IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Interviews

Domenico Scaffidi, Vice President, Global Payments Industry Lead, Yethi ConsultingPayments are being disrupted by the globalisation of payment standards, FinTechs, and a rising expectation of superior user experience. Financial institutions are hard at work to curate new business models in this increasingly dynamic operating environment. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Domenico Scaffidi, Vice President and Global Payments Industry Lead, Yethi Consulting about what’s changed and what’s changing in the world of payments. 

Charles Damen, Chief Product Officer, Token.ioToken.io reaches 567 million bank accounts in 20 countries through a single API and interface. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Charles Damen, Chief Product Officer of Token.io about variable recurring payments. Notably, a survey by the company suggests that a majority of merchants in the UK would like to migrate customers from card payments to VRPs. 

Simon Axon, EMEA Industry Consulting Director, TeradataThe cloud can help transform back-end systems, process transactions and banking operations. At the same time banks can leverage cloud-based architecture for stronger data-mining capabilities and a seamless customer journey, using AI and machine learning. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Simon Axon, EMEA Industry Consulting Director of cloud database and analytics solutions provider Teradata. 

Santosh Radhakrishnan, Chief Commercial Officer, XYBEnd-to-end 'coreless' banking platform provider XYB by Monese is collaborating with Google Cloud to bring generative AI into its platform. The partnership aims to empower banks, non-banks and FinTechs to build cutting-edge products and propositions faster and more easily. Key use cases include assisted investigation of blocked payments/paused onboarding, and natural language risk rules, allowing users to comprehend existing risk policies and create new ones using natural language. Santosh Radhakrishnan, Chief Commercial Officer of XYB speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence. 

Dominic Broom, SVP Working Capital Technology, Arqit TradeSecureLegislation which came into effect in September in the UK could well mark a giant leap towards a cheaper, faster, and more sustainable global trading system. Electronic trade documents offer security and ease of compliance by making it easier to trace records through blockchain and distributed-ledger technology. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Dominic Broom, SVP Working Capital Technology for Arqit TradeSecure. 

Raffael Maio, Chief Strategy Officer, NetGuardiansNetGuardians is fraud prevention partner to several banking software providers, including Avaloq, Finacle, Finastra and Mambu. Banks using NetGuardians have achieve significant reductions in both false positives and the time spent investigating fraud. Raffael Maio, Chief Strategy Officer of NetGuardians talks with Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about fraud trends and what more needs to be done. 

Merusha Naidu, Global Head Partnerships, PaymentologyAhead of the Singapore FinTech Festival (15-17 November 2023), which lays claim to being the largest FinTech festival in the world, Merusha Naidu, Global Head of Partnerships for Paymentology talks about the APAC FinTech experience and what to look for in local partners as well as what local firms are looking for in international partnerships. 

Shachindra Nath, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of U GRO CapitalWith an exclusive focus on serving underbanked and underserved small businesses in India, U Gro Capital envisions being the country's premier FinTech platform for small businesses. Puja Sharma of IBS Intelligence speaks with Shachindra Nath about the firm’s use of cutting-edge technology to simplify and enhance credit access. 

Rajesh Mirjankar, Managing Director, CEO and Co-Founder, Kiya.aiLending is an expensive business for banks, particularly for institutions that have a large number of smaller loans – Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Kiya.ai’s Managing Director and CEO, Rajesh Mirjankar about the opportunity present for banks and for businesses, and the potential impact of broadening financial inclusion. Can the use of tech solutions make lending viable for banks and if it can, what are the wider implications for business and for the economy at large?

Mike Kiser, Director of Strategy & Standards, SailPoint TechnologiesDeepfake videos featuring consumer finance expert Martin Lewis and BBC journalist Fiona Bruce have already been used in the UK for investment scams and were quickly spotted and taken down. However, this is likely only the tip of a very large deepfake iceberg heading our way! Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence talks to Mike Kiser, Director of Strategy & Standards at enterprise identity security specialist Sailpoint Technologies.