Voice of FinTech®
335 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAiming to inspire entrepreneurs around the world to launch their new ventures. Connect FinTech enthusiasts with start-ups, incubators, accelerators, investors and incumbents.
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Leveraging neuroscience in financial well-being with Dreams' Lucia Hegenbartova
August 10, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 22.3 MBLucia Hegenbartova, CCO of Dreams, Swedish neuroscience-FinTech, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about using neuroscience when engaging with your clients in financial services. Here is what you learn from their conversation: Lucia's entrepreneurial journey so far What is Dreams? Dreams provides a custom experience layer that enables banks to boost their customer's engagement in financial products. What does CCO (Chief Commercial Officer) role mean...
Americas Series with David Yakobovitch: Why FinTechs must rebuke "quick-to-market" approaches with Patricia Montesi, CEO and co-founder of Qolo
August 05, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this episode of the Americas Series, David Yakobovitch spoke to Patricia Montesi, co-founder and CEO of Qolo, a FinTech for FinTechs. Here is what they discussed (and more): FinTechs have traditionally didn't always like the relationships but had nowhere else to go. Today there are more options, but unhealthy relationships remain. Now, FinTechs get lured by "quick-to-market" approaches that limit functionality and revenue. Rather than setting them up for growth, they’re more li...
Making insurance agile with Nick Sühr, CEO and founder of Kasko
August 03, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes - 23.8 MBNikolaus Sühr, CEO and founder of Kasko, a London headquarter InsurTech-as-a-service spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how Kasko helps incumbent insurers reach customers with new offerings and features quicker than on their own. Here is what they talked about: Nick's backstory: How and why has Nick decided to start his own company What is embedded insurance and Insurance 3.0 Why are embedded insurance and Insurance 3.0 exciting? What is Kasko...
Africa Series with Stacey Japhta: Personalizing customer service with Aneesa Ameer, Head of Innovation at ABSA Life
July 29, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 24.1 MBIn this episode of Africa Series, Stacey Japhta, Head of Strategic FinTech Partnerships at Talent in the Cloud, an emerging markets FinTech executive search firm and host of Talking success podcast, sat down with Aneesa Ameer, Head of Innovation at ABSA Life in South Africa. ABSA Life offers a comprehensive range of life insurance options which include: disability, death, critical illness cover and income protection. Aneesa discusses all things FinTech, personalizing customer ser...
FinTech partnerships and investments with Neha Wattas from JP Morgan
July 27, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 28.3 MBNeha Wattas, Executive Director, Innovation & FinTech Partnerships at J.P. Morgan in New York, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about why and how J.P. Morgan likes to partner with FinTechs or invest in them globally. Here is what they covered: J.P. Morgan's approach to working with start-ups: why J.P. Morgan wants to be the partner of choice for start-ups Neha's your team’s mandate (Wholesale Payments)? Strategic focus or financial gain? FinTech th...
Asia Pacific Series with Chia Jeng Yang 谢征阳: Building an investment app for retail investors in Vietnam with James Vuong, CEO and founder of Infina.vn
July 23, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this episode of Voice of FinTech: Asia Pacific Series, Chia Jeng Yang, Principal of Saison Capital based in Singapore, spoke to James Vuong, founder and CEO of Infina Vietnam, about his journey from Vietnam to the US and back, his entrepreneurial journey and his latest venture, Infina, providing investment opportunities to retail investors, similar to Robinhood in other markets. Here is what Chia asked James: Hi James, it is great to have you! You’ve had a long career as an eng...
Investing in FinTech well before it was fashionable with Speedinvest's Olga Shikhantsova
July 21, 2021 08:08 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBOlga Shikhantsova, Principal at Speedinvest, focused at FinTech and Forber 30 under 30, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about believing and investing in European FinTech and redefining VC. Olga's backstory: FinTechs and VCs, from Russia to Germany What is Speedinvest? Globally present, European focused early-stage VCs with FinTech, DeepTech, Industrial Tech, Networks, Health investment teams Speedinvest's roots in Vienna, Austria and founder Stefa...
SPACs and tech investing with founder and Chair of Athena, Isabelle Freidheim, one of the first women-led Tech SPACs
July 20, 2021 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBIsabelle Freidheim, founder and Chair of The Board of Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. (SPAC), venture capitalist and 2x FinTech founder, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about why she founded one of the first women-led SPAC and about SPACs in general. Here is what they covered: Isabelle's exceptional back story You are Chair of Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. SPAC - how did it come about? SPAC has become the buzzword of the year, it seems. ...
Voice of FinTech Africa Series with Patrick Awori: Digitizing transport payments in Africa with Mary Mwangi from Data Integrated (DIL)
July 15, 2021 04:00 - 29 minutes - 24.7 MBPatrick 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 Mary Mwangi, CEO and founder of Data Integrated (DIL) about digitizing payments in the transport sector across Africa. Here is what they covered: For our audience, what is your background in Fintech in general? What is Data Integrated’s core business? What other business is DIL engaged in? ...
Sustainable Finance: Challenge and the opportunity for the Swiss Financial Center with Christoph Baumann from SSIF
July 13, 2021 04:00 - 20 minutes - 20 MBChristoph Baumann, Deputy Head Insurances & Risks at State Secretariat for International Finance SIF (SSIF), spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how Switzerland sees sustainable Finance as a major opportunity for the Swiss financial center. Here is what they covered: Christoph's journey from the banking and start-up world to the government Why Green FinTech and Sustainability? Christoph is Deputy Head Insurances & Risks at SSIF, Initiator & Secr...
Americas Series with David Yakobovitch: BaaS & embedded banking with Y-Combinator backed Decentro's founder & CEO Rohit Taneja
July 08, 2021 04:00 - 23 minutes - 18.4 MBDavid Yakobovitch spoke to Rohit Taneja, founder and CEO of Decentro, an automated API platform for banking integrations, based in India and Singapore, backed by United States' Y-Combinator about Banking a service, embedded and decentralized Finance. How is India shaping up as a FinTech destination? What’s exciting about India? Are regulators making regulations easy for FinTechs to thrive? If yes, how? Or if not, what kind of regulations is the community expecting? How are ba...
Contextual banking with Gerti Dervishi from Flybits
July 06, 2021 04:00 - 22 minutes - 18.3 MBGerti Dervishi, Chief Growth Officer at Flybits, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about why contextual banking is the future of banking and how to get it right. Here is what they talked about: Gerti's background and motivation to join a start-up What is Flybits and the problem they are solving: helping banks to build better connections with their clients using context, improving their mobile experience There is a lot of buzz around contextual bank...
AI powered SMB Lending with Prashant Fuloria, CEO of Fundbox
July 01, 2021 04:00 - 38 minutes - 29.8 MBPrashant Fuloria, CEO at Fundbox, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about leveraging AI to help SMBs with their working capital needs more efficiently. Prashant is also a lecturer at Stanford, Cornell and Berkeley, where he teaches MBAs on building consumer internet businesses. Here is what they talked about: Prashant's backstory: from Google, Yahoo and Facebook to Fundbox Why have you decided to start your own company? What is Fundbox? What is the ...
Digital transformation in the EU with MEP Eva Kaili
June 29, 2021 04:00 - 21 minutes - 19 MBEva A. Kaili spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about digital transformation in the EU and the policy framework that is being created or adapted to facilitate the adoption of digital technologies. Eva Kaili is MEP from Greece, Chair Science & Technology, Chair Centre for Artificial Intelligence and co-founder of the World Future Foundation - very active in shaping European policy regarding digital transformation, blockchain, AI and more. Here is what t...
Voice of FinTech Africa Series: Building trust infrastructure for underserved SMB in Africa with Hilda Moraa from Pezesha
June 24, 2021 04:00 - 50 minutes - 38.9 MBIn this episode of the Africa Series, Patrick Awori spoke to Hilda Moraa, founder and CEO of Pezesha; a Kenyan headquartered digital financial marketplace platform that connects quality SMB to working capital from investors on its marketplace. Hilda is a trailblazer in the Kenyan and African FinTech space. From founding and exiting her FinTech startup in 2015, Weza Tele, she has done it all, rising to both national and international acclaim. She now runs Pezesha, a digital financi...
Tech-led customer centricity in the insurance industry with Wefox's co-founder and CFO, Fabian Wesemann
June 22, 2021 04:00 - 23 minutes - 19.9 MBFabian Wesemann, co-founder and Group CFO at Wefox, spoke to Wani Baumgartner, guest co-host and Finance and Life Sciences recruiter and Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast about using technology to bring the insurance industry to the new level of customer-centricity. Here is what they covered in more detail: Fabian's road towards entrepreneurship What led Fabian to co-found a business? How do Fabian and Julian Teicke complement each other? What is Wefox? What ...
The future of Open Banking in the US with Duncan Barrigan, Chief Product and Growth Officer at GoCardless
June 17, 2021 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.1 MBDavid Yakobovitch spoke to Duncan Barrigan, Chief Product and Growth Officer at GoCardless about Open Banking in the US, innovation in payments and the FinTech megatrends. Here is what they covered: 1) Brief introduction of GoCardless A potted history of the last 10 years Growth in the US GoCardless’ recent open banking feature-Instant Bank Pay, a new open banking feature directly integrated into its global payment platform 2) a) Payments landscape discussion of the US, UK/Eur...
Financial services combating climate change - Carbon Delta / MSCI
June 15, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBOliver Marchand is Global Head of ESG Research & Models at MSCI and founder of Carbon Delta (now part of MSCI). Oliver spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how to provide portfolio managers with insights to assess climate change impacts on the businesses they invest in. Here is what they talked about: Oliver's backstory: from computer sciences to asset management and meteorology Motivation to start his own business What is Carbon Delta? What is t...
Financial services combating climate change - MSCI
June 15, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBOliver Marchand is Global Head of ESG Research & Models at MSCI and founder of Carbon Delta (now part of MSCI). Oliver spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how to provide portfolio managers with insights to assess climate change impacts on the businesses they invest in. Here is what they talked about: Oliver's backstory: from computer sciences to asset management and meteorology Motivation to start his own business What is Carbon Delta? What is t...
Instant access to Finance with Seedstars World Competition Winner: Finology, a digital broker from Malaysia
June 10, 2021 04:00 - 25 minutes - 21 MBJared Lim, the co-founder of Finology, spoke to Wani Baumgartner, guest co-host and Finance and Life Sciences recruiter, and Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about making access to financial products instant and effortless. Here is what they covered: Jared's backstory and serial entrepreneurship journey in Malaysia Finology: how does it work? Problem definition. What is Finology's unique advantage? How are they different from other digital brokers in Asia? ...
FinTech meets MusicTech: Classical and jazz music streaming with Vialma
June 08, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 29 MBGuillaume Descottes, founder and CEO of Vialma, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how a dedicated classical and jazz streaming platform helps clients discover such music and improve artists' economics. Here is what they covered: Guillaume's backstory Motivation to start his own business What is Vialma? A problem solver or a delight for customers? Very first steps to get going Why do we need a dedicated classical or jazz music streaming serv...
Africa Series with Stacey Japhta: Building digital businesses with Basalt
June 03, 2021 04:00 - 17 minutes - 14.5 MBStacey Japhta, Head of Strategic FinTech Partnerships at Talent in the cloud, emerging markets FinTech executive search firm and host of Talking success podcast, talks to Wayne Zwiers, founder of Basalt. Basalt is a global Fintech studio focusing on designing and developing digital banking and insurance solutions for the future, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Basalt co-creates solutions for our clients, turning ideas into profits. Partnering with clients as "one team" to buil...
Accelerate your hiring with Playter Pay
June 01, 2021 04:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBJamie Beaumont is a founder of Playter, creator of hire now, pay later service for SMEs using recruitment agencies. Jamie spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about the need for SME financing focused on hiring through recruitment agencies. Here is what they talked about: Jamie's back story and why he decided to start your own company What were your very first steps when starting Playter Playter Pay, the world’s first hiring accelerator. What is it? Wh...
At the intersection of Insurtech and Real Estate with Derek Merrill (LeaseLock)
May 27, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 20.5 MBDavid Yakobovitch spoke to Derek Merrill, CEO of LeaseLock about how to get rid of one of the most painful steps in real estate transactions, paying a security deposit, by using technology. Derek is a product and financial technology-focused entrepreneur with a special interest in building data-driven products that service the enterprise. As CEO, Derek leads the overall product, marketing, sales and engineering efforts at LeaseLock. Prior to LeaseLock, Derek founded Infreeda, a mob...
Open Banking in MENA region with Tarabut Gateway
May 25, 2021 04:00 - 20 minutes - 19.6 MBAbdulla Almoayed, CEO and founder of Tarabut Gateway, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about open banking in MENA, why he set up the business UAE's ADGM (Abu Dhabi Global Market) in particular and his thoughts on data-driven innovation. Here is what they covered: Abdulla's back story Reasons to start his own company What is Tarabut Gateway? The problem that Tarabut Gateway is solving Largest open banking platform in MENA - what is its unique advan...
Voice of FinTech Americas with Clementina Giraldo (in Spanish / En español): FIRA y Mario Valle nos hablan del criptoarte tendencia global y su relación con FinTech
May 22, 2021 04:00 - 44 minutes - 34.8 MBEn 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 FIRA, criptoartista colombiana y una de las líderes del criptoarte en América Latina y con Mario Valle Reyes, cofundador y managing partner de Altered Ventures, con sede en San Francisco, Estados Unidos, inversionista en videojuegos, realidad aumentada, realidad virtual, criptoarte y creador de Altered Gallery. Para ver la...
Africa Series with Adejoke Adekunle: Early Stage Investment and Fundraising with Tobi Oke of V8 Capital Partners
May 20, 2021 04:00 - 28 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this episode of the Voice of FinTech: Africa Series, Adejoke Adekunle, CEO of VVM Group and the founder of the African Tech Woman podcast, based in Lagos, Nigeria, spoke to Tobi Oke, Managing Partner at V8 Capital Partners, also based in Lagos, Nigeria. Here is what they talked about: Why does V8 Capital focus largely on early-stage companies? V8 Capital portfolio companies From all of these start-ups you have mentioned, I see some bits of fintech there; for example, Kobo360,...
Insurance for SMEs with Helvengo
May 18, 2021 04:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBVedran Pranjic and Benedikt Andreas, co-founders of Helvengo spoke to Wani Baumgartner, guest co-host and Finance and Life Sciences recruiter and Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast about how to make insurance for SMEs more efficient and less painful. Here is what they covered: Why Vedran and Benedikt decided to start their own company? What is Helvengo? How does it work? What is Helvengo's unique advantage? How are you different from other solutions for SMEs ...
Asia Pacific Series with Chia Jeng Yang 谢征阳: Open banking in South East Asia - Brankas example
May 13, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 23.8 MBIn this episode of Voice of FinTech: Asia Pacific Series, Chia Jeng Yang, Principal of Saison Capital based in Singapore, speaks to Todd Schweitzer, CEO of Brankas, building Open Banking for Southeast Asia. Todd Schweitzer is co-founder and CEO at Brankas, the leading Open Finance technology provider in Southeast Asia. Todd founded Brankas in 2016 to address the technology gaps that hindered fintech-bank partnerships. Today Brankas provides Open Finance technology to banks, insure...
Raise your Finance game with Finimize
May 11, 2021 04:00 - 22 minutes - 17.8 MBMaximilian Rofagha, the founder of Finimize, leading Finance community worldwide, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how to raise your Finance game efficiently. Here is what they talked about: Max, tell us about how you got where you are today You founded Finimize five years ago. Why? What’s your mission? You have one million subscribers and you say you are the most engaged community in the world. How did you get started? What is your key adv...
Americas Series with David Yakobovitch: How to master banking for your small businesses with Ryan Conway from Oxygen
May 06, 2021 04:00 - 29 minutes - 19.1 MBDavid Yakobovitch spoke to Ryan Conway, SVP, Head of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at Oxygen about how Oxygen improves banking for SMEs. Here is what they covered: FinTech evolution Fintech industry trends Predictions for fintechs and traditional banking FinTech 1.0 - unbundling FinTech 2.0 - rebundle multiple products FinTech 3.0 (smart money/ AI) Crypto SME banking Now more than ever, the importance of banking for small businesses Banking for small busi...
Financial Services need a radical overhaul: PE perspective
May 04, 2021 04:00 - 25 minutes - 29 MBMiroslav Boublik, Managing Partner at Financial Services Capital spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how financial services firms held privately may have more appetite for a radical overhaul. Here is what they covered: Miroslav backstory (e.g. former Managing Partner at Home Credit International VC arm) Financial Services Capital is "a new generation Private Equity firm". What does it mean? Origins of the firm What’s your target fund size and w...
Asia Pacific Series with Angela Conroy: Investing made easy with Sharesies
April 29, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 19.2 MBBrooke Roberts and the team at Sharesies are aiming to build the most financially empowered generation. What started as an agreement between 13 friends and family members to deposit $50 a week into a shared investment account laid the foundation stones for Sharesies. Their laser focus on building trust, keeping it real and providing the same access to markets for someone with $5 as someone with $5 million has seen Sharesies go from $0 to $1 billion in assets under management in...
Financial markets innovation with Boerse Stuttgart
April 27, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBUlli Spankowski, Chief Digital Officer at Boerse Stuttgart, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about Boerse Stuttgart's commitment to innovation to provide access to more financial products for retail investors. Here is what they talked about: Boerse Stuttgart and its competitive edge Boerse Stuttgart’s approach to startups overall Ulli's multiple hats How do you cooperate with other actors in the ecosystem? Partnership with SBI regarding digital a...
Americas Series with David Yakobovitch: How to save money on your auto financing with MotoRefi
April 22, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBDavid Yakobovitch spoke to Kevin Bennett, CEO of MotoRefi, about auto FinTech, its potential and how MotoRefi helps consumers save money on their car loans. Here is what they covered: What MotoRefi is and does Saves consumers $100/month Instant refi on their auto loans Origin story Auto finance as an underlooked area of fintech Low awareness among consumers Virtually no one was trying to solve this problem HUGE market - $1.3 trillion industry in US alone Self-service ...
FinTech M&A lessons with Baker McKenzie
April 20, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 21.5 MBLawrence Lee, Partner in Baker McKenzie's Palo Alto office, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about FinTech M&A and other routes to liquidity. Here is what they talked about: Backstory: How did Lawrence get to do what he does today? Baker McKenzie's approach towards advising FinTechs - M&A or other matters? Does it mean B&M advises only scale-ups or incumbents interested in this space? What are the specifics of the FinTech M&A and any lessons learn...
Africa Series with Adejoke Adekunle: Infibranches' vision to close the financial and energy access gap in Africa
April 15, 2021 04:00 - 39 minutes - 29.6 MBIn the first episode of the Voice of FinTech: Africa Series, Adejoke Adekunle, CEO of VVM Group and the founder of the African Tech Woman podcast, based in Lagos, Nigeria, spoke to Olusola Owoyemi, CEO of Infibranches. Here is what Adejoke asked Olusola: What Infibranches does and what's the origin story? It’s not clear why under-served communities have remained so for the longest time - common assumptions such as “low spending power and economic activities make it rather unattra...
Lessons learned from two decades of VC investing in Europe - with HV Capital
April 13, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 27.1 MBBarbod Namini, Partner at HV Capital, an exceptional German-based VC with over a 20-year track record, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about investing in FinTech perhaps longer than the term has been fashionable. Here is what they covered: HV Capital origins Barbod's journey to HV Capital from Rocket Internet and Citigroup HV Capital investment philosophy How much money they have raised since inception and for how many start-ups? What kind of s...
Sustainable Finance with Foraus, a Swiss Foreign Policy think tank
April 06, 2021 09:28 - 30 minutes - 28.7 MBNadir Franca, Senior Sustainable Fellow, and Fabian Ligibel, co-lead at Foraus - Sustainable FinTech, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about Sustainable FinTech or Finance. Here is what they covered: Nadir's and Fabian's backstories What is Foraus? What are its mission and objectives? What is a think tank industry? What’s the competitive landscape for think tanks and how do you compare each other? How do you define Sustainable FinTech or Finance?...
Asia Pacific Series with Angela Conroy: Investing in private markets with iSTOX
April 01, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this episode of the Asia Pacific Series, Angela Conroy, co-founder and CEO at Notarum, an awesome RegTech based in Singapore, talks to Oi Yee Choo, Chief Commercial Officer at iSTOX, about enabling access to private markets for investors for whom these opportunities were out of reach previously. iSTOX is the first MAS-licensed integrated issuance, custody and trading platform for digitized securities. Here is what they talked about: How does iSTOX work? Accredited investors (as...
Corporate Venturing with DB1 Ventures (Deutsche Boerse)
March 30, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBEric Leupold, Head of DB1 Ventures and Rebecca Qian Gong, Vice Present DB1 Ventures, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about Deutsche Boerse's investment approach and success stories. Here is what they covered: Deutsche Boerse's current business range DB1 Ventures is a corporate venturing arm of Deutsche Boerse What kind of start-ups has DB1 invested in? How does DB1 see start-ups? As disruptors, competitors or partners? How does DB1's deal sourc...
Financial responsibility made easy with vlot
March 25, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 26 MBDaniel Schmidheiny, co-founder and COO of vlot, a Swiss-based InsurTech, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of Voice of FinTech podcast. vlot is reinventing life insurance policy by helping individuals to become more financially responsible. Here is what they talked about: Daniel's serial entrepreneurial journey What is vlot? How does it work? Why now? What is vlot's unique advantage? How is it different from other solutions out there? How does vlot make money? Who are your targe...
Business media and FinTech trends with Lianna Brinded, Head of Yahoo Finance UK
March 23, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 26.6 MBLianna Brinded, Head of Yahoo Finance UK, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast. Here is what they covered: How did Lianna, at first interested in being a war correspondent, ended up in the business media Lianna's role as a Head of Yahoo Finance UK – what does it entail? How has the world of business media changed and where is it headed? Lianna reflecting on her experience at Yahoo, CNBC, Business Insider and more Is TV dead? If video, on-demand style ...
Voice of FinTech Live Speaker Series: Tokenization and blockchain prospects in 2021
March 20, 2021 07:57 - 45 minutes - 35.1 MBIn this edition of Voice of FinTech: Live Speaker Series, our outstanding virtual panelists were: Lothar Cerjak is Head of Institutional Services & Products at Bitcoin Suisse. Lily Fang, Finance Professor at INSEAD. Check out the new INSEAD online FinTech course, led by Lily Fang here. Anthony Lamy, Partner at Wecan Group Emi Lorincz, Business Development Director at Ledger. The key topic we discussed: Switzerland now lets tokenized securities trade on a blockchain with the s...
Asia Pacific Series with Taneia Bhardwaj: Turning phones into a mobile point of sale with Mswipe
March 18, 2021 05:00 - 19 minutes - 15.1 MBIn this episode of the Asia Pacific Series, Taneia Bhardwaj, Nium's SME business lead for India, sits down with Manish Patel, founder and CEO of Mswipe Technologies, one of India's leading POS merchant network providers. The two talk about: Manish's entrepreneurial journey that spans across medicine, alcohol distribution and digital payments How Manish turned his idea into a business and validated his product-market fit How POS-based payments players like Mswipe raised the game...
Asia Pacific Series with Taneia Bhardwaj: Turning phones into mobile point of sale with Mswipe
March 18, 2021 05:00 - 19 minutes - 15.1 MBIn this episode of the Asia Pacific Series, Taneia Bhardwaj, Nium's SME business lead for India, sits down with Manish Patel, founder and CEO of Mswipe Technologies, one of India's leading POS merchant network providers to talk about Manish's entrepreneurial journey.
Digitizing Wealth Management with Addepar
March 16, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBAlastair Cairns, Head of Insights and Marketplace at Addepar, based in New York, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about managing wealth more efficiently. Here is what they covered: Alastair's journey from being Partner at McKinsey, Head of Strategy at a hedge fund Silver Point Capital, Head of Asset Management Strategy and then Co-Head of Global Products and Solutions at Credit Suisse to Head of Insights and Marketplace at Addepar What is the proble...
Voice of FinTech Africa Series with Patrick Awori: FinTech supporting the gig economy in Africa
March 11, 2021 05:00 - 34 minutes - 29.3 MBPatrick Awori, Founder and CEO at Imaginarium, a Kenyan-based FinTech behind the Circle, a virtual savings platform, hosts another episode of Voice of FinTech: Africa Series. Patrick talks to Tatenda Furusa, co-founder of ImaliPay. A burgeoning gig economy has presented opportunities for the youthful workforce in Africa's fast-growing economies where formal employment has fallen short. Overall, McKinsey estimates that about 63 percent of the total labor force in Africa engages in s...
FinTech Marketing - how to go about it?
March 09, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 36.8 MBAni Petrova, founder of The FinTech Marketing Hub and Araminta Robertson, a FinTech writer at Mint Studios, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of Voice of FinTech podcast. Here is what they talked about: Araminta and Ani – how did you end up interested and working in FinTech Marketing? Why have you joined forces? Tell us about The Fintech Marketing Hub – what’s your mission? Specifically, what services you provide for FinTechs? Say I am a B2C FinTech early-stage start-up – what wo...
Voice of FinTech Americas with Clementina Giraldo (in Spanish / En español): Pierpaolo Barbieri nos cuenta cómo lidera una revolución contra el efectivo con Ualá
March 06, 2021 08:15 - 24 minutes - 17.5 MBEn 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 Pierpaolo Barbieri, fundador y CEO de Ualá, líder de la industria FinTech en América Latina, sobre la revolución que impulsa Ualá para incluir a más latinoamericanos a servicios financieros modernos y universales. Argentina cuenta con más de 260 empresas FinTech y lidera después de Brasil y México el desarrollo de la ind...