Fintech Unplugged

Emily Baum joins Robert and Suresh for episode 2 of Fintech Unplugged! Our hosts happened to catch Emily performing at a comedy gig and scored a backstage chat about the importance of UX/UI, what advice she has for the legacy banks and much more.

Series 6 kicks off with an an exciting and special episode as Conservative MEP Syed Kamall joins Robert and Suresh for Episode 1 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 6. Syed covers a range of topics from the fintech political landscape, to the implications of Brexit, life as a politician and much more! You don't want to miss out on this one.

Dive into these hilarious bloopers from season 5 featuring our guests over the past 8 episodes!

Paul Swinton from PIF joins Robert and Suresh for episode 8 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Paul talks about why he got involved with prepaid regulation and what processes are involved, how prepaid cards are perceived and much more!

Fintech Unplugged's latest live episode comes from EPA PAY360 Conference on 17th March. Robert and Suresh take on the 'Bin of Confusion' with Julian Sawyer, Head of Banking Services and COO, Starling Bank. Robert, Suresh and Julian dive deeper into Starling Bank's business model, how Julian defines Fintech and opens the questioning to the live audience.

Darren Deal from MasterCard joins Robert and Suresh for episode 6 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Darren talks about what life was like when prepaid cards were introduced, if we will ever see a cashless society and much more.

Diane Brocklebank from PIF joins Robert and Suresh for episode 5 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Diane talks about how the media can affect the perception of prepaid cards, what PIF do to safeguard the prepaid universe and introduces the new PIF chairman.

Thish De Zoya from Their Perfect Gift joins Robert and Suresh for episode 4 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Thish talks about the business models of fintechs, payments and find out why he describes the prepaid industry as Narnia!

Kriya Patel from Transact Payments joins Robert and Suresh in this next episode of Fintech Unplugged. Find out what Kriya believes Brexit will mean to payments, what are his views on crypto and most importantly, the Bin of Confusion asks what would we find on Kriya's typical BBQ?!

David Parker from Polymath Consultancy joins Robert and Suresh for the 2nd episode of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Find out what David's views are on cryptocurrencies and if we should regulate them, what he sees as the latest innovations in crypto and have the card schemes changed their views on this type of currency? The Bin of Confusion asks what is the difference between a challenger bank and a bank challenger? Where does David see the push of biometrics going in payments? What is the longest sentence he say with the most number of acronyms? And, are legacy banks dragging their feet with open banking?

KBW’s Sanjay Sakhrani joins Robert and Suresh in a special investor episode of Fintech Unplugged to kick off Series 5! Sanjay is a Senior Fintech Analyst from investment bank KBW, that specialises and focuses on financial services and fintech. What are investors really looking for in companies? How has the investor landscape changed? What are the best buzzwords to use in a pitch? If you want to find out more about anything in this episode please get in touch via our LinkedIn account. Happy New Year!

The bloopers from season 4!

Get into the festive spirit with this very special Fintech Unplugged Panto! Blue Train Marketing presents classic crowd-pleasing panto antics loving mixed with a large helping of fintech jokes to bring good cheer to all men (or it could be a woman). A wicked duo with a murky past plan to take revenge on the world of fintech. They capture former number one in the Payments Power 10, Suresh Vaghjiani, and hatch a plan to claw back choice, value and payment convenience from innocent consumers. Can Robert Courtneidge and a host of supporting fintech stars save the day?

In the 7th episode of Fintech Unplugged, Robert and Suresh are joined by Bill Gajda from the global payments technology company, Visa. Discussing the latest innovations in Fintech, secure payments and customer authentication in seamless transactions. The Bin of Confusion questions Bill on the Visa outage back in June 2018, their plans for Visa’s Fintech division and will there be a Visa crypto card?

In this episode of Fintech Unplugged, guest speaker Steve Wilks from For Good Causes explains a new and rewarding way to give to charities. The BIN of Confusion asks how For Good Causes can help build the public's trust back up with charities and The Man on the Street discusses loyalty cards and would consumers consider donating their points to charity.

In this Crypto meltdown special, Robert and Suresh are joined by two special guests to discuss cryptocurrencies and the recent headlines surrounding Bitcoin. The two guests, Vicken Kaprelian, CEO of HEdpAY and Laura Inamedinova from LKI Consulting, offer different perspectives on the world of crypto. Questions from the famous Bin of Confusion include – is there a strong crypto product? What is an ICO? And, what is new in the area of security tokens?

In this episode of Fintech Unplugged, Robert is joined by Peter Oakes LIVE from the 5th Nextgen Payments and Regtech Leaders Forum in Brussels. The two hosts are faced with some tuff questions from the Bin of Confusion – is there a need for an innovations helpdesk? What are the negative consequences of AI environment? Will Brexit have an effect on unicorn start-ups? And, if a BLT is a sandwich, how does this effect other 3 letter acronyms in Regtech? This episode was recorded live and we apologise that the sound quality was not up to the usual standard.

Fintech Unplugged's first LIVE episode for Series 4 comes from PayExpo 2018, where Robert and Suresh are joined by David Birch. In this episode, David takes on the Bin of Confusion. Answering questions that many in the Fintech world have been wanting to ask – are crypto currencies just a fad? What will Brexit mean for Fintech in the UK? And, what is your wish list for PSD3?

In this episode, while Robert and Suresh are enjoying their delicious BBQ, we hear from Fintech Unplugged’s budding reporter, Jeff, who is interviewing Shaun Lordan from Volt Bank – Australia’s first challenger bank. They discuss how the UK market compares to the Australian, what Volt Bank can learn from UK challenger banks and how they are going to position themselves in the Australian consumer market.

Welcome to Fintech Unplugged’s fourth series. In the first episode Robert and Suresh talk with Paul Riseborough from Metro Bank to find out how they differentiate themselves from the traditional banks. Questions from the “Bin of Confusion” include: who is a Metro Bank customer? What innovations are down the line for Metro Bank? And, how can Metro Bank meet the expenses of their branches and remain profitable. We also hear from the “Man on the Street” about what they remember about their last bank branch experience and what might make them switch.