IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Interviews
Go one-on-one with the innovators, disruptors, leaders, and decision-makers driving change in FinTech and financial services. IBS Intelligence delivers exclusive global interviews that uncover strategies, challenges, and the ideas powering the next wave of financial technology.
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1017 episodes
EP1019: Beyond Core Banking: The Rise of the Modern Bank Operating System
Booshan Rengachari, founder and CEO of FinzlyAs banks look beyond traditional core modernisation, the industry is increasingly focused on building a modern bank operating system that combines real-time payments, AI-driven intelligence, a...
EP1018: The Gen Z and Gen Alpha battleground
In this interview, Mambu CEO Fernando Zandona discusses the critical importance of securing younger customers, specifically Gen Z and Alpha, because bank loyalty often lasts a lifetime. These demographics demand fast, digitally native...
EP1017: The Quiet Reinvention of Transaction Banking
This interview highlights the significant transformation of transaction banking as it moves from a traditional product-based model to an intelligence-led service. By utilizing API-driven architectures and real-time data, banks are now embedding...
EP1016: The Cloud Is Rewiring India’s Trading Stack
This interview outlines Murex’s strategic expansion into India’s rapidly evolving capital markets through the year 2026. This growth plan centers on providing sophisticated trading and risk management infrastructure to help local ...
EP1015: Modernising core banking – the SBS approach
This interview features Jean-Charles Duyck from SBS discussing a successful core banking modernization project for Fransabank France. Rather than a risky total system replacement, the approach utilized modular, cloud-native com...
EP1014: Opportunities for innovation
This interview talks about the financial sector is undergoing a massive shift from physical trading floors to cloud-based ecosystems that prioritise speed and global accessibility. This evolution is democratising market infrastructure, allowing...
EP1013: The Smart Shift in Payments: From speed to scale, Intelligence and Trust
This interview explores the global shift toward unified real-time payment ecosystems, highlighting how interoperability and 24/7 settlement are becoming the new international standards. It details how traditional banks are adopting cloud-native...
EP1012: The current trends in B2B payments for 2026
Pat Bermingham, CEO, AdflexWe review the top trends that will transform how businesses make and take payments in the modern world. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Pat Bermingham, CEO of U...
EP1011: Lessons for B2B BNPL
This interview explores the strategic development of the B2B Buy Now, Pay Later industry through insights from the co-founder of PastPay, a major financial provider in Eastern Europe. The discussion highlights how deferred payment solutions hel...
EP1010: Embedded compliance, digital assets and more
This interview features Krishna Subramanyan discussing the major FinTech trends expected to shape the financial industry in 2025. The conversation highlights the growing importance of embedded compliance, where regulatory processes are integrat...
EP1009: Award-winning payment platform solution from Skaleet
This interview features an interview with Lina Mestari from Skaleet, a technology provider that recently won an award for its cloud-native core banking platform. The text highlights a successful partnership with FDJ Services, illustrating how t...
EP1008: Modern solutions over half a century in the making
This interview features Raji Challita discussing the changing financial technology landscape across the Middle East and North Africa. The conversation highlights how traditional banks and agile BML Istisharat are increasingly working alongside ...
EP1007: Award-winning core banking
This interview features Myles Bertrand discussing how Tuum is helping modernize core banking systems through flexible and cloud-based solutions. The discussion highlights Tuum’s successful collaboration with LHV, which shifted the bank’s IT foc...
EP1006: No-code, white-label digital lending solutions
This interview highlights a successful partnership between Bluering and Housing Bank in Jordan, which resulted in a prestigious award for the rapid deployment of a corporate lending platform. CEO Fares Kobeissi explains tha...
EP1005: Creating a fully digital, customer centric banking experience
This interview features Ben Goldin discussing how Plumery aims to democratize financial technology for smaller and mid-sized banks. Goldin explains that the company’s composable banking platform enables institutions to rapidly launch adv...
EP1004: Why Wealth Firms Need More Than Technology
Deepak Dastrala, CEO, Purple Fabric, Intellect Design arenaAs the Middle East prepares for a massive intergenerational wealth transfer and rising demand for personalised financial advice, wealth management firms are rethinking how they e...
EP1003: Accelerating innovation, greater resources and more expertise!
This interview explores how Visa’s acquisition of Pismo is shaping the future of digital banking. CEO Vishal Dalai explains that the partnership strengthens innovation, improves global resource access, and helps financial institutions modernize...
EP1002: Building an award-winning SaaS solution for banks
This interview explores how Skaleet is helping modernize the banking industry through modular, cloud-native technology and flexible digital infrastructure. The company’s Chief Product Officer explains that Skaleet’s API-first architecture and S...
EP1001: The outlook for treasury and capital markets
This podcast revisits an interview with Herve Carrere discussing how financial institutions must modernize outdated legacy systems to manage economic uncertainty and increasingly strict regulations. Teciem executive Herve Carrere, formerly of F...
EP1000: Oracle sees the future…
This interview with IBSi FinTech Journal explores how artificial intelligence and cloud-native technologies are transforming the global banking industry. Oracle executive Venky Srinivasan explains that banks are evol...
EP999: Mastering AI’s Fast Lane Where Speed Thrills and Ethics Pay Bills
This interview discusses how organizations can manage the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by focusing on ethical governance and trust. The discussion explains that while AI can improve efficiency and customer experience, businesses mu...
EP998: How AI is redefining the future of embedded insurance
Ross Sinclair, Founder & CEO, EIPGlobal InsurTech funding remained strong in 2025, but what will it take to make sure the hype does not outpace deliverables? Ross Sinclair, Founder and CEO of EIP belie...
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EP997: Why banks cannot afford to rely on ISO 20022 translation tools
Nick Fernando, Co-founder & Director, Aqua Global SolutionsThe Swift ISO 20022 deadline of 22 November 2025 is now past history. Isn’t it? Well, it appears not, with many banks continuing to re...
EP996: The opportunity on offer from embedded finance
Chris Newman, Head of Corporates, Clear.BankUK businesses across a variety of sectors are increasingly looking to offer financial services to their customers, including payments, lending, and savings acc...
EP995: Developments in tech in financial services risk overlooking the customer!
Dan Scholey, Chief Product Officer, MoneyhubFinancial services platforms have been guilty of differentiating more on technical specifications, or look and feel, than their ability to impact the real l...
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