The European Startup Show

Felicia Meyerowitz Singh and Panos Savvas, co-founders of Akoni on Big Trends in FinTech and Wealth Management Sector; Balancing Innovation and Regulation in Fintech; How to Build Relationships Within the Financial Ecosystem.

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  • [1:52] - Why did you start Akoni? What pain does it solve?
  • [8:00] - How did you achieve product-market fit?
  • [11:18] - What are the key trends you are seeing in financial services and fintech?
  • [15:13] - How has the pandemic changed the expectations and needs of the consumer and business user?
  • [21:13] - How do you balance innovation from open banking and open finance with ensuring adequate protection of consumers?
  • [26:19] - How do you see open banking evolve in Europe and what would you like to see happen in terms of regulations
  • [28:18] - How does Europe compare with other regions like US in terms of fintech innovation?
  • [31:15] - How are the different players - incumbents, middleware, fintech companies collaborating or working together to make the ecosystem work, (in the UK)?
  • [34:39] - Go-to-market strategy - How did you build relationships with key banking players?
  • [36:49] - What advice would you give to yourself, in your early years at Akoni - what would you do differently?
  • [40:29] - How has the experience of being a female founder and CEO in Fintech been like?
  • [[44:37] - What are your future goals?

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Akonihub

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Books

Fountainhead

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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