A podcast mapping out the Swiss and global FinTech ecosystem
Ahead of FinovateWest Digital, we chat with Jeremy Balkin, Head of Innovation at HSBC Bank in the United States, about the changes HSBC has seen in their clients' behavior this year (acceleration of e-commerce and digitalization overall) and how that affects HSBC's thinking about their new products, services or way of working.
Read MoreIn this episode of Voice of FinTech: Asia Pacific Series, Chia Jeng Yang, Principal of Saison Capital, speaks to Rahul Shingal, ex-Head of Stripe APAC and ex-Head of SMB Payments Int'l at PayPal and now co-founder of Tazapay, a cross-border payments platform for SMEs, based in Singapore about the pain points for SMEs when it comes to payments in the region and Rahul's team's solution.
Read MoreWe talk to Kevin Levitt, who leads Global Business Development for Financial Services at Nvidia about Nvidia works with start-ups, resources, products and services enabling AI and accelerated computing for Financial Services firms and FinTechs.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreWe speak to Lloyd Wahed and Mimi Nguyen, the duo behind Mana Search, a FinTech focused search firm bases in London, about life during the pandemic for founders and parents, FinTech job and business opportunities, transition from a career in an incumbent to the FinTech world, future of work and much more!
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreEd Lascelles and Jessica Bartos from Albion VC, based in London, UK, early backers of Booking.com, explain their investment philosophy, especially when it comes to FinTech and Tech, success stories, assessment of the British and European start-up scene, and views on the FinTechs' prospects of taking on big banks or partnering up with them.
Read MoreWe talk to Ken Banta, founder and principal of Vanguard Group for Leadership, a senior leadership consultancy, about the need for senior leaders to have a strategic side gig. What does it mean and why is it imperative in today's competitive career development? Listen in to find out more.
Read MoreMarwan Forzley, CEO of Veem, a B2B payments platform, explains how his company leverages their proprietary algorithms to find the best way to effect payments worldwide and delight customers.
Read MoreFrederic Hofmann, Managing Director at ING Ventures, based in London, UK, explains ING's approach to working with start-ups from partnering to investing and in particular, how ING corporate venture team works, their success stores and lessons learned.
Read MoreIn this bonus episode, you can listen to the excerpt of the virtual event from Voice of FinTech: Live Speaker Series, where we talked to Naina Sethi from Magic FinServ New York, Darko Pilav from Digital Asset Zurich and Emilie Raffo from Geneva about Digital Assets, Blockchain and Crypto: 2020 reality check.
Read MoreAhead of LendIt FinTech USA, we talk to representatives of companies participating in this virtual event: Keith Grose, Head of UK and International at Plaid, Jillian Cohn, Partner at Mouro Capital (formerly Santander Innoventures), and Sean Hunter, CIO of OakNorth, about Plaid's international expansion plans, the rationale for spin-off Santander Innoventures and re-branding as Mouro Capital, why OakNorth licenses its proprietary technology to other banks, respectively, and much more! The link to register and discount code for Voice of FinTech listeners inside the notes on the next page.
Read MoreIn this episode of Asia Pacific Series, hosted by Taneia Bhardwaj, based in Mumbai, India, Taneia talks to Jitendra Gupta, CEO and founder of Jupiter (among many other ventures!). Jupiter is India’s first & only co-created banking experience dedicated to Millenials.
Read MoreA 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.
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