Tomorrow: Founder story - Pivoting to Scale with Rapyd and guest co-host Adelle Grisaffe from RFi Group's Global Digital Banker podcast

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In this bonus episode, together with Adelle Grisaffe as a guest co-host, we interview Sarel Tal, VP EMEA from Rapyd, London based, FinTech-as-a-Service platform. Rapyd provides APIs that help integrate local payments and FinTech capabilities. Adelle is London based Australian, producer and host of RFi (Retail Finance Intelligence) podcast Global Digital Banker. We talk about pivoting from B2V to B2B to accelerate scaling up, Rapyd's unfair advantage vs. competitors and the state of Open Banking in Europe. We also cover short and long term threats and opportunities coming of the current health crisis for start-ups and FinTechs in particular.

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Wealth Management vs. WealthTech

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We talk to Christine (Mar) Ciriani about the Wealth Management challenges and where WealthTech could provide solutions for pain points of client advisors servicing high net worth or ultra-high net worth clients. Christine (Mar) Ciriani is Chief Commercial Officer at Finantix, Board member at Barclays Switzerland and Industry Partner at Motive Partners, well-respected Wealth Management and Wealth Tech expert.

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Founder story: Last mile in data analytics with Luminant Analytics

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Renu Ann Joseph, founder and CEO of Luminant Analytics, a Swiss-American InsurTech start-up, talks about the "last mile" when it comes to using data science and data analytics in the insurance industry. We also talk about the benefits of open innovation for both insurers and InsurTechs. Renu also shares some early thoughts on the impact of the COVID-19 on the start-ups and the insurance industry.

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Finovate Berlin

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In this episode, we speak to Greg Palmer, VP at Finovate, based in San Francisco, a leader in FinTech conferences around the world about the Berlin edition that took place in February. Also, we talk about Finovate's concept that varies across the globe and plans for San Francisco, New York and Asian editions, updated for the current situation around the COVID-19. We then speak to Myles Stephenson, CEO of Modulr, London based, integrated payment service for businesses about Copernican Leap in banking, direct connectivity of FinTechs to Bank of England and Modulr's growth plans.

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Swiss FinTech Awards 2020 - and the winners are...

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In this bonus episode, we are talking to: Oliver Bussmann, CEO and founder of Bussmann Advisory, jury member of the Swiss FinTech Awards, about Digital Transformation in Banking, FinTech start-up community, Blockchain and his views on the finalists this year and the winners of Swiss FinTech Awards 2020: Andy Iten, co-founder and member of the Board, F10, FinTech Influencer of the Year about the F10's expansion to Singapore, online Hackathon this year and co-operation with the corporate members, Daniel Sandmeier, CEO of Instimatch, Growth Stage Start-up of the Year, a platform for cash deposits, who explains their solution and David Bloch, CEO and co-founder of Legartis, Early Stage Start-up of the Year, an AI-powered solution for reviewing contracts, who describes how human lawyers can be freed of repetitive work!

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Financial Markets Technology: VC perspective

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In this episode, we talk to Mark Beeston, founder and Managing Partner of Illuminate Financial, London headquartered VC firm with a global mandate, about their investment approach, success stories and views on the Capital Markets FinTech as well as WealthTech and Asset Management Tech companies scene in Europe and globally.

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Founder story: Who is the best research analyst? Invisage has the answer

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How do you assess the research analyst performance in the MiFID II world? COO of UK based start-up Invisage and the member of the F10 Incubator/Accelerator Zurich current cohort, Harsh Dadhich, explains in this podcast. Are popularity rankings useful at all? Or should the returns on your portfolio, constructed based on the analyst's research drive whose research you should read? How do you find out ex-ante though?

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Terra Ventures: A sneak peek into Israeli VC mindset

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Astorre Modena is General Partner at Terra Venture Partners, based in Israel. We talked on the side of Startup Funding - VC Talks event in Zurich, organized by the FinTech Connector. He explains the Terra Venture Partners investment approach, the Israeli government's support of innovation, his views on the art of startup valuation and fundraising and Israeli-Swiss VC and start-up connectivity.

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MassChallenge Lausanne: A million francs for you?

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In this episode, we talk to Matt Lashmar, Managing Director of MassChallenge, Switzerland. He explains the origins of MassChallenge, how they differ from other accelerators, how to apply, how start-ups can benefit from the program (access to the corporate sponsors and prize money of a million Swiss Francs!) and their success stories. LISTEN HERE

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Paris FinTech Forum 2020

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Short interviews from Paris FinTech Forum with - Clara Durodie, Chair of Cognitive Finance Group, London about Artificial Intelligence for Financial Services and her book - Ian O'Sullivan, European Lead of Mastercard Start Path, who explains how Mastercard works with start-ups, helping them to get to market and gain scale, providing services to Mastercard customers and their support of female entrepreneurship - Susanne Chishti CEO of FINTECH Circle & FINTECH Circle Institute, London that explains their business angel, education and digital transformation acceleration programs - Emmalyn Shaw, Managing Partner from Flourish Ventures, San Francisco talks about global scalability and financial inclusiveness.

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The Danube Valley: Vacuumlabs example

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In this podcast, we talk to Matej Ftacnik, co-founder and CXO of Vacuum Labs based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Vacuumlabs is a FinTech focused software engineering powerhouse with over 200 employees, taking innovations to the market around the world, building neobanks for incumbents in Asia for example.

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Digitalization of the Art Business

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We caught up with Tanya Koenig on the side of the Digitalization of the Art Business discussion as a part of Voice of Fintech: Live Speaker Series in Zurich. We talk about why traditional mega art dealers invested in digital platforms, how blockchain can be useful for art buyers and CNN Money Switzerland's plans for increased coverage of the start-up scene.

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R3 - Enterprise blockchain solutions for corporates and startups!

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Yves Guillaume A. Messy is Blockchain architect and ecosystem builder at R3, an enterprise blockchain company behind Corda, open-source blockchain platform for business. We talk to Yves about what enterprise blockchain means, its relevance for the Financial Services and R3's co-operation with the F10 Incubator & Accelerator. We discuss the suitability of blockchain for enterprise, including privacy, regulation and scalability aspects. Yves explains what is Blockchain 3.0 and outlines growth plans of R3 globally and for DACH in particular.

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Avaloq.one - a new marketplace for B2B FinTechs

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We talk to Anders Christensen, Head of Ecosystem at Avaloq.one about the origins of Avaloq as a FinTech startup, now providing software solutions to the banks worldwide, and Avaloq's efforts to foster innovation ecosystem through its avaloq.one's platform, enabling B2B Fintechs easier access to Avaloq's banking clients.

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INSEAD in Davos!

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In this bonus episode, we caught up with Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean of INSEAD and Dean of Innovation on the side of INSEAD hosted a panel on Artificial Intelligence: Balancing AI productivity and responsibility in the STG Tent in Davos during WEF 2020. We talk about INSEAD’s activities in Davos and partnerships in the field of innovation.

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Somebody stole my unicorn! How to make sure it doesn't happen to you...

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We talk to Christian Meisser, CEO of LEXR about how to set up your venture from the get-go to minimize potential legal troubles and keep your hard-earned unicorn for yourself! LEXR is an innovative legal services firm based in Zurich, Switzerland, providing legal services and products to start-ups, especially FinTechs.

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You can't do it alone! How to find high quality talent for your venture and what to look for

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We talk with William Laitinen, Managing Director of Exige International, a UK and Swiss executive search firm specializing in recruitment for global financial companies about what to look for in your co-founders and what traits you should focus on when building a successful team. A special offer included towards the end of the episode!

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Voice of Fintech meets Global Tech Box! An ultimate podcast and vlog cross-over

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We talk to Cedric Bollag, founder and host of the "Startup Show" by Global Tech Box about how and why he started his show, his impressions of the Swiss start-up scene and comparison to the Israeli one. Check out the Startup Show by Global Tech Box on YouTube. You will also find the video recording of this podcast here on the next page!

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