Best Key Wealth Institute Podcasts (2025)

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121: JANA's Mary Power – Offices Market Woes, Liquidity and Blended Approaches to Property 32:12

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In this episode of the [i3] podcast, I'm speaking with Mary Power, who is the Head of Property Research at asset consultant Jana. We cover the struggles of the property market in the early 90s, when Mary started out in the industry, and the learnings from that time. We take a look at how investors have dealt with 13 consecutive rate rises, starting…

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EP926: Is AI the Key to Expanding Financial Access in Rural India? 14:01

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Sameer Mathur, MD and Founder of Roinet Solutions India’s financial inclusion landscape is rapidly expanding beyond cities, with technology-driven models bridging access gaps in rural and semi-urban areas. Puja Sharma speaks with Sameer Mathur about how the company is empowering women entrepreneurs, using AI to drive inclusion, and shaping the next…

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120: Stanford University's Ashby Monk - The Future of the Pension Industry 48:13

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In this episode, I speak with Ashby Monk, who is Executive & Research Director at Stanford Long-term Investing, a part of Stanford University in California. Ashby has been advising most of the large superannuation funds in Australia on governance, organisational efficiency and knowledge management. He is a regular visitor to our country, and has be…

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EP925: The challenge and opportunity in global payment-related services 12:11

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Simon Ellis, Head of Operations EMEA, Airwallex Global business payments platform Airwallex reported triple digit growth in its UK division, driven by an uplift in the volume and value of deals. Revenue in H1 2025 grew by 109% versus the same period last year. Against that background, Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Simon Ellis of Airwall…

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EP924: How digital identity is shaping the new payments ecosystem 15:00

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Lionel Grosclaude, CEO, Fime Fime provides consulting services and testing services in the areas of payments, smart mobility, and digital identity. According to Fime CEO Lionel Grosclaude, digital identity will help in creating the economic resilience that is needed for the future. He tells Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence how digital identity shoul…

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EP923: Cloud cost management is a financial problem not a technical one 9:22

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Ed Barrow, Chief Executive Officer, Cloud Capital The cost of being on the cloud is rising. It has been suggested that cloud costs are already, on average, the second-largest line item after headcount for FinTechs. Add in the bump up in costs caused by AI adoption and it’s easy to see that while CTOs may be happy with their ‘new toys’, CFOs could b…

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EP922: Fixing US business payments starts with small business receivables 9:19

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Dan Holt, CEO, BillGO Despite innovation in real-time rails, US small businesses are still stuck waiting days, or weeks for payments to clear. That delay is more than an inconvenience. It’s a cash flow threat that puts jobs and businesses at risk. BillGO CEO Dan Holt explains why simplifying receivables is the next frontier in US B2B payments, how …

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EP920: What banks and financial institutions should be doing to reach Gen Z 11:31

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Nicky Senyard, CEO, Fintel Connect Gen Z trusts creators and niche financial influencers (finfluencers) more than brand ads. Today financial advice is just as likely to come from TikTok or Instagram as it is from a bank. That’s not necessarily a bad thing – banks and FinTechs may use affiliate partnerships to reach the Gen Z audience efficiently an…

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EP921: How to reduce data loss and orchestrate a tech recovery 11:48

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Simon Jelley, VP&GM Data Protection, Arctera Banking and financial services are prime targets for cyberattacks – it is going to happen! So, the question you have to answer is what are you going to do to mitigate the risks and ensure a speedy recovery? How should financial organisations best manage data to close any compliance gaps? Simon Jelley of …

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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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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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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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119: Janus Henderson's Richard Brown – Small Caps in a Concentrated World 43:58

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In this episode of the [i3] Podcast, I'm speaking with Richard Brown, who is a Client Portfolio Manager with Janus Henderson Investors. And today we are going to talk about global small caps. We look at whether small caps are affected by the increasing concentration of the equity markets, particularly in the US, where technology stocks have dominat…

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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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118: National Reconstruction Fund's Mary Manning – Supporting Australian Manufacturing, Quantum Diamonds and Cyber Security 46:50

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In this episode of the [i3] podcast, “Conversations with Institutional Investors”, we speak with Mary Manning, Chief Investment Officer of the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, a recently established $15 billion fund that has been set up to promote the manufacturing industry in Australia. We speak with Mary about the investment objectives a…

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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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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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117: Geopolitics with Alan Dupont – Tech wars, Geoeconomics and the Mag 7 43:35

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In this episode, I'm speaking with Dr Alan Dupont, who is the founder and CEO of Cognoscenti Group. Alan is a highly respected geopolitical strategist and has advised a wide range of governmental and commercial organisations, including the Northern Territory Government, Asia Society, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and Outcomes Australia.…

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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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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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116: Igneo Infrastructure Partners' Danny Latham – Infrastructure 2.0, Waste to Energy and Transition Assets 1:00:52

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In this episode of the [i3] podcast, Conversations with Institutional Investors, we speak with Danny Latham, Partner and Head of Australia and New Zealand for Igneo Infrastructure Partners. We discuss the evolution of infrastructure assets, termed "Infrastructure 2.0," which includes renewable energy, digitalisation, and waste management. Danny hig…

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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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Harvesting the Waves: Environmental Peacebuilding in the South China Sea 21:58

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This episode features Mr. James Borton, who is a non-resident senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He has spent more than 30 years reporting from Southeast Asia, establishing himself as a leading voice on environmental policy in the South China Sea. Mr. Borton is a seaso…

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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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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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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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115: Gain Line Analytics' Ben Darwin – Performance Analytics, Team Cohesion and The Wallabies 1:07:44

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Ben Darwin is the Co-founder and General Manager of Corporate at Gain Line Analytics and in this episode we're going to take a look at what makes teams successful and stay successful. Ben is a former Wallaby player, having played 28 test matches for Australia. He's a former coach and a performance analyst, having worked with a number of rugby teams…

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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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114: Bellmont Securities' Michael Block – The Michael Block Roadmap to Investing 59:27

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Michael Block is Chief Investment Officer of Bellmont Securities and Adjunct Industry Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), where he helped establish the UTS Anchor Fund. The UTS Anchor Fund is a live investment portfolio managed by students to give them hands on experience with managing portfolios. In this episode, we take a look…

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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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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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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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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…