Building Banking for Cross-Border Businesses with Ivan Zhiznevsky From 3S Money | 11:FS Spotlight
Ivan Zhiznevsky, co-founder and CEO of 3S Money, built the fintech after experiencing firsthand how traditional banks reject or delay services for cross-border entrepreneurs. 3S Money provides tailored cross-border banking for a wide range of clients—from freelancers and agencies to commodity traders and asset managers—combining relationship managers, compliance-first processes and technology to streamline onboarding and international payments. The firm has expanded its footprint (recently launching in France with local IBANs) to solve jurisdictional frictions like local tax and payment requirements. Zhiznevsky argues that regulation and rigorous compliance can be a strategic advantage for servicing underserved global businesses.
How Traditional Institutions Achieve Greenfield Success and Cultural Modernization
The video explains how Paragon Bank, a FTSE 250 specialist lender, created a green‑field digital savings product called Spring by pairing attractive interest rates with a frictionless digital experience. Partnering with Mambu’s API‑first core banking engine, Paragon built a composable...
What Makes FTT Payments Different?
Attendees praise FTT Payments for its curated, intimate format that brings together banks, partners and new technology providers, creating a diverse cross-section of the financial services ecosystem. Delegates say the conference fosters genuine conversations and access to people they wouldn’t...
The Secret Battle Over the New Crypto Stock Market
The video dissects the SEC’s pending "innovation exemption," a regulatory sandbox that would let crypto platforms list and trade tokenized stocks, bonds, and private equity without full broker‑dealer registration. Coupled with the Senate‑passed Clarity Act and the DTCC’s upcoming token‑settlement...
OpenAI and Plaid Are Changing Financial Advice | Fintech Insider Podcast
OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Plaid are teaming up to bring AI‑driven, personalized financial advice to consumers. By leveraging Plaid’s near‑complete view of user transactions—about 95% of activity—the combined solution can move beyond generic budgeting tips to context‑aware recommendations. The discussion highlighted how...
AI's Next Wave: Reshaping Lending #shorts
AI’s impact on lending will mirror past transformative technologies like electricity, computers and the internet, says the speaker, who argues that initial hype masks deeper economic restructuring. Early applications of AI are improving existing processes, but the true disruption will...
Africa’s Financial System Is Ready for a Leap W/ Tayo Oviosu | Sui Live Miami
At the Sui Live Miami event, Paga’s founder Tayo Oviosu announced the launch of stable‑coin capabilities on the company’s platform, leveraging the Sui blockchain’s dollar‑backed Sui Dollar stablecoin. The move is part of Paga’s broader mission to give one‑billion Africans...
Why AI Will Rewire the Entire Finance Sector. Jamie Twiss - Beforepay Group
In this FinTech Chatter episode, Jamie Twiss of BeforePay Group explains how artificial intelligence and consent‑based transaction data are reshaping credit underwriting across the finance sector. The ASX‑listed firm operates two parallel businesses – a consumer‑focused short‑term loan service and...
Buy Hold Sell: 3 Sectors and 6 ASX Stocks Growth Investors Are Circling Now
Panelists highlighted fintech payments infrastructure and small‑cap software as pockets of growth amid a volatile market. Cuscal drew strong support — both managers called it a buy — as an infrastructure play benefiting from acquisitions (Ingenico, NZ deal), improving transaction...
How Darwinium Is Revolutionising Cyber Fraud Prevention
Darwinium is marketing a cyber-fraud fusion platform that links digital security and fraud prevention across the entire customer journey, from onboarding and login to payments. The system deploys at the CDN/edge layer for rapid rule changes (minutes rather than release...
Why AI and Crypto Are About to Collide with Ryan Servatius | Sui Live Miami 2026
At Sui Live Miami 2026, Ryan Servatius of Mysten Labs argued that last year’s passage of the Genius Act triggered an abrupt institutional pivot into crypto, shifting activity from retail speculation to mainstream finance. He said 2026 will see AI...
How FIS Is Using Open Banking APIs to Attract Younger Customers
The video features Hashim Tusant, head of digital and open banking at FIS, discussing how the firm is leveraging open‑banking APIs to attract younger consumers. He explains that younger customers have fragmented banking relationships, and APIs enable banks to quickly deliver...
In Our "Collared-Shirt" Era
The video argues that crypto is leaving its garage‑hoodie origins and entering a “collared‑shirt” era where it converges with fintech and Wall Street. The speaker emphasizes that success now depends on building products customers demand and distributing them at scale,...
The Future of In-Person Payment Orchestration | Aevi
Aevi’s marketing director outlines the case for in-person payment orchestration as a solution to the growing complexity of physical payments driven by diverse devices, regulations and schemes. Their platform centralizes integration and management of terminals, payment methods and host connectors...
AI’s Transformative Impact on Financial Services | Snowdrop Solutions, Google and Piraeus Bank
The panel at Money2020 highlighted how AI, powered by Google’s Gemini model and Google Maps, is reshaping financial services. Snowdrop Solutions, a long‑time Google partner, demonstrated its collaboration with Piraeus Bank to embed generative AI directly into banking apps. Snowdrop uses...
How to Fix The Issue of Data Immobility in Portfolio Systems
At the Communify Intelligence Experience, Deep Blue operations director Jeff Harvey framed legacy technology as the primary threat to the investment industry, arguing that disparate portfolio systems and slow-moving dependent vendors create data immobility and force error-prone manual workarounds. He...
Inside Bob Jennings’ Vision for TrustEngine and Mortgage Coach
Bob Jennings, CEO of Trust Engine, used a 10‑minute interview to outline his vision for Mortgage Coach, the company’s flagship platform that helps loan officers present mortgage options. He reflected on his first 90 days, confirming that Mortgage Coach has...
AARP Pushed to Shut Bitcoin ATMs over Scams and Steep Fees
Bitcoin Depot has filed for Chapter 11 and shuttered its Bitcoin ATM network after mounting regulatory and legal pressure, citing stricter compliance rules, lower transaction limits and bans in some jurisdictions. The company’s collapse followed a high-profile campaign by AARP,...
Real-Time Market Data – Your Way. A Data Universe of Possibilities.
LG’s real-time market data platform offers a spectrum of feed options—from ultra-low-latency streams for electronic trading to optimized or delayed feeds and full tick histories—supported by a global network covering over 575 venues and thousands of contributor pricing sources. The...
New Claude for Investment Banking Is INSANE
The video introduces Claude’s new finance‑focused plugins and agents, a suite designed to streamline investment‑banking workflows from market research to pitch‑deck creation. Viewers learn how to download the Claude desktop app, add plugins by pasting a GitHub repository URL, and...
What Is Agentic Investing?
The speaker argues that "agentic investing" marks a fundamental shift beyond the last decade’s fintech improvements, moving from faster, cheaper user-driven services to autonomous intelligence that makes and executes investment decisions on behalf of users. Instead of optimizing human interfaces,...
Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Lending
The episode explains lending- and equity-based crowdfunding where digital platforms match individual lenders or investors with borrowers or startups, while the platforms themselves typically do not hold the loans or equity on their balance sheets. Under current statistical standards these...
Chad Roberts-York: Can a Single Tap Eliminate Checkout Friction and Power Retail Branding?
The video introduces the A920 Pro, a point‑of‑sale device that leverages card‑emulation and NFC to push a digital receipt directly to a shopper’s phone with a single tap. By broadcasting the receipt from the terminal, the system removes the traditional...
BNY's Revolutionary Legacy in Changing Financial Markets
Inside the Ice House featured BNY’s archivist Brook McManis and senior director Jordan Romangh discussing the firm’s historic and contemporary role in finance. They traced BNY’s origins to 1784, when a group of New York merchants founded a specie‑backed bank...
$1 Trillion Opportunity In the Agentic Economy
The video argues that the next wave of AI‑driven commerce—dubbed the "agentic economy"—will hinge not on smarter chatbots but on the payment rails that let autonomous agents buy and sell. It highlights McKinsey’s forecast of $5 trillion in AI‑handled transactions by...
Sovereignty, Federated Data and Multi-Rail: European Payment Wins for Resilience
The discussion at NextGen Nordics 2026 centered on Europe’s push for a resilient, secure payments ecosystem. Worldline’s chief of processing, Madalena Cascais Tomé, highlighted that instant‑payment networks now serve 100 % of European citizens, co‑existing with traditional card rails, and forming a...
Karen Puskovitz: How Virtual Accounts Are Unlocking the Asia-to-LATAM Payment Corridor
Karen Puskovitz opened the discussion by highlighting a surge in cross‑border transactions from Asia to Latin America, describing the corridor as one of the fastest‑growing payment pathways in the global fintech landscape. She emphasized that virtual accounts are the single biggest...
How the Postal Service Helps Inclusive Banking in Rural Areas
The video explores how Italy’s postal service is becoming a cornerstone of inclusive banking in rural communities. As banks retreat from low‑density areas to cut costs, post offices remain ubiquitous, offering a physical foothold that can host a broader suite...
How Do Small Businesses Automate Invoicing and Get Paid Faster?
Automated invoicing uses software to send scheduled bills, track status in real time, and trigger follow-up reminders and in‑invoice payment options to reduce manual errors and late payments. Recurring invoices and AI-driven reminders (like Intuit Assist) keep invoices top of...
Ex‑NFLer Lost $3.5M — Protect Your Crypto with Custody and Cold Storage
A guest on the show — a former NFL player — revealed he lost $3.5 million in crypto after failing to use custodial services or secure cold storage. The host warned that many investors aren’t suited to hold digital assets...
Card Issuing Is Becoming Digital First | HPS
HPS pre-sales consultant Gom says card issuing is shifting to a digital-first model driven by fully digital onboarding, instant virtual cards deployable to wallets, and rising demand for numberless (PAN-less) plastic for security. He highlights payment orchestration as essential to...
Treasury for SMEs: From One-Way Road Forecasting to Scenario-Based
At NextGen Nordics 2026, Finextra TV host Debi‑Bell Hosking interviewed Andre Zimmerman, head of pre‑sales at Coconet, about modern treasury management for small and medium‑sized enterprises. The conversation centered on moving SME cash‑flow forecasting from static spreadsheet models to dynamic,...
What Different Payment Methods Might You Use in Europe
Travel vlogger Mark advises that payment preferences vary widely across Europe, with some countries and locales favoring cash (e.g., Bulgaria, German Christmas markets) and others largely card- or mobile-first (e.g., Sweden, central London). He recommends bringing multiple cards, including at...
Craig Boardman: How Is Private Credit Rewriting the Rules of Loan Servicing Infrastructure?
Craig Boardman, a director at Finastra, explains how private‑credit firms have reshaped loan‑servicing infrastructure since the 2008 crisis. He outlines his role helping clients eliminate operational headaches, mitigate risk, and deliver precise investor reporting, while positioning Finastra’s Loan IQ as...
Spring EQ’s CEO Explains Why Home Equity, DSCR and Bank Statement Lending Are Shaping the Market’s N
Spring EQ CEO Joe Stea discussed how rising home prices, stagnant incomes and higher mortgage rates are reshaping the U.S. housing market, and why untapped home‑equity is becoming a central financing source. He noted that home values have climbed roughly 50%...
Why the FCA’s Wallet Probe Could Reshape Payments
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a detailed investigation into the terms and fee structures governing digital wallets in the UK, signalling a regulatory push to scrutinise the opaque practices that have long shielded card‑based payment schemes. The probe will examine...
Sergey Nazarov: Why Bad Oracles Wreck DeFi — 'Just Use Chainlink'
Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov warned that faulty oracles are among the gravest risks to DeFi, saying when price feeds or data feeds fail they can “completely wreck” protocols, drain user funds and trigger damaging press and legal fallout. He argued...
Cloud Providers Are Investing in Financial Services | Volante
The video outlines how cloud providers are increasingly targeting the financial‑services sector, with banks shifting payments infrastructure to a cloud‑based, OPEX model. Nadish highlights the convergence of ISO 20022, open‑banking directives (PSD2/3) and mandated real‑time payments across regions such as the UK,...
StepStone Group Market Open | LSEG Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI)
StepStone said it expects significant growth in the evergreen market driven by the large, fast-growing and underallocated private-wealth segment. The firm positions itself to meet demand by offering education and training alongside a comprehensive private-markets platform spanning private equity, venture,...
PayTech Can Drive Accessibility and Sustainability | G+D
Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) used its Money20/20 presence to showcase integrated paytech that blends digital and physical issuance, emphasizing a balance of convenience and security through authentication tools like 3DS and partnerships with digital specialist Netheights. The company highlighted fraud mitigation across...
Delivering Customer-Centric Banking With First Principle Thinking | Intellect Design Arena
Arun Jain, founder and chairman of Intellect Design Arena, outlines how design thinking and first-principles analysis inform the company’s EMAC.AI platform to simplify banking and focus on customer needs. EMAC.AI—built around Events, Microservices, APIs, Cloud, Headless interfaces and embedded AI—lets...
Stopping Poor Financial Decisions: Masters in Business with Sheila Bair
In a Bloomberg Masters in Business interview, former FDIC chair Sheila Bair discusses her unconventional path from philosophy graduate to top regulator and author, emphasizing the urgent need for financial literacy at every age. She recounts how a crash‑course in...
Licensing, Rails, and the Future of Finance: Arjun Sethi on How Kraken Is Rebuilding Banking
Kraken’s parent, Payward, is redefining its role from a pure crypto exchange to a global financial‑infrastructure platform. By layering a suite of first‑party applications with a sprawling network of licenses, the firm aims to provide permissionless payment, savings, and...
2026 CFA Institute Research Challenge Finals: University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo team presented a sell recommendation on Lightspeed Commerce, arguing that the company faces structural headwinds in a mature, hyper‑competitive POS market. Their analysis highlighted three core deficiencies: a history of value‑destructive acquisitions, an undersized and inefficient...
Risk Control Regulation: How European Issuers Are Approaching Digital Assets
The discussion at NextGen Nordics 2026 centered on how European issuers are preparing for the digital euro and related digital‑asset offerings. Rather than treating the digital euro as a separate payment rail, issuers see it as part of a broader...
Markets in Motion | Ep4: How HKEX Orion Drives Market Efficiency & Resilience
The video introduces HKEX’s Orion platform, a next‑generation technology suite designed to power trading, clearing and risk‑management across asset classes on the Hong Kong exchange. Orion delivers ultra‑stable performance during traffic surges, low‑latency order routing, and a modular architecture that can...
How SEPA Will Be the Backbone of Modern European Payments Sovereignty
The interview at Diebold Nixdorf Intersect 2026 focused on SEPA’s evolution as the foundational layer for European payment sovereignty, with Regis Folbaum of STET emphasizing its long‑standing role and future relevance. Folbaum highlighted that SEPA already aligns European payments, citing the rapid adoption of...
Sui: The Blockchain Built for AI Agents | Adeniyi Abiodun at Sui Live Miami
The video introduces Sui, a blockchain designed to support AI‑driven agents by offering free, instant, and scalable payment capabilities. Co‑founder Adeniyi Abiodun frames the mission as making value transfer as effortless as sending a message, eliminating fees and latency. Sui’s architecture...
BlackRock's Push Into Tokenized Money Market Funds
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, submitted filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8 to launch a pair of tokenized money‑market funds. The initiative includes a digital‑share version of an existing multi‑billion‑dollar treasury fund and a brand‑new...
Master Claude in Excel in Just 10 Minutes
The video demonstrates Claude for Excel’s expanded capabilities beyond chat, showing installation, model selection (Opus 4.7 vs Sonnet 4.6), and paid-access requirements. It highlights connectors (Gmail, Google Drive) to import files directly into Excel, custom formatting via saved instructions (example:...