IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Interviews

Mike Whitmire, CEO and Co-founder, FloQastFloQast provides accounting automation software for finance teams globally, with customers that include the likes of Zoom, MongoDB and WorldRemit. In an interview with IBS Intelligence’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti, CEO and Co-founder Mike Whitmire explained how the company can enable a month-end close  with ease and dispense with much of the typical bureaucracy associated with accounting processes. 

Yaron Hazan, VP Regulatory Affairs, ThetarayForced labour is said to generate $150 billion in profits every year. However, artificial intelligence-based monitoring can spot the money laundering schemes that many human traffickers rely on. Implementing such a system would allow banks to proactively stop illicit profits from getting through and alert authorities to suspicious activity. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Yaron Hazan, VP Regulatory Affairs at Thetaray about what banks can and should be doing.

Tarusha Mittal, COO and CO-Founder of Oropocket, Open DeFi, and UniFarmTarusha is a seasoned blockchain entrepreneur who believes that blockchain technology is the future, due to its decentralized nature. She came into the crypto space and founded multiple ventures with a vision of providing a trustworthy and stable platform for users and enhancing blockchain adoption. In an interview with IBS Intelligence’s Gaia Lamperti, she spoke about her journey so far, the revolutionary potential of DeFi, and how she established herself as a female entrepreneur in the sector. 

Ron Totaro, CEO, TassatTassat CEO Ron Totaro has experience as an advisor to private capital and venture firms around investment opportunities in emerging technologies so what would he be saying to FinTechs seeking funding? And what of Tassat’s own offering – TassatPay® – a blockchain-based B2B payments platform for banks to offer to their commercial customers? Tassat’s offering was the first digital payments platform approved by US regulators, the NYDFS and the FDIC. Totaro talks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about developing a white label solution for mid-tier banks.

Paolo Di Grazia, Deputy General Manager & Head of Global Business, Fineco BankListed on the FTSE MIB, Fineco Bank claims to offer a business model that is unique in Europe, combining its platform with a network of financial advisers, offering brokerage, banking and investment services. Fineco is Italy’s largest bank and says its branchless UK offering shows a potentially different way forward for UK banking. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Paolo Di Grazia, Deputy General Manager & Head of Global Business of Fineco Bank. 

Tim Vanderham, SVP & Chief Technology Officer, NCRNCR recently announced the acquisition of cryptocurrency software provider LibertyX. Tim Vanderham, CTO of NCR talks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about why banks need a complete cryptocurrency solution now, what role digital currency will play in the banking landscape and what some of the potential use cases are.

Richard Hummel, ASERT Threat Intelligence Lead, NETSCOUTNETSCOUT recently published its latest Threat Intelligence Report. Among its findings, threat actors launched approximately 5.4 million DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks in the first half of 2021, setting the world on track to see a new record for calendar 2021. The global connectivity supply chain is increasingly under attack from both DDoS and ransomware events. Is there a silver lining to this cloud? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Richard Hummel, ASERT Threat Intelligence Lead at NETSCOUT.

Yogi Sadana, CEO, CASHeThe lending landscape in India is changing with banks and FinTechs offering complimentary services. CASHe was the country’s first FinTech lender to debut on Google Pay. The firm uses an alternative credit rating system, the Social Loan Quotient, which combines big data analytics and a proprietary AI algorithm. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Yogi Sadana, CEO of CASHe about the growth of digital lending in India. 

Kathy Stares, Executive Vice President, Americas at Provenir (pictured) and Thomas Matecki, CTO, ZilchZilch, the only fully Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulated BNPL player in the UK, has recently signed with risk decisioning platform Provenir to future-proof its BNPL offering and provide agility to address the shifting sands of the regulatory landscape. Gaia Lamperti from IBS Intelligence interviewed Kathy Stares, Executive Vice President, Americas at Provenir and Thomas Matecki, CTO at Zilch to get insights on the recent partnership and the BNPL regulatory landscape.

Xavier Dubois, Director, Product Management, Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting, Wolters Kluwer FRRBanks around the world are looking to adopt and rollout Basel-IV requirements. But it is so far not necessarily clear exactly what those requirements will be from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. So, what is likely to be contained in Basel-IV, who is affected and what do the challenges mean for risk management practices? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speak to Xavier Dubois, Director, Product Management, Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting, Wolters Kluwer FRR