Stacey 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 build new products and processes using an ever-changing and improving tech stack that utilizes modern architectures (such as domain-driven design, micro-services patterns) and cloud computing.

Basalt's proficiencies include:

Core banking technologies
Integration + now API (open banking)
Customer Interface Solutions

Wayne discusses all things FinTech, important attributes to look for in your leadership team, and the difference between the traditional model and the new model of VCs in Africa.