In Check with Fintech

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In this week’s episode we will be talking to Benjamin Esser who is Co-CEO at Kontist and former CEO and Founder of Urbanara, a leading DTC brand in the Home & Living space. Besides that, he worked in executive positions at  Fanatics, Myfab, CVA and Bain & Company. At Kontist, Benjamin works closely with Founder and Co-CEO Christopher Plantener and is responsible for strategy, marketing, finance, and business development. We will discuss the tax tech market in Germany, how Kontist fits into that and what more is there to come especially when the German tax market is 8 times bigger than the banking market for SMEs.

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We sat down with Kevin Gosschalk, founder and CEO of Arkose Labs, to discuss the significant rise of credential stuffing attacks especially during COVID19. Although ransomware is generally the hottest topic in cybercrime, COVID19 has fueled the new trend in credential stuffing attacks which is taking a serious toll on businesses across the world. Credential stuffing attacks are predicted to overtake ransomware in 2022. Arkose Labs alone detected 285 million of such attacks in the first 6 months of the year and the FBI estimated an average cost of £4million each year. Arkose Labs is working hard to combat this problem with the industry's first $1m Credential Stuffing Warranty and an AI Fraud Prevention platform. 

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About Kevin Gosschalk

Born and raised in Brisbane, Australia, Kevin graduated from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) with a degree in Interactive Entertainment. Prior to founding Arkose Labs he worked in biomedical research where he used machine vision technology for early detection of diabetes. He later developed technology that assisted adults with intellectual differences in social settings. His unique background has enabled him to take this disruptive approach that gamifies fraud prevention. Kevin has been named CEO of the year by Cyber Defense Magazine and is regarded as an expert in the fraud and risk management industry.

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Drumroll for Layla Qassim, Solarisbank’s Head of Strategy and Shareholder Relations! Layla is a phenomenal leader and capital markets expert, developing Solarisbank’s long-term strategic vision. She joined Solarisbank in 2019 after working as an independent startup consultant for three years in London. And before that, she spent over six years in New York in financial analysis and research. Going further back, Layla graduated from UCL with a BA in Ancient History & Social Anthropology. Listen in, as Layla shares insights on the move from Wall Street to Berlin, and how she’s heading the European expansion of Solarisbank!

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We're back with In Check with Fintech! This week, PCN CEO Rogier sat down with Tobias Schweiger, Co-founder & CEO of HAWK:AI to discuss AI, Cloud, and anti-financial crime. Prior to co-founding HAWK:AI with Wolfgang Berner in 2018, he was Vice President Operations at ACI Worldwide's SaaS unit and before that CFO/COO at PAY.ON AG, which was sold to ACI for $200 million in 2015. 

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This week is a super special week at PCN because we launched our Women in Tech Week in collaboration with our sister brand Digital Source. Guest host, Sophie Nicolai, sits down with data scientist and educator, Misra Turp, founder of So You Want to Be a Data Scientist. She started her career at IBM and moved to MyTomorrows. Since then, Misra has launched her educational platform to help people switch careers to data science. Listen in, as we dive into gender equality and representation in the tech/data space.

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Over the past few years our ‘In Check With Fintech’ podcast series has interviewed some of Fintech’s leading minds, covering everything from open banking to blockchain, cybersecurity, e-commerce and more. Together with our host Rogier Rouppe Van Der Voort, we have seen our podcast gain incredible momentum with over 76 episodes and 29k downloads from our dedicated network and Fintech community. To mark the occasion, we have put together an audio-montage of some of the best episodes from the series! Thank you for supporting In Check with Fintech! In the meanwhile, check out snippets from some of our most memorable episodes!