IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Rajesh Narasimha, CEO, Clayfin TechnologiesDigital 2.0 is the next step in digital banking, according to Rajesh Narasimha, CEO of Clayfin Technologies. With Digital 1.0 seeing the establishment of internet, mobile and omnichannel banking, Narasimha believes Digital 2.0 solutions look beyond the bank to offer a comprehensive view of the customer and the creation of partnerships, ecosystems, and alternate channels. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Rajesh Narasimha about the opportunities Digital 2.0 represents.

Raf de Kimpe, CEO, FinTech Week LondonFinTech Week London has launched an investigation into FinTech valuations and funding. Record levels of investment in 2021 have been followed by sharp declines in 2022 with firms struggling to raise fresh funding. This has led to reports of falling valuations, fire sales, layoffs and recruitment freezes. What’s truly going on and what will it mean for the evolution of FinTech? Robin Amlôt spoke with Raf de Kimpe, CEO of FinTech Week London on day one of the week’s flagship conference event.

Dharmarajan S, Chief Executive Officer, Director and co-Founder, Impactsure TechnologiesImpactsure Technologies has been recognised in the IBSi Sales League Table 2022 for ‘Star Performance’ in Transaction Banking (Trade Finance). The company’s focus on leveraging the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to create a trade finance solution has resulted in significant deals in India and the APAC region. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Dharmarajan S, Chief Executive, Director and co-Founder of Impactsure Technologies. 

Blair McPherson, Head, Capital Introductions & Managing Director, Profilir (Apex Group)Capital introduction is modernising with the emergence of ‘digital capital introduction’, virtual marketing, capital raising, and investor relations capabilities fit for the 21st century. Investors expect to supplement in-person meetings with digital platform solutions. Private equity and the private markets require a combination greater access and connectivity. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Blair McPherson, Head, Capital Introductions & Managing Director of Profilir (Apex Group).

Joost van Houten, Chief Executive Officer, SentinelsFenergo, which supplies digital KYC and CLM solutions recently acquired transaction monitoring platform Sentinels, which aims to streamline AML and transaction monitoring workflows for financial institutions, with the aim of increasing fraud protection and reducing false positives. Robin Amlôt of IBS intelligence speaks to Joost van Houten, CEO of Sentinels about how smart transaction monitoring can relieve the compliance burden and the need to aggregate historical transaction data across multiple financial institutions. 

Gadi Mazor, Chief Executive Officer, BiocatchAdvanced behavioural biometrics are the new frontier in financial fraud prevention. Increasing evidence of authorised push payment fraud may be a sign that the banks are winning the battle against fraudsters on other fronts, but the human side of fraud is harder to manage. With behavioural biometrics it is possible to flag up potential APP fraud as it takes place. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Gadi Mazor, CEO of Biocatch.

Rob Straathof, Chief Executive Officer, LiberisAs an SME lending FinTech, Liberis has provided financing to SMEs across Europe, the US and the UK since it launched in 2007. Liberis has also supported the creation of over 50,000 UK jobs to date by advancing £570 million to more than 18,000 businesses through its embedded finance business model. The platform enables payment processors, acquirers, and software providers to quickly and easily embed business finance that works for their small business customers. Rob Straathof, CEO of Liberis speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about the Great Resignation, its impact on the FinTech sector and how Liberis and firms like it can beat the banks in SME lending.

David Brown, Founder & CEO, HiPandemic-induced supply chain shocks, combined with the spike in energy costs caused by the war in Ukraine, have sparked a global cost-of-living crisis that is driving a rethink of the monthly pay cycle. Hi, a UK-based social enterprise FinTech recently teamed up with Norway-based Zalaris to offer a flexible payroll solution to firms across the globe. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to David Brown, Founder and CEO of Hi about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on firms and individuals and how the time has come to rethink the monthly payroll.

Linh C Ho, Chief Marketing Officer, ZelrosAccording to the US Federal Highway Administration, the average US driver clocks up around 11,500 miles per year. In this nascent age of artificial intelligence, data derived from driving habits – telematics insurance – offers the potential for personalised, usage-based insurance. This can be linked either to how you drive or as and when you drive. And this is just part of a revolution upon us in insurance. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Linh C Ho, CMO of US InsurTech Zelros.

Christoffer Malmer, Head of SEBx, SEB GroupSEBx was founded in 2018 by Nordic corporate bank SEB Group with the purpose of exploring new technologies and developing new customer offerings. It claims to combine the speed, agility, and legacy-free infrastructure of a FinTech startup, with the trust, experience, capital, licence, and knowledge of an incumbent bank. SEB recently entered a strategic partnership with Swedish FinTech Humla to develop embedded services products for the retail industry using SEBx’s cloud-based Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to  Christoffer Malmer, Head of SEBx.