Best IBS Intelligence Podcasts | A Cedar Consulting Unit Podcasts (2025)

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EP918: The mass affluent future of digital wealth management 10:38

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Ziad Mabsout, Co-Founder & CEO, Vennre WealthTech has evolved from offering simple portfolio dashboards to full-service, AI-powered advisory platforms that are democratising private market access as a mainstream investment category. This increasing inclusivity is benefitting the world’s HENRYs (high income not rich yet). A mass_affluent audience is…

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EP919: Trade surveillance in an era of ‘always on’ financial markets 10:41

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Melissa Watras, Director of Product, Trillium Surveyor Trillium Surveyor, a provider of trade surveillance software, signed a deal in May with Blue Ocean Technologies to provide 24/5 trade surveillance to cover overnight trading sessions. Melissa Watras of Trillium Surveyor speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about the tech and regulatory cha…

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EP917: AI-driven Compliance as a Service (CaaS) transforms compliance from burden to benefit 13:10

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Rainer Vorwerk, Business Development Manager DACH & Head of Profinit Germany; Philipp Söchtig, Head of Corporate Development & Operations, Deputy Head of IT, Berenberg; Marcel Pochert, Head of Digital Transformation, Berenberg Berenberg is one of Europe’s oldest privately owned banks. The bank chose Profinit to automate contract reviews, reduce cos…

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EP916: Designing the Future of Cross-Border Payments: How Compliance Can Drive Innovation 20:11

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Nitin Pulyani, Head of Products, Cashfree Payments Cross-border payments have long been plagued by high fees, unpredictable exchange rates, and slow settlement times. But with FinTech innovation, real-time rails, and compliance-led product design, the landscape is changing rapidly. In this episode, Vriti Gothi sits down with Nitin Pulyani, Head of …

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EP915: Banking on a ‘living’ anti-fraud system 14:12

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Rivi Varghese, CEO, Clari5 – a Perfios Company The menace of fraud in the financial ecosystem is no longer a static problem that can be tackled with static solutions. Periodic updates are artifacts of the past. What is needed now is a living defence that is capable of evolving as fast, if not faster, than the cyberthreat it faces. Rivi Varghese, CE…

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EP914: Human in the loop – rethinking trade ops workforce 9:23

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Andrew Dalton, VP Sales Europe, Cleareye.ai Banks’ trade operations are evolving and are under greater pressure than ever before. Documentation is more complex and regulatory scrutiny more intense. Andrew Dalton, VP Sales Europe for Cleareye.ai joins Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence to discuss the role being played by AI and automation in helping fi…

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EP913: India’s Credit Cards Enter a Digital-First Future 12:35

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Varun Dudeja, Head of Business Development APAC, Pismo India’s credit ecosystem is undergoing a digital-first transformation, with issuers navigating modernisation, compliance, and scalability as embedded finance and platforms like Pismo redefine the future of credit. Puja Sharma speaks with Varun Dudeja, Head of Business Development APAC, Pismo, o…

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EP911: The right way to implement AI 11:33

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Scott Barronton, Chief Information Security Officer, Diebold Nixdorf AI in financial_services is beginning to move from promise to practical implementation. But, as Scott Barronton, CISO of Diebold Nixdorf, warns, organisations should roll out internal AI solutions before leveraging the technology in their products. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence …

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EP912: How to manage insider cybersecurity threats 10:10

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Will Ashford-Brown, Director Strategic Insights, Heligan Group It has been suggested that more than a third of businesses globally are affected every year by insider threats – it is the cybersecurity issue that not enough companies are focusing on! Organisations are implementing increasingly sophisticated defences against external cyberattacks but …

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EP910: Invisible to Credit-Ready: The Journey of India’s New Borrower 14:25

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Manish Shara, Co-founder & CEO, Zet From being “credit invisible” to becoming financially empowered, millions of Indians are on a journey to build their credit story. But how do technology, AI, and trust come together to bridge this massive gap? In this episode, Vriti Gothi sits down with Manish Shara, Co-Founder & CEO of ZET, to explore how FinTec…

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EP909: Creating value by leveraging the data you already have 10:10

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Preetha Pulusani, Chief Executive Officer, Deep Target Financial institutions could be sitting on a proverbial gold mine of data – yet most banks and credit unions fail to leverage these assets effectively. That failure leaves a strategic resource that offers tremendous growth potential underutilised! Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Preet…

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EP908: What does banking need to do to combat fraud? 12:24

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Carl Slabicki, Executive Platform Owner, Treasury Services, BNY What does the cybersecurity landscape look like now? What should banks around the world be doing to tackle fraud? Everyone agrees the key could be data sharing but how can we make this happen? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the role of AI as an accelerator and a tool for goo…

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EP906: Trends in crossborder payments and FinTech 10:34

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Andrew Jurgielan, Chief Revenue Officer ONE.io Under the spotlight, the challenges and opportunities of cross-border banking, regulatory strategy and payment innovation. One.io is a full-suite financial services solution, providing access to business accounts, global payments, spot FX, crypto trading and payment processing for a global customer bas…

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EP907: The challenges of fighting fincrime and managing the regulatory burden 9:00

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Phil Cotter, CEO, SmartSearch Regulated entities in the financial sphere face increasing complex compliance requirements. This year alone, new regulations such as DORA, AMLA and ECCTA reflect the fact that fincrime is at the forefront of business challenges. However, combine pressure from malign actors with increased regulation and it is easy to se…

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EP904: Why is moving money across borders so slow and what is the remedy? 10:44

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Mouloukou Sanoh, Co-Founder & CEO, MANSA MANSA is building on-chain infrastructure to make real-time cross border payments a reality in the belief that seamless money movement shouldn't be limited by legacy systems and outdated infrastructure. In many emerging markets, mobile first apps have already displaced traditional banks with stablecoins like…

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EP905: Managing risks in AI and how to minimise their impact 16:57

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Richard Harmon, VP & Global Head of Financial Services, Red Hat Red Hat operates as an independent subsidiary of IBM. It is an open hybrid cloud technology provider and is the world's leading provider of open-source solutions. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Richard Harmon, VP & Global Head of Financial Services at Red Hat. In a wide-rang…

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EP903: Modern records management in the age of AI and digital trust 18:29

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Arpan Bansal, VP-Marketing (Government & GSI Initiatives) Newgen Software AI and automation are transforming how records are classified and managed. With growing concerns around issues pertaining to trust and compliance, innovation needs to be balanced alongside accountability. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Arpan Bansal, VP-Marketing (G…

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EP902: Core banking – the next battleground in financial technology 10:30

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Tom Bentley, Chief Revenue Officer, 10x Banking 10x Banking, the cloud-native core banking platform, has announced the appointment of Tom Bentley to its Executive Board as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Tom will lead the company’s global commercial and growth strategy expansion across key markets including Europe, APAC, the Middle East and Africa. Be…

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EP901: The Future of Intelligent Automation: Making AI Work for Everyone 19:18

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Sameet Gupte, Co-founder & CEO, EvoluteIQ From tedious tasks to complex workflows, automation has come a long way, but what happens when AI, ML, and low-code/no-code converge? Intelligent Automation is reshaping how organizations operate, innovate, and scale across sectors like healthcare, finance, and tech. Vriti Gothi sits down with Sameet Gupte,…

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EP900: Making Digital Transformation Stick: Why Resilience Matters 22:42

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Amalesh Mishra, Chief Growth Officer, QualityKiosk Digital quality is no longer just about bug-free apps; it’s about building resilience, speed, and reliability at scale. From AI-driven risk prediction to Digital Testing as a Service (DTaaS), tech leaders are rethinking software quality in a cloud-native, always-on world. In regulated sectors such …

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EP898: Bringing private markets infrastructure up to date 8:30

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Edwin Chan, Regional Managing Director Europe, Carta The private markets have lagged on infrastructure but that gap in capabilities is now closing with the development of ERP solutions for the management of private capital. The alternative investment ecosystem is tentatively beginning to embrace AI, offering the prospects of clarity automation and …

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EP899: Hollowing the banking core and digital coexistence 14:17

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Michael Breen, CCO, audax Financial Technology audax Financial Technology is a comprehensive digital banking solutions provider empowering banks and financial institutions to scale and modernise at speed. audax has enabled new business models and revenue streams for Standard Chartered under the SC nexus proposition. The result, Standard Chartered b…

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EP897: Could a large-scale hack of biometric data trigger a global banking crisis? 12:20

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Michael Marcotte, Founder, Chairman & CEO, artius.ID Banks currently store customers’ biometric data on centralised systems, making it highly vulnerable and attractive to hackers. A successful breach of this data could result in group litigation from customers large enough to destabilise both the bank itself and the surrounding financial ecosystem.…

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EP896: Taking the fight to fincrime in real time with agentic AI 10:15

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Adam Gable, Senior Product Director, Temenos Agentic AI helps to simplify complex processes by performing automated tasks without human intervention. Temenos unveiled its FCM AI Agent at the Temenos Community Forum (TCF 2025) in Madrid. It is an AI-enhanced compliance engine, enabling a significant reduction in false positives when screening agains…

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EP894: How to make payments pay in the 21st century 11:31

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Mick Fennell, Business Line Director, Payments, Temenos Payments by volume have soared, both in domestic markets and cross-border markets but, at the same time, banks margins have come under increasing pressure. Banks simply aren’t making the money out of the payments business that they used to make out of it. How do we create a system of payments …

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EP895: How AI is dominating the current FinTech venture capital scene 8:54

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Thomas Cuvelier, Partner, RTP Global Venture capital firm RTP Global says it invests in ‘ambitious founders reshaping the world through technology’. The focus in FinTech funding now is very firmly on AI and likely to remain there for some time. The impact of developments in artificial intelligence are only just beginning to be felt. Robin Amlôt of …

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EP893: How embedded finance is helping SMEs 11:03

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Thomas Longhurst, Head of Strategic Partnerships, YouLend Embedded finance is boosting business growth for SMEs as industry dynamics are being changed by the power of partnerships. Thomas Longhurst, Head of Strategic Partnerships at global embedded financing platform YouLend speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence, beginning with his thoughts on …

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EP892: Taking nature into account in the business of lending and investing 9:08

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Mattie Yeta, Chief Sustainability Officer, CGI Banks are under increasing pressure to understand how nature-related risks like biodiversity loss, flood risk and soil degradation may impact asset values and long-term resilience. However, many lenders lack the tools and context to interpret this data. Mattie Yeta, Chief Sustainability Officer for CGI…

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EP891: Female FinTech founders – lessons to be learned from Mia Drennan 8:47

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Mia Drennan, Founder & CEO, GLAS Mia Drennan pioneered independent loan administration and trustee services – an area traditionally dominated by banks. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Mia Drennan, Founder and CEO of GLAS, about how she disrupted financial services and thrived in the male dominated financial services – building a global fi…

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EP889: Loan origination and credit profiling designed to speed approvals 14:56

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Ram Ramdas, Founder & Chief Evangelist, Wonderlend Hubs WonderLend Hubs offers scalable, customisable solutions that adapt to the dynamic needs of modern lenders. It is a no-code, micro-modular solution delivered as a PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) model. Modular architecture or microservices allows the company to offer ‘Micro plans’, i.e. API bundle…

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EP888: Broken windows, big breaches: how tiny AML gaps spark major trouble 13:47

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Ruchi Tripathi, Vice President - Product Management for AMLOCK, Azentio Financial crime compliance is evolving—and even minor lapses like missed STRs can spark major regulatory fallout. Legacy tech adds to the challenge, creating blind spots in AML frameworks. Ruchi Tripathi, VP – Product Management at Azentio’s AMLOCK, speaks with Puja Sharma on a…

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EP886: How FinTechs fail and how we can prevent it 14:06

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Elliott Limb, CEO, Cubed Over the past decade, we have seen many FinTechs rise and fall – entering the market to great fanfare only to exit extremely quietly. Why do so many FinTechs fail and what needs to happen in order to reduce the chronic failure rates among FinTech startups. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Cubed CEO Elliott Limb who…

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EP887: Solving cybersecurity? The need for more robust cyber resilience strategies 12:22

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Steve Brodie, Chief Revenue Officer, Goldilock Physical network isolation is becoming essential in today’s cybersecurity threat landscape. Software-only solutions are no longer enough. The case for hardware-based protection has been thrown into sharp relief in recent months with high profile cases of cyber attacks that have revealed victim organisa…

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EP884: Digitisation of payments isn’t solving the problems facing the UK construction industry 10:07

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Louise Stewart, CEO, ProjectPay Payments are a crucial issue in construction where some 98% of firms in the industry are SMEs. The UK construction sector is struggling with outdated financial models and banking structures but to address these challenges needs more than just the introduction of digital payments. A recent report by platform ProjectPa…

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EP885: Building behavioural analytics based on mobile devices and web metadata 13:18

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Michele Tucci, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Credolab Credolab is a data analytics platform based on smartphone and web behavioural metadata available to any company with a mobile app and a website. The use of this alternative data acts to bolster risk assessment and credit decisioning in a privacy-safe, predictive way that improves outcomes…

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EP883: The pain points in insurance and how AI is addressing them. 12:02

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Ritesh Varma, VP Business Solutions Consulting, Newgen Software Investigating the opportunities and challenges involved in the implementation of artificial intelligence in the insurance sector – from ensuring fairness and compliance in underwriting via data-driven decision-making to the role AI plays in combatting fraud. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intellig…

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EP882: How AI agents are changing financial research and analysis 11:55

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Chandini Jain, Founder & CEO, Auquan Auquan offers AI agents for institutional finance and provides a glimpse into the future of work in investment banking. Agentic AI is already rewriting the role of humans in financial research and analysis – no long, for example, will junior investment bankers face ‘death by powerpoint’. AI is reshaping workflow…

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EP880: Deriving actionable business insights through analytics and AI 12:43

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Jorge Lluch, Co-Founder & COO, Abacum Abacum is a financial planning and analysis platform which recently raised $60 million in a Series B funding round. Businesses are under increasing pressure to forecast accurately, and AI-driven planning tools are themselves seen as a critical component to assist CFOs in forecasting revenue, planning headcount …

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EP881: The promise of blockchain: end-to-end visibility and improved financial tracking 10:25

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Liat Shetret, Vice President, Global Policy & Regulation, Elliptic Debanking is not a new issue but despite efforts by jurisdictions like the USA and Australia introducing legislation to remove barriers for crypto firms, debanking remains a significant obstacle globally. The bottom line? Banks are hesitant to engage with crypto due to perceived ris…

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EP878: Using artificial intelligence in business and tackling the AI talent gap 12:58

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Daniel Sanchez Grant, SVP International Corp Sales & UK Country Director, AlphaSense There is a global AI talent gap. Rising demand for skilled staff in the area of artificial intelligence has seen AI expertise become the most in-demand skill set in technology with firms struggling to fill roles. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the proble…

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EP879: Harnessing AI for the benefit of the global financial community 14:25

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Rachel Levi, Head of AI, Swift The financial services sector has been using the predictive capabilities of traditional AI for years in use cases such as liquidity management and cash forecasting. However, the introduction of generative AI has created a vast range of opportunities for firms to improve customer support, drive smarter decision-making,…

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EP877: Banking in the Fast Lane—Why Regulation is a Guardrail, Not a Roadblock 20:52

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Shalini Sankarshana, MD, Planview India’s banking sector is sprinting through a marathon of digital disruption—and the smartest players are using regulation not as a roadblock, but as guardrails for innovation. In this episode, Shalini Sankarshana, Managing Director at Planview®—an expert in Strategic Portfolio Management and Digital Product Develo…

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EP875: How AI is transforming the $7 billion expenses management market 8:23

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Aidana Zhakupbekova, Chief Financial Officer, Rydoo Topics in the spotlight include the workplace and compliance benefits of AI, and the integration of AI in existing financial systems. You’ll also hear comment on the role of smart audit AI in combatting expense fraud. Aidana Zhakupbekova, Chief Financial Officer of expense management platform Rydo…

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EP876: AI in asset management – from efficiency gains to strategic decisioning 11:01

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Russell Andrews, Head of Wealth & Asset Management Vertical EMEA, FIS The focus on AI implementation in asset management has so far been largely on improving efficiency in routine, low value tasks. Building data lakes and warehouses is the foundational work necessary to enable AI-driven decision-making at scale. True value will emerge when AI is fu…

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EP874: Infrastructure Without Awareness Isn’t Inclusion 18:39

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Sarika Agarwal, Chief Business Officer, Findi India’s FinTech journey is at an inflection point—where building digital rails is no longer enough. True financial inclusion demands solutions rooted in a local context, blending the physical with the digital to meet users where they are. Sarika Agarwal, Chief Business Officer at FindiPay, speaks with P…

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EP873: Solving the paradox at the heart of payments – rising volumes but shrinking margins 13:22

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Yoann Vandendriessche, Group Chief Product Officer, Intix & NetGuardians The payments sector is facing its biggest transformation in a decade. Traditional models are no longer sustainable, and firms need to rethink their strategies, harness real-time transaction data and look to more adaptive infrastructures. Indeed, real-time payments will become …

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EP872: How progressive modernisation in banking offers new solutions 13:25

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Ben Goldin, Founder & CEO, Plumery The ‘big bang’ core replacement model is no longer a viable option for many banks. Instead, a step-by-step approach that overlays new modules over an existing core banking system may offer a way for financial institutions to bring their services up to date. Ben Goldin, Founder and CEO of Plumery speaks to Robin Am…

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EP870: How AI-first digital platforms are changing loan origination 9:58

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Kaushal Verma, Head of Global Banking CoE, Newgen Software Technology has revolutionised lending and the loan origination process. Increasing speed of approval is a huge advantage. SMEs may now access the funds they need almost instantly. Modern digital lending platforms are more flexible, lending practices are more transparent – as examples of thi…

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EP871: The opportunities presented by biometric authentication 12:28

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Patrick Lemay, Head of Corporate Development, PayRetailers Biometric authentication solutions are about more than just security. While multi-modal authentication is reducing fraud, it also holds the potential to create a more seamless and personalised payment experience. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the opportunities with Patrick Lemay…

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EP868: Artificial intelligence, Gen AI and the future of cognitive banking 14:47

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Udi Ziv, CEO, Personetics AI-powered customer experience is evolving to meet consumers’ needs for a personal relationship with their bank. With a mission to democratise financial wellness, cognitive banking offers a fundamental shift in how financial institutions engage with their customers, leveraging advanced data analytics and predictive modelli…