Rise FinTech Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the Rise FinTech Podcast, brought to you by Barclays. Tune in to discover the latest trends and topics on FinTech from industry experts, founders, entrepreneurs and investors, who each bring their unique take on the industry and its future.
All opinions provided by the interviewees are their own. To discover more about Rise, Barclays' #HomeofFinTech, visit https://rise.barclays.
In this Rise Insights Special episode, on the back of our latest Rise Insights Report: The rise of regtech, our host Nura Haji, sits down with report contributor Matt Flenley, Head of Marketing at Datactics. We explore Matt’s statement that ‘regtech can be a game-changer if you’re serious about data’ and hear about the intersectionality between data and regtech.
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Episode References:
Supply Chain Fraud Prediction with ML and AI: https://www.qeios.com/read/1VZC8W
Benford’s Law: https://www.datactics.com/blog/how-to-test-your-data-against-benfords-law/
In this Rise Podcast episode, our host Nura Haji sits down with Daniel Cronin, Co-Founder & COO of Integrated Finance. Driven by his mantra of "made by founders for founders", Daniel shares insights into accessible financial infrastructure and why this is key for the next generation of fintechs.
In this Rise Podcast episode, our host Nura Haji, Rise London FinTech Platform Analyst, sits down with Kentaro Kawamori, CEO & Co-Founder of Persefoni, a prominent climate software company to discuss climate fintech and why ESG matters. Kentaro discusses the importance of data reporting and touches upon Persefoni's involvement with the SEC in shaping the regulatory landscape for sustainability-related financial disclosure.
In a little break from tradition, our first episode of 2023 features a recording of our Rise Presents: FinTech Trends event, hosted by our team in Rise New York. In this Rise Presents Special, Brian Luciani, Head of Rise New York, sits down with industry leaders - Dan Allred, Senior Marketing Manager, National FinTech Team at Silicon Valley Bank, Siya Vansia, Chief Brand & Innovation Officer at ConnectOne Bank, and Blair Bingham, Lead Analyst at Arca, to give a year in review for 2022 and what to watch in 2023. The epsiode is from a live discussion in December 2022. Dan, Siya and Blair discuss the pulse of bank and FinTech partnerships, the U.S. regulatory environment and surviving a crypto winter.
Join Barclays' Maxson Tee and ZeroHash's Head of Growth Europe, Julia Morrongiello, as they discuss scaling crypto solutions and adoption. In this epsiode, they touch on what scaling means, what is holding back crypto adoption and how ZeroHash is helping crypto adoption.
In this episode of the Web 3.0 Unwrapped podcast, our host Maxson Tee was lucky enough to speak with Grant Powell, Founder & CEO of Curios to discuss NFTs and the utility of NFTs. They discuss the development of NFTs thus far, how different industries are using NFTs and what the future holds for Curios and NFTs.
In this Rise Insights Special episode, on the back of our latest Rise Insights Report: Byte-sized finance for all, report lead Ayush Singh chats with Rahul Tripathy, CEO & Co-Founder of Fundfina and Andrew Paulson, Founder of Triton Capital. Ayush, Rahul and Andrew discuss the latest developments in the digitisation of the SMB Lending sector.
Join Barclays' Maxson Tee and Garwain Bracy II ‘G2’ - Founder at Creative Organization DAO and Kyle Smith, Contributor at LexDAO, as they discuss DAOs and how these decentralised autonomous organisations are important building blocks for the future of crypto and Web 3.0.
In this episode of the Founders Coffee Club, our host Grace Harrod was lucky enough to speak with Dominic Kalms, Founder & CEO of bgenerous and Jaideep Singh, Co-Founder & CEO of FlyFin to discuss the topic of company culture. They discussed the development of company culture from the start, the importance of maintaining that culture as the company scales and some of the methods they've personally used to instil culture over the years as serial entrepreneurs.
In this Rise Insights Special episode, on the back of our latest Rise Insights Report: Byte-sized finance for all, report lead Ayush Singh chats with Dr. Jasmin B. Gupta, CEO & Co-Founder of LXME and Satyen Kothari, Founder, and CEO of Cube Wealth. Ayush, Jasmin and Satyen dive into the innovation of byte-sized finance, discussing how technology is enabling breakdown and re-packaging of financial offerings into smaller parts to suit the appetite of masses and thus driving greater financial inclusion.
In this episode of the Founders Coffee Club, our host Grace Harrod was lucky enough to speak with Rob Cossins, Founder & CEO of Scribe, and Panos Skliamis, Founder & CEO of SPIN Analytics to discuss the topic of becoming a CEO. In this episode they discussed Panos and Rob's respective journeys to CEO, how they found the transition, and how they decided what to focus on over what to delegate to their growing teams.
In this Rise Insights Special episode, on the back of our latest Rise Insights Report: The Power of Payments, Aran Rudrakumar, VP-Principal investments at Barclays, chats with Tim Clarke, CFO at Amount, to about Buy Now Pay Later and the evolution of Amount.
In this episode of the Founders Coffee Club, our host Grace Harrod was lucky enough to speak with Sonal Bagga, Founder of Namma, and Jonathan Neumann, Founder of Climataa to discuss the topic of community. They discussed the meaning of community, the impact it has had on the growth of their businesses and how they've adapted to the hybrid world we live in today.
In this Rise Insights Special epsiode, on the back of our latest Rise Insights Report: Power of Payments, report lead Tanya Krishnakhumar chats with Charlotte Guy, Founder of Wallet Street. Tanya and Charlotte explore the new worlds of crypto payments, discussung the best and worst use cases.
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Introducing our new Web 3.0 unwrapped quarterly podcast.
Web 3.0 leaders will discuss the innovation, trends and challenges that come along with disrupting the centralised frameworks of today's society.
In our first episode, join Barclays' Colin DeLarso and Mike Kriak, Managing Operating Partner at Mesh, as they discuss DAOs and how these decentralised autonomous organisations are important building blocks for the future of crypto and Web 3.0.
In our latest episode of the Founders Coffee Club, our host Daisy King spoke about sustainability with Mark Dowds and Mitch Doust, Co-founders of RESPONSIBLE, a venture backed FashonTech company.
They dive into what sustainability means to them and their inspiration behind why they decided to try solve fashion’s waste problem.
Following the release of the latest Rise Insights Report - Making data count with AI, our host Grace Batchelor catches up with Tom Fox, Head of Produce at AlphaStream and Balraj Dhillon, VP of Product at Flybits. In this episode, Tom, Balraj and Grace explore the relationship between AI technology and the customer exprience. Download your copy of the Rise Insights report now at rise.barclays
Following the release of the latest Rise Insights Report - Making data count with AI, our host Grace Batchelor catches up with report contributors Ethan Fraenkel Co-Founder and CEO of ProGrad and Nikola Mrkšić Co-Founder and CEO of PolyAI. In this episode, Ethan, Nikola and Grace explore the relationship between AI technology and financial inclusion.
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In this special episode of Founders Coffee Club, our host Daisy King was lucky enough to speak with Katica Roy, CEO and Founder of Pipeline, to celebrate International Women's Day. They discussed the hugely important topic of Gender Equity, which Katica is enormously passionate about given that Pipeline is an award-winning SaaS company that leverages artificial intelligence to identify and drive economic gains through gender equity.
In this special episode of the Founders Coffee Club, we're celebrating International Women's Day! Our host Daisy King spoke with Ana Mahony, founder and CEO of Addition Wealth, who is also a participant of our Female Innovator's Lab by Barclays and Anthemis. They discussed what Break the Bias means to Ana as a female entrepreneur, her views on the relationship between power and money and what companies can do to encourage a world that is more diverse, equitable and inclusive.
In our latest episode of the Founders Coffee Club, our host Daisy King spoke with Grant Sahag, VP of Operations at Novo Bank, about the topic of VC funding. Given Novo’s recent success with VC funding, Grant was perfectly positioned to discuss why startups would want to use this form of fundraising alongside the challenges, followed by some great advice for anyone thinking of exploring VC investment.
In our final episode of the Founders Coffee Club for 2021, our host Daisy King spoke with Payson Johnston, Founder and CEO of Crowdz, and Mo Bammeke, Global Chief Compliance Officer of Flutterwave, about internationalisation. They discussed why a startup would want to enter into new markets, the challenges of internationalisation, followed by some advice for anyone thinking of expanding globally.
In our second podcast episode dedicated to our latest Rise FinTech Insights report - Decrypting crypto - host Colin DeLarso speaks with Licas Ventures Founder Andrea Cosentino. Colin and Andrea cover the opportunities for blockchain technology to impact different industries, cryptocurrency's environmental concerns, the growth of DeFi and the upcoming trends in the crypto space. We hope you enjoy the conversation.
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In our second podcast episode dedicated to our latest Rise FinTech Insights report - Decrypting crypto - host Colin DeLarso speaks with Licas Ventures Founder Andrea Cosentino. Colin and Andrea cover the opportunities for blockchain technology to impact different industries, cryptocurrency's environmental concerns, the growth of DeFi and the upcoming trends in the crypto space. We hope you enjoy the conversation.
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In honour of our latest Rise FinTech Insights Report on decrypting crypto, Barclays Innovation Partner Colin DeLarso caught up with Arvind Siva from strategy and fundraising at Copper.co. Arvind and Colin discuss institutional adoption trends, barriers to entry for traditional financial institutions, potential solutions and top tips for those looking to innovate in the space. Download the our latest Rise Insights report at rise.barclays.
This month, we’re excited to be releasing a special episode of Founders Coffee Club which we recorded live at the London Techstars Startup Week. Our host Daisy Hopkins spoke with 3 amazing speakers within the FinTech community; Peter Janes, CEO and Founder of Shieldpay, Julianne Flesher, CEO and co-founder of Nossa Data and Rafa Plantier, Head of UK and Ireland at Tink. We discussed the concept of collaborating with corporates, including the pathway to working with corporates, some of the benefits and challenges or corporate collaboration, and best practices for building corporate relationships.
In this month’s episode of Founders Coffee Club, our host Daisy Hopkins spoke with 2 FinTech founders; Ky Nichol, CEO of Cutover and Roei Samuel, CEO of Connectd, about the topic of building a team. They discussed the pathway to identifying when to build your team, the challenges of growing a team, followed by some best practices and advice for anyone thinking about building their team.
The Founders Coffee Club series follows the entrepreneurship journey, from the perspective of the founders themselves. In this month’s episode of the Founders Coffee Club, we explore Crowdfunding. Our host Daisy Hopkins chats with 2 amazing FinTech founders: Lucy Mullins, COO and co-founder of Stepladder, and Loral Quinn, CEO and co-founder of Sustainably. The founders discuss the benefits and challenges of crowdfunding, alongside best practices and advice for any entrepreneur looking to explore crowdfunding in the future.
The Founders Coffee Club series follows the entrepreneurship journey, from the perspective of the founders themselves. In this month’s episode of the Founders Coffee Club, we explore the future of work. Our host Daisy Hopkins chats with 2 brilliant founders: Joyce Zhang Gray, CEO and founder of Alariss, and Trent Bigelow, CEO and founder of Abound. The founders discuss how the future of work has evolved, the rise in gig economy and what the future of the workforce will look like.
In this Rise FinTech Insights special episode, host Alex Gheorghe chats with Ad-In Ventures Founder Jatin Rajput about Climate FinTech. Jatin and Alex chat about the opportunities at the intersection of FinTech and climate, the investment landscape for sustainable financial products, finance for good and Jatin's top tips for entrepreneurs.
Download our latest Rise FinTech Insights report on Climate FinTech now from our website, rise.barclays.
In this episode of the Founders Coffee Club, we explore the topic of mentorship for entrepreneurs. Our host Daisy Hopkins chats with 2 amazing FinTech founders: Karen Rios, CEO and co-founder of Lifesaver, and Chris Storaker, CEO and co-founder of Smash. The founders discuss the importance of mentorship for entrepreneurs, the challenges of having a mentor and advice for anyone about to embark on their own mentorship journey. Rise provides its own mentorship offering called FinTech Friday; a free monthly mentoring programme for FinTech startups, where experts share their know-how on various topics in virtual one-on-one meetings. Find out more.
The Founders Coffee Club series follows the entrepreneurial journey, from a founders perspective. In our second Founders Coffee Club special edition, Suezann Holmes, CEO of ScaleXP and Derek Stewart, CEO of Paysme join host Daisy Hopkins to chat about early stage funding. Suezann and Derek touch on a number of topics within early stage funding, including bootstrapping, grant funding and angel investment, covering the positive experiences and challenges they've encountered along the way. The founders also share some top tips and advice for anyone exploring early stage funding. All opinions expressed by the interviewees are their own.
In this Rise FinTech Insights special edition, Brennan Spellacy Co-Founder and CEO at Patch joins host Alex Gheorghe to chat about Climate FinTech. Brennan and Alex touch on a number of points including the opportunities at the intersection of FinTech and Climate, Patch's solutions for cryptocurrencies' environmental problems, the role of negative emission tech as well as Brennan's entrepreneurial journey and top advice for entrepreneurs.
Keep an eye open for this quarter's Insights report, on Green FinTech, coming soon on rise.barclays.
The Founders Coffee Club series follows the entrepreneurial journey, from the perspective of founders themselves. In our first Founders Coffee Club special edition, our host Daisy Hopkins chats with a fantastic line-up including Oona Rokyta, CEO and co-founder of Lance, Laura Pomfrit, CEO and founder of Financielle, and Francesca Gomez, co-founder of Smarter Human. The founders discuss their experiences with side hustles; the benefits, the challenges and some advice for anyone thinking about exploring a side hustle.
In this Rise FinTech Insights special edition, Kurt Lin Co-Founder and CEO at Pinwheel chats with Alex Gheorghe, FinTech Platform Manager at Rise New York and Rise FinTech Insights Editor-in-Chief. Kurt and Alex dive into the topic of Embedded Finance, as well as payroll and FinTech infrastructure, Pinwheel’s mission and how it is enabling financial inclusion, Kurt’s entrepreneurial journey and some top tips for fellow entrepreneurs.
Download our latest Rise FinTech Insights report on Embedded Finance from our website, rise.barclays.
In this episode of the Rise FinTech Podcast, Perrin Quarshie, CEO and Co-Founder of RealBlocks talks with host Kester Keating, Barclays US Head of Principal Investments. Perrin talks about his inspiration for founding Realblocks, the importance of the alternative investment market and the benefits Realblocks can bring in breaking down the access barriers that have traditionally prevented smaller institutions and individuals from accessing this market.
As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Sydney Davis, founder of Tequity, an online platform for building tech without code.
Find out what motivates Sydney, disruption in her industry, and her goals for the future. And how no code is the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Dr. Roshawna Novellus, COO and founder of EnrichHER, a financial technology platform helping women secure funding.
Find out about Dr. Roshawna's experiences as a female founder, disruption in her industry, and her goals for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Zoe Barry, CEO and founder of Zingeroo, a FinTech startup building a social trading experience.
Find out what motivates Zoe, disruption in her industry, and Zoe's goals for the future. And why nothing is right until the coffee is ready.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Weerada Sucharitkul, CEO and co-founder of FilmDoo, a game-based edutainment platform.
Find out what motivates Weerada, disruption in her industry, and goals for the future. And how film and learning can unite the world.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Milkana Brace, CEO and founder of Jargon, a CMS for conversational AI.
Find out what motivates Milkana, disruption in her industry, and her goals for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Navrina Singh, CEO and founder of Credo AI, which aims to democratise AI governance.
Find out about Navrina's experience as a female founder, disruption in her industry, and Credo's roadmap. And what Credo actually means.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Beth Porter, CEO and co-founder of Riff Analytics, who build tools that measure and augment human interactions.
Find out what motivates Beth, disruption in her industry, and her goals for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Daina Burnes, CEO and founder of Bold Metrics, an AI-driven retail fit technology company.
Find out what motivates Daina, disruption in her industry, and Daina's goals for the future. And why technology can change the world for the better.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Stephanie Benedetto, co-founder of Queen of Raw, a global marketplace for buying and selling unused textiles.
Stephanie has an incredible life story, and her inspiration should be an inspiration for all of us. Listen in to find out more.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Rebecca Morter, CEO and co-founder of Lone Design Club, an omnichannel platform supporting and promoting sustainable fashion brands.
Find out what motivates Rebecca, disruption in her industry, and her goals for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Jasmine Jones, CEO and founder of Cherry Blossom Intimates, creating prosthetics for breast cancer survivors.
Find out what motivates Jasmine, disruption in her industry, and Jasmine's goals for the future. And why she ugly cried with happiness.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Niina Hopper, founder of EVA Global, a managed services provider to the e-mobility industry.
Find out what motivates Niina, disruption in her industry, and Niina's goals for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Aurélie Hélouis, CEO and founder of InfinityQ Technology.
Find out what motivates Aurélie, disruption in her industry, and Aurélie's goals for the future. And why one plus one really does equal three.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Michelle Chao, COO and co-founder of Phoenix Tailings, a re-mining company taking cutting edge materials science and applying it to extract value out of mining waste.
Find out what motivates Michelle, disruption in her industry, and Michelle's goals for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Beth Michael, COO and co-founder of Streeva, a FinTech startup delivering innovative automated tax solutions.
Find out what motivates Beth, disruption in her industry, and Beth's goals for the future. And where the name Streeva actually comes from.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Seema Khinda Johnson, COO and co-founder of Nuggets, an award-winning, decentralised self-sovereign identity and trading platform.
Find out what motivates Seema, disruption in her industry, and Seema's goals for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Loral Quinn, founder of Sustainably, a new way of living and giving.
Find out about Loral's experiences as a female founder, disruption in her industry, and her goals for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Maria Tanjala, co-founder of FilmChain.
Maria talks about her experience as a founder, disruption in her industry, and why FilmChain exists. And why popcorn is part of Maria's DNA.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Melissa Menke, CEO and co-founder of Access Afya, a primary health company building tech-enabled delivery for millions of Kenyans.
Find out what motivates Melissa, disruption in her industry, and where her company is going. And what Access Afya means.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Marina Pavlovic Rivas, CEO and co-founder of Eli Health.
Find out about Marina's experience as a female founder, what drives Marina as a founder, and goals for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Katica Roy, CEO and founder of Pipeline Equity, who use AI to identify and drive economic gains through gender equality.
Find out about Katica's experiences as a female founder, disruption in her industry, and her roadmap for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Jennifer Henderson, CEO and founder of TiLT, which is revolutionising leave in the workplace.
Find out what motivates Jennifer, disruption in her industry, and the roadmap for Tilt. And why faking a bad connection can be good business.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Lauren Sturdivant, President and co-founder of Case Status, a client connection and marketing platform.
Find out what motivates Lauren, disruption in her industry, and her goals for the future. And why her background as a lawyer shaped her future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Anya Babbitt, CEO and co-founder of Mella Pet Care, who are building accessible technology and diagnostic products for vets and pet parents.
Find out what motivates Anya, disruption in her industry, and her goals for the future.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Lydia Winkler, COO and co-founder of RentCheck, a software platform that brings transparency to security deposit deductions.
Find out what motivates Lydia, disruption in her industry, and Lydia's goals for the future. And why endorphins in your living room is a good thing.
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As part of the Female Founder First programme, we have recorded a series of short minisodes with our female founders.
In this minisode, our host Daisy Hopkins chats to Alexa-Maria Rathbone Barker, CEO and co-founder of tripAbrood, an award-winning UK-based early stage startup and the world's first digital travel assistant for families.
Find out what drives Alexa, disruption in her industry, and Alexa's goals for the future. And why meetings can be a nightmare.
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In our second podcast recorded remotely in New York, Kester chats with Nicky Goulimis, co-founder and COO of Nova Credit.
In a wide ranging and highly informative podcast, Nicky and Kester chat through the credit history situation in the US, the use of alternative data in underwriting, and how lenders are using data to drive financial inclusion.
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In this special GamesTech edition of the Rise FinTech Podcast, Leon Cliff, Member Relations Manager for UK Interactive Entertainment, chats with David Gowans, Head of Creative Technologies at Barclays Ventures.
Leon provides a fascinating insight into the size and scale of the UK gaming industry, the role of UKIE within the industry, how gaming is more mainstream than is sometimes imagined, and how the industry has been a force for good during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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In the first Rise FinTech Podcast recorded in New York, new host Kester chats with Nami Baral, founder and CEO of Harvest Platform.
Nami and Kester cover a wide range of topics, including financial wellness, and how Nami and her team are coping with the impact of COVID-19. And Nami offers some tips and advice for aspiring founders and entrepreneurs.
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In the first Rise FinTech Podcast recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, Andy chats with Chris Skinner, world-renowned best-selling author and FinTech blogger.
Chris and Andy discuss how COVID-19 is impacting FinTech and markets across the world, and what innovations have come out of the crisis. Chris also discusses his new book, 'Doing Digital', which is out shortly, and he offers some top tips for budding entrepreneurs.
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In this episode, Andy chats with Chandini Jain, Founder and CEO of Auquan, a company bridging the gap between data science and finance by translating the analytical skills of data scientists into trading profits.
In this very engaging and hugely interesting chat, Chandini talks about her FinTech journey, about machine learning and deep learning in the fund management space, and has some great top tips for entrepreneurs.
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In the first episode of the new year, Charlotte chats with Jeremy Nicholds, CEO of mobile payments company Judopay.
And kicking off a new decade in style, Jeremy and Charlotte discuss what it's like to live cashless now - even in a kebab shop, what a future without cash might look like, and a really interesting discussion on the psychology of payments.
Jeremy has many years experience in the payments industry, and gives us his top tips on optimising e-commerce checkout for conversion.
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This mini-podcast was recorded in front of a live audience during the Barclays New Frontiers conference, so there is a lot of background noise, and the sound quality is not always great.
Oh, and some of the language Liz uses is quite fruity.
In this special mini-podcast, Magdalena chats with Liz Lumley, Director of FinTech at VC Innovations, and a key FinTech influencer.
In an entertaining, frank and all too brief conversation, Liz discusses how she got involved in FinTech, is the accelerator model dead, and her advice for budding entrepreneurs.
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This mini-podcast was recorded in front of a live audience during the Barclays New Frontiers conference, so there is a lot of background noise, and the sound quality is not always great.
In this special mini-podcast, Andy chats with Eileen Burbidge MBE, Founding partner of Passion Capital.
In a fascinating chat, Eileen talks about how she got into FinTech, gives her views on London overtaking New York in FinTech funding, is Brexit impacting FinTech funding in the UK, and her highlight of the year so far - maybe.
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This mini-podcast was recorded in front of a live audience during the Barclays New Frontiers conference, so there is a lot of background noise, and the sound quality is not always great.
In this special mini-podcast, Andy chats with Matthew Cooper, Chief Commercial Officer at Crowdcube.
Amongst a range of subjects, Matthew talks about how he started in FinTech, discusses what is meant by the ‘belief economy’, what is the key to good crowd funding, and he offers a nugget of gold for anyone starting out on their own entrepreneurial journey.
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This mini-podcast was recorded in front of a live audience during the Barclays New Frontiers conference, so there is a lot of background noise, and the sound quality is not always great.
In this special mini-podcast, Magdalena chats with Drew Graham, Director of Digital at Barclays.
In a fascinating chat, Drew provides some insights into his digital journey so far and his work with Megan Caywood, discusses what ‘FinTech strategy’ really means, gives his views on how tech is transforming Financial Services, and provides some advice for innovators in FinTech.
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This mini-podcast was recorded in front of a live audience during the Barclays New Frontiers conference, so there is a lot of background noise, and the sound quality is not always great.
In this special mini-podcast, Magdalena chats with Dhaval Gore, Head of Financial Business and Technology at London & Partners.
In this entertaining chat, Dhaval gives us his views on how he thinks technology is transforming Financial Services, how he works with FinTech companies who are helping small businesses, and he gives some great advice for entrepreneurs starting out on their own journey.
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This mini-podcast was recorded in front of a live audience during the Barclays New Frontiers conference, so there is a lot of background noise, and the sound quality is not always great.
In this special mini-podcast, Andy chats with Joff Hamilton-Dick, CEO and Co-founder of SparkChange.
Joff discusses how he got involved in FinTech, how carbon allowances work, how the Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars really helped SparkChange, and he offers some top tips for entrepreneurs.
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This mini-podcast was recorded in front of a live audience during the Barclays New Frontiers conference, so there is a lot of background noise, and the sound quality is not always great.
In this special mini-podcast, Andy chats with Roland Palmer, Head of Europe at Alipay Europe.
Roland talks with passion about how Alipay approaches customer focused solutions and the emotional connection of the Alipay customer to the brand, how Alipay can help retailers with their commercial calendars, and he offers some advice for budding entrepreneurs.
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This mini-podcast was recorded in front of a live audience during the Barclays New Frontiers conference, so there is a lot of background noise, and the sound quality is not always great.
In this special mini-podcast, Magdalena chats with Janine Hirt, COO at Innovate Finance.
In a wide-ranging chat, Janine talks about her background and how she got involved in FinTech, how Financial Services are being transformed, what challenges are facing the UK FinTech sector, and she offers something great advice for entrepreneurs.
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This mini-podcast was recorded in front of a live audience during the Barclays New Frontiers conference, so there is a lot of background noise, and the sound quality is not always great.
In this special mini-podcast, Magdalena chats with Chris Collins, Product Director at Alter Gaia.
In a really interesting chat, Chris describes how the fall of the Berlin Wall took him into FinTech, discusses how Open Banking can potentially change the customer experience, the ethical impact of financial crime, and gives his views on how a startup can succeed.
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In this special Alibaba episode, Andy chats with Yeming Wang, General Manager for Alibaba Cloud EMEA.
In an informative and wide ranging discussion, Yeming and Andy discuss cloud technology, Alibaba’s strategy around their five business units, personalisation, as l as top tips for entrepreneurs.
Their conversation provides a fascinating and unique insight into Alibaba, their use of cloud technology, and how they support the FinTech community.
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In this episode, Charlotte chats with Anil Stocker, CEO and Co-Founder of MarketInvoice, and Ian Rand, CEO of Barclays Business Banking.
Anil and Ian discuss the partnership between MarketInvoice and Barclays, their journey so far and what they’ve both learned, and their views on the future of SME banking. They will also be giving their top tips for entrepreneurs.
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In this mini podcast, recorded in a visit to Rise London during 2019 London Tech Week, Magdalena chats with the Lord Mayor of London, Peter Estlin.
They chat about Peter’s views on the world of FinTech, and how entrepreneurs are shaping the future of banking. Peter also discusses his views on how FinTech is booming in London.
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In this special episode, recorded at Rise London during 2019 London Tech Week, new host Magdalena chats with Ricky Knox, co-founder and CEO of Tandem, the UK's leading digital challenger bank.
In an entertaining and informative podcast, Ricky discusses what it takes to be the CEO of a challenger bank, if banking business models have really been disrupted, and how "big tech" companies will shape FinTech - all in Ricky's unique and engaging style.
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In this episode, Andy chats with Imran Gulamhuseinwala OBE, Implementation Trustee for Open Banking Ltd.
In a fascinating and wide ranging chat, they discuss how the open banking journey has gone so far, the impact of legislation on consumers and organisations, including the high points and lessons learnt, FinTech opportunities in Open Banking, and Imran shares some top tips for entrepreneurs.
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In this episode of Rise FinTech Podcast, Andrew Elphick interviews FinTech Influencer Chris Gledhill.
In this special International Women's Day episode, Charlotte chats with Veronique Barbosa, Co-founder and COO of Flux, about liberating data, being a woman in FinTech, and top tips for realising career ambitions.
And we can't forget Soda the Norwich Terrier! Check out her Instagram page @smallsodabigcity!
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In this episode, our new host Charlotte chats with Brett King, FinTech futurist, co-founder of Moven, host of the radio show and podcast 'Breaking Banks', and best selling author of a number of books, including his latest release, 'Bank 4.0'. In their discussion, they take a look into the future of financial services, and talk about learning and advice for FinTech entrepreneurs and incumbents.
In this episode, Andy chats with Megan Caywood, Head of Digital Strategy at Barclays. Listen in as they discuss Megan's career path, the rise of platforms (and what that actually means), as well as top tips for setting out in a career in FinTech, and top tips for entrepreneurs.
During a recent visit to Vilnius, Rise FinTech Podcast host Andy Elphick connected with Ieva Elvyra Kazakeviciute, Revolut's Community and PR manager for Northern Europe. They discussed Ieva's favourite app, how Revolut has grown organically and the emerging focus on the environment.
In this episode of Rise FinTech Podcast, Andy catches up with Marius Bausys, Founder and CEO of ArcaPay, one of the FinTech startups who call Rise Vilnius their home. Tune in to hear Andy and Marius discuss international payments, currency risk and the Vilnius ecosystem at Rise.
Fireside chat between our resident host Andy Elphick (@elphick_andrew), Innovation Director, Barclays and Susanne Chishti (@SusanneChishti), CEO of FINTECH Circle, Europe’s 1st Angel Network focused on FinTech opportunities, and Founder of the FINTECH Circle Institute, the leading FinTech learning platform offering classroom Innovation Workshops to C-suite level executives and online courses. Susanne is also the Co-Editor of the Bestseller “The FINTECH Book”, as well as “The WealthTECH Book” and “The InsurTECH Book”.
In this episode, Andy and Susanne discuss all things FinTech from recent trends to the key things investors are looking out for when meeting FinTech startups.
Cutover is collaboration software used to coordinate human and technical activities for critical events. They formed part of the second cohort of the Barclays Accelerator Programme, powered by Techstars. Since taking part in the programme, Cutover have gone from strength to strength, have signed an enterprise level agreement with Barclays after completing 15 Proof of Concepts, and are now used in multiple areas of the bank including Group Resilience, Wealth and Service Management.
The value created for Barclays through their collaboration with Cutover has been remarkable, through the time and money saved by more effective project delivery, an increase in transparency making it easier to trace and remediate errors, and an improvement in risk management across critical projects.
Andy Elphick speaks with Justin Lyon CEO of Simudyne, and Ben Daley CEO of Barclays Ventures. In this episode, the guests talk about their time working on the Barclays Accelerator Programme, and how the working relationship with Barclays has developed.
Earlier this year we hosted a panel at Rise about payments. Stacked with voices from all sides of transactions - from point of service to mobile payments to rails - we had a great time agreeing and sparring all about of that stuff we love to spend: money. This panel, moderated by Kate Christensen, features Karl Kilb, CEO of Boloro; Norm Merritt, former CEO of ShopKeep; David True, GM of Seqr and Hassan Ahmed, Strategy and Operations Manager at Venmo.
R3 is a technology company out to establish a blockchain database upon which the financial system can rely and build. They lead a consortium of 70+ financial institutions - including Barclays. In this episode you'll learn the difference between a distributed ledger and a blockchain, what the global trading system could look like if it were blockchain-based, and how smart contracts work.
Have you ever found yourself on a retailer’s website, eyeing a new tennis racquet or pair of headphones then the next day been reading another website and seen that same exact tennis racket or pair of headphones advertised to you? Well, that’s what Magnetic does - they harness big data and digital behavior to personalize the customer browsing experience, including retargeting and predictive marketing.
James, their CEO, has a lot to say in this interview about big data from ethics and advertising to cultural differences and how those dictate legislation between countries and continents. We get a little political, a little philosophical, and you, listeners, will get very informed and up-to-speed on what’s happening at the intersection of data, marketing and machine learning.
In this interview, Lowell Putnam, CEO and Founder of Quovo, postulates that startups will increase their advantage over banks as customers increasingly trust individual products over legacy institutions. What about human nature deters individuals from investing and what about it incites competition and risk-taking? Quovo is taking a data-driven approach to customize the experience of users in all sorts of fintech products in the wealth sphere and beyond.
Mid-economic crisis did not strike many as the time to start a company, but after years of running Amex’s innovation fund, Anand Sanwal and his co-founders were ready to strike out on their own. Initially funded by National Science Foundation grants, they built CB Insights into one of the most trusted resources for research and data on emerging technologies and companies across the globe. Listen to hear his thoughts on quarterly reporting, data-driven vs. decibel-driven decision making, and how banks are already beginning to unbundle.
In our first ever episode recorded in front of a live audience, Kate sits down with Jon Stein, Founder and CEO of Betterment. With this hour-long feature, Jon discusses how Betterment interprets and applies principles of behavioral economics to their product. What does investor behavior tell them about the current political climate? Who does Betterment see as their competition, and what role do they see themselves taking in the unbundling of banks? How do you scale a digital business that has historically been rooted in offline human relationships and interaction? What is Jon’s home wifi network called? Tune in as we discuss these questions and more in this special edition of Rise Radio.
There are nearly two million nonprofits in the United States, yet the options of not-for-profit-focused financial services remain minimal. After spending over 15 years with various Wall Street firms - many of those spent also serving on nonprofit boards - Sharon Liebowitz set out to create a product to help nonprofits be more productive with their money. With the rise of roboadvisors and robust fintech tools, her idea is coming of age at the perfect time.
Keith Mestrich, CEO of Amalgamated Bank, does not have the traditional rap sheet of your typical bank exec - he came from the worlds of organized labor and community organizing. Amalgamated is a small, privately-held bank, and are among the most radical financial institutions in the United States – they’re not shy about pursuing their agenda of social progressivism and untraditional transparency. They're in an interesting position at this point in history – their small size and private ownership means they’re much nimbler than the big banks, but they also carry with them nearly a century of legacy that they’re trying to figure out how to use in a way that propels them forward, rather than weighs them down, into this increasingly virtual and digital financial era.
When will we be able to send money across the world without losing any hard earned cash to fees? We're getting close. The international remittance payment industry is ripe for disruption. With one of the most resourceful fintech products on the market, Transferwise has been bringing transparency and cost savings to its users at unprecedented levels. No longer do individuals and corporations have to pay high fees to access and send their own money across borders.
CircleUp created a marketplace that combines the informative profile of a Kickstarter campaign with the due diligence of a venture capital firm - all to help the underserved segment of consumer product and retail entrepreneurs get the funding they need.
Why is the pursuit of funding so different for tech companies versus product companies? What is the "job to be done" that investors hire an investment marketplace to do?
Ryan Caldbeck explains the landscape and profile of the players on all sides of the cap table, and why the process of funding startups is changing faster than you can say "unicorn."
Barclays Africa Group has a very young, very tight-knit set of data scientists, product managers and designers that make up its Big Data team. In an industry known for its hierarchy, stiff structure and adherence to traditional operations, this group of data wunderkinds stands unique. We discuss how their team operates, why they embrace and laud the energy of youth, and how big banks are wrangling big data and other tech innovations to improve the customer experience, hiring, team dynamics and more.
What is big data and what makes data "big"? Yassi Hadjibashi, Chief Data Officer of Barclays Africa, and her colleague Kriti Sharma wax poetic on how corporates are using our data to make the customer experience faster, easier and more accurate in the realm of financial services. Listen to part one of this two-part series on big banks using big data, and be sure to tweet questions for part two using the hashtag #riseradio.
Do customers want the products Fortune 500 companies design for them? Do customers even know what they want? Thor Ernstsson, founder of Alpha UX and formerly of Zynga, sees clients not as individuals but as entire product teams. Value is brought to organizations through team buy-in around lightweight prototype testing and experimentation. The underlying point isn’t to fail fast, it’s to learn quickly.
What's an accelerator and why is it such a successful model for venture capital? Jenny Fielding joins Rise Radio this week to discuss founder-focused program design, the role of corporates as partners and purveyors, and the future of business schools.
Two of Alloy's co-founders sit down with Kate to discuss all things digital identity. From fraud to prevention, there are seemingly countless moving parts in the machine trying to help people access their money in ways that are simultaneously more thorough and more seamless.
This conversation features Jonathan Levin, co-founder of Chainalysis. We discuss the essentials of bitcoin and the blockchain, including its origin, value, current applications and potential.
Rise Radio's inaugural episode features Derek White, Chief Design and Innovation officer at Barclays. We talk about the bank's new open innovation platform, Rise, plus design thinking, financial tech startups, signature dance moves and the future of banking.