FINTECH UNPLUGGED

Emily Baum joins Robert and Suresh for episode 2 of Fintech Unplugged! Our hosts happened to catch Emily performing at a comedy gig and scored a backstage chat about the importance of UX/UI, what advice she has for the legacy banks and much more.

Series 6 kicks off with an an exciting and special episode as Conservative MEP Syed Kamall joins Robert and Suresh for Episode 1 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 6. Syed covers a range of topics from the fintech political landscape, to the implications of Brexit, life as a politician and much more! You don't want to miss out on this one.

Dive into these hilarious bloopers from season 5 featuring our guests over the past 8 episodes!

Paul Swinton from PIF joins Robert and Suresh for episode 8 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Paul talks about why he got involved with prepaid regulation and what processes are involved, how prepaid cards are perceived and much more!

Fintech Unplugged's latest live episode comes from EPA PAY360 Conference on 17th March. Robert and Suresh take on the 'Bin of Confusion' with Julian Sawyer, Head of Banking Services and COO, Starling Bank. Robert, Suresh and Julian dive deeper into Starling Bank's business model, how Julian defines Fintech and opens the questioning to the live audience.

Darren Deal from MasterCard joins Robert and Suresh for episode 6 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Darren talks about what life was like when prepaid cards were introduced, if we will ever see a cashless society and much more.

Diane Brocklebank from PIF joins Robert and Suresh for episode 5 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Diane talks about how the media can affect the perception of prepaid cards, what PIF do to safeguard the prepaid universe and introduces the new PIF chairman.

Thish De Zoya from Their Perfect Gift joins Robert and Suresh for episode 4 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Thish talks about the business models of fintechs, payments and find out why he describes the prepaid industry as Narnia!

Kriya Patel from Transact Payments joins Robert and Suresh in this next episode of Fintech Unplugged. Find out what Kriya believes Brexit will mean to payments, what are his views on crypto and most importantly, the Bin of Confusion asks what would we find on Kriya's typical BBQ?!

David Parker from Polymath Consultancy joins Robert and Suresh for the 2nd episode of Fintech Unplugged, Series 5. Find out what David's views are on cryptocurrencies and if we should regulate them, what he sees as the latest innovations in crypto and have the card schemes changed their views on this type of currency?

The Bin of Confusion asks what is the difference between a challenger bank and a bank challenger? Where does David see the push of biometrics going in payments? What is the longest sentence he say with the most number of acronyms? And, are legacy banks dragging their feet with open banking?