IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Gabriele Sabato, Founder and CEO, Wiserfunding Brief glimpses of positive economic indicators after the pandemic have quickly been overshadowed by inflation fears, labour shortages and supply chain issues that could set the UK on course for a sustained period of stagnation. In this context, what’s in store for SMEs when the government support that has been artificially keeping them alive during these months will withdraw? Gabriele Sabato, Co-Founder and CEO of Wiserfunding, tries to answer the daunting question.

Matt Rowsell, Chief Product Officer Merchant Services, netsSo the pandemic introduced everybody to online transactions but what are the next steps in digital payments? Will transactions involving digital currencies and/or cryptocurrency become next evolution in payments. What learnings are there from chip & PIN and the introduction of contactless payments for the banking sector with the prospect of further development in digital payments? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence seeks answers to these and other questions from Matt Rowsell, Chief Product Officer at nets.

Angela Koll, Senior Business Expert for Trade & Supply Chain Finance, CommerzbankThe Marco Polo Payment Commitment is a blockchain solution for trade finance, originally established in 2017 by Commerzbank, members of the R3 Blockchain Fintech Consortium and representatives of European and Asian banks. Angela Koll, Senior Business Expert for Trade and Supply Chain Finance at Commerzbank is a co-founder of the Marco Polo Network. She explains the need for and benefits of digitisation in trade finance to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence.

Bob Dowd, Chief Executive Officer, moneycorp AmericasThe B2B payments landscape changed in the wake of the pandemic but implementation of technology in B2B payments hasn’t grabbed headlines in the way B2C payments have. That looks set to change with rising demand for modernised payments infrastructure and digitisation at all points of sale. Bob Dowd, Chief Executive Officer of moneycorp Americas shares his thoughts with Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence.

Rodrigo Vicuna, Chief Financial Officer, Prime TrustThis year will see increasing adoption of digital assets while innovation in FinTech will see services become commoditised, an increasing focus on retail ‘hobby’ investors and a move away from institutional investors, and further evolution in digital currencies. That’s the gospel according to Prime Trust, a US-based infrastructure platform for FinTech and crypto businesses. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses these trends and more with Rodrigo Vicuna, Chief Financial Officer of Prime Trust.

Daniel Kornitzer, Chief Business Development Officer, PaysafeThe pandemic has seen many businesses accelerate plans to upgrade their online checkouts as consumer payment preferences have evolved. Analysis of ecommerce trends by payments platform Paysafe, published in Lost in Transaction shows SMEs globally ranking reliability, cost and security as their top 3 priorities in payment partners. Alongside fraud prevention, reduction in cart abandonment rates are also key issues. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the issues with Daniel Kornitzer, Chief Business Development Officer at Paysafe. 

Alessandro Tonchia, Head of Strategy, Private Banking & Wealth, InvestCloudWealth management firms are not yet using the knowledge they have to boost client interaction. Too much of what they know resides in the heads of wealth managers, private bankers and relationship managers rather than in a database the firm itself can leverage. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Alessandro Tonchia, Head of Strategy, Private Banking & Wealth at InvestCloud, which specialises in SaaS and BPaaS solutions for the financial industry. 

Scott Eaton, CEO, Nivaura Nivaura is digitising capital markets and simplifying processes to allow transactions to flow unfettered through financial channels, dramatically reducing the time and cost of capital markets transactions. The company’s CEO Scott Eaton spoke to IBSi’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti about the improvements that can be made to ensure efficiency in primary markets with the use of distributed ledger technology.

Piers Marais, Product Director, Currencycloud  Just 1 in 4 consumers say they prefer to buy their products and services from a single company, yet about 88% of financial services companies see themselves as a one-stop-shop. The figures were among the findings of B2B Payments firm Currencycloud’s recent report ‘Elastic Bundling in Financial Services.’ In an interview with Gaia Lamperti, IBS Intelligence Reporter, Piers Marais, Product Director at Currencycloud, illustrates industry trends related to bundled products and services in FinTech, from both the consumers and bussinesses’ perspective. 

David Messenger, CEO, LianLian Global  With the recent Chinese regulatory crackdowns on a lot of sectors, it has become essential for foreign companies in business with the country to understand the emphasis on new regulations. Cross-border payments company LianLian Global is based in Hangzhou and helps its global customers to break into the Chinese market. CEO David Messenger discusses with IBS Intelligence’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti how small and medium business in financial services can navigate the regulatory system when it comes to cross-border payments with China.