A podcast mapping out the Swiss and global FinTech ecosystem
A discussion with Patrick Loepfe, founder & chairman of Gentwo, a Swiss securitization platform for bankable, non-bankable and digital assets. Gentwo is disrupting the securitization business dominated by banks - listen in to find out how!
Read MoreKathryn 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.
Read MoreIn this two-segment episode, a preview of the FinTech Talents Virtual North America, taking place in New York on September 9, we talk to legendary Jim Marous from the Financial Brand and Sarika Sangwan from Pinterest.
Jim explains the wealth of resources he and his team provide to the community, his views on the acceleration of digitalization trends in retail banking, who will be the winners in Financial Services in the post-COVID world and much more.
Sarika explains how Pinterest can be useful for FinTech and Financial Services firms by outlining the key elements of the platform for them: target, trigger and trust.
Read MoreIn the second episode of Asia Pacific Series, hosted by Chia Jeng Yang 谢征阳 based in Singapore, we speak to Benedicto Haryono, CEO of Koinworks.ID, the largest socially responsible digital lender and the first super financial app in Indonesia, and Adrian Li, Managing Partner of AC Ventures, a top VC firm in Indonesia and South East Asia. You will learn more about the scale of opportunity for lending in Indonesia, how FinTechs compete in Indonesia and investment opportunities and trends within the Indonesian FinTech scene.
Read MoreFernando 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.
Read MoreIn this bonus episode, we talk to David M. Brear, Group CEO of 11:FS, about the acceleration of digitalization trends due to the current pandemic, potential opportunities for FinTech even in trying times and David's advice for FinTechs attempting B2B sales and partnerships with banks.
Read MoreArianna 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!
Read MoreIn this interview, we talk to Gregor Braun, Gregor Braun, Head Sales Switzerland & Europe for Equities and ETFs at SIX, Henrik Husman, President Nasdaq Helsinki and Head of European Cash Equities at Nasdaq and Reinier Boeschoten, Board member of 12H, one of the largest microwave network providers in Europe. You will learn more about microwave technology, which allows the fastest transmission of trade data between exchange data centers and the partnership between SIX (the Swiss Exchange Group), Nasdaq and 12H to expand the European microwave network.
Read MoreIn this episode, we talk to David Birch, a fantastic British author, Forbes contributor, speaker, commentator and consultant on digital finance, digital currency and digital identity about his views on e-currencies, crypto and blockchain and digital identity. What's ahead of us and why?
Read MoreIn the first episode of Asia Pacific Series, hosted by Angela Conroy based in Singapore, we talk with Neal Cross, co-founder and Chairman of PictureWealth, one of the world’s fastest-growing wealth FinTech companies, based in Perth, Australia. Why is personal wealth management so important? What are the big mistakes corporates make when trying to innovate? How can start-ups pick the right partners to help them succeed? How do orangutans and coral reefs fit into all of this?
Read MoreWe talk to Chiara Spina, Ph.D., Bocconi, and from September, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD in Singapore. Is there a way to teach entrepreneurship? Are entrepreneurs born or made? How can you make strategic decisions in your early-stage venture intelligently to maximize your chances of survival, and even better, success?
Read MoreA rare opportunity to gain a behind the scenes look into the mindset and plans of two senior Goldman Sachs alumni, Dimitrios Kavvathas and Francesco Adiliberti, CEOs of Nomisma and the Swiss Crypto Exchange, respectively, joining forces building Europe's first MIFID II licensed MTF for trading tokenized assets, in particular derivatives, on a blockchain.
Read MoreA discussion with Neil Thomas, SIX Group's representative in Asia - Head of Sales and Country Head Singapore and Japan and Jonas Thuerig, Head of F10 in Singapore about SIX's objectives in the region, reasons to support the expansion of F10 in Singapore, thoughts on the economy, innovation and the start-up scene in the region and connectivity to Switzerland.
Read MoreWe talk to Jeff Lynn, Executive Chairman and co-founder of Seedrs about how he and his classmate, Carlos Silva, turned their classroom project at Said Business School (University of Oxford) into a very successful business. Seedrs is one of the largest equity crowdfunding platforms in Europe. How does the platform work? For which start-ups and investors does it work best? How vital were partnerships like with Andy Murray and BVCA (among others) for the growth of the platform?
Read MoreHusayn Kassai is CEO and co-founder of Onfido and Oxford University alumnus. Onfido is a market-leading digital identity verification provider, based in London and San Francisco. We talk about how to verify the official documents remotely using Artificial Intelligence and the vision of digital identity in the future.
Read MoreA discussion with Stefano Bison, Group Group Head of Business Development & Partnerships at Generali and a Board Member of HITS and Oliver Werneyer, CEO and co-founder of IMBurse, a B2B instant payment platform and one of the participants in Generali Innovation Garage (now HITS) about corp-up (corporate + start-up collaboration) in the insurance sector.
Read MoreAn interview with Marion Leslie, Head of Financial Information and Board member at SIX about the data transformation, leveraging technology to deliver data turned into financial information and insights, key trends in the data business over the years, use of alternative data (e.g., concerning ESG), and more!
Read MoreBrett King is a speaker, author, founder, podcast host, pilot, gamer and a scuba diver, based in New York, NY. Founder and host of #1 FinTech podcast and radio show, Breaking Banks. Executive Chairman of a challenger bank Moven. We talk about: virtual vs. live events and their outlook in the post-COVID-19 world, Brett's hit podcast and radio show Breaking Banks, sci-fi as an inspiration for a futurist and future scenarios described in his upcoming book, The Rise of Technosocialism and much more!
Read MoreWe talk to Janine Haendel, CEO of Roger Federation Foundation, about the foundation's origins and its mission, entrepreneurship, increased focus on performance in the NGO sector, leveraging technology and financial innovation when delivering on foundation's goals in Africa.
Read MoreIn this episode, we speak to Ute Koenig-Stemmler, Head of Business Development & Sales Non-Traditional Financial Institutions, Central Europe at VISA about VISA's activities regarding Open Innovation in the region that comprises Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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