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February summary

Rudolf Falat

St. Moritz, Switzerland

In case you missed out on the February episodes of the Voice of FinTech podcast, here is the monthly summary! You can listen to all the episodes on the Episodes pages of this website or when you subscribe to your favorite podcast apps under Subscribe.

Making financial data affordable for FinTechs building innovative products for the Capital Markets with Rachel Carpenter, CEO of Intrinio

Rachel Carpenter, founder, and CEO of Intrinio, based in St. Peterburg, Florida, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about providing affordable and high-quality financial data for FinTechs building new products and business in the Capital Markets FinTech space.

Specifically, here is what they covered:

  • Rachel's background and why she has become interested in financial data

  • What are the most remarkable innovations you have seen in Financial Data Management during your career, and where is the highest potential for FinTechs to improve this area of Finance?

  • What's Intrinio's mission? What's the problem Intrinio is solving?

  • What sort of data are we talking about? Also, what does it mean, financial supply chain?

  • How is Intrinio different from financial data providers like Bloomberg or exchanges?

  • Target clients: FinTechs in the Capital Markets space

  • How big is the opportunity Intrinio is tackling

  • What's the technology behind their solution

  • How Intrinio ensures data quality leveraging AI / Machine Learning

  • Where is Intrinio's team based and approach to hiring talent

  • What's your favorite business book?

  • The best way to reach out and find out more about Intrinio and Rachel

Streamlining signatory management with Delega's CEO, Riccardo Balsamo

Riccardo Balsamo, CEO of Delega, a Swiss-based RegTech, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about the pain points between banks and corporates when it comes to figuring out who is authorized to sign a contract on behalf of the counterparty and make a payment.

Here is what they covered:

  • Why is Riccardo a Treasury enthusiast?

  • What's Delega's mission - the problem it is solving

  • How does Delega differ from DocuSign or Adobe contract management solutions?

  • Target clients

  • The size of the opportunity

  • The technology behind Delega's solution

  • Preventing fraud with Delega's solution

  • The most remarkable innovations in Treasury during Riccardo's career, and where is the highest potential for FinTechs to improve this area of Finance

  • Size of the team and international reach

  • What is the best way to reach out (and what kind of parties would be most relevant for you)?

Exciting (and explainable) AI for Modern FinTech with Nvidia's Pahal Patangia, co-hosted with Emeritus live

In this live event, co-hosted and supported by Emeritus, leading global EdTech, making world-class education accessible globally, represented by Marie Mize, Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, spoke live to Pahal Patangia, Head of Developer Relations, FinTech at Nvidia about the latest trends in leveraging AI in FinTech, explainable AI, metaverse and FinTech and Nvidia's activities, products, and services supporting FinTechs.

Here is what they discussed (transcript is also available where supported by your podcast app):

  • Pahal's background

  • Pahal's role at Nvidia

  • AI is crucial for the development of FinTech. So what's the role of Nvidia in leveraging AI in Financial Services – from hardware to software, and what's the strategic rationale of Nvidia's involvement in this space?

  • Many start-ups perhaps overuse the term AI when describing the technology behind their ventures. Do you agree? What is AI and what is not when it comes to FinTech use cases?

  • What would be the most promising use cases for AI in FinTech?

  • We've had AI winters in the past – would you say we are past potential AI winters and why?

  • AI is sometimes the subject of fierce debate regarding ethics and governance, and sometimes the models' results are below expectations. So what can go wrong with AI?

  • Governance and regulatory framework are often behind technology improvements. What do you think is needed now when it comes to AI governance?

  • What is explainable AI? (XAI) Why do we need one?

  • Can you mention some examples where you have already worked on XAI implementation?

  • Given Nvidia's history, where do you see the most significant opportunities for FinTech expanding into metaverse or crossing over with gaming?

  • Is metaverse a fad, or is it here to stay? How does it correspond with the future of work?

  • What new products or services are you rolling out for FinTechs interested in deploying AI quickly and efficiently as well as expanding into metaverse?

  • Where do you see the future of AI? Augmented intelligence or general intelligence?

  • Best way to reach out

Embedded Finance and Earned Wages Access with Sheila Kagan, CEO of PayKey

Sheila Kagan, CEO of PayKey, an Israeli Embedded Finance company, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about the promise of embedded finance and banking, and especially about why earned wages access is such a hot product right now across the globe!

Here is what they covered in more detail:

  • Sheila's background and how she got to do what she does today

  • PayKey's mission and the problem it is solving

  • PayKey's focus when it comes to Embedded Finance or Banking

  • What value Sheila sees in earned wage access solutions

  • How can banks respond to the emergence of FinTechs in the embedded banking space

  • How does PayKey distinguish itself from other Embedded Finance service providers

  • Target clients

  • Size of the opportunity

  • What's the technology behind PayKey'solution

  • Geographic coverage

  • What's the best way to reach out

Africa Series with Stacey Japhta: Akshay Grover, CEO of Cellulant - How funding rounds differ and investment advice for rookies

In this episode of Africa Series, Stacey Japhta, VP Growth at Talent in the cloud, Emerging Markets FinTech executive firm, sat down with Akshay Grover, CEO of Cellulant. Cellulant, a pan African payments platform, connects entrepreneurs and innovators across Africa through seamless digital commerce. Akshay discusses all things FinTech, how funding rounds differ from A-D and seed-investment advice for rookies.

If you have suggestions for topics or guests on the show or have ideas about how to make this podcast better for you, please e-mail us at info@voiceoffintech.com. Alternatively, you can also leave a voicemail here.

Keep safe!

Sincerely,

Rudolf Falat