IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Ani Sane, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at TerrapayTerraPay closed a $100m Series B funding round in April and secured a strategic investment from Visa in May. The firm is expanding, notably in LatAm and MENA, and is promoting the adoption of alternate payment methods for mobile wallets. Ani Sane, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at Terrapay speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence at Money 2020. 

Erki Kilu, Chief Executive Officer, LHV BankHeard at Money 2020… LHV Bank is now able to take deposits in the UK as a result of receiving its banking licence from the UK regulators. That is allowing the bank to develop its SME lending business alongside existing banking services. Erki Kilu, Chief Executive Officer of LHV Bank in the UK speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence at the Money 2020 conference and exhibition.

Raf de Kimpe, Chief Executive Officer, FinTech Week LondonEvents season continues in the FinTech world with the annual FinTech Week London… Raf de Kimpe, Chief Executive of FinTech Week London spoke to IBS Intelligence on day 1, turning the spotlight onto what’s hot and in focus in FinTech for the London event… 

Pallavi Thakur, Director for CBDC & Interoperability, SwiftCentral bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are gaining momentum. But as central banks around the world explore the use of this digital money, what does it mean for payments, especially cross border payments? Enabling interoperability alongside emerging innovations is a key focus for Swift, and a key challenge for banks and financial services providers with many central banks focusing primarily on domestic use. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Pallavi Thakur, Director for CBDC and Interoperability at Swift

Norman Wooding, Founder, and CEO, SCRYPTSCRYPT is a Swiss-licensed provider of crypto trading facilities to institutions. The firm claims to be supporting the transition to a new global financial system. It offers a complete suite of services to institutions, including execution, custody, staking, market making, and investment. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to SCRYPT CEO Norman Wooding about what the ‘new economic order’ could look like. 

Tal Clark, CEO of Instant FinancialThe cost-of-living crisis crosses borders; last year more than double the number of Americans said they were short of money before payday – 51% against 24% in 2018. In 2022, 79% of Americans said they would be more interested in applying for a job that offers payments to them the same day they work – 30% more than in 2018. Earned wage access could be the solution to the problem. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Tal Clark of Instant Financial about his belief that fee-free access to pay is a right, not a privilege.

Cheryl Chiodi, Industry Strategist for Financial Services, AkamaiGaining, or perhaps regaining and retaining customer trust should be a key concern for any financial services institution. Ensuring security is another cornerstone with cyberattacks costing 50% more for banks and financial services institutions (BFSIs) than all other industries combined, according to data from industry consortium the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and Akamai, which offers a suite of cloud computing, security, and content delivery services. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Cheryl Chiodi, Industry Strategist for Financial Services at Akamai

Matt Rowsell, Chief Product Officer, Merchant Solutions, Nexi GroupIt is estimated that some 34.5 million merchants globally will deploy SoftPOS by 2027… a jump of 28.5 million in 5 years. SoftPOS may be seen as the natural evolution of the POS terminal with payment data suggesting that contactless payments now account for 80% of in-store payments. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence debates the advantages and limitations, business cases and barriers to SoftPOS with Matt Rowsell, Chief Product Officer, Merchant Solutions, at Nexi Group.

Paul Mountford, Chief Executive Officer, ProtegrityMay 2023 marked the 5th anniversary of GDPR. Now is the time to take the next step forward in managing data with a global data security framework with common standards. Such a framework would allow secure borderless data flow. But is this a realistic aim? According to UNCTAD 71% of countries have data protection regulations in place and a further 9% have legislation in development. One solution to this multiplicity of regulatory environment could come with greater adoption of pseudoanonymised data. Paul Mountford, CEO of Protegrity explains to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence how this could work.

Steve Round, Founder, SaaScada In addition to his position as founder of cloud native core banking provider SaaScada, Steve Round is, among other roles, the recently-appointed Chairman of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, a global network of independent banks with more than $200 billion in combined assets, using finance to deliver green and inclusive banking to all. Steve Round speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about what banks can and should be doing to meet their ESG requirements and help build equitable and sustainable economies for all our futures.