Fintech Unplugged

FU Series 3 Bloopers – the best bits by FintechUnplugged

Fintech Unplugged's final LIVE podcast comes from the 4th Next Gen Payments Forum 2018. This is a premium gathering for senior executives involved in financial transactions and payments operations. Suresh took a well-deserved break from Robert in this episode and is joined by Fintech expert Peter Oakes.

Fintech Unplugged's fourth live episode comes from xCEEd Fintech Conference, where the first ever conference crypto currency Xceedium was launched. Robert and Suresh take on the 'Bin of Confusion' with Nick Middleton, Strategic Payments Director, Virgin Money and Pavle Ljuijic, Founder of xCEEd. The "Man on the Street' tackles the confusing term 'GAFA' with Belgrade's conference delegates.

Welcome to the pilot episode of Fintech Unplugged, ,where Robert and Suresh take on hot topics of the day from the rise of crypto and the emergence of Amazon Pay to the challenges prepaid cards face and much more. The boys also introduce the idea of guests and finding out the public's opinion in certain topics through the 'Man on the street' on future episodes.

Now in its fourth year, the PIF Innovation Day brings together industry leaders, innovators and influencers to explore the convergence of prepaid and FinTech, from the solutions, trends and technology driving innovation in payments to the opportunities and the future for the high-growth prepaid sector.

Fintech Unplugged's second LIVE episode from the EPA: Robert and Suresh answer some of their own burning questions: Why is cash on the increase? Their weirdest payment experience? Do people really understand GDPR? Are card schemes still relevant? And, the reason why the Amazon store is not so environmentally friendly.

Fintech Unplugged's first LIVE episode comes from Vendorcom. Fintech heavyweights Robert and Suresh answer questions from the "Bin of Confusion" including: Where is it best in the EU to apply for a licence post brexit?, What is next after NFR for prepaid cards? How will Crypto currencies affect Fintechs, Did you buy Bitcoin? and What is an ICO? We ask the "Man on the Street" about Bitcoin and his view: "...it's a bit like the year, it's here but you can't see it!"

FU Series 1 Bloopers – the best bits by FintechUnplugged

*This podcast was recorded live in a nightclub so the audio quality is reduced.

In this episode guest speaker Paul Love Twelves explains what the Open Payments Cloud is, how it works and how this will help Fintech entrepreneurs "test and learn" in a low risk environment before launching.

As the deadline for GDPR approaches, guest speaker Michael Moore from Wirex explains and demystifys GDPR to Robert and Suresh once they get permission to introduce him. Can distributed ledger technology actually help or hinder GDPR? What does the "Man on the Street" know about it and what action do they need to take?

Robert and Suresh welcome the head of the Emerging Payments Association Tony Craddock (TC) who explains what the EPA does and how he sometimes likes to upset its members! Questions from the "Bin of Confusion" include: How can we trust fintechs if we can't trust Facebook? Explain Open Banking in 10 secs? The "Man on the Street" is asked what Open Banking means to him with some varying responses.

Our new series starts with a discussion on physical cards. First up: How long will it be before plastic cards are a thing of the past? Suresh tells Robert that cards are still increasing inspite of mobile phones and wearable technology. Are the schemes already irrelevant with PSD2 and what technology will merchants want to use in the future and how will AI change payments?