realm of FinTech, maintaining robust fraud prevention measures is paramount. Puja Sharma from IBS Intelligence engages in a conversation with Virender Bisht, Co-founder & CTO at Niyo, to delve deeper into this critical aspect. 

Ola Oyetayo, Co-Founder & CEO, VertoUnderserved, fragmented and expensive – the high cost of doing business in high-risk markets was thrown into sharp relief a year ago as the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) saw nearly 250 FinTechs in Africa and the MENA region left in the lurch. Payments’ platform Verto focuses on emerging markets and is aiming for more accurate risk assessment methods than old school arbitrary risk lists. Co-Founder and CEO of Verto, Ola Oyetayo speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence.