Why data accessibility is crucial for scaling up FinTechs with Sarah Biller, co-founder of Fintech Sandbox (USA)

Sarah Biller, co-founder of Fintech Sandbox, VC investor and board member and American Banker Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about data accessibility and how her initiative, Fintech Sandbox, helps.

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Crypto and FinTech - regulatory perspectives with Janay Eyo, Director Financial Policy at Chamber of Progress (USA)

Janay Eyo, Director of Financial Policy at the Chamber of Progress spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about the need for regulatory clarity for crypto and FinTech to achieve a fair playing field internationally and financial inclusion

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Diversity, inclusion and leadership in Financial services with Aicha Zerrouky from Headspring (UK)

Aicha Zerrouky, UK Corporate Partnerships Director at Headspring Executive Development, a joint venture of the Financial Times and IE Business School, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about diversity and inclusion in leadership education and training.

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Bringing more ladies to VC investing and boardrooms with Karen Wendt & Carolina Newton from the Swiss FinTech Ladies

Founder of the Swiss FinTech Ladies (SFTL) association, Karen Wendt and board member Carolina Newton, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how to bring ladies to invest more in FinTechs and be better represented in start-up boards. They also talked about many activities and initiatives of the SFTL to get there.

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MENA Series with Dorra Mahbouli: Investing in Africa through a crowdfunding platform with the help of the African diaspora in France with Firas Rhaiem, co-founder & CEO of Relatic

In the second episode of the MENA (the Middle East & North Africa) Series, Dorra Mahbouli, VP of Corporate Strategy at Zitouna Finance, spoke to Firas Rhaeim, CEO and co-founder of Relatic, Tunisian Venture Builder, Fundraiser & Tech Enthusiast, about crowdfunding enabling the Tunisian and African economy and scaling start-ups in the region through Diaspora investments.

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Voice of FinTech Africa Series with Patrick Awori: African Fintech - state of play with Andrew Barden, Director Insights Dedalus Global & Lead Organizer of Africa Fintech Summit

Patrick Awori, Founder and CEO at Imaginarium, a Kenyan-based FinTech behind the Circle, a virtual savings platform, hosted another episode of Voice of FinTech: Africa Series. Patrick spoke to Andrew Barden, Director of Insights at Dedalus Global | Lead Organizer and Content Director at Africa Fintech Summit about the state of play on the African FinTech scene and the upcoming Africa Fintech Summit in South Africa.

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MENA Series with Dorra Mahbouli: Building FinTech businesses in Tunisia with Amel Saidane, CEO and co-founder of BetaCube

In the first episode of the MENA (the Middle East & North Africa) Series, Dorra Mahbouli, VP of Corporate Strategy at Zitouna Finance, spoke to Amel Saidane, CEO and co-founder of BetaCube, Tunisian Tech venture builder, about FinTechs enabling the economy and scaling start-ups in the region.

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Metaverse opportunities for FinTech with Marc Hauser, Head of F10 Switzerland & Stefan Kaemper, Chairman of Cowlevel

Marc Hauser, Head F10 Incubator and Accelerator Europe and Stefan Kaemper, co-founder of Cow Level, a FinTech for gaming company spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about latest push by F10 into gaming and metaverse and Cow Level's efforts to build a marketplace for gaming assets.

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FIDO - leading the way to a passwordless future with Andrew Shikiar, FIDO's Executive Director

Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director & CMO, FIDO Alliance, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about FIDO Alliance and the world without passwords! FIDO Alliance is an open industry association launched in February 2013 whose mission is to develop and promote authentication standards that help reduce the world's over-reliance on passwords.

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F10 Zurich update with Stableton and GOUD, a Baloise corp-up

A discussion with Gerrit Sindermann, recently appointed new head of F10 Zurich, a FinTech, RegTech, InsurTech, DeepTech incubator and accelerator in Zurich, Singapore and across Spain. We talk with Gerrit about what's new at F10 Zurich, and current start-up participants of their program, Andreas Bezner from Stableton and Els Van Eyndhoven and Sabrina Bogaert from GOUD, a Baloise corp-up about their ventures and support they are getting from F10.

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Asia Pacific Series with Angela Conroy: Entrepreneurship and innovation with Varun Mittal from EY

In this episode of Asia Pacific Series, hosted by Angela Conroy based in Singapore, Angela talks with Varun Mittal, EY Global’s Emerging Markets FinTech Leader. They cover public-private partnerships in Singapore, FinTech revolution in emerging markets, early days of Singapore FinTech association and his new book, Singapore: The FinTech Nation.

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Voice of FinTech Americas with Clementina Giraldo (in Spanish / En español): Introduction to FinTech in LatAm / Introducción a FinTech en LatAm - Erick Rincon Cardenas & Mariano Biocca

In this episode of Voice of FinTech: Americas Series, hosted by Clementina Giraldo, founder and CEO of Dots & Tech, based in Colombia, Clementina talks to leaders of FinTech ecosystem in Colombia, Erick Rincon Cardenas, and Argentina, Mariano Biocca about the FinTech scene in the region, from figures to trends, challenges and opportunities. In Spanish.

En este episodio de Voice of FinTech: Americas Series, conducido por Clementina Giraldo, fundadora y CEO de Dots & Tech, con sede en Colombia, Clementina habla con los líderes del ecosistema FinTech de Colombia, Erick Rincon Cárdenas, y Argentina, Mariano Francisco Biocca sobre el panorama FinTech de la región, cifras, tendencias, desafíos y oportunidades. En español.

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Amazon Web Services: A wealth of resources for FinTechs worldwide

Kathryn Van Nuys, US Head of Business Development, Start-ups and Venture Capital at Amazon Web Services (AWS), based in New York, explains a wide range of resources and programs helping start-ups (and their investors) to get their ventures off the ground and scale-up worldwide. Many excellent examples included painting a picture of how you can grow your business leveraging cloud services.

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SBI Digital Assets: from Japan to the world

Fernando Vázquez Cao, CEO at SBI Digital Assets Holdings, the digital assets arm of the SBI group, and Marc Robinson, COO at SBI Digital Assets Holdings in Tokyo, Japan discuss their vision for the digital assets ecosystem, their views on the importance of partnerships (such as Boerse Stuttgart), the status of the ecosystem in Japan and their hiring plans worldwide.

The SBI Group operates in 21 countries and provides financial services in a wide range of categories, including securities, banking, asset management and insurance. The SBI group is an investor in Ripple, BRD, R3, Solaris Bank and Boerse Stuttgart among others.

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Plug and Play, a VC and corporate innovation program, whose CEO is an early backer of PayPal, explained

Arianna Elena Maschietto, Corporate Partnerships & Program Manager at Plug and Play Tech Center in Milan, Italy and Gabrielle Inzirillo, Director, Fintech (EMEA) at Plug And Play Ventures in Paris, France explain how Plug and Play, a VC and corporate innovation program that started with its CEO as an early backer of PayPal works!

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