IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Interviews

Alessandro Tonchia, Head of Strategy, Private Banking & Wealth, InvestCloudWealth management firms are not yet using the knowledge they have to boost client interaction. Too much of what they know resides in the heads of wealth managers, private bankers and relationship managers rather than in a database the firm itself can leverage. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Alessandro Tonchia, Head of Strategy, Private Banking & Wealth at InvestCloud, which specialises in SaaS and BPaaS solutions for the financial industry. 

Scott Eaton, CEO, Nivaura Nivaura is digitising capital markets and simplifying processes to allow transactions to flow unfettered through financial channels, dramatically reducing the time and cost of capital markets transactions. The company’s CEO Scott Eaton spoke to IBSi’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti about the improvements that can be made to ensure efficiency in primary markets with the use of distributed ledger technology.

Piers Marais, Product Director, Currencycloud  Just 1 in 4 consumers say they prefer to buy their products and services from a single company, yet about 88% of financial services companies see themselves as a one-stop-shop. The figures were among the findings of B2B Payments firm Currencycloud’s recent report ‘Elastic Bundling in Financial Services.’ In an interview with Gaia Lamperti, IBS Intelligence Reporter, Piers Marais, Product Director at Currencycloud, illustrates industry trends related to bundled products and services in FinTech, from both the consumers and bussinesses’ perspective. 

David Messenger, CEO, LianLian Global  With the recent Chinese regulatory crackdowns on a lot of sectors, it has become essential for foreign companies in business with the country to understand the emphasis on new regulations. Cross-border payments company LianLian Global is based in Hangzhou and helps its global customers to break into the Chinese market. CEO David Messenger discusses with IBS Intelligence’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti how small and medium business in financial services can navigate the regulatory system when it comes to cross-border payments with China. 

James Booth, VP Head of Partnerships, PPROGlobal provider of local payments infrastructure PPRO recently published its annual Almanac, a study expecting a 70% growth of digital payments in Europe in the next five years, as well as tracking the rise of ecommerce and changes in consumer behaviour. IBSi’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti discussed the findings and how the payment landscape might look like in 2022 with James Booth, VP Head of Partnerships at PPRO.

Marshall Choy, SVP Product, SambaNova SystemsUS firm SambaNova Systems is building what is being claimed as Europe’s fastest AI supercomputer for Hungary’s OTP Bank. The partnership between the two will deploy a multi-rack AI system, built on SambaNova Dataflow-as-a-Service GPT, offering the most advanced language model in the world at a commercial bank. The system will also be provided as a national AI resource in cooperation with Hungary’s Ministry for Innovation and Technology. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the impact of AI on banking with Marshall Choy, SVP Product at SambaNova Systems.

Terry Duffy, SVP & GM, Digital First Software & Services, NCRPersonalisation will mature in 2022 with financial wellness initiatives leading the way but while the rush to digital will continue, in the US, physical will also transform with merged channels and more connected user experiences. Look for banks and credit unions to solidify their crypto strategies and embrace the as-a-service model. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses these issues and more with Terry Duffy, SVP & GM, Digital First Software & Services of NCR.

Luke Massie, CEO, VibePayFrom open banking to embedded finance, payments are part of the conversation, and the financial technology sector needs to remember why its customers behave the way they do. The pandemic has also seen the rapid rise of a ‘creator’ economy online. These topics, the race to become Europe’s super app and more in this conversation between Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence and Luke Massie, CEO of VibePay.

Monica Eaton-Cardone, Co-founder and COO, Chargebacks911Shocked by the stark gender disparity within the FinTech industry where women currently make up just 7% of start-up founders, Monica Eaton-Cardone, Co-founder and COO of Chargebacks911, launched a new micro-mentorship programme called , LIFT: Elevating Women in Fintech to empower female leadership across the thriving FinTech and payments arena

Stefan Schwitter, Head of Investment Solutions, SEBA BankThere is increasing institutional interest in cryptocurrencies with asset managers now viewing crypto as ‘digital gold’ and finding a corresponding commensurate place for it in their portfolios. These moves are being matched by progress in the regulation of digital assets and developments such as SEBA Bank’s crypto yield platform SEBA Earn. Robin Amlôt IBS Intelligence speaks to Stefan Schwitter, Head of Investment Solutions at SEBA Bank, a FINMA licenced Swiss Bank providing crypto and digital asset banking services.