IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Adam Lieberman, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, FinastraIt is essential that financial services providers who are serious about financial inclusion prioritise fairness when it comes to decision-making algorithms. At the same time, they need to follow best practice to eliminate bias. Data science teams need to work closely with business/subject matter experts in what must be an ongoing process. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the issues with Adam Lieberman, Head of AI/ML for Finastra.

Liam Healy, SVP & Managing Director, DiligentDiligent, a digital provider of modern governance is helping companies dealing with increasing complex issues and evolving governance practices offering them the right technologies to run more inspired, equitable, sustainable, and successful processes. Gaia Lamperti, Reporter at IBSi, interviews Liam Healy, Diligent’s SVP & Managing Director. 

Armen Najarian, CMO & Chief Identity Officer, OutseerUK Finance’s latest report on financial fraud in the UK describes the level of fraudulent activity, which cost some £753.9 million in H1 2021, as ‘a national security threat’. What does this actually mean for the payments industry, and will the increasing take up of the 3-D Secure 2.0 protocol provide a panacea? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Armen Najarian, CMO and Chief Identity Officer at fraud prevention company Outseer. 

Pierre Lahbabi, CEO, GalittWhat will payments look like in future and how do we get there from here? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Pierre Lahbabi, CEO of Galitt, a Sopra Steria group company, that specialises in providing advice and services in payment systems and secure electronic transactions. You can hear more from Pierre Lahbabi at the Sopra Banking Summit, which takes place 18-22 October 2021. The summit is tackling the biggest issues in the financial sector.

Raman Khanduja, Co-Founder & CEO, MintoakBanks with legacy infrastructure can still be competitive in a modern financial ecosystem by taking advantage of white label services. The key advantage established banks have over new entrants is existing scale and customer trust. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Raman Khanduja, Co-Founder & CEO, Mintoak about how digital payments can be a ‘door opener’.

Mike Whitmire, CEO and Co-founder, FloQastFloQast provides accounting automation software for finance teams globally, with customers that include the likes of Zoom, MongoDB and WorldRemit. In an interview with IBS Intelligence’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti, CEO and Co-founder Mike Whitmire explained how the company can enable a month-end close  with ease and dispense with much of the typical bureaucracy associated with accounting processes. 

Yaron Hazan, VP Regulatory Affairs, ThetarayForced labour is said to generate $150 billion in profits every year. However, artificial intelligence-based monitoring can spot the money laundering schemes that many human traffickers rely on. Implementing such a system would allow banks to proactively stop illicit profits from getting through and alert authorities to suspicious activity. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Yaron Hazan, VP Regulatory Affairs at Thetaray about what banks can and should be doing.

Tarusha Mittal, COO and CO-Founder of Oropocket, Open DeFi, and UniFarmTarusha is a seasoned blockchain entrepreneur who believes that blockchain technology is the future, due to its decentralized nature. She came into the crypto space and founded multiple ventures with a vision of providing a trustworthy and stable platform for users and enhancing blockchain adoption. In an interview with IBS Intelligence’s Gaia Lamperti, she spoke about her journey so far, the revolutionary potential of DeFi, and how she established herself as a female entrepreneur in the sector. 

Ron Totaro, CEO, TassatTassat CEO Ron Totaro has experience as an advisor to private capital and venture firms around investment opportunities in emerging technologies so what would he be saying to FinTechs seeking funding? And what of Tassat’s own offering – TassatPay® – a blockchain-based B2B payments platform for banks to offer to their commercial customers? Tassat’s offering was the first digital payments platform approved by US regulators, the NYDFS and the FDIC. Totaro talks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about developing a white label solution for mid-tier banks.

Paolo Di Grazia, Deputy General Manager & Head of Global Business, Fineco BankListed on the FTSE MIB, Fineco Bank claims to offer a business model that is unique in Europe, combining its platform with a network of financial advisers, offering brokerage, banking and investment services. Fineco is Italy’s largest bank and says its branchless UK offering shows a potentially different way forward for UK banking. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Paolo Di Grazia, Deputy General Manager & Head of Global Business of Fineco Bank.