IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Interviews
By IBS Intelligence Podcasts | A Cedar Consulting Unit
Go one-on-one with the innovators, disruptors, leaders, and decision-makers driving change in FinTech and financial services. IBS Intelligence delivers exclusive global interviews that uncover strategies, challenges, and the ideas powering the next wave of financial technology.
Episodes (25)
IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Interviews
EP981: AI Redefines the Rules of Data Assurance
The episode reveals a radical transformation in digital assurance, where AI is no longer just automating tasks but actively preventing failures before they occur. In fintech, where a single bug can derail mortgages, payroll, or financial security, the old 'mov
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EP982: Reimagining Credit for Digital Economy
The digital economy is rewriting the rules of credit for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and the shift is both technological and ethical. Traditional banking fails SMBs like neighborhood cafe owners because it relies on outdated, static metrics like
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EP983: FinTech Goes Local: Women Bringing Banking Home
In rural India, the most advanced financial technology is useless if it can't reach people who can't read, don't trust banks, and live without reliable power for 12 hours a day. Yet a groundbreaking model from Kuberji, a fintech company led by COO Haytesh Kana
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EP984: The Real FinTech War? Winning Credit
The real war in fintech isn't over payments—it's over sustainable credit and control of the financial lifecycle. While digital wallets like MobiQuick offer free transactions, they're not giving anything away: they're using the app as a Trojan horse to collect
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EP986: Old Money, New Moves: How India’s Family Offices Are Playing It Smart
The world of India's ultra-wealthy family offices operates on a radically different paradigm than retail investing—where rigid discipline, bespoke financial engineering, and psychological safeguards replace market whims. Far from passive wealth preservation, t
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EP987: AI in MSME: Turning Data Shadows into Credit Access
In a world where millions of small businesses in emerging markets remain invisible to traditional banks, a quiet revolution is underway. The $1.47 trillion credit gap for MSMEs isn't due to lack of demand—it's because legacy systems can't see them. But now, AI
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EP988: Winning Big, Inventing the Future
The future of global finance isn't being shaped by flashy consumer AI, but by invisible, highly regulated enterprise systems where failure isn't just embarrassing—it can freeze supply chains, erase billions in market cap, and trigger regulatory collapse. In th
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EP989: AI vs Cyber Threats: The Ultimate Arms Race
The modern cybersecurity landscape is no longer a battle of humans versus humans, but an escalating arms race between AI-powered offense and AI-driven defense. As threat actors leverage artificial intelligence to conduct hyperscale, autonomous attacks that byp
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EP990: Building the Rails: Smarter, Faster, Fraud-Proof Finance
The modern financial system isn't driven by flashy apps—it's powered by invisible, high-speed infrastructure built by 'tech fins' like Perfios Software Solutions. Unlike consumer-facing fintechs, tech fins operate beneath the surface, constructing the rails th
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EP991: Survival of the Smartest: redefining global payments
The future of global payments is no longer about wallets, cards, or even smartphones—it's about invisible, biometric-powered networks that authenticate transactions through behavioral patterns like typing velocity and phone angle. In a world where a coffee pur
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EP992: Preparing Banks and Insurers for the Agentic AI Era
The next frontier in banking and insurance isn't just adopting AI—it's executing it at scale with real-world impact. Alfred Gautier of Asensio argues that the biggest barrier to production-grade AI isn't technology, but legacy infrastructure and regulatory cau
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EP993: Stablecoins promise faster, more efficient payments but at what cost?
Stablecoins promise lightning-fast, transparent payments but come with a hidden cost: systemic verification gaps that threaten security and trust. Ben Turner, CEO of Verituity, warns that the very features making stablecoins attractive—speed, decentralization,
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EP994: What does the PE/VC landscape look like for FinTech?
The fintech investment landscape is undergoing a profound maturation, shifting from the FOMO-driven, growth-at-all-costs mentality of the 2021 peak to a more disciplined, economics-first approach. Carrie Osmond of Cruxy explains that while venture capital once
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EP997: Why banks cannot afford to rely on ISO 20022 translation tools
The transition to ISO 20022 is not as complete as it seems, despite the official deadline passing. Nick Fernando of Aqua Global Solutions warns that a significant number of banks are still relying on translation tools to handle the new messaging standard—short
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EP999: Mastering AI’s Fast Lane Where Speed Thrills and Ethics Pay Bills
The episode confronts a dangerous paradox in today's AI adoption: the relentless push for speed is creating systemic risks that could destroy trust, compliance, and even entire businesses. Drawing on a 2025 interview with Fani Tengarala, CEO of Exploio Solutio
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EP1000: Oracle sees the future…
Banks are no longer passive vaults but active, AI-driven engines that anticipate customer needs before they arise. At the heart of this transformation is Oracle Financial Services, quietly powering 10% of the world’s banked wealth across 1400+ institutions. Th
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EP1001: The outlook for treasury and capital markets
The global financial system is undergoing a seismic shift from rigid, legacy infrastructure to an agile, AI-driven nervous system — and the stakes couldn't be higher. In a deep dive based on a June 2025 interview with Herb Carrere, Chief Product Officer at Fin
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EP1002: Building an award-winning SaaS solution for banks
The future of banking isn't built on monolithic mainframes or proprietary code—it's being rebuilt with modular, API-first SaaS platforms that enable lightning-fast innovation without sacrificing stability. Drawing from a revealing 2025 interview with Sigaline
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EP1003: Accelerating innovation, greater resources and more expertise!
The modern financial system runs on a hidden, high-stakes infrastructure that's being rapidly transformed by AI and cloud-native technology. At the heart of this revolution is Pismo, a company Visa acquired for $1 billion not for its brand, but for its ability
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EP1004: Why Wealth Firms Need More Than Technology
The Middle East's wealth ecosystem is undergoing a seismic shift from oil-driven liquidity to a new era of 'wealth orchestration,' with assets projected to grow at 30% annually and reach $1.3 trillion. Deepak Dastrala of Intellect Design Arena argues that weal
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