3 million people, and around 250 fintechs. This is what it took to put Lithuania in 4th place in the GLOBAL FinTech Index in 2020. The population is truly devoted to “Building the Lithuanian dream” and the results are visible. Meaghan Johnson agreed and hosted this vibrant episode with 3 stakeholders creating impact themselves: Zygimantas…

WELCOME TO SHE/HER – an honest checkpoint discussion on where gender equality is in the fintech sector and, more broadly speaking, in tech and innovation. Where do we still see the most problematic gaps, how we can ally to overcome them and how has the pandemic impacted this progress in different social clusters. A new…

Let’s take a trip to the Middle Eastern Silicon Valley – a progressive, disruptive and innovative ecosystem, that our audience must know more about! For this, our Executive Producer Matteo Rizzi, invites old friends and industry leaders to tell us the tales of their backgrounds and introduce you all to the country in the newest…

“Let’s Talk Openly” – this is the motto for this Special Episode, where we pick up our Breaking Leaders format and invite Elliott Limb of Mambu, that is currently behind the “Disruption Diaries” – a research series that originated this report on Open Banking and Open Finance – with none other than Matthias Kröner, widely…

Your “Innovation and Tech Zoom In” leads us to the world of financial crime! “Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud” is the topic that Francesca Aliverti moderates this week, while discussing the accelerated processes in place for better protection & prevention of institutions and users, while in the digital leapfrog that the current pandemic demands most of…

“Where Does The Money Go?” is back, and this time it focuses solely on the African continent, with a specific nuance on “Impact Investing” and “Corporate Innovation programs” – crucial factors for local entrepreneurs in the region. For this, Matteo Rizzi called 3 experts to tells us more about the challenges and the exponential opportunities…

When does the path for financial literacy begin? When is the right moment for an individual to start learning about managing their assets? The youth is the future and “Thinking Forward” is the best way to operate these days. Francesca Aliverti invites Philip Haglund (CEO & Founder of Gimi) and the orchestrators of the ING…

If you still think banks cannot innovate in the platform economy, you can’t miss this episode. Paolo Sironi hosts 2 interviews: first with Rajesh Kumar, former Chief GM of State Bank of India and mastermind of YONO (“You Only Need One”) lifestyle and banking app – a digital marketplace and financial superstore. Rajesh kindly shared…

This week, join us for one more installment of “News from The FinTech Front” hosted by Matthias Kröner – leading Diana Biggs (Valour) and Gerd Weissenboeck (Zelig Associates) for a conversation from the latest enterprise valuations to future mega-trends in the fintech space! An unmissable episode available on all #BBE channels. More on our guests:Diana…

Nina Mohanty is a “visionary”. Specifically speaking, she is one at the upcoming “Women’s Economic Empowerment TechSprint & Conference”, which she now showcases in our podcast, providing awareness to our audience on this great initiative brought by the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR) in partnership with the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). We invited Francesca…

Embedded Finance is back on Breaking Banks Europe, with the incredible projects from diverse corners of the spectrum of this new incredible phenomena that this invisible layer brings to financial services. Ajit Tripathi takes the lead for this second installment and invites Tinashe Ruzane (FlexClub) and Sarel Tal (Rapyd) into the conversation. More on the…

Francesca Aliverti hosts this Ecosystem Zoom In that lands in Greece – not your most obvious choice when selecting an innovative country but that is certainly taking off with its different iniciatives – TedXAthens, E.G.G (Eurobank) and Foud.ation are a few of the examples of iniciatives that are leading this movement, and we brought the…