tell.talks
tell.talks is the podcast for people who work in fintech, payments and financial services. We have honest, direct conversations with the founders, leaders and operators shaping the industry.
Each episode runs under 15 minutes. No fluff, no jargon for the sake of it. Just real conversations about what's working, what isn't, and where embedded finance, open banking, payments infrastructure and the future of money are actually heading.
Guests have included executives from TSB Bank, Railsr, SaaScada, Moorwand, Andaria and more. Covering everything from legacy core banking systems, Confirmation of Payee, BaaS regulation, to leadership, M&A and building without funding.
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Latest Episodes
16 - The biggest risk in open finance isn't fraud. It's losing trust. Jim Wadsworth, Invela
In this episode of tell.talks, we're joined by Jim Wadsworth, Chief Revenue Officer at Invela and former leader of Mastercard's open banking strategy. As open banking evolves into open finance, innovation continues to accelerate. But while the ...
15 - Payments isn’t just tech. Rob Darby, IDT Finance on 20 years in fintech
Twenty years ago, fintech looked completely different.Before smartphones, instant payments and digital wallets, payments relied on cheques, manual reconciliation and physical currency.Rob Darby from IDT Finance joins tell.talks to...
14 - Cash is dying and so are tips. Alan Smith on building worker-first fintech for the 91% cashless economy
Cash is disappearing, only 9% of UK retail transactions are now cash, and the workers who've always relied on tips are quietly losing out. Hotel cleaners, gym trainers, bar staff, mechanics: people giving great service in industries where there...
13 - The hardest part of becoming a leader isn't the strategy, it's learning to stop doing everything yourself. Alana Parsons, Caxton
In this episode of tell.talks, we sit down with Alana Parsons, COO at Caxton, to unpack what it really means to step into leadership.Alana shares her journey from operational roles to the C-suite, and the mindset shi...
12 - Fraud, regulation, customer expectations, Kevin McAdam on what it actually costs to scale embedded finance
In this episode, we’re joined by Kevin McAdam, CEO of Andaria, to talk through the realities of building and scaling in embedded finance.From Andaria’s evolution into a full embedded finance provider to the operational pressures o...