Finastra is a podcast series that explores how financial services is opening up to collaboration, innovation and society. Each episode focuses on a critical question as open APIs, platforms and technology make the industry accessible to customers, fintechs and big tech like never before.
Produced by Finastra, each episode brings guests with diverse viewpoints together to discuss the changes needed to make the future of finance open.
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15: What does embedded finance mean for the future of banks?
Banking as a Service (BaaS) is set to have a significant impact on financial services. While there is no doubt that it will change the face of the industry, putting contextual banking in the hands of consumers, is it too soon to tell who the winners will be? And how can banks seize the opportunity?
17 Mar 2022
14: How can the financial services industry tackle climate change?
Following COP26, and with so many eco-friendly fintechs making their mark on the world, this episode looks at why it’s time for banks to join the conversation around environmental sustainability, explore cloud opportunities, and also help their customers deliver a net positive environmental impact.
14 Mar 2022
13: What are we doing to stamp out AI bias in financial services?
Unconscious bias in algorithms, AI and machine learning could be a significant driver for inequality. Financial services providers and technology vendors must address the problem to ensure a level playing field for everyone – when it comes to borrowing money, for example. This episode highlights why the industry must check if the biases that exist in society are being repeated through the design and deployment of these technologies, and looks at how to tackle the problem.
1 Mar 2021
12: What role can fintechs play in tackling the wealth gap and inequality?
This episode continues our discussion around financial inclusion. While wealth gaps and inequality are dividers when it comes to income and financial stability, it is sometimes harder to see change when looking at these problems in developed countries. This episode explores key areas of inequality, including bias based on gender and ethnic background, and looks at how fintech can help tackle this issue. We also cover the importance of financial education for young people as a way to spark change.
22 Feb 2021
11: What are the benefits of international fintech collaboration and what role do regulators play?
Collaboration and partnerships have long been part of the soul of many fintech companies, such as Finastra, but what are the benefits of collaboration between countries, how can these be strengthened, and what role do regulators play?
8 Feb 2021
10: How has COVID-19 impacted the fintech ecosystem?
COVID-19 has changed the world forever, and the business sector has felt the impact acutely. Payments, funding, investment and development have all been affected. This episode will delve into the impact on the financial services sector, covering innovation and Banking-as-a-Service in the new environment.
1 Feb 2021
9: How can technology tackle financial exclusion?
Financial exclusion is an issue facing close to a third of adults globally - mainly affecting women, poorer households and the unemployed. Yet technology could be the answer. With those in remote areas still often able to access the internet and a mobile phone, we discuss how financial technology can help redefine finance for good.
27 Apr 2020
8: Can we close the trade finance gap?
Can fintechs, banks and regulators work together to close the trade finance gap? Dr. Rebecca Harding, CEO Coriolis Technologies joins Finastra CEO, Simon Paris and Emily Nicolle, Technology Editor, City AM to discuss in our latest Open Finance podcast episode.
This episode was recorded prior to the Coronavirus outbreak.
13 Apr 2020
7: Who is responsible when AI goes wrong?
AI use cases and applications in financial services continue to grow. Data, transparency and education around implementing AI are essential, but ultimately who is responsible for the AI’s decisions and actions – the machine or the person? Huy Nguyen Trieu, Co-Founder of the Centre for Finance Technology and Entrepreneurship and Finastra’s Chirine BenZaied, Director Innovation discuss in our latest Open Finance podcast.
30 Mar 2020
6: How can fintechs promote intersectionality?
How can fintech businesses work to acknowledge, reflect on and improve intersectional diversity policies? Longstanding colleagues, Karina Govindji, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Director for Google EMEA and Finastra’s Chief People Officer, Sharon Doherty discuss.
11 Mar 2020
5: Where next for fintech disruption?
Fintech has immense power to disrupt the industry. But what does the future of this disruption look like and how can organizations embrace and encourage it? Mark Shayler, Founder of Ape, joins Akber Jaffer, Chief Strategy Officer at Finastra, to discuss.
17 Sept 2019
4: What do big banks have to gain from Open Banking?
Financial services has long been a closed industry – what benefits could trigger major banks to open the floodgates to data and collaboration? Amiran Sherozia is leading implementation of open banking at Georgia’s TBC bank, Emily and Eli Rosner discuss why.
17 Sept 2019
3: Are Western fintechs falling behind Asia on collaboration?
How can UK fintechs compete with the scale of Chinese tech giants such as Tencent and Alipay? What differentiates UK and US approaches vs the likes of Singapore? Fintech Circle CEO Susanne Chishti joins Emily and Simon Paris to discuss how Western fintechs can scale.
17 Sept 2019
2: Is banking innovation more than a cost cutting exercise?
Post the 2008 financial crash radical change had to be made to control cost at big banks – is innovation still over-focused on reducing cost over developing new revenue streams? Charlotte Crosswell, CEO of Innovate Finance joins Emily and Simon Paris to discuss.
17 Sept 2019
1: Is regulation hampering innovation in banking?
Is it right for regulators to take an active role in disrupting markets? Is the UK a hostile environment for innovators? Former Minister for DCMS, Ed Vaizey MP, joins Emily and Eli Rosner to debate the role that regulators have taken in catalysing Open Banking.
Recorded May 2019
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