Partnerships between big corporations and startups, hackathons and partnerships with research institutions are key to innovation nowadays.The financial sector is not an exception and that’s why we invited two super guests to discuss open innovation and fintech.David Rasson, Innovation Lead at De Cronos Groep, explained his point of view of how cooperation between banks and…

Payments are cool again. The renewed interest in payment technologies made us launch a new spin-off of Breaking Banks Europe focused on the payment ecosystem, “Breaking Payments”.Today is the first edition of Breaking Payments hosted by Matteo Rizzi and four great guests: James Allum (Payoneer), Tamer El-Emary (Thunes), Keith Grose (Plaid) and James Booth (PPRO).Payment…

Green transition is one of the hot topics today. Nina Mohanty with two top guests explores the fintech opportunities to make the carbon offset trade market work.Mathias Wikström, CEO of Doconomy presents his solution that allows calculating the carbon impact of every transaction. Calculating emission is the first step and without it is not possible…

Today’s word is “Capital Markets”. Paolo Sironi with two top guests explores the fintech opportunities in corporate finance for companies and investors.Mariem Mahdbi, founder and CEO of Valuecometrics proposes a solution to make ESG analysis on companies to include these metrics in valuation, considering not only backward-looking but also forward-looking data.Rami el Dokany, Secretary General…

It’s the last Monday of the month and you could probably guess that it’s time for “News From The FinTech Front” – this month led by Francesca Aliverti, together with giants in the industry Chris Gledhill and Gustavo Vinacua. January was all about the growth of cross-border e-commerce and the demand for Forex Fintech solutions,…

So here is a buzzword for you – “gamification” — what does it mean? How is it being applied and manipulated across industries? Matthias Kroener, resident host expert in the topic – unmutes three incredible voices to discuss not only what it means to gamify products, the difference between them and actual games, but also…

This week, #NicheBanking is the topic of choice – led by Nina Mohanty and Meaghan Johnson! Rik Coeckelbergs (The Banking Scene) explains the concept of niche banking and how he had the freedom to create his own personal vision on future banking, which is the main driver for The Banking Scene. After the break, who…

Hereby the best way to kickstart 2022 – with a discussion between two #leaders, where Matteo Rizzi interviews one of the key thought leaders of the current DeFi landscape – Stani Kulechov himself! Join them on a discussion of the challenges of managing a fintech; plus the intricate synergy between the upcoming “mainstream” sphere and…

This episode is about the spreading of Fintech regulation, which instruments are in order, which sectors are the most targeted, what is the best theory/practice combination, sandboxes (are they still a thing?), does meeting markets regulation need to have a special spin/focus, and what are the approaches we know of that did/did not work. Two…

Let’s talk about Crypto Staking! – the process through which you earn income with your crypto by contributing to the Proof of Stake (PoS) network of a particular asset. When you stake your crypto, you make the underlying blockchain of that asset more secure and more efficient. And in exchange, you get rewarded with more…

And when you least expected here is a new twist to the line-up, we bring you a special African Take-Over! so shine light on issues related to how money flows in the continent, reporting on different news, investment rounds, internal processes and advices from local industry leaders – Ntoudi (2D) Mouyelo, Paul-Harry Aithnard, and Eric…