IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Marina Goche, CEO, SentifiSentifi is one of the leaders in the fast-growing alternative data sector and its data and analysis are formed from millions of different online sources, including forums like Reddit as well as blogs and social media. The company’s data are already being used by a range of institutional and retail investors to better understand the underlying price signals and sentiment in over 50,000 stocks, commodities, currencies, and cryptocurrencies. Marina Goche, Sentifi's CEO discussed with IBSi’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti the key role that alternative data played during and after the pandemic in tracking new trends, identifying risk, and providing real-time ESG scores that informed investors’ decisions.  

Jason O’Shaughnessy, Head of International Business, Envestnet/YodleeFinancial wellness for many is currently at risk. The combination of the aftereffects of the pandemic and of a spike in energy prices because of the war in Ukraine are hitting consumers hard. Financial literacy remains an issue and, there is an onus on financial institutions and FinTechs to help. Banks may use data analytics to identify consumer trends, empower consumers and take personal financial management to the next level, providing actionable advice tailored to customer circumstances. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses financial wellness with Jason O’Shaughnessy, Head of International Business at data aggregation specialist Envestnet/Yodlee.

Anurag Sinha, Co-founder and CEO of FPL Technologies, shares insights from his FinTech startup focused on credit accessibility in India. He discusses the innovative OneCard and OneScore products aimed at improving credit scores for young consumers. The conversation highlights the swift shift in financial behavior post-pandemic and the untapped potential in India's credit card market. Anurag also unveils ambitious plans for issuing 15 million credit cards, emphasizing the importance of partnerships with banks to reach underserved populations.

Igal Rotem, Chief Executive Officer, FinaroPayments’ provider Finaro is being acquired by Shift4 in a deal valuing the company at $575 million. The takeover follows just a few short months after a rebranding exercise in which Finaro became the new name for Credorax. Together, Shift4 and Finaro are leading players in both card-present and card-not-present experience across a range of verticals. Not content with these headlines, Finaro committed in January, in concert with GoTo and Mastercard, to the planting of 1 million trees by 2025. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence quizzed Igal Rotem, CEO of Finaro about these developments, beginning with the takeover by Shift4.

Laurent Descout, Founder & CEO, NeoWith the one-year anniversary of the end of the Brexit transition period, we take a look at what’s changed in the world of cross-border payments as a result of Brexit. That’s in the past, looking to the present and the future we also investigate how the war in Ukraine is affecting payments and international corporates with Laurent Descout, Founder and CEO of payments and FX platform Neo.

Michael Vrontamitis, Lead Industry Principal, Lending Business Unit, FinastraAfter a 25-year career in trade finance, including as co-Chair of the ICC Banking Commission’s digitalisation in trade finance working group, Michael Vrontamitis joined Finastra as Lead Industry Principal of the tech provider’s Lending Business Unit. He discusses the tech opportunities and challenges in corporate banking with Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence.

Liam Jeffs, Sales Director, Icon SolutionsIcon Solutions’ IPF is a cloud-native, collaborative payments platform. The firm recently won the award for ‘most impactful project in the category Best Payment Hub/Wholesale Payments Implementation in the 3rd Global FinTech Innovation Awards. The project was for the implementation of IPF for BNP Paribas. Liam Jeffs, Sales Director at Icon Solutions discusses all things payments with Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence. 

Tom Bentley, Chief Commercial Officer, VodenoRetailers are increasingly stepping into the financial services space by embedding financial products within their customer experience. What does that mean for banks and BaaS? Which services will flourish? Tom Bentley, Chief Commercial Officer of Vodeno believes the ones to watch are decoupled debit, B2B BNPL and merchant financing. He outlined the potential benefits of BaaS and the future of FinTech-driven retail to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence. 

Gabriele Columbro, Executive Director, FINOSIn January 2022, the White House convened an important cross-section of the Open Source developer and commercial ecosystem with top officials that saw the Linux Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium, reinforcing the importance Open Source Security in financial services. Gabriele Columbro, Executive Director of FINOS, the financial sector arm of the Linux Foundation, discusses the key role of open sourcing in today’s modern economy and governance, as FINOS and the Linux Foundation continue to be at the forefront of this movement.

Jean-Philippe Bersier, Director, Business Development; Benoît Jacquat, Director, ERI ERI won twice at the IBSi Global Fintech Innovation Awards 2021. Both awards recognised its work with Stern International Bank in the US. ERI’s solutions offered a one stop-shop covering all business functions and enabled Stern International Bank to have a master online account with the New York Federal Reserve to process USD payments and other transactions as a direct clearer in the US financial system. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence spoke with ERI’s Jean-Philippe Bersier, Director, Business Development (pictured), and Benoît Jacquat, Director, ERI, beginning with a broad discussion of the digital payments landscape.