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FinTech Futures was founded as Banking Technology Magazine in the 1980s.
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In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by Marie-Gwenhaelle Geffroy, Head of Growth Capital at BNP Paribas, to explore the key start-up and funding trends in the European fintech space this year and learn more about BNP Paribas’ fintech investment strategy and how the bank works with new start-ups to help them scale and grow.
The conversation covers how Europe’s fintech landscape has evolved in recent years and some of the defining focus areas across the region, which emerging technologies and use cases are picking up the most traction and showing the most potential moving forward, and Marie’s top tips for fintech founders looking to grow their businesses.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Marie wants to free from our Fintech Jail!
In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by David Caruso, Vice President of Financial Crime Compliance at WorkFusion, to explore the topic of financial crime compliance and how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are causing a generational shift in the anti-money laundering (AML) technology space.
The conversation covers how AI is revolutionising AML tech and the key elements of financial crime compliance that are most impacted by AI right now, the challenges that exist for AI adoption in the financial crime compliance sector, and the key benefits being offered by the technology and its next stages for development, as well as how WorkFusion has looked to utilise AI agents to help its clients detect and prevent financial crime.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword David wants to throw into our Fintech Jail!
In the latest episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Joanne Dewar, Project Lead at Project Nemo, to discuss how to make financial services more accessible for people with disabilities.
Joanne and FinTech Futures reporter Cameron Emanuel-Burns explore Project Nemo's origins and development, examining findings from the organisation's recent report on challenges adults with disabilities face when engaging financial services, with Dewar offering recommendations for financial institutions seeking to remove these barriers.
The conversation also addresses how emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, are reshaping disability inclusion in financial services, while tackling common misconceptions about accessibility in the industry.
And finally, we discover which fintech buzzword Joanne wants to throw into or rescue from our Fintech Jail!
In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by Paul Noble, CEO of Chetwood Bank, to explore how the Wrexham-based bank has set about its product and tech innovation strategy as it looks to continue its growth trajectory, having reached the milestone of £4 billion in total customer savings deposits this year.
In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by Binu Jacob, CEO and MD of Experion Technologies, and Experion Technologies advisor Markus Ruetimann, to discuss the imperative need for financial services companies working in asset management to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives to keep up with the rapid pace of change driven by emerging technologies and shifting customer demands.
The conversation explores how Experion Technologies goes about helping its financial services clients with their transformation projects and the implementation of new tech, with a specific focus on asset management and some examples of successful use cases.
Our two guests also cover the best strategies for businesses looking to upgrade their asset management tech and processes, the key benefits provided by emerging technologies such as generative AI within the space, and of course what makes Experion Technologies stand out from the crowd and it’s next steps for growth.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Binu and Markus want to throw into our Fintech Jail!
In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by Colin Fyfe, CEO of Unity Trust Bank, to discuss the current business banking landscape in the UK and how Unity Trust Bank has approached its ethical banking strategy to help support not-for-profit and smaller profit-with-purpose businesses in the country.
We’ll dive into how the bank’s actions contribute to and deliver a range of positive social, economic, and environmental impacts across the UK, how the bank has approached its tech and innovation strategy to keep up with shifting customer demands and the emergence of new technologies, the key things businesses want from their banks in the current climate, and the bank’s plans for future growth amid increasing competition in the business banking sector.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Colin wants to throw into our Fintech Jail!
In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by David Watson, CEO of The Clearing House, to discuss what’s next for real-time payments in the US as usage numbers and transaction volumes across the country’s RTP networks continue to grow.
The conversation explores the core drivers behind the growth of RTP in the US, how banks and businesses have been looking to adopt instant payments, the key trends around how businesses and consumers are choosing to make payments, and what the future looks like for RTP as new technological advancements such as tokenisation and stablecoins continue to revolutionise the sector.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword David wants to throw into our Fintech Jail!
In the latest episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Suavek Zajac, chief technology officer at Tandem Bank, who discusses how the bank implements technology to support customers in adopting more environmentally sustainable lifestyles.
Suavek joins FinTech Futures reporter Cameron Emanuel-Burns to explore how Tandem balances delivering personalised, immediate services while maintaining its environmental commitments, along with covering the bank's recent work involving AI and large language models.
The episode also uncovers Suavek's perspective on emerging technologies that could transform sustainable banking practices, as well as his accomplishments as CTO, including the development of the Green Hub and Connect platform.
And finally, Suavek reveals which fintech buzzword deserves freedom or confinement in our Fintech Jail!
In the latest episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Adam Ennamli, chief risk officer at General Bank of Canada (GBC), to discuss emerging risk management trends.
Adam and FinTech Futures reporter Cameron Emanuel-Burns also explore Adam's experience as a Banking Tech Awards judge. Adam offers practical guidance for organisations considering entering this year's awards and explains his approach to evaluating submissions.
The conversation extends to Adam's professional background, particularly his tenure at GBC. Adam reveals the primary risks confronting Canadian financial institutions today and highlights key lessons the banking sector should extract from recent global financial disruptions.
And finally, we discover which fintech buzzword Adam wants to throw into or rescue from our Fintech Jail!
In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by Coen Jonker, founder and CEO of Tyme Group, to discuss how Tyme has looked to approach its growth strategy amid the evolving digital banking landscape globally, and what’s next for both TymeBank in South Africa and GoTyme Bank in Southeast Asia.
The conversation explores how the group is utilising advancements in technologies such as GenAI and new fintech innovations to enhance its product suite and meet shifting customer demands, the latest digital banking trends and how new emerging technologies could further transform the banking industry, and Coen’s top tips for growing a digital bank in the current macroeconomic climate.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Coen wants to throw into our Fintech Jail!
In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Nick Kerigan, Managing Director and Head of Innovation at Swift, to discuss the topic of digital assets and how the evolution of the payments landscape driven by innovations such as tokenisation and stablecoins could help enable global payments interoperability.
Nick and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle explore the latest developments around the use of digital assets in the payments space, the biggest challenges facing the industry as we move towards a more tokenised future, and how Swift is helping to solve the interoperability challenge, with a deeper dive into the company’s live digital asset trials launched this year.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Nick wants to free from our Fintech Jail!
In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Kristen Castell, Managing Director of the Centre for Accelerating Financial Equity (CAFE), to discuss the topic of financial health and wellness and what the financial services industry can be doing more of to support customers amid ongoing economic uncertainty and the tough macroeconomic climate globally.
Kristen and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle explore how new technologies and fintech innovations are helping companies to boost their financial wellness initiatives, as well as the work CAFE is doing in the space, including a deep dive into the organisation’s fintech accelerator programme, which helps support financial wellness-focused fintech start-ups with their growth.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Kristen wants to throw into our Fintech Jail!
In the latest episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Clare Pearson, Head of Technology Operations & Delivery Management at Fnality, for a deep dive into digital payment trends.
Clare and FinTech Futures reporter Cameron Emanuel-Burns explore the outlook for cross-border real-time payments, tokenisation, digital wallets, and the evolving role of cards in a shifting payments landscape.
The discussion also delves into Clare’s experience at the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), her views on its integration into the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and her reflections on serving as a judge for this year’s PayTech Awards.
And finally, we find out which fintech buzzword Clare wants to throw into or rescue from our Fintech Jail!
In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Mats Persson Bergius, Chief Commercial Officer at Danish digital bank Lunar, to discuss the Nordic digital banking landscape and how Lunar has been looking to scale its own offering across the region as the bank approaches its 10th birthday this year.
Mats and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle explore digital banking trends in the Nordics and what customers expect from their banking relationships, how Lunar has looked to approach its digital product strategy to stand out from the crowd and take on the established institutions in the region, the bank’s plans for expansion moving forward, and what’s next for its recently spun-out BaaS division Moonrise.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Mats wants to break out of our Fintech Jail!
In the latest episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Subramanian (Subbu) Naraynaswamy, Executive Director at Wells Fargo, to discuss the emerging banking and fintech trends. We explore the upcoming risks and opportunities, and Subbu shares insights into his role as a judge for this year’s Banking Technology Awards USA.
In the latest episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Ronit Ghose, Head of Future of Finance for Citi Global Insights, to discuss the rise of agentic AI in financial services and how this new evolution of AI technology could revolutionise the sector and help shape the future of banking.
Ronit and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle explore the current trends around agentic AI and how far along we currently are in terms of its development, the big use cases for agentic AI in financial services, and the best approaches for implementing the technology to mitigate risk and ensure both explainability and transparency in decisioning.
We also dive into the key takeaways from Citi’s latest report on the topic, titled Agentic AI: Finance and the ‘do it for me’ economy.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Ronit wants to free from our Fintech Jail!
1In the latest episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Daniele Tonella, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at ING, to discuss ING’s technology strategy and how the bank has been approaching its digital transformation efforts as the rate tech innovation globally continues to pick up pace.
Daniele and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle explore the latest tech trends in banking and how the evolution of technology is impacting financial services more broadly, the challenges for banks when it comes to keeping up with technological change, and ING’s approach to the risk and governance side of transformation and particularly AI.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Daniele wants to throw into (and break out of) our Fintech Jail!
In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Lewis Turek, General Manager of North America at GoCardless, to explore the evolution of payments in North America amid the rise of a multitude of digital and alternative payment methods and new payment rails.
Lewis and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle discuss how businesses in North America differ from UK and European companies when it comes to managing their payments, the challenges faced by North American businesses when it comes to adopting new payment methods and how to overcome those, and the work GoCardless has been doing in the region.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Lewis wants to throw into our Fintech Jail!
In the opening episode of season six of the What the Fintech? podcast, we’re joined by Amias Gerety, partner at QED Investors, to discuss the ever-evolving fintech funding landscape and the outlook for venture capital funding in 2025.
Amias and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle discuss the technologies and verticals that are attracting the most interest from VCs, how QED is approaching its fintech funding strategy, some key advice for founders when it comes to scaling a new start-up, and of course the big tech trends to keep an eye on looking forward.
And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Amias wants to lock away in our Fintech Jail!
In the final episode of season five of the What the FinTech? podcast, we're joined by FinTech Futures columnists and fellow podcast hosts Dave Wallace and Dharmesh Mistry to take a look back at some of the biggest trends to come out of 2024 and discuss what the new year might bring for the sector.
The discussion covers topics including AI, quantum computing, cryptocurrency, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and more.
And finally, in the spirit of the holidays, Dave and Dharmesh each release an incarcerated buzzword from our Fintech Jail!
The What the FinTech? podcast will return for season six in the new year. Stay tuned!
Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for editorial and journalistic purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, and should not be treated as such. FinTech Futures does not recommend investments of any kind.
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