IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Anjali Joglekar, Specialist Sales Director, Broadridge Complex and disparate credit systems together with potentially inaccurate reporting make collateral management a minefield for banks, hobbling their competitive position and can have a direct impact on their corporate customers too. COLLATE from financial solutions service provider Broadridge can help generate a clear view of banking book collateral, improving lending practices and compliance reporting accuracy. Anjali Joglekar of Broadridge explains the importance of accurate banking book collateral management to Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence.

Peter Hazlehust, Co-Founder, SyncteraPeter Hazlehurst was previously head of Uber Money before leaving Uber in 2020 to set up Synctera. He reviews key trends in FinTech, including the surge in going public, with Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence. Hazlehurst also explains how Synctera’s partnership banking solution aims to play matchmaker between community banks and FinTechs

Ahmed F. Karsli, Founder, PaparaPapara is the market leading Turkish financial SuperApp, offering instant, free, multi-currency transfers to consumers as well as providing a one-stop-shop for paying bills, trading digital currencies, tracking spending habits and facilitating mass payments from businesses to employees. Specifically targeting the underbanked and underserved, Papara has grown since launching in Turkey in 2016 to become the country’s largest FinTech with a current customer base of over eight million registered users. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence spoke to Ahmed Karsli of Papara.

Amit Dua, President, Suntec; Likhit Wagle, General Manager, Global Banking & Financial Markets, IBMModernising traditional legacy systems offers a structured way for financial services institutions to switch to a customer-centric approach to their business rather than a product-centric view. This may be done through the establishment of a new ‘middle layer’. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence discusses the challenges with Amit Dua of Suntec and Likhit Wagle of IBM. 

Cecily Mak, Chief Operating Officer, BlockdaemonDive into the future of the blockchain industry as institutional adoption of blockchain and digital assets accelerates. We look at how blockchain networks are scaling up with Cecily Mak of Blockdaemon, a leading blockchain node infrastructure provider. She tells Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence that 2021 is the most significant year yet for the industry.  

Evgeny Likhoded, CEO, ClausematchRemote working in financial services has exacerbated governance issues over the past year. At the same time, regulators, notably the US Department of Justice (DoJ), are focusing more on conduct as opposed to fines for AML/KYC lapses. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence discusses compliance issues and solutions with Evgeny Likhoded of Clausematch.

Susanne Hannestad, Chair of the Advisory Board, FinTech Diversity Radar; Annette Evans, VP of People & Culture, GPSEarlier this year, Global Processing Services (GPS) announced its sponsorship of findexable’s FinTech Diversity Radar – the first global platform gathering data to understand women’s impact on and contribution to the digital economy. Women remain largely underserved by and underrepresented in the FinTech sector. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence speaks to Susanne Hannestad, Chair of the Advisory Board of the FinTech Diversity Radar and Annette Evans of GPS.

Björn Goß, CEO & co-founder, StocardEuropean mobile wallet Stocard has more than 60 million users and aims to reshape the future of shopping and banking. In November 2020 it began rolling out its payment feature Stocard Pay and is now looking to expand its offering to provide a holistic approach to consumer financial services. Stocard aims to add multiple bank cards to its app and the company sees the future of banking as purely mobile. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence spoke to Stocard CEO Björn Goß.

Teodor Blidarus, Founder and CEO of FintechOSThe SME banking space is an untapped market which is underserved and overlooked, according to FintechOS, a technology provider accelerating digital transformation for financial institutions. Moreover, change and automation is happening at a low speed. Teodor Blidarus, Founder and CEO of FintechOS, speaks to Sunniva Kolostyak about issues around serving a very diverse group of companies, how to tailor and personalise services, and how to understand actual pain points for the segment.

Gourav Datta, Director Intelligent Automation, CiklumThe pandemic has propelled the growth of the payments industry. How now to capitalise on this? The solution – intelligent automation that targets transactional, mundane and repetitive tasks, taking advantage of a full range of RPA, AI/ML and analytics solutions. Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence discusses the potential with Gourav Datta of Ciklum.