Today Breaking Banks Europe is all about “Open Pensions and Open Finance”, specifically on the problematics of consolidating pensions using technology to resolve the pension problem for a lot of consumers – and we lean towards a recently released report by Plaid and Pensionbee (see link below), to open this conversation (and hence taking a…

“Where Does The Money Go?” is led by Nina Mohanty and Ajit Tripathi in the extremely pertinent topic of Islamic FinTech – and brilliantly explained to our listeners by Akmal Saleem (Rizq) and Zeeshan Uppal (Yielders). Important to mention that there are currently 1.8 billion muslins in the world – although our participants take us…

We finally deliver a much waited for “Ecosystem Zoom In”, with two massive industry leaders in the country, that together embody both the corporate, the entrepreneurial, and the investment sectors within the region. Francesca Aliverti moderates this session and introduces you to Juan Jimenez Zaballos, the Head of Financial Industry Transformation at Santander Digital (bancosantander.es/)…

This week, Breaking Banks Europe celebrates its first year delivering weekly episodes (sometimes biweekly) and decides to round up all Breaking Banks Europe hosts, plus the brand’s creator Brett King, to tell you how the inception of this spin-off, including (to its majority) the anecdotes that were part of every host involvement in the project….

The “News From The FinTech Front” is back and renovated with a monthly edition to tell you what are the biggest industry players thinking about the latest news in the financial services headlines. This month, Francesca Aliverti leads the conversation, inviting Alessandro Hatami, Lázaro Campos and Ghela Boskovich to the show. The “too big not…

In our second installment of Breaking Impact – Gender & Empowerment, Matteo and Nina go off mute with returning guests Dr. Leyla Hussein, Soulaima Gourani, and new guest Martha Mghendi-Fisher. The group dives off-script into a discussion on raising funds as a female founder, and during lockdown as well as the double-edged sword of well-intentioned…

Ajit Tripathi, our resident expert on all technology matters – rounds up two industry experts for a Zoom In focusing on “AI & Cybersecurity”. A discussion on the latest in this space, calling out the hackers, automated systems, and security measures but also bringing the technical and legal aspects, with a reflection and projection onto…

Mambu (mambu.com) leads on a “Show Takeover”, bringing along ABN Amro spinoff, New10 (new10.com) to talk about composable banking, and how an incumbent can launch a new digital bank with the right entrepreneurial mindset – co-hosted by Meaghan Johnson and Matteo Rizzi. These two companies show us what a great tech partnership can produce, and…

New week, new format! “FinTech Journeys Around The World” deep dives in the Egyptian innovation ecosystem, a setting no stranger to the hosts Meaghan Johnson and Matteo Rizzi. The talk offers 3 different perspectives into the conversation: the ecosystem builder, the corporate, and the technology startup. Respectively – Karim SamraI founded Changelabs (https://changelabsme.org/) to give…

This “Where Does The Money Go?” is split in two separate interviews with key figures in the “Angel Investing” sector, with decades of experience in understanding what works, what the sector needs, and how exactly does the money flow in this particular type of investments in the financial services industry. In the first part –…

Matteo Rizzi invites Breaking Banks host Brett King, for a conversation throughout 3 continents – with European entrepreneurs Devid Jegerson (National Bank of Fujairah), Mike Cunningham (Banque Saudi Fransi), and Osama Al Rahma (Al Fardan Exchange), on their perspectives on the fast-evolving and fast-paced financial services sector in the United Arab Emirates (although we also…

DeCentralised Finance or DeFi is a shorthand for peer to peer public blockchain based financial services. While this sector has seen exponential growth from a low base in the last two years, skepticism abounds. On one hand Silicon Valley VCs such as Andressen and Draper have raised 500+ million dollar VC funds for the defi…