Roland Pecsenye is the Chief Digital and Operations Officer at Hungarian Bank Holding. Roland brings a wealth of experience to the organization. As the founder of the first big Hungarian fintech IND Group, he grew the “garage startup” to a multinational leading e- and m-banking software vendor with 9 offices and 250+ of staff. He’s worked with dozens of banks on next generation online and mobile banking projects and participated in several successful digital banking rollouts with market changing character.

How do emotions influence the world of financial services? More than we might think. In this episode we uncover some of the latest trends in emotion AI and sentiment analysis, looking at example from other industries and predicting how these will influence the banking sector. Pamela Pavlischak is the founder of Subjective (subjective.so), an emotion-centered design studio that helps Fortune 500s and startups craft experiences that evoke powerful emotion, build intimacy, and grow in meaning over time. Pamela is also a faculty member at the Pratt Institute in New York City, where she teaches emotional design and affective computing. She's the author of Emotionally Intelligent Design (O'Reilly, 2019) and the forthcoming #Feels: How Technology is Changing our Emotional Life for the Better. Have thoughts after listening to this episode? Join the conversation and be part of her upcoming research by tweeting to @paminthelab.

Welcome to our first Hungarian episode! Going forward we plan to release content  in English and Hungarian. Stay tuned for our next episode in English!

A Beyond Fintech podcast második évadában Mary Alcantara mellett Kántor Endre ragad mikrofont, hogy a legújabb fintech trendek mellett digitális, innovációs trendekről beszélgessen hazai és nemzetközi szakértőkkel. Az első adás vendége Szmola Roland, a  hazai legnagyobb agilis szakemberhálózatot tömörítő RI consulting alapítója és szakértője, illetve Pereczes János, a Foundation CEO-ja, aki nem kisebb dologra vállalkozott, minthogy csapatával digitális alapokon építsen egy új bankot.

Az egyre növekvő szervezet iránt érdeklődők a reshapethebank.com és a Foundation Linkedin oldalon találják nyitott pozícióink listáját, illetve további infokat a Foundation építkezéséről.

Joyce Zhang is co-founder and CEO of Alariss, a global expansion marketplace backed by General Catalyst and other Silicon Valley VCs. Alariss enables tech companies from around the world to enter the US market quickly and effectively with a remote American country manager and team. Prior to founding Alariss, Joyce has had an impressive career with roles at Microsoft, Groupon, the World Bank and the Fed. She was also the first employee and VP of Sales for Human Interest, one of the most valuable Y Combinator companies of all time. In this episode, Joyce shares her experience as an executive turned founder, what she learned during the process of fundraising for her own company, and tips and tricks for companies entering the US market.

Gernot Schwendtner is co-founder of weGrow, an Amsterdam-based internationalization service focused on growing startups and scale-ups in Europe and the USA. weGrow is helping companies such as WeTransfer, UnitedWardrobe, Channable, Honeypot and HelloPrint enter markets in both strategic and hands-on ways. Gernot was the VP Marketing & International Country Manager of TravelBird, Managing Director of News Travel, and built up a venture-builder for an Austrian media company.

In this episode, Gernot talks about the background of weGrow and how the journey started. He speaks in-depth about the struggles he faced regarding international growth and expansion, and how other founders can overcome similar challenges and avoid the biggest mistakes he sees startups make when planning to expand internationally.

Mike Sigal is a serial entrepreneur, investor, advisor and most recently author. Over his 30 year career Mike founded 7 startups, with 3 exits including an IPO. He’s served as a General Partner of 500 Startups Fintech Fund, responsible for early stage investments in over 80 fintech startups globally. Most recently, Mike founded 20022 Labs, a not-for-proft trade association and Tracking Payments, a newsletter focused on data-rich payments and embedded finance - the next generation after Open Banking.

Ben Marrel is the founder and managing partner of Breega, a founder-friendly VC, with €260M under management, investing in promising European high tech start-ups at Seed/Series A stage. In this episode, Ben talks about how he built Breega and runs the VC like a startup, tracking NPS and building a scalable model. He expands on the challenges of raising multiple funds, building a track record, and Brega's vision to become a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs at all stages of their journey.

Thierry Zois is an investor at Finch Capital, a series A/B fintech investment fund with offices in Amsterdam, London, and Jakarta. In this episode, Thierry shares his experience as a startup founder turned VC, and shows that VCs can also act like startups, pivoting based on customer research to find an untapped niche. He talks about Finch's new strategy to go for smaller deals with faster exits, and shares his advice for someone just getting started in the industry.

Zahoor Rahimtoola is an impact entrepreneur passionate about solving everyday problems for billions through human-centred design and creating businesses with a purpose. In this podcast we hear from him about his experience working at Barclay's, why he left, and his advice for banks looking to innovate. He also shares his motivation for building a new fintech in India that aims to be a personal trainer for financial health.