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  • Today DATA is a differentiated proposition! And that's why it matters who you select as your payments processor and partner in crime! I had the honour and pleasure to speak with Robert Kraal, Co-Founder at Silverflow, and hear all about how Silverflow has designed with data in mind!

    Silverflow is a cloud-based payment processing platform that provides a state-of-the-art upgrade for payment-providers, shielding them from the current antiquated legacy technology still in use today. With Silverflow, PSPs can now directly access card networks, instantly add new functionality, have real-time insight into transaction fees and get smart data direct from the networks – all to better serve their merchants.

    We may think payments and acquiring are purely infra, but actually acquirers are having a ton of impact on businesses who need it the most. We go behind the scenes on Silverflow’s culture and go deep on what’s so special about the leadership style in Nordic countries that many of us of the world can learn from. Robert’s mindset around entrepreneurship, Silverflow’s proposition, and how it actually makes them a DATA platform - unlike platforms built in the eighties who saved minimum data. We explore what are the challenges of his clients, and of course what’s the one thing he would change in FinTech to make the industry better for everyone!

    We had a fascinating conversation, we discuss:

    The role of data in building purpose driven FinTechsMaking payments acceptance accessible for everybody across the globePractical examples on pain points business owners have in Africa, and why the right payments acceptance solutions are key... and settlement times!Why measuring impact based on number of bank accounts is an outdated metric...and instead why we should look at how many people have access to modern financial technologyAll things leadership. He opens up on the what I call "Nordic countries" leadership style.How that culture in turn creates education and inspires others... such that the biggest compliment as a leader and entrepreneur you can have is someone leaving to start their business...How to nurture passion in employees... yes it's a very deliberate thing he does, almost like a principle for life.How Silverflow differentiates with DATA, Simplicity and enabling Innovation!Why solutions built in the 80s are legacy systems: back then they had a different mindset, it was expensive, and captured the minimum required data! - which is a blocker in today's world!The role of Payments Processors and Data in the gigantic challenge of fighting fraud!And of course the ONE thing he would change in the world of FinTech to have the most impact on customers, FinTechers and Shareholders!

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    👉 You can find Robert here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkraal/LinkedIn:
  • In Today’s episode we speak with Tiffany, CEO and Co-Founder of Aloi, a multi-award winning FinTech in Nepal. Aloi is enabling climate financing for grassroots entrepreneurs through real-time loan journey insights. They have a cashless-financing platform offering 3 features to track a full loan cycle for informal sector business loans: monitor loan usage, loan repayments, and payments.

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Tiffany here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tong-tiffany/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aloiglobal/Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aloiglobal/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

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  • In Today’s episode we speak with Oli Cook, CEO and Co-Founder of ekko, the multi-award winning sustainability platform for banks and payments. Ekko’s solution allows you to make any transaction or customer interaction an opportunity to do good for the planet and your business.

    We discuss how we should understand sustainability first and then think of how FinTech can be part of the solution, not the other way around; how ekko is a positivity driven FinTech .. I love the idea and this makes them unique among all FinTechs across the world. What is sustainability, sustainability and impact, sustainability lessons from Europe to be aware of in Asia, the Planet Saver account and much much more!

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Oli here

    LinkedIn Oli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oli-cook-2ba72460/LinkedIn ekko: https://www.linkedin.com/company/joinekko-earth/Website: https://ekko.earth/join/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • This is the start of season number two!We had a small break a few weeks and we are ready to go with more exciting guests and FinTechs

    One of the reasons why we had a short break in between season one and season two is because I've been attending conferences. I've been to Money 20/20 Bangkok, and then I went to Dubai FinTech summit, of course in Dubai.

    In this episode I cover the key insights that I got, and what are the things that we need to be aware of?

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow on Spotify, and leave a 5 star rating in Apple Play. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • In Today’s episode we speak with Regina Lau, CFO at Weavr.io. Regina is a proponent of merging purpose and profit by not thinking of business as a zero sum game, but as an endeavor to growing the pie together. We discuss how measuring customer sentiment help us understand the actual impact we are having in customer’s lives. I love this approach because the amount of money we have in the bank is not indicative of our financial wellbeing. We go personal and discuss how as a minority woman she’s reached C-level as a CFO and we get her thoughts about how to break the ceiling, allies and co conspirators.

    Weavr is an embedded finance solution that supercharges revenue and customer experience for digital businesses. There is a debate that today every company can be a FinTech, but FinTech requires specialist knowledge, so Weavr focuses on making it simple, safe, and regulatory compliant for businesses to integrate financial services offerings. We discuss their customer segment and their pain points, including a non talked about much segment of HR Tech.

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Regina here

    LinkedIn Regina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/regina-lau-7772681/LinkedIn weavr.io: https://www.linkedin.com/company/weavrpayments/Website: https://www.weavr.io/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • For the first time ever in history, consumer borrowing in the UK has racked up to 2 trillion pounds. We've never seen that before. Pandemic ripple effects, high interest rates, and the raising cost of living have led people to rely on credit more. Even the richest 20 percent of the population are using credit to get by. This problem statement must to talked about.

    Today we speak with Yaseen Rostom, Founder and CEO at Incredible. I absolutely love their product, it’s solving a genuine customer pain point and it’s well thought through. He is not building just a debt management solution, he is providing a solution for peace of mind. For us to have 10x impact as an industry, he advocates we collectively must put customer outcomes at the centre of what we do; key word collectively.

    Incredible is a debt management solution that allows customers to make credit repayments on autopilot, while ensuring customers pay off their most expensive debt first. We expand on his user experience, financial resilience, how to measure his impact including how can we increase the overpayments people make towards their loans? How we can nudge people to round up to pay off debt vs round up for savings, findings from user testing and much more.

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Yaseen here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yrstm/LinkedIn Incredible: https://www.linkedin.com/company/incredibletechnologies/Website: https://www.getincredible.com/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • Today we have the honour to speak with Jeff Parker, CEO at Paymentology. He takes us back to the core. We explore what is Purpose, how Paymentology is having direct impact in customers’ lives - even though they are a B2B FinTech. He emphasizes how we need to collaborate more and share ideas as a FinTech community for us to be able to have 10x the impact in 5 years time. Jeff is known as a great leader, so I dig deeper on his leadership style and what we can do as an Industry to make it better for FinTechers.

    Paymentology is a card processor, so we explore the controversial question… is it the end of card payments? Or actually are they key for financial inclusion? We discuss how cards will evolve. And Jeff shares with us the key Paymentology capabilities he wishes every FinTech product team knew about, and how Paymentology is reducing complexity and empowering FinTechs and Brands to better serve their customers.

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Jeff here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-parker-504a10/LinkedIn Paymentology: https://www.linkedin.com/company/paymentology/Website: https://www.paymentology.com/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • In today’s episode Tina Fisher, Chief Marketing Officer at Intix, shares with us the how we can 10x the impact we have as FinTechers and go deep on the role of trust.

    Tina has an impressive trajectory, she was named “Top Female Tech Founder” by the British Government, and her company SnapSave was listed as “Top 12 Series A investment opportunity” by VC4A. We tap into her mind and heart and she shares her top advice for women wanting to grow their business and career and as part of international women’s month, we deep dive on how we as an industry can invest more in women.

    Lastly, in today’s world, Data is king! Data empowers so many propositions and operations, hence it’s important we become data savvy. In this episode we discuss how Intix helps organizations consolidate transaction data for improved efficiency and hence better customer experience and reduced costs, and the power of their unique value proposition.

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Tina here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-fisher-a62852/LinkedIn Intix: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intix/Website: https://www.intix.eu/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • In today’s episode Aditya Damani, Founder at Credit Fair, shares with us his vision on having impact in over one million adults in India who currently don’t have access to credit, and the one thing we can do as FinTechers to have 10x results in solving for financial stress.

    We discuss what makes Credit Fair different and why they are able to give credit to customers that banks usually wouldn’t. We explore how to go about building alternative credit risk models, how to manage late payments and loan defaults to minimize risk of non payment and finally deep dive on his mindset as a founder and entrepreneur of a FinTech that has hit profitability.

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Aditya here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityadamani/LinkedIn Credit Fair: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credit-fair/Website: https://www.creditfair.in/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • In today’s episode Shameer Sachdev, Founder & MD at Growth Gorilla, shares with us his hypothesis on why he thought he could win by adding value no else did at the time in FinTech, the power of diversity when building Purposeful FinTechs, how Growth Gorilla is having impact in millions of customers - despite not having a Financial Services offering, and the one thing we can do as FinTechers to have 10x results in solving for financial stress.

    After discussing all things impact and purpose deep dive on how we can grow FinTechs during times of turbulence and budget cuts. He shares with us the current key trends and challenges that FinTechs are facing when it comes to scaling and growth, how to craft a bullet proof retention strategy, how influencer marketing and the so called fin-fluencers are here to supercharge your FinTech impact driven by customer demand on financial educational content, and much much more!

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Shameer here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shameersachdev/LinkedIn Growth Gorilla: https://www.linkedin.com/company/growthgorilla/Website: https://www.growthgorilla.co.uk/Shameer’s Podcast: https://www.thefmlpodcast.com/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • In today’s episode I step back to have deep thinking time. I went through key Purpose Driven FinTech episodes and found common threads and insights that allow us to answer the research question — How can FinTechs have better impact?

    This is not an interview pod, but a Masterclass split in four sections:

    Let’s define PurposeHow can we build more Purpose Driven FinTechsWhat is Financial WellbeingSummary of findings: How can we deliver most impact

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Referenced:

    Simon Clarckson, Founder of Purposecraft

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonclarkson/https://www.podpage.com/purpose-driven-fintech/purposecraft-the-role-of-purpose-in-fintech-and-how-to-craft-a-strategic-purpose-to-create-differen/

    Dannielle Haig, Principal Business Psychologist

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannielle-haig/?originalSubdomain=ukhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/5fJ05KwEohvQ1GapaWnK8V

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • In today’s episode Paolo Sironi shares with us in plain English the findings of his most recent research paper “Global Outlook for Banking and Financial Markets Regenerate Banking with AI” where he surveyed 600 banking executives about how they are working with generative AI.

    78% of Financial Institutions are tactically implementing generative AI for at least one use case, which makes AI governance a must-have.

    We cover how generative AI can transform the banking and financial sectors; why risk, compliance reporting, and client engagement lead the way in AI potential most critical use cases; making financial services accessible; Communication as a service (which is the first time I encounter this concept); skills we need to develop as an industry to adapt and thrive in the world with AI, and of course, a practical framework to manage AI risk and implement successful AI projects.

    As the global research leader in banking and financial markets at IBM Institute for Business Value, Paolo provides strategic insights and guidance to a network of executives among financial institutions, start-ups, and regulators. He has over 20 years of experience in quantitive risk management, investing, and digital transformation and is one of the most respected fintech voices worldwide, helping shape the future of the financial services industry. Paolo is also a bestselling author of "Banks and Fintech on Platform Economies", co-host of the Breaking Banks Europe podcast, and a sought-after international speaker.

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts. Remember to connect in LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Paolo here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thepsironi/“Regenerate Banking with AI” report: https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/en-us/report/2024-banking-financial-markets-outlookLinkedIn Breaking Banks Europe Podcast: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breakingbankseu/Breaking Banks Europe: https://provoke.fm/show/breaking-banks-europe/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    In today’s episode we cover:

    (0:00) Everyone should be an AI Risk Manger

    (02:08) The Global Outlook for Banking and Financial Markets report

    (02:58) Building Purpose-Driven FinTechs

    (05:36) Understanding the Value of AI in Banking

    (07:46) The Impact of AI on client engagement and compliance

    (10:15) Exploring the Use of...

  • In today’s episode, Amanda Lieu, Director Brand, Product Marketing & Growth at SEON, shares with us the fundamentals of fraud.

    Why fraud is on the rise?Different types of fraud - we can’t prevent nor manage if we don’t understand it wellFraud ringsThe black box and white box - how to understand why fraud is happeningHow AI and Machine learning help us prevent, detect and stop fraud

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts. Remember to connect in YouTube or LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Amanda here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandalieu/LinkedIn SEON: https://www.linkedin.com/company/seon-tech/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about being in the show, coaching, consulting, creative collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • In today’s episode, Norris Koppel, Founder and CEO at Monese, shares his vision of hyper personalization and customer-centric financial services enabled by AI, and becoming 'the bank of the future.'

    We discuss the impact of AI on the financial industry, understanding the current state of AI in FinTech, concerns regarding its implications, and practical usecases for AI to improve processes, prevent fraud, and offer highly personalized services to customers. Norris talks to us about Monese’s spin off, XYB by Monese, an end-to-end coreless banking platform and his partnership with Google for generative AI.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Norris here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/norriskoppel/LinkedIn Monese: https://www.linkedin.com/company/monese/Website Monese: https://monese.com/gb/enLinkedIn XYB by Monese: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xyb-ltd/?originalSubdomain=ukWebsite XYB: https://xyb.co/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts. Remember to connect in YouTube or LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    In today’s episode we cover:

    (01:10) The Evolution of Neobanks

    (04:29) The Journey of Monese

    (13:18) Hyper-Personalization in Banking

    (17:39) The Bank of the Future

    (18:38) Incorporating AI in Banking Operations

    (25:51) Introducing XYB: The End-to-End Coreless Banking Platform

    (28:41) Advantages of Coreless Banking

    (29:42) Real-world Application of Coreless Banking

    (30:47) The Revolution of Speed in Banking

    (32:31) Partnership with Google and AI Integration

    (35:23) The Impact of No-Code Solutions

    (39:20) The Role of XYB in Hyper-Personalization

    (45:09) The Importance of Culture in Innovation

    Monese and XYB by Monese in the Press:

    XYB Partners with Google Cloud to Bring Generative AI to Coreless Banking PlatformExclusive: HSBC's new fintech app Zing built on Monese's platform
  • We can not talk about Money without talking about Trust. Since the begining of time customers have trusted financial institutions to look after their hard earned money - or have they not? This is a critical topic for FinTechs — why would customers decide to put their money with new players vs going with established brands? Smooth interface and a nice promise is not good enough. We need to go back to trust.

    In today’s episode, Kimberley Waldron, Founder at SkyParlour talks to us about Trust. We start with defining trust, followed by how to build trust in FinTech, the role of PR in Trust, the downsides of not building trust and in this hyper social world, the role of Personal Branding and trust.

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech episode it would mean the world if you subscribe and give it a follow so that we can have more impact. Remember to connect in YouTube or LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Kimberly here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberley-waldron-skyparlour/LinkedIn SkyParlour: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skyparlour/Website: https://skyparlour.com/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please subscribe in YouTube, follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    In today’s episode we cover:

    (00:36) Building Trust in FinTech

    (00:57) The Role of Trust in FinTech

    (02:13) Building Trust in the FinTech Industry

    (04:52) Introduction to Sky Parlor

    (06:56) The Role of PR in Building Trust

    (09:07) Defining Trust

    (10:25) Building Trust with Customers

    (21:18) The Role of Regulators in Building Trust

    (39:55) The Importance of Building Personal Brands

    (47:19) The Future of Trust in FinTech

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about coaching, collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • Today, we have a compilation episode with my favorite question. I always ask this question at the end of the episode, which is, Hey, if you were to change one thing in fintech that could have the most impact to customers, colleagues, and investors, what would that be?

    The immediate response from almost everyone is. That's a tough question, Monica. So today let's hear what our guest had to say in 2023. 

    Here you go! The top 11 from 2023 💥

    👉Put customers at the Heart of what you do, not the centre, by Gregor Mowat at Loqbox

    👉 Get rid of acronyms to be more inclusive and help people understand. Why would you want your team to be confused?... by Fliss Berridge at Ordo

    👉 Change onboarding -- help people understand why this information is being collected and then accept all official IDs available, by David Wachira, PhD at Waya

    👉 Acknowledge that FinTechs and Banks are different and with different strengths... then find ways to work better together. 2024 is ready for partnerships! by Ara Abrahamyan at Cognaize

    👉Making a positive impact always needs to be at the center and remember we are in business, ask yourself... is this a solution that people want to pay for? by Marijke Koninckx at BankiFi

    👉Use open banking, open finance, open data to have a effect on society and economy --> Create the right foundations to remove the big cost barriers of the banking industry of today, by Huw Davies at Ozone API

    👉 Really think about customer experience. Deep be care about it, that really makes a difference, by Ken Hart at Snowdrop Solutions

    👉 Build products thinking of solving everyday customer problems, by Iliana de Silva at techreo

    👉 When selecting partners, create efficient due diligence procedures to evaluate the best fit, key word, efficient, by

  • We can't talk about FinTech, startups, and entrepreneurship without talking about failure, the tough times, mistakes and all the difficult things in life.

    Today's episode is a compilation episode for one of my favourite mindset questions

    Thank you for all our wonderful guests who have been in the Purpose Driven FinTech pod throughout 2023

    👉Svitlanka Sergiichuk Romaniuk at Neofin solutions

    👉Monica Eaton at Chargebacks911

    👉Tony CraddocK at The Payments Association

    👉Shalom Ben Or at Avenews

    👉Barry Levett at Mypinpad

    👉Lauren Jones at Open Banking Exchange

    👉Delphine Emenyonu at ScribePay

    👉Jas Shah bitsul

    👉Sarah King Obu

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech episode it would mean the world if you subscribe and give it a follow so that we can have more impact. Remember to connect in YouTube or LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    Production and marketing by Monica Millares. For inquiries about coaching, collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

  • Shameer, host of  “The FinTech Marketers and Leaders Podcast”, goes extensively through my career journey, my trajectory within BigPay, my thoughts and advice on Product leadership and growth, improving communication between marketing and product teams, diversity of thought, inclusion and mentorship, and much more.

    We cover:

    👉Product leadership and growth in FinTech

    👉Managing growth and product development

    👉Diversity and inclusion in FinTech leadership

    👉Diversity and mentorship in the workplace

    👉Career development, mentorship, and self-promotion

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech episode it would mean the world if you subscribe and give it a follow so that we can have more impact. Remember to connect in YouTube or LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find The FinTech Marketers and Leaders Podcast here: 

    https://www.thefmlpodcast.com/

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    For inquiries about coaching, collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

    This episode was first released in November 2023 at the FinTech Marketers and Leaders Podcast here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xjPos33iQxwM7eyjUa6Mz

  • This is raw and personal. 

    Vivek Ishwar and Abin Shetty, host of  “All Immigrant Podcast”, interview me on my over 15 year journey living away from home. 

    We go back in time on the why I decided to move out of Mexico in the first place, the personal challenges of being an Immigrant, work in Corporate vs Startup, the evolution of my own podcast, advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs in FinTech and much more

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech episode it would mean the world if you subscribe and give it a follow so that we can have more impact. Remember to connect in YouTube or LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Vivek and Abin here:

    The All Immigrant Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allimmigrantpodcast

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    For inquiries about coaching, collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

    This episode was first released in October 2023 at the All Immigrant Podcast here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DsvyNFktlBp3hHON83F3g

  • Aamna Hussain, host of  “A girl in the product world”, interviews me with her somewhat tricksy questions….

    We worked together in Tandem Bank, while she worked with one of our Tech Partners back then, so she brings this perspective of seeing us grow the bank from scratch. She queries me on our culture in Tandem Bank, how was it actually working with our Tandem CEO. 

    As a curious product leader she is, she then gets deeper into my mind to understand the real journey on how come I ended up moving to Malaysia to help launch and grow BigPay. We explore the FinTech trends (at the time of recording), how to go about Market Expansion, and how to challenge your CEO when you believe what we are about to do is not the right thing. We share a passion for personal development, so she asked about my “worst day in this crazy financial services world”, how did I overcome it, and  why mentoring is so important to me.

    If you enjoy this Purpose Driven FinTech episode it would mean the world if you subscribe and give it a follow so that we can have more impact. Remember to connect in YouTube or LinkedIn to keep the conversation going.

    Let’s dive into it!

    👉 You can find Aamna here

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aamna-hussain-7981a677/A Girl in the Product World Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/62HPd4JRR85Sofut4Z2Rck

    👉 And you can find Monica here:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millaresTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millaresWebsite: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

    If you enjoy this pod, please follow and leave a 5 star rating on Spotify and a review on Apple podcasts

    For inquiries about coaching, collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email [email protected]

    Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

    This episode was first released in June 2023 at A Girl in the Product World Podcast here - https://open.spotify.com/show/62HPd4JRR85Sofut4Z2Rck