Our "Let’s Talk About Impact, Equal Opportunity and Empowerment" quarterly series is back and this time is specifically about equal opportunity and positive change in this hectic sector with: Dr Anino Emuwa (Avandis Consulting) and Dr Leyla Hussein OBE (St.Andrews University) and for the first time in this format "The Future Farm" Founder Nektarios Liolios. Moderated (per usual) by Nina Mohanty and Matteo Rizzi.

More on our guests:

Nektarios LioliosLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nekliolios/The Future Farm: https://www.thefuturefarm.co/

Dr Leyla HusseinLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-leyla-hussein-obe-86143978/Website: https://leylahussein.com/

Dr Anino EmuwaLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-anino-emuwa/Avandis Consulting: https://avandisconsulting.com/

You voted and we delivered! Social Media most voted country for a zoom-in was India and is this week's location for our "FinTech Journeys Across The World". This superpower shines on the Breaking Banks Europe with no other than our host Ajit Tripathi, bringing him two local experts: Lizzie Chapman (ZestMoney) and Amit Goel (MEDICI Global). 

More on our guests: 

Lizzie: Lizzie Chapman is the CEO & Co-Founder of ZestMoney - India’s first and largest AI-Driven, digital financing platform. ZestMoney has built a platform that can meaningfully improve the lives of more than 300 million households who currently have no access to credit cards or other formal financing options because of insufficient credit history.Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizzie-chapman-a49430/Website: https://www.zestmoney.in/

Amit: Amit Goel is the Founder of MEDICI Global and leads the strategy and development of the company’s products (Listening engine, MEDICI score, content, and reports) and the technology platform. He has been recognized as a Top 100 FinTech people in the world and Top 10 influencers in Asia multiple times by different agencies.Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitpayments/Website: https://gomedici.com/

Welcome to Breaking Leaders - our new series for Breaking Banks Europe's network to invite some of the most inspiring and pioneering profiles in the financial services sphere. We wanted to launch this series in the very best way possible and hence - Matteo Rizzi (Executive Producer) invited Minister Pierre Gramegna the actual Minister of Finance of Luxembourg (since 2013)!

As Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna has initiated major reforms to balance the budget and to align Luxembourg’s tax rules with international transparency standards. Minister Gramegna is also a promoter of the diversification of Luxembourg’s financial center, in particular with regard to Fintech and sustainable finance. 

As a career diplomat, Pierre Gramegna joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983. He was subsequently appointed political and economic affairs advisor to the Luxembourg embassy in Paris in 1988. In 1992 he was appointed consul general and director of the Board of Economic Development in San Francisco. From 1996 to 2002, Pierre Gramegna was Luxembourg’s Ambassador to Japan and South Korea. He was subsequently responsible for the Directorate of International Economic Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.In 2003, Pierre Gramegna took up the position of director general of the Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining the government, Pierre Gramegna was also member of the executive board of several companies, including in particular Cargolux Airlines International SA (as chairman from 2004 to 2008) and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Bourse de Luxembourg).

Join this Special Episode and find out more about our guest here:https://mfin.gouvernement.lu/en.htmlhttps://gouvernement.lu/en/gouvernement/pierre-gramegna.htmlhttps://twitter.com/pierregramegnahttps://www.luxembourgforfinance.com/en/homepage/

Welcome to the 62st episode of Breaking Banks Europe - where we are "Talking Gamification" with experts Jasmin Karatas and Philipp Wagner, and with a special participation of Matthias Kröner. This week we are moderated by Paolo Sironi, that personally took an interest on the topic on his literature (http://amzn.to/38Xvlyb). But that does this concept implies for consumers, how to understand its potential and still be wise when using it on financial products? All about this, in this week's episode.

More on our guests:Jasmin KaratasJasmin Deniz Karatas is on a quest to lead Gamification and Behavioral Design to success. Trained as a product designer and armed with more than 7 years of experience in service design, as well as founding her own Startup “Myndset”, Jasmin follows her ambition to inspire people with passion and emotions. Fascinated by the worlds behind the screen, she explores which decisive role emotions play in games, and how games have the power to change our world, bringing back fun and excitement into reality. Imagine what long nights at the library or tiring meetings at work would be like, or how we could make a contribution to solving important problems such as environmental pollution - if reality was more like a game!Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminkaratas/

Philipp WagnerExpert Game User Research and User Experience via quantitative -and qualitative research design, data analytics & multivariate data analysis. Over 15 years of experience in video game research with various senior mgt. positions at leading research companies Forrester & GfK with focus on gaming industry and digital transformation. Worked on global game player research projects with game publisher such as EA, Konami, Ubisoft, CCP and more.Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippwagner/

The buzzword is out and “Embedded Finance” came to influence how consumers/enterprises interact with goods and services, through these seamless processes, that perform in this so-called “invisible layer”. Ajit Tripathi takes the mic and starts to unravel it (in this first installment of the podcast on the topic) – by giving visibility to the concept and its nuances, together with experts on the topic Lars Markhull (Business Development, Weavr) and Raphael Dana (Co-Founder & Board Member, Gozem).

More about our guests:

Lars MarkhullLars is part of the Embedded Banking provider Weavr and has been working in Fintech infrastructure since 2014. Before joining Weavr, he was working as a startup advisor and supported them in their supplier selection process and early product development. He started his Fintech career in 2014 as the first employee of Open Banking company Figo (now Finleap Connect) where he was leading the sales activities focused on non-banks. He lives in Berlin and actively supports local startups in their early stages.https://www.linkedin.com/in/larsmarkull/Weavr: https://www.weavr.io/

Raphael DanaRaphael is a serial entrepreneur which specialties include corporate finance, blockchain, disruptive business ideas, start-up modeling, go-global strategy, recruitment of growth team, sales, and marketing. Prior to founding Gozem, Raphael co-founded IEG Singapore Joint Venture with IEG Banking (Berlin) in 2017 to provide corporate finance advisory to technology companies in Southeast Asia (SEA). Passionate about Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Markets: Startup Mentor at Singapore Management University (Southeast Asia). In Singapore since 2013 where he founded Galixo, a boutique consultancy specialized in Disruptive Business Strategy, Go to Market Entry and Growth with deep exposure to emerging markets (APAC MEA). Leading client has been Viber (Rakuten) for their market entry strategy in APAC and Africa. Prior to moving to Singapore, co-founded a media group in Switzerland specializing in business, finance, and lifestyle. Scaled the business through franchising in more than 20 key cities around the world. Previously co-founded the leading web agency of Switzerland in the web 1.0 era. Awarded most promising entrepreneur of the new millennium by Bilan magazine in Switzerland in 2000 when Raphael was 26 years old.https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaeldana/Gozem: https://gozem.co/en/

This week, Paolo Sironi inaugurates the first episode of a new series, while opening the new year for our show! BREAKING CARBON will investigate the link between technology and the environment, discussing all positive and negative externalities of exponential technologies, hence the needed responsible role of banking and fintech. We will open this new series discussing the latest IBM 5-IN-5 predictions on how exponential technologies can help resolve some daunting carbon problems in the next 5 years. He is joined by Domenico Surace (Co-Founder of the Hyia Group and Serial Entrepreneur), on a 1 on 1 conversation with this thought leader on the topic.

Useful links:IBM 5-IN-5 predictions (https://www.research.ibm.com/5-in-5/)Domenico Surace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsurace/

This week, thought leadership is the key factor throughout the show - Efi Pylarinou and Kevin Johnson are hosted by Meaghan Johnson to not only discuss the "News from The FinTech Front" of December, but a sum-up of the uniqueness of 2020. Bitcon, DeFi, Wirecard, BNPL, Robinhood, Starling Bank, Citizens Bank of Edmond, Jill Castilla, Facebook, Mark Cuban, TechFin, Libra (and other latin symbols), Ant Group's IPO and the throughout hard work, community efforts and resilient of the financial services industry and society overall. Save up an hour and start your last week of 2020 the best way!

You don’t want to miss this very special Provoke family episode! We have gathered hosts from each podcast under the Provoke brand to get their thoughts on the economy, finhealth, and much more!

Listen as Dara Tarkowski host of Tech on Reg, Matteo Rizzi host of Breaking Banks Europe, Jennifer Tescher host of EMERGEEverywhere, Greg Palmer host of Finovate, Brett King, JP Nicols, and Jason Henrichs hosts of Breaking Banks take a look at what the past twelve months have been like for the financial services industry and explore how they can make the world a better place through the Provoke platform.

All shows available at: https:provoke.fm

FIND THE HOSTS:

Dara Tarkowskihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dara-chevlin-tarkowski/https://twitter.com/DaraTarkowski

Greg Palmerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gregbpalmer/https://twitter.com/GregPalmer47

JP Nicolshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jpnicols/https://twitter.com/JPNicols

Jason Henrichshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonhenrichs/https://twitter.com/jasonhenrichs

Matteo Rizzihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/matteorizzi/https://twitter.com/matteorizzi

Jennifer Tescherhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifertescher/https://twitter.com/jentescher

Brett Kinghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brettking/https://twitter.com/BrettKing