IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Christian Frahm, Founder & CEO, United FinTechUnited FinTech is a new type of FinTech entity, not private equity, not venture capital but building an ecosystem of best-in-class FinTech businesses into a single ecosystem and solutions provider to corporate and investment banks active in the capital markets. Christian Frahm, the firm’s Founder and CEO tells Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence that the model represents a new paradigm for FinTech founders that goes beyond traditional capital raising, debt financing and exits.

Henrik Rosvall, Co-Founder & CEO, Dreams TechnologyNobody does banking for the sake of banking – managing money is not an end-goal in itself. What banking customers need is access to tools and feature that help boost their financial health. Traditional personal financial management tools and financial literacy models just don’t provide the motivation that individuals need. So, what does? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Henrik Rosvall, Co-Founder and CEO of engagement banking specialist Dreams Technology. 

Will Tumulty, CEO & President, Rapid Finance Around a fifth of all new SMEs fail within the first 12 months and the number one dilemma facing small businesses is lack of access to working capital. While not every business can be saved and made a success, we suggest that there is more that innovative FinTech lenders can do that banks cannot or will not.  Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Will Tumulty, CEO and President of Rapid Finance.

Kundan Shekhawat, CEO & Founder, Ascent Business TechnologyThe implementation of technology solutions by the financial sector has increased the speed of financial decision-making and allowed for the dream of hyper personalisation. But it has also led to increased risk within the sector, making operational resilience (of which old-style business continuity is but a part) even more of a ‘must-have’ for the modern financial services institution. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Kundan Shekhawat, CEO and Founder of Ascent Business Technology.

Dharmarajan Sankara Subrahmanian, Founder Director & CEO, ImpactsureImpactsure, which was established in 2019, uses AI/ML and natural language processing technologies to build user-centric tools and scalable and secure solutions that process, classify and extract structured and unstructured data from documents. At the core of the company’s SureSuite of microservices is the patent pending Secure Unified Responsive Engine (SURE). Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the impact of AI on banking and the benefits of tailored microservices with Dharmarajan Sankara Subrahmanian, Founder Director and CEO of Impactsure.

Henk van Hulle, CEO, Open Banking Implementation EntityThe UK has led the world in the development of open banking solutions with more than 6 million consumers now using open banking services. What comes next – consolidation, more cooperation? Have we reached the limits of the top-down approach to open banking? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses these questions and more with Henk van Hulle, CEO of OBIE, the Open Banking Implementation Entity, the body tasked with establishing the framework that connects, banks, fintechs and tech suppliers.

Mukesh Kalra, Founder & CEO, ET MoneyTech-first and personalised, ET Money claims to be on a mission to simplify the financial journey for retail investors in India. The company believes that personalisation is the future of WealthTech and is leveraging technology to shift the power back to consumers, offering access to simple-to-use investing platforms. Puja Sharma of IBS Intelligence speaks to Mukesh Kalra, Founder, and CEO of ET Money about helping consumers to make smarter investing choices and the wealth trends in India in 2023. 

Nicholas Soo, Regional Head of Payments Products, Asia, HSBCA majority of the central banks around the world are researching CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) but they are not all looking at the same thing. In this podcast, Nicholas Soo, Regional Head of Payments Products, Asia, for HSBC explains to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence the differences between the types of CBDCs and what they could mean for the future payments landscape.

Dhaval Patel, AVP Product, EbixCash Financial TechnologiesProtecting and growing client wealth and making smart investment decisions on behalf of the client is what wealth management is all about, but the traditional model of the wealth management business is undergoing profound change as a result of digitalisation. Where do new platform solutions leave the old-school relationship managers (RMs) – what are their roles now, how will the back-office change and what is the impact on the business of the new dimensions of analysis available through digital tools? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Dhaval Patel, AVP Product at EbixCash Financial Technologies.

Andrew Doukanaris, Business Director FinTech, Europe, IntelliasFinding funding for FinTech is increasingly challenging. What will it take to decongest the FinTech sector and stop the fall in investment? But you do have to be in the game to win the game. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Andrew Doukanaris, Business Director FinTech, Europe, of global technology partner Intellias, a firm focusing on sustainable digitalisation.