Finstep Asia Edge: Irina Chuchkina, Chief Marketing Officer of Volt.io in conversation with Finstep Asia Founder Syed Musheer Ahmed at Money20/20 Asia.

In this episode, Irina discusses her experience with building and working for top payments and B2B FinTechs across Asia and Europe over the past 20 years, while also contrasting the FinTech ecosystems in Asia vs Europe+UK.

- She reflects on pivotal moments that accelerated fintech growth globally - the launch of the App Store, AWS making APIs widely available, and the COVID pandemic driving digital adoption.

-Irina talks about her experience at Grab in Asia, building their payments and wallet capabilities into a super app. She contrasts the diversity of payments cultures globally with the myopic assumptions people can have about their own region.

-Comparing Asia and Europe, she notes Europe's excellence in user experience but Asia's creativity finding new service models. She advocates Europe learning from emerging markets.

-On real-time payments, Irena explains why she believes they will redefine payments globally in the next 5-10 years. Volt is focused on connecting real-time payment capabilities across borders.

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