How Ugnė Buraciene Has Led Payabl. To the Big Leagues
In a recent fireside chat, Ugnė Buraciene, group CEO of Payable, outlined the fintech’s core mission and its rapid ascent to the “big leagues.” Payable positions itself as a merchant‑focused payment service provider, offering end‑to‑end payment and banking solutions tailored for e‑commerce businesses. Buraciene emphasized that Payable’s differentiation lies in listening to merchants, but she also turned to broader industry issues. She described diversity and inclusion as a multi‑factor problem that must begin with early education and be embedded at multiple organizational levels. She noted that gender gaps persist across tech, including fintech, and that there is no single “right” solution. Key excerpts underscored the challenges: “The challenges are the same for any tech industry,” she said, adding that regulatory hurdles, fraud, and emerging AI technologies are reshaping risk landscapes. She warned that fraud is accelerating with technological advances and that merchants need proactive safeguards. The conversation signals that Payable will invest in AI monitoring and fraud prevention while championing inclusive hiring practices. For merchants, the message is clear: a partner that understands their needs and anticipates regulatory and security shifts can be a competitive advantage in an increasingly crowded payments market.
What Is Akur8 Hoping to Achieve After Funding? | ITC Vegas
At the recent ITC Vegas session, Akur8 outlined how it will deploy its latest funding round. The fintech‑insurtech firm said the bulk of the capital will fuel aggressive research and development, launching new pricing‑optimization and deployment modules and embedding deeper machine‑learning...
Where Insurance Is Still Lagging Behind in Innovation | Akur8 | ITC Vegas
The video discusses how insurance, traditionally a resilience industry, is adopting AI and machine learning, emphasizing purposeful use over novelty. Speakers note that insurers are not late but deliberate, balancing stability with the need to accelerate due to faster‑evolving risk drivers...
Can Multilingual AI Agents Solve the Customer Support Bottleneck in Regulated Banking?
The video outlines how fintech firms are deploying multilingual, multimodal AI agents to overhaul regulated banking customer support, promising real‑time assistance in any language across phone, email and chat. By embedding the agents directly into existing banking platforms, providers verify customers,...
Can Hyper-Personalization and Automated Documentation Salvage Complex Bank Onboarding?
Smart Communications is enabling banks to cut onboarding time for mortgages and commercial accounts by automating documentation and delivering hyper‑personalized digital communications. Leveraging deep consumer data, the platform replaces generic letters with context‑aware emails, push notifications, and portal messages, and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Why Fraudsters Are Harder to Detect Than Ever | Lloyds
Lloyds fraud investigator Louise used the forum to highlight how fraud detection is becoming increasingly complex and to request updates to the bank’s investigative tools. She emphasized the need for real‑time insights from other sectors as fraudsters adapt their tactics. She...