A podcast mapping out the Swiss and global FinTech ecosystem
Ed Lascelles and Jessica Bartos from Albion VC, based in London, UK, early backers of Booking.com, explain their investment philosophy, especially when it comes to FinTech and Tech, success stories, assessment of the British and European start-up scene, and views on the FinTechs' prospects of taking on big banks or partnering up with them.
Read MoreWe talk to Ken Banta, founder and principal of Vanguard Group for Leadership, a senior leadership consultancy, about the need for senior leaders to have a strategic side gig. What does it mean and why is it imperative in today's competitive career development? Listen in to find out more.
Read MoreMarwan Forzley, CEO of Veem, a B2B payments platform, explains how his company leverages their proprietary algorithms to find the best way to effect payments worldwide and delight customers.
Read MoreFrederic Hofmann, Managing Director at ING Ventures, based in London, UK, explains ING's approach to working with start-ups from partnering to investing and in particular, how ING corporate venture team works, their success stores and lessons learned.
Read MoreIn this bonus episode, you can listen to the excerpt of the virtual event from Voice of FinTech: Live Speaker Series, where we talked to Naina Sethi from Magic FinServ New York, Darko Pilav from Digital Asset Zurich and Emilie Raffo from Geneva about Digital Assets, Blockchain and Crypto: 2020 reality check.
Read MoreAhead of LendIt FinTech USA, we talk to representatives of companies participating in this virtual event: Keith Grose, Head of UK and International at Plaid, Jillian Cohn, Partner at Mouro Capital (formerly Santander Innoventures), and Sean Hunter, CIO of OakNorth, about Plaid's international expansion plans, the rationale for spin-off Santander Innoventures and re-branding as Mouro Capital, why OakNorth licenses its proprietary technology to other banks, respectively, and much more! The link to register and discount code for Voice of FinTech listeners inside the notes on the next page.
Read MoreIn this episode of Asia Pacific Series, hosted by Taneia Bhardwaj, based in Mumbai, India, Taneia talks to Jitendra Gupta, CEO and founder of Jupiter (among many other ventures!). Jupiter is India’s first & only co-created banking experience dedicated to Millenials.
Read MoreA discussion with Patrick Loepfe, founder & chairman of Gentwo, a Swiss securitization platform for bankable, non-bankable and digital assets. Gentwo is disrupting the securitization business dominated by banks - listen in to find out how!
Read MoreKathryn Van Nuys, US Head of Business Development, Start-ups and Venture Capital at Amazon Web Services (AWS), based in New York, explains a wide range of resources and programs helping start-ups (and their investors) to get their ventures off the ground and scale-up worldwide. Many excellent examples included painting a picture of how you can grow your business leveraging cloud services.
Read MoreIn this two-segment episode, a preview of the FinTech Talents Virtual North America, taking place in New York on September 9, we talk to legendary Jim Marous from the Financial Brand and Sarika Sangwan from Pinterest.
Jim explains the wealth of resources he and his team provide to the community, his views on the acceleration of digitalization trends in retail banking, who will be the winners in Financial Services in the post-COVID world and much more.
Sarika explains how Pinterest can be useful for FinTech and Financial Services firms by outlining the key elements of the platform for them: target, trigger and trust.
Read MoreIn the second episode of Asia Pacific Series, hosted by Chia Jeng Yang 谢征阳 based in Singapore, we speak to Benedicto Haryono, CEO of Koinworks.ID, the largest socially responsible digital lender and the first super financial app in Indonesia, and Adrian Li, Managing Partner of AC Ventures, a top VC firm in Indonesia and South East Asia. You will learn more about the scale of opportunity for lending in Indonesia, how FinTechs compete in Indonesia and investment opportunities and trends within the Indonesian FinTech scene.
Read MoreFernando Vázquez Cao, CEO at SBI Digital Assets Holdings, the digital assets arm of the SBI group, and Marc Robinson, COO at SBI Digital Assets Holdings in Tokyo, Japan discuss their vision for the digital assets ecosystem, their views on the importance of partnerships (such as Boerse Stuttgart), the status of the ecosystem in Japan and their hiring plans worldwide.
The SBI Group operates in 21 countries and provides financial services in a wide range of categories, including securities, banking, asset management and insurance. The SBI group is an investor in Ripple, BRD, R3, Solaris Bank and Boerse Stuttgart among others.
Read MoreIn this bonus episode, we talk to David M. Brear, Group CEO of 11:FS, about the acceleration of digitalization trends due to the current pandemic, potential opportunities for FinTech even in trying times and David's advice for FinTechs attempting B2B sales and partnerships with banks.
Read MoreArianna Elena Maschietto, Corporate Partnerships & Program Manager at Plug and Play Tech Center in Milan, Italy and Gabrielle Inzirillo, Director, Fintech (EMEA) at Plug And Play Ventures in Paris, France explain how Plug and Play, a VC and corporate innovation program that started with its CEO as an early backer of PayPal works!
Read MoreIn this interview, we talk to Gregor Braun, Gregor Braun, Head Sales Switzerland & Europe for Equities and ETFs at SIX, Henrik Husman, President Nasdaq Helsinki and Head of European Cash Equities at Nasdaq and Reinier Boeschoten, Board member of 12H, one of the largest microwave network providers in Europe. You will learn more about microwave technology, which allows the fastest transmission of trade data between exchange data centers and the partnership between SIX (the Swiss Exchange Group), Nasdaq and 12H to expand the European microwave network.
Read MoreIn this episode, we talk to David Birch, a fantastic British author, Forbes contributor, speaker, commentator and consultant on digital finance, digital currency and digital identity about his views on e-currencies, crypto and blockchain and digital identity. What's ahead of us and why?
Read MoreIn the first episode of Asia Pacific Series, hosted by Angela Conroy based in Singapore, we talk with Neal Cross, co-founder and Chairman of PictureWealth, one of the world’s fastest-growing wealth FinTech companies, based in Perth, Australia. Why is personal wealth management so important? What are the big mistakes corporates make when trying to innovate? How can start-ups pick the right partners to help them succeed? How do orangutans and coral reefs fit into all of this?
Read MoreWe talk to Chiara Spina, Ph.D., Bocconi, and from September, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD in Singapore. Is there a way to teach entrepreneurship? Are entrepreneurs born or made? How can you make strategic decisions in your early-stage venture intelligently to maximize your chances of survival, and even better, success?
Read MoreA rare opportunity to gain a behind the scenes look into the mindset and plans of two senior Goldman Sachs alumni, Dimitrios Kavvathas and Francesco Adiliberti, CEOs of Nomisma and the Swiss Crypto Exchange, respectively, joining forces building Europe's first MIFID II licensed MTF for trading tokenized assets, in particular derivatives, on a blockchain.
Read MoreA discussion with Neil Thomas, SIX Group's representative in Asia - Head of Sales and Country Head Singapore and Japan and Jonas Thuerig, Head of F10 in Singapore about SIX's objectives in the region, reasons to support the expansion of F10 in Singapore, thoughts on the economy, innovation and the start-up scene in the region and connectivity to Switzerland.
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