IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Gulanor Atobek, Chief Executive Officer, Alif BankAlif, an Islamic FinTech and neobank based in Central Asia, recorded over 121% year-on-year growth in 2022. Owned by UK-based investment vehicle Jefferson Capital Holdings, Alif operates a fully licensed bank in Tajikistan. Gulanor Atobek was appointed CEO of the bank in November 2022. She speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence and about the bank’s plans for financial inclusion, Islamic banking, and digitalisation. 

Baiju Panicker, Global CTO & Practice Head – Banking, Insurance & Financial Services with Bheem Adavikolanu, Chief Transformation Officer, AltimetrikIn today’s ‘tech-celerated’ world keeping pace with changing trends and technologies is essential. Banks and FinTechs need modular solutions that are flexible, scalable and that offer continuity. But the first step in digital transformation is to understand what needs to transform and why. At Money 20/20, Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Bheem Adavikolanu, Chief Transformation Officer (pictured) and Baiju Panicker, Global CTO & Practice Head – Banking, Insurance & Financial Services, of Altimetrik. 

Brian Hanrahan, CEO, NuapayNuapay is a pioneer of open banking. It’s payments platform offers customers across Europe a comprehensive, integrated solution that covers account-2-account based payment needs and supports credit transfers and direct debit transactions in both euros and sterling including real time mechanisms SEPA Instant and Faster Payments. Brian Hanrahan, CEO, Nuapay speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about the future…

Alex Mifsud, CEO & Founder, WeavrWeavr’s Embedded Finance Cloud offers banks and e-money institutions the means to create financial products that are embeddable by design, with risk and compliance intrinsic components. This allows financial institutions to unlock significant new revenue streams from embedded finance faster and in a safe manner. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Alex Mifsud of Weavr about the new tech stack and his views on FinTech Mergers and acquisitions.

Stella Clarke, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, FenergoAnnounced at Money 20/20, Fenergo has launched KYC & Transaction Compliance, a new offering for FinTechs that combines its KYC and transaction monitoring solutions and enables continuous monitoring of customer profiles in a single, integrated Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution. Stella Clarke, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Fenergo, speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about the change in the company’s strategy that’s behind the new product.

Silvia Mensdorff-Pouilly, SVP Head of EMEA Corporates & International Banking, FISFIS has signed a definitive agreement to sell a majority stake in its Worldpay Merchant Solutions business. Their marriage back in 2019 was never a comfortable fit. But what happens now for FIS? Silvia Mensdorff-Pouilly, SVP Head of EMEA Corporates & International Banking at FIS talks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence at FinTech Week London about the firm’s move to the cloud, establishing itself as a platform business and the key strategy drivers behind its next steps.

Nika Naghavi, Group Head of Growth, MFS AfricaMobile money is popular in Africa – the number of mobile money accounts rose to 1.6 billion in 2022. but the missing piece of the puzzle used to be the lack of interoperability – payments could be made within national borders but not on a crossborder basis. MFS Africa is the continent’s largest digital payments network. The firm is working to make payments borderless for individuals, SMEs and larger enterprises. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence spoke to Nika Naghavi, Group Head of Growth, MFS Africa, at Money 20/20.

Bram Vreugdenhil, Co-Founder and Managing Director of PaymentGenes; Neill Butcher, Founder & Growth Consultant, Chief Commercial Officer at The Conexus GroupPaymentGenes and The Conexus Group are merging their recruitment businesses. PaymentGenes Recruitment and Headcount will combine under the PaymentGenes Recruitment brand. Fintech may be all about technology, but it is still a people business, dependent on the successful recruitment and retention of the right talent. It is time to shift from downsizing to ‘right-sizing’. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence spoke to Bram Vreugdenhil of PaymentGenes (pictured), and Neill Butcher of The Conexus Group at Money 20/20.

Jurgen Vandenbroucke, Managing Director, everyoneINVESTED Digitisation is not a goal in itself, but a means to reach potential investors. Digitising the sales process won’t magically bring more customers into a bank’s investment solutions – investment is an emotional process, and you need to engage properly with consumers in order to help turn their savings into investments. In other words, acknowledge their fear of losing money, address it properly and boost customer loyalty.

Tasha Chouhan, UK & Ireland Banking Director, TinkThe answer may surprise you! Tink, now owned by Visa, claims to be Europe’s most robust open banking platform but the fact is, the key story in open banking is about the services on offer and the customer experience, not about the brand offering. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Tasha Chouhan, UK & Ireland Banking Director of Tink at Money 20/20.