IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Ben Richmond, Founder & CEO, CUBE   In a new report, Data: Poison or Cure?, global RegTech CUBE explores the potential of data in financial services. While remote working has made compliance more of a challenge, systems are getting smarter. Remember, however, that data outcomes are only as good as the data that you feed into your system! Ben Richmond, Founder and CEO of Cube, speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence.  

Danny Chazonoff, Chief Operating Officer, PaysafePaysafe’s Lost in Transaction report surveyed 8,000 consumers around the world on how the global pandemic has affected their spending habits. Globally, 86% confirmed changes to their behaviours and a majority (59%) also tried using a new payment method for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Danny Chazonoff, COO of Paysafe speaks to Robin Amlôt about the report’s findings and what they mean for the future of commerce. 

Russell Starr, Chief Executive Officer, Trillium GoldBitcoin is a hot topic as the moment – is it the way of the future or does its price volatility rule it out as both a currency and an investment? Can we compare ‘digital gold’ and its mining to that old-fashioned yellow metal that gets dug out the ground? Is there room in the investment space for both? Robin Amlôt discusses these and other challenges facing the world’s financial markets with Russell Starr, CEO of Trillium Gold.

Elin Helander, Chief Scientific Officer, DreamsSweden-based Dreams has partnered with Ukrainian commercial bank, UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group, allowing the bank to leverage Dreams’ financial wellbeing technology and behavioural science methodology. The deal means UKRSIBBANK’s 2 million customers will have access to a range of functionalities from which they can set and achieve money-saving goals through automated saving features, in addition to nudges and hacks. Elin Helander, Chief Scientific Officer of Dreams speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about why banks have a responsibility for their customers’ financial well-being and the benefits that would accrue if they took that role seriously.

Rick McElroy, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist, VMwareThe disruption caused by the pandemic along with an ‘anywhere’ workforce has resulted in a surge of sophisticated cyberattacks and material breaches. According to VMware’s Global Security Insights Report 2021: Intelligence from the Global Cybersecurity Landscape, 76% of global cybersecurity professionals said attacks had increased due to employees working remotely. Rick McElroy, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist at VMware discusses the threat landscape with Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence.

Fidelma McGuirk, CEO and Founder, PayslipCovid-related travel restrictions, in-country business continuity requirements and the massive increase in WFH have significantly boosted international hiring and country expansion. However, multinational institutions face a range of payroll pain points, including lack of data standardisation and automation, reporting and analytics, together with potential compliance and employment regulatory issues. Fidelma McGuirk, CEO and Founder of Payslip speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about these challenges in the new normal. 

Vikas Srivastava, Chief Revenue Officer, IntegralIntegral recently surveyed 94 heads of FX trading and senior FX managers, reviewing the global effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the FX business. Among the survey’s findings, 28% of respondents said they will operate their FX technology completely in the cloud within the next 5 years, compared to just 2% at present. In distribution channels, 46% confirmed that multi-dealer platforms (MDPs) will see the biggest rise in trading in the next 12 months. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Vikas Srivastava, Chief Revenue Officer, Integral, about the tech trends in FX trading.

Andrew Kessler, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, ZenottaBlockchain and data innovation are now going hand-in-hand to make digital systems governance and execution work together to create a new way of using and valuing data in an interconnected world. Andrew Kessler, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Zenotta, speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about how digital currency has yet to achieve its potential as a means of exchange and details how assets may be digitised, and how enterprise can benefit from networks which secure the transfer of such digital assets.

Claire Calmejane, Chief Innovation Officer; Albert Loo, Deputy Head of Sales for Global Markets - Fintech strategy & Global Market Incubator, Société GénéraleDigital transformation, it is easy to talk the talk but harder to walk the walk. Among big banks leading the transformation charge in Europe is France’s Société Générale. Claire Calmejane, the bank’s Chief Innovation Officer speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about SG’s 5-year digital transformation and innovation plan. She is joined by Albert Loo, who leads the bank’s Global Markets Incubator, a programme already paying dividends for SG with a number of solutions integrated and scaled up by the bank.

Joe Higginson, Chief Commercial Officer, IdentitiiNew customer requirements and pressure from banking regulators around the world are forcing the pace of change in digital banking and open banking but how should banks be performing critical technology upgrades and what are the risks they face in doing so? Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence discusses the issues and legacy challenges with Joe Higginson, Chief Commercial Officer, Identitii, former Head of Payments at Investec Bank.