Fintech Finance Podcasts: The FF Salon

Fintech Finance Podcasts: The FF Salon at Money20/20 Europe 2023 with Don Riddick, Featurespace

At the RAI in Amsterdam for the Money20/20 Europe event, Don Riddick, Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary at Featurespace, joined us in our FF Salon to talk about his role and responsibilities.
Featurespace is an advanced analytics company specialising in fraud and risk management solutions. Their innovative technology leverages machine learning and behavioural analytics to detect and prevent fraudulent activities in real-time, empowering businesses to safeguard their operations and protect against financial risks.
“We have customers in 42 countries, so there’s always someone somewhere. The best part is, if you make everyone around you have fun and be vibrant, then they’re more than willing to help cover until you’re awake and can do it yourself.”
“I did 14 years in IBM in a massive company … About 3 years ago, before I started working for Featurespace, I got into a massive explosion … When I returned from that, the people who visited me and paid attention to me were not the people I expected. I also said to myself: Life is short, you never know what’s going to happen … What is going to be the most fun and interesting things to do, and who are the people? And I said I’m going to work at Featurespace because I want to have fun and I want to do something interesting and life is short.”

Fintech Finance Podcasts: The FF Salon at Money20/20 Europe 2023 with Barry O’Sullivan, OpenPayd

At the Money 20/20 Europe event held at the RAI in Amsterdam, Barry O’Sullivan, Head of Banking and Payments Infrastructure at OpenPayd, joined us at our FF Salon to chat about his involvement in the company and in the financial industry.
OpenPayd is a leading fintech provider specialising in comprehensive banking and payment solutions for businesses and individuals. Their innovative platform offers a wide range of services, including multi-currency accounts, efficient cross-border payments, and robust financial tools, empowering organisations to optimise their global operations and drive international growth.
“For us, it’s all about growth. In the last year, we’ve grown our volume from 10 billion, annualised, to 36 billion, so we’ve really grown rapidly. Our transactions per month have gone from 200,000 to a million.”
“It’s the best company I’ve ever worked for. All the people here are fantastic, we’ve got very good tech and we do what we do really well.”

Fintech Finance Podcasts: The FF Salon at Money20/20 Europe 2023 with Sarah Carver, Delta Capital

At Money20/20 Europe 2023, we were joined in the FF Salon by Sarah Carver, Chief Commercial Officer at Delta Capita. Delta Capita is the financial services division of Prytek, a leading global Capital Markets consulting, managed services and technology provider with a unique combination of experience in financial services and capability in technology innovation.
 “I guess part of [leadership] is just by being there. Being a female who works in sales I think helps in itself. But also being really honest, I’ll say I’m gonna go and pick my children up from school. I won’t block a meeting out in my diary and pretend I’m doing a client meeting.”
“I’ll go and be really authentic in the fact that I’m doing that, cause I think that’s really important.  Cause otherwise, I’ve had people say to me ‘I don’t know how you do it all’ and I’m like ‘No, it’s really hard and this is how I do it.’ I think actually explaining that so it doesn’t look like some kind of magic show is really important”

Fintech Finance Podcasts: The FF Salon at Money20/20 Europe 2023 with Sheel Monhot, Better Tomorrow Ventures

✂️ Sheel Monhot, co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures joined us in the FF Salon at Money20/20 in Amsterdam to talk funding fintech 💰
Better Tomorrow is a fund that leads pre-seed and seed rounds globally and started in 2019. Sheel offers some insight into how the funding landscape has evolved over the last couple of years and talks about finding teams and ideas worth investing in.
He opens up about some of the trends in fintech and separates the hype from the genuinely exciting opportunities, as well as sharing his experience of saying yes and no to founders in search of funding.
“I’m wary of overfunding. Part of what makes companies special is having less capital and more constraints, but I think that is changing now for the better.”
“The best part of my job is working with founders, and getting inspired by them. Worst part is saying no to founders who are building their dreams. Sometimes you have to say ‘I’m not going to fund this’ and that can be tough.”

Fintech Finance Podcasts: The FF Salon at Money20/20 Europe 2023 with Izhar Arieli

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Sandi Samantaray Predicts The Future For Thredd Over Then Next 12 Months | FF Salon at Money20/20 Europe

At our FF Salon for Money20/20 Europe 2023, we met with Sandi Samantaray, VP of Product at Thredd, to delve into the company’s core operations.
Thredd is a technology firm offering cutting-edge data analytics and business intelligence solutions, enabling organisations to leverage data-driven insights for informed decision-making and accelerated business growth.
“My background has been into banking and finance. I’ve spent around more than a decade with banks and tech companies, so I know the space. It’s been really exciting with what we are seeing in terms of movement in this space.”
“We are extremely conscious of the fact that we are building something that’s going to be rock solid, that’s robust, and we are building the base. If the platform works, everything else can be plugged into that. So one of our focuses for the next 12 months is basically launching more products and features into that.”

Jennifer Bennet Discusses Why Identity Verification Is Crucial In 2023 | FF Salon at Money20/20 Europe

In Amsterdam for Money20/20 Europe 2023, we were joined in the FF Salon by Jennifer Bennett, Senior Vice President of Global Enterprise Sales at Trulioo. Trulioo provides a global identity platform that gives you the agility, ease and efficiency to onboard the right customers anywhere in the world, whilst reducing fraud and minimizing costs.
“So many in industries have this obvious issue [of identity verification]. We’re hearing a lot of interest from marketplaces or advertising platforms that really need to verify that the people coming on their platforms are real. Sellers who are selling real products that they have the rights to sell”
“That’s a very complicated problem when you think about some of these businesses that we work with. If a consumer is coming and buying a product and has a horrible experience, well that consumer is never coming back and they’re telling their friends. So, it’s a real trust and safety issue.”

Karine Martinez Reveals The Unseen Benefits Of Embedded Finance | FF Salon at Money20/20 Europe

In Amsterdam for Money20/20 Europe, FF News sat down for a chat at our FF Salon with Karine Martinez, Head of Sales at Edenred Payment Solutions, to explore various aspects of embedded finance and its impact on the industry.
Edenred Payment Solutions offers cutting-edge payment solutions that optimise financial transactions for corporate clients and individuals, delivering enhanced convenience and operational efficiency.
“Embedded finance is at the beginning of its journey. A lot of innovation and enhancement has already taken place. It’s been a couple of years now that people are mentioning embedded finance … Embedded finance today is having the ability to add any financial product or services into a non-financial app or brand.”
“One of the biggest challenges in the customer journey is the friction in payments. Embedded financial services will actually remove that friction and will simplify the usage of financial services. It’s also enhancing the quality of data.”
“Embedded finance helps everybody have access to financial services. It also allows companies to generate new revenue streams, to access certain markets and remove some of the regulatory complexity.”