In Check with Fintech

An interview with Julian Sawyer, European Managing Director for Gemini

This week on the show, Julian Sawyer joins Lewis to do an overview of Gemini and the company's plans for expansion in the UK and Europe. But also to speak about his recent career move from his former role as Chief Operating Officer of UK challenger Starling Bank to his role as Managing Director for Europe at cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini. 
How blockchain technology and crypto innovations like stablecoins will transform the future of payments in specific areas like B2B and cross-border payments, but won't necessarily upend the entire payments ecosystem ?
How partnerships between cryptocurrency service providers and fintech players will develop the payments ecosystem ?
 
About Gemini 
The New York regulated cryptocurrency exchange and digital asset custodian. Gemini is a simple, elegant, and secure way to build your bitcoin and crypto portfolio. Buying, selling, and storing your cryptocurrency has never been easier.
Read more here : https://gemini.com/#crypto-on-the-go

An interview with Jordan Lawrence CEO & founder of PCN Capital and Brady Gerards MD of Sekura People

We’re back with a Special Edition episode!
Our CEO Jordan Lawrence, founder of PCN Capital, joins Lewis to tell us how Payments & Cards Network is battling through the current global situation caused by the Coronavirus.
 
How is the fintech industry is fighting back?
How is the recruitment industry adjusting to lay-offs, remote hiring and long-term WFH?
 
Introducing SEKURA PEOPLE - the newest PCN Capital brand - we get Brady Gerards, MD of Sekura People, to tell us about how CyberSecurity for payments, banking & e-commerce is now more important than ever.
 
About PCN Capital
PCN Capital is a tightly-knit group of niché recruitment & marketing agencies servicing Fintech, Data Science and CyberSecurity markets. Our brands include Payments & Cards Network, Digital Source and Sekura People. Permanent and contract, we have consistently served our clients since 2010, building a truly global delivery capability.
 
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An interview with Esther Smith, Sr. Economic Officer at The Netherlands Consulate General

 
This week on the show the Kingdom of The Netherlands kindly despatched one of their top Economic Developers to be on the podcast. Esther Smith helps Dutch fintech companies get established and growing in the USA, and vice versa. She told us all about the brilliant investment, partnership and talent ecosystem in The Netherlands, and why US fintech’s should be using Amsterdam as their springboard into Europe.
 
About The Netherlands Consulate General
The Netherlands Consulate General in Atlanta was opened in 2019 - serving Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. It aims to further strengthen the economic ties between the Southeastern United States and the Netherlands. Help the Dutch do business in the US; facilitate trade and advance various strategic topics (such as Diversity & Inclusion, Climate Resiliency, Women in Leadership).
Read more: www.netherlandsandyou.nl

An interview with Ian Johnson, Head of Europe at Marqeta

This week's guest is Ian Johnson, Head of Europe at Marqeta since 2018. 
 
In this episode we discussed Marqeta’s rocket growth in Europe, some key partnership success stories in Czech Republic and Switzerland, what makes Ian the perfect candidate for running the European operation, the latest mega funding round, and more!
About Marqeta
Founded in 2010, Marqeta has re-engineered how payment cards, virtual cards, and mobile authorization products should be developed and deployed. The Marqeta Platform, built from the ground up with no legacy infrastructure, provides the world’s first fully documented, open API issuer processor platform. Companies can build, issue and deploy innovative payment, finance and commerce solutions with enormous control over what, where, and how purchases are authorized. Adopters of The Marqeta Platform include leading financial services, e-commerce, retail, and social media brands.
Read more: https://www.marqeta.com/

An interview with Jonathan Knegtel CEO and Lucas Schweiger Chief Data Officer, co-founders of Blockdata

This week's guests are Jonathan Knegtel and Lucas Schweiger, the co-founders of Blockdata.
Jonathan Knegtel is CEO and co-founder of Blockdata, a market intelligence platform for blockchain professionals. Lucas Schweiger is Chief Data Officer and co-founder of Blockdata.
About Blockdata
Blockdata collects information about the projects and companies building blockchain technology, with a focus on how this disrupts the finance industry. They aim to be the go-to source for information around blockchain. Read more: https://www.blockdata.tech/

An interview with Steffen Vollert, a FinTech advisor

In this interview Lewis speaks with Steffen Vollert, a hands-on exec who enjoys building FinTechs from scratch. Having been/ being involved in several ventures, he has a deep in-the-weeds experience with nearly every aspect and flavour of payments StartUps and the challenges to build one. Lewis finds out more about his journey to success! 
 

An interview with Sherif Samy, the Senior Vice President, North America for Entersekt

Sherif Samy is the Senior Vice President, North America for Entersekt, a fintech innovator in digital banking, Omni-channel digital solutions, mobile security & transaction authentication and commerce enablement. With over 19 years of experience in the financial industry, his experience in establishing brand presence and building scalable organizations strategically positions the company for continued growth within North America.

Design-driven mobile banking solutions with a special focus on younger customers - Interview with Ivan Muck, Co-founder & CEO at Family Finances

Design-driven mobile banking solutions with a special focus on younger customers - Interview with Ivan Muck, Co-founder & CEO at Family Finances
 
Welcome to "What The Fintech?", the Payments & Cards Network Podcast.
This week's guest is Ivan Muck, Co-founder & CEO at Family Finances. Ivan and Lewis deep-dived into youth banking, design-driven mobile banking solutions and also the millennial and gen-z market. Family Finances has made fantastic headway and are growing very fast. It is great to have an entrepreneur startup company on the show and hear about how their latest successes, hardest challenges and what they are planning in the next 5 years. 
 
About Family Finances
Family Finances offers design-driven mobile banking solutions for financial innovators with a special focus on younger customers, including off-the-shelf solutions that are all easy to integrate and white-label as well as an end-to-end service from UX research, through UX/UI design to implementation. 
Read more: https://www.familyfinances.hu/en/landing 

PSD2, Refunds & Merchants with Ciaran O'Malley from Trustly

PSD2, Refunds & Merchants with Ciaran O'Malley from Trustly
Welcome to "What The Fintech?", the Payments & Cards Network Podcast.
This week's guest is Ciaran O'Malley, Head of Commercial Strategy at Trustly. Ciaran and Lewis deep-dived into #PSD2, #Chargebacks and different needs of various #merchant verticles. Trustly’s European growth arc over the last few years has been astounding, and it’s massively exciting to hear about what they have in store for the rest of the world!
This Feature's Agenda
1:20 - About Trustly
4:57 - Importance of Partnerships in the Payments Sector
6:25 - What is PSD2?
9:00 - Benefits of the PSD2 Framework to Consumers
12:25 - Benefits of the PSD2 Framework to Merchants 
16:22 - Refunds
23:00 - The Difference between Various Merchant Vertices
26:07 - "Pay your Invoice"
27:30 - Next Step for Trustly
 

Live Interview with Casey Potenzone, Chief Strategy Officer at Nexway

Live Interview with Casey Potenzone, Chief Strategy Officer at Nexway
Welcome to a Special Live Edition of the Payments & Cards Network Podcast.
This week's guest is Casey Potenzone, Chief Strategy Officer at Nexway. Casey was in our Amsterdam headquarters to meet the people of PCN and have a chat with Lewis. This is a relatively long podcast with a really deep dive into Nexway's products & services. Get to know Casey, find out more about Nexway, what it does & how it operates.
This Feature's Agenda
3:42 - What is Nexway and How Does it Operate?
9:20 - Headless Commerce
12:02 - How Does Nexway Maintain Integrity by Working with its Customers?
19:40 - Seamless Payments/Open Banking
22:02 - What's Stopping us from the Full Open Banking Integration
27:38 - A few Words from Nexway

Interview with Georgina Nelson, Founder & CEO at TruRating

Interview with Georgina Nelson, Founder & CEO at TruRating
Welcome to Episode 11 of the Payments & Cards Network Podcast.
This week's guest is Georgina Nelson, Founder & CEO at at Tru Rating. We were excited to have a chat with Georgina and find out more about the idea behind her company. Does the power to help customers, businesses and charities by answering one question with the push of a button at the point of sale sound interesting to you? Then tune in and enjoy the show!
This Feature's Agenda
1:25 - About Tru Rating
4:05 - How Does it Work?
12:30 - Tru Rating from a Payment Service Provider Perspective 
14:30 - Growth Opportunities
19:00 - Reasons to get involved
22:23 - Charitable Donations & Sustainability 
 
About Tru Rating​We're changing the way the world gains insight. Our innovative, multichannel feedback solution at checkout enables businesses to easily track how customers feel against how much they spend, thereby understanding the consumer experience at an unprecedented level. Our real-time insights and industry-leading response rates give merchants the confidence they need to make decisions that will absolutely transform their business. Working with the biggest payment companies in the world, we’ve collected millions of ratings for our customers, which range from the largest global retailers to e-commerce sites and local restaurants.Founded in 2014, and with offices in London, Atlanta, Sydney and Toronto, we’re expanding rapidly and always on the lookout for new talent across the globe. Find out more at trurating.com.
 

Interview with Maarten Van Der Putten, SVP, Business Development at Brightwell

Interview with Maarten Van Der Putten, SVP, Business Development at Brightwell
Welcome to Episode 10 of the Payments & Cards Network Podcast
This week's guest is Maarten Van Der Putten, SVP of Business Development at Brightwell. Maarten and Lewis talk about what makes Brightwell a unique player in the payments industry and go into depth about how fintech and corporate social responsibility can come together in a big way!
This Feature's Agenda
2:22 - About Brightwell
6:25 - Risks associated with remittance payments
10:31 - Taxation of remittance workers
12:25 - Corporate Social Responsibility at Brightwell
18:45 - Talent Acquisition
21:08 - Fintech in Atlanta
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Interview with PJ Rohall, Fraud Expert at Featurespace

Interview with PJ Rohall, Fraud Expert at Featurespace
Welcome to the Episode 9 of Payments & Cards Network Podcast Series.
This week's guest is PJ Rohall, Fraud Expert at Featurespace. PJ explains what a Fraud Expert really is, introduces Featurespace, what it does and its vision & culture. On top of that, Lewis and PJ dive into the area of Fraud and talked about the common areas of Fraud in the near future.
This Feature's Agenda
0:55 - About PJ
3:00 - About Featurespace
8:20 - Common Areas of Fraud in the Future 
11:40 - Payments Capital of US
16:25 - Vision & Culture at Featurespace

Interview with Todd Clyde, CEO of Token

Open Banking & PSD2 - Interview with Todd Clyde, CEO of Token
Welcome to the Episode 8 of Payments & Cards Network Podcast Series.This week's guest is Todd Clyde, the newly appointed CEO of Token. Todd talks about the company and discusses the ongoing process of Open Banking & PSD2, as well as current challenges and future opportunities for companies in the industry.
 
This Feature's Agenda
1:25 - Introduction
3:30 - Who is Token?6:05 - Compliance with PSD214:50 - Open Banking
21:15 - Current Barriers 
27:25 - Opportunities for Companies
31:25 - Future of Token
 
We hope you enjoy the weekly releases of our Podcast series. For more info, sponsor opportunities or if you would like to appear on the show, please email: marketing@teampcn.com
 

Interview with Jacques Soussana, General Secretary at nexo standards

Interview with Jacques Soussana, General Secretary at nexo standards
Welcome to another edition of the Payments & Cards Network Podcast. This edition is sponsored by Blockdata and Payvision, and features the fifth podcast interview of a new series we will share with you. This interview edition is with Jacques Soussana, General Secretary at Nexo-Standards. For more info, sponsor opportunities and to get involved, please email: marketing@teampcn.com. 

Interview with Steve Villegas, VP of Partnerships at PPRO

Interview with Steve Villegas, VP of Partnerships at PPRO
 
Welcome to another edition of the Payments & Cards Network Podcast. This edition is sponsored by Blockdata and Payvision, and features the fourth podcast interview of a new series we will share with you. This interview edition is with Steve Villegas, VP of Partnerships at PPRO. For more info, sponsor opportunities and to get involved, please email: marketing@teampcn.com