Season 1
Open Banking and Open Finance as a Journey
Today I speak with Lauren Jones, Director of Market Development at Open Banking Exchange. Lauren is an expert focused on delivering open banking and open finance to central banks, regulators and market infrastructures around ...
Merging two companies to create an innovative SoftPOS solution known …
Today I speak with Barry Levett, Co-founder and CEO at Mypinpad. Mypinpad strives to be the solution of choice for money on the move — making mobile transactions safe, easy and enjoyable and Barry confidently says they are kn...
The financial super app for the 2.5 million agribusinesses feeding Af…
My guest today is Shalom Ben Or, Co-founder and CEO at Avenews. Avenews is building the first financial super app for the agriculture industry catering for the 2.5 million agriculture SMEs across Sub-Saharan Africa. They empo...
The journey to becoming a FinTech Unicorn - with female Co-Founders
My guest today is Daniela Binnati, Co-founder and CTO at Pismo. Pismo is global leader in cloud-native core banking and a card issuing platform and Daniela to me is one of the most inspirational women in FinTech. Earlier this...
The world's first plastic-free wooden card: Solving the 6 billion ann…
My guest today is Christian Lehringer, CEO at Copecto. Copecto’s innovative product is The TIMBERCARD. The world’s first plastic-free wood payment card that can be used like any conventional banking card. It is fully biodegra...
Unleashing the Power of AI, Sustainability and Programmable Money
My guest today is Tony Craddock, the Director General of the Payments Association, an award-winning community to advance payments innovation, and encourage collaboration across the payments industry. We talk about mindset, AI...
Understanding the US$250 Billion Chargebacks challenge
My guest today is Monica Eaton, CEO at Chargebacks911. We explore her success mindset, her early start as an entrepreneur, and the story behind Chargebacks911. We then explore how chargebacks are costing the industry 250 Bill...
Innovation despite all odds. Growing a Lending SaaS FinTech during ti…
My guest today is Svitlanka Sergiichuk Romaniuk, CEO & Co-founder at Neofin, a Lending SaaS FinTech. We had a ton of fun recording, we talk about how no code solutions are empowering companies to launch lending propositions f...
FinTech in 2030! Mastering Product Innovation for the Metaverse & Alp…
My guest today is Pawel Stezycki, Senior Fintech & Banking Consultant at Netguru. We talk about the future of FinTech in 2030! We first set context on the how to go about thinking about the future We discuss how to …
Navigating FinTech Success: Insights on solving SME's painpoints, US …
My guest today is Marijke Koninckx, Chief Product Officer at Bankifi. We talk about the challenges of SMEs managing their payments flow, getting financing and managing their money, the importance of creating a safe environmen...
Think differently: be a challenger, not an excellent sheep. How data …
Today I speak with Ken Hart, CEO and Founder at Snowdrop Solutions, a data enrichment FinTech. We talk about the importance of clarity and transparency of transactions in financial services, focusing on solving every day prob...
Open banking, data privacy, learning who is your target audience and …
Today I speak with Fliss Berridge, Director and Co-founder at Ordo, an Open Banking Payments-as-a-Service FinTech. Fliss has a background in music, law, and payments. We talk about resilience and embracing failure, account in...
How to build and scale Products with a customer centric focus
In today’s episode I speak with Edu Moore, Product Director at Clara, Latin America’s leading end-to-end business spend management platform. Edu has an impressive career and worked in three FinTech Unicorns - Nubank, Bitso an...
People, Process, Product - What VCs wish you knew about Product
In today’s episode I speak with Kevin Brockland, Founder and Managing Partner at Indelible Ventures, a seed stage venture fund in Malaysia. We go through the three Ps needed to build products and companies with impact: People...
Money2020 Special Edition: The Sound of Payments
Money20/20 Amsterdam was the event of the Summer! A place where new ideas, perspectives and people meet. It is definitely not your traditional event, it is fun and experiential. I had a blast and without a doubt I can say …
Empowering Businesses: Payments and banking solutions for medium and …
Lissele Pratt is the Founder of Capitalixe, a fast-growing fintech consultancy. Capitalixe specializes in helping medium to high-risk industries obtain market-leading fintech, payments, and banking solutions. Lissele has been...
What is open banking, open finance and open data, and how it will cha…
Huw Davies is the Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer at OzoneAPI. Huw believes open banking, open finance and open data will change the world, and he is a man on a mission to make it happen. He’s spent over 20 …
Exploring Purpose Driven Robowealth and Outcome Driven Product Culture
Julie Martin is the Head of Product at Stashaway. Julie started her career in investment banking, moved to Product in a Fashion company and now heads a team building Investment Products at a Robowealth FinTech. We cover her s...
The role of Purpose in FinTech and how to craft a strategic Purpose t…
Simon Clarkson is the Founder and Consultant CMO at Purposecraft where he helps companies develop and implement a clear, evidence-based strategic purpose, while empowering functions to be catalysts for change and creators of ...
Purpose Driven FinTech Trailer
Welcome to Purpose Driven FinTech. I’m your host Monica Millares. In this podcast, I interview FinTech Founders, Product leaders and experts to uncover their stories, challenges, and lessons learnt in building products with i...