Tagged: interview

November 26, 2024 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO of digital identity authentication and security enablers Concordium, recently shared his views and insights with CI. Bohrer-Bilowitzki, Concordium’s Chief Executive Officer, discussed whether the crypto and digital assets market can sustain its dramatic increase in value following Donald Trump’s US election victory. In… Read More

November 22, 2024 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

More changes are expect to the payments landscape during 2025. Looking back at 2024 – the sector has seen the rise of real-time payments, greater cross-border growth and the acceleration of digital wallets. So, what can we expect in 2025? Nick Campbell, Chief Product Officer… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than 130 countries, representing 98% of global GDP are exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to boost financial inclusion and transaction efficiency. Mathias Studach, Head Finance, Risk & Organizational Development at SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) has shared key insights with CI on these developments…. Read More

October 27, 2024 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Luke Plaster, Chief Security Architect at io.finnet, has shared his unique perspective with CI on a range of topics including digital asset security. In a world where digital asset security is paramount, io.vault by io.finnet is said to be breaking new ground with it’s… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alex Jimenez from Backbase has shared key insights with Crowdfund Insider. Alex mainly focused on the advantages of leveraging the latest Fintech technologies and how innovative tech may be used to complement existing banking solutions. Alex Jimenez serves as the Lead Principal Consultant at Backbase. He… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kate Hampton, Chief Strategy Officer at NMI, recently shared her views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. As noted in the update shared with CI, embedded payments are revolutionizing the financial landscape, with major companies like Google Chrome leading the way. By integrating embedded payment technology,… Read More

October 7, 2024 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Volante Technologies, a payments-as-a-service (PaaS) software provider, recently announced that it was recognized for providing Wholesale Payment Systems. According to Volante, payments modernization efforts will improve instant payments, cross-border payments, and extended data capacities, yet are bottlenecked by both educational shortcomings as well as regulatory challenges…. Read More

September 23, 2024 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CI recently caught up with Tyler Adams, CEO and Co-founder of COZ, a software firm in the blockchain sector providing various products to s support Web3 development. In addition to his efforts to combat counterfeiting, Tyler is part of the lobbying group Stand With Crypto,… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neil Chandler, CEO of Aion Bank, recently shared his opinions with CI on the evolution of Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) and why he believes we are primed for BaaS 2.0. Change is afoot in the embedded banking space – BaaS is transitioning from its former status as… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Tristan Frizza, Founder of Zeta Markets. Notably, Solana recently hit $1.811 billion in DEX trading volume, capturing almost 10% of the market, as reported by Zeta Markets. This surge, fueled by Solana’s fast transaction speeds and low fees, has also led… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 7:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

    Many hardworking employees are finding themselves trapped in the cycle of high-interest loans, forcing them to deplete their savings or retirement funds and compromise their long-term financial security. When customers were asked by Kashable, a provider of “socially responsible” credit and financial wellness… Read More

September 2, 2024 @ 9:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Terence Kwok, CEO and Founder of Humanity Protocol. Terence Kwok spearheads Humanity Protocol, an organization dedicated to amplifying human potential amidst the transformative impact of artificial intelligence. He is a technology entrepreneur from Hong Kong and the CEO and founder… Read More

August 28, 2024 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dima Kats, Founder & CEO, Clear Junction, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. In April this year it was reported that Fintech funding dipped to a new four-year low, with only $7.3 billion invested in the sector globally during the first three… Read More

August 12, 2024 @ 10:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Mitch Jacobs, founder & CEO, Plink AI, recently shared key insights with Crowdfund Insider. While commenting on transformative digital technology trends, Jacobs explained that automated commerce is inevitable. Long before Fintech became a transformative development, Jacobs, founder and former CEO of Ondeck and now… Read More

August 7, 2024 @ 10:44 am By Nick Morgan  |  

Unlocking Capital Markets with Tokenization and ATS: An Interview with Brian Anderson, CEO of Raze Finance In the most recent episode of Capital Ideas, Nick Morgan and Dara Albright, board members of Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN), hosted Brian Anderson, CEO of Raze Finance. The… Read More

August 7, 2024 @ 10:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Ally Haire, CEO and Founder of Lilypad, which is described as a serverless, distributed computing network for AI, ML, and other computational processes. Recently, it was reported that Elon Musk is going to build a “gigafactory of compute,” and while the… Read More

August 4, 2024 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Industry veteran James Greaves, ex-Vice President of Zelle and President and Co-Founder of Fractal, a payment platform providing simple and efficient payment solutions to SaaS companies, divulges insights and predictions on the future of payments in fintech and why fintech integrations are the next frontier… Read More

July 29, 2024 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Oracles have become the Achilles Heel of DeFi – their failures represent the root cause of most hacks. Despite the critical role that the oracle layer plays, innovation within the space has alarmingly lagged behind the broader DeFi ecosystem’s meteoric growth since blockchain’s inception. While… Read More

July 24, 2024 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  We recently connected with Kelvin Tan, CEO of audax, a corporate venture backed by Standard Chartered Bank. Before transitioning to a full-time career as an entrepreneur, Kelvin held multiple roles at Standard Chartered Bank — from Transaction Banking to Retail Products and Payments to… Read More

July 22, 2024 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently took action to make sure that consumers can dispute charges and obtain refunds on BNPL products and services, making BNPL lenders follow similar rules as credit card companies. So, what does this mean for banks and Fintechs? As… Read More