IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Luke Wilson, VP Intelligence, 4iQCyberattacks and data breaches cost consumers, companies, and countries billions of dollars annually.  October marks National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US. Luke Wilson, formerly with the FBI, is VP of Intelligence with cybersecurity firm 4iQ. He explains to Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence how financial institutions can stop cyber-enabled crime by incorporating identity intelligence into their digital security

Financial inclusion and wellbeing becomes even more important in a crisis, and the global pandemic is no different. Sunniva Kolostyak speaks to Kam Chana, Product Innovation Director at Temenos, in connection to the SIBOS 2020 conference about humanising banking and the clear impact financial wellbeing and inclusion has on health, as well as the role technology has in creating a more ethical and sustainable banking industry. 

Yasin Qureshi, Founder & Head of Strategy, Aqua RisingAqua Digital Rising has begun its pre-funding round ahead of its official launch in January 2021. The firm is a new alternative-asset and analytics investment platform which links big data analytics with AI to construct indices based on humans – using mathematics, AI, machine learning and big data analytics to create alt-assets allowing investors to identify and put a value on success. Yasin Qureshi of Aqua Rising spoke to Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence.

Tony Pepper, Chief Executive Officer, EgressResults of the latest Egress Outbound Data Breach Survey 2020 suggest that 93% of organisations surveyed had suffered email data breaches with an average frequency of 180 incidents per year – in other words someone in your company could be putting sensitive data at risk every other day! What can be done to address this? Tony Pepper of Egress spoke with Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence.

Ben Agnew, Chief Executive Officer, Emerging Payments AssociationBen Agnew was appointed CEO for the Emerging Payments Association with effect from 1 September 2020. He has more than 15 years of experience in the events, digital and marketing services space. Credited for his work in restructuring commercial operations at Informa, his most recent role was Managing Director at the independent media business, Datacenter Dynamics. Here he talks about plans for the Emerging Payments Association’s business strategy with Robin Amlot of IBS IntelligenceYou can also listen to our recent interview with Tony Craddock, Director General of the EPA.

Robert Hannigan, Chairman, BlueVoyant InternationalBlueVoyant has published Global Insights: Supply Chain Cyber Risk, a study of more than 1500 CIOs, CISOs and Chief Procurement Officers. The results are not entirely comfortable, a combination of large vendor ecosystems and low visibility are increasing third-party cyber risk exponentially. Robert Hannigan, Chairman of BlueVoyant International and former director of GCHQ, talks to Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence about the evolution of cyberthreats to supply chains and the steps that need to be taken to mitigate them.

Now that the markets have settled into some semblance of ‘normal’, Joshua Walsky, the CTO of Broadway Technology – which powers FICC trading at a number of banks – argues that the events of March-June will provide valuable clues into what could be an unpredictable period for bank trading desks. Speaking to Sunniva Kolostyak, Walsky explores issues around outsourcing, remote trading and connectivity. 

Yaron Hazan, VP, Regulatory Affairs, ThetaRayThe media reaction to the recent leak of the so-called FinCen Files predictably painted banks in a negative light. However, the bottom line is that almost no bank in the world has the visibility needed to monitor cross-border correspondent banking transactions through the entire transaction chain. Yaron Hazan of ThetaRay in conversation with Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence explains that the current AML system is set up for failure with banks pushed to overreport.

Arun K Arunachalam, Vice President, TCS Financial Solutions, and Head of Product Management, TCS BaNCS & Anand Athani, Head, Technology Strategy and Consulting, TCS Financial Solutions.Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence talks to Arun K Arunachalam, Vice President, TCS Financial Solutions, and Head of Product Management, TCS BaNCS & Anand Athani, Head, Technology Strategy and Consulting, TCS Financial Solutions.  Arun, talks about his focus area including adapting the emerging technologies of AI, data and digital in the banking and capital markets, while Anand is working on leveraging the emerging patterns in technology including data strategy; cloud and its nativity; and microservices for TCS BaNCS. They review the product and technology strategy for TCS BaNCS.Listen to the complete episode to find out more on it. 

Robin Amlot, Managing Editor at IBS Intelligence talks to Jim Heinzman, EVP Financial Services Solutions, ThetaRay about the growing banking fraud in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion revolves around how banks can protect themselves against the fraudulent transactions and money laundering in the era of COVID-19.  Listen to the complete episode to find out more.