In this episode, Open Banking Expo's head of content Ellie Duncan is joined by Ghela Boskovich, head of Europe at the Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA), to explain how FDATA ensures that the voice of European fintechs is well represented and why it's important for the lobbying group's members to have a "fair and competitive" playing field so that they can fulfil the mandate of PSD2. She also discusses what needs to happen in the UK to ensure the momentum continues once the OBIE's roadmap comes to an end, and why "coordination and collaboration" is so crucial in thinking about the next phase of Open Banking to Open Finance.

In this episode, Open Banking Expo's Ellie Duncan is joined by Kenny Tsang, managing director at PingPong Payments, to discuss the cross-border payment pain points that the company helps retailers overcome. He also revealed how the firm differentiates itself in the highly competitive payments space, the profile of the 'typical' PingPong customer and which other markets the unicorn has its eye on.

In this episode, Nucleus Commercial Finance CEO Chirag Shah tells Ellie Duncan, head of content at Open Banking Expo, why there is no such thing as 'alternative' lending to SMEs and that it should be considered mainstream lending. He also explains how Open Banking has helped to simplify the user journey, as well as the business' own investment in technology and why the future of lending to small businesses will look like a more subscription-based model.

Anton Langbroek, general manager of DACH at Mambu joins Ellie Duncan in this episode of Open Banking Expo Unplugged to discuss the Open Banking challenges that are unique to Germany, Austria and Switzerland and how these are being overcome. He also reveals what Mambu is doing to educate consumers on the benefits of Open Banking, and why Mambu's plans for the DACH region are all about 'collaborating instead of competing'.

Open Banking Expo's Ellie Duncan is joined on the podcast by Experian's Shobana Balasundaram, director of global DA, and Ed Heal, product director, software to discuss the value of cloud for financial institutions, given its ability to solve for customer-specific and operational challenges across both large banks and mid-sized firms. They also reveal the use cases for cloud, how these differ regionally and how firms can build a business case for cloud.

In this episode, Open Banking Expo's head of content Ellie Duncan is joined by Bent Winkel, Nordics general manager at Mambu, who reveals why the Nordic region is one of the 'first movers' in Europe when it comes to Open Banking and why he believes there are only 'opportunities' and not 'challenges' for the region to address. He also discusses what Mambu's plans are for the Nordics, which it has identified as a strategic region.

In this episode of the Unplugged series, Open Banking Expo's head of content Ellie Duncan is joined by Janine Hirt, CEO of Innovate Finance who explains what her plans are for the organisation since taking the helm earlier this year. She also reveals how "unparalleled" government and regulatory support has contributed towards a thriving fintech marketplace in the UK and what the industry could stand to learn from the US's attitude to risk appetite. Janine also talks about Innovate Finance's 'Women in Fintech' programme and the opportunity it presents to increase the number of women working in the space.

In this episode of Open Banking Expo Unplugged, head of content Ellie Duncan speaks to Paul Lloyd, co-founder and chief marketing officer of fintech Snoop, to find out how the app uses Open Banking data to help households save money. Paul also reveals what prompted him and the other co-founders, all of whom had previously worked at Virgin Money, to come up with the idea for Snoop and then turn that into a reality. Finally, Paul talks about Snoop's recent Open Banking Expo award wins.

Andréa Toucinho, director of Partelya Consulting, joins Open Banking Expo’s Ellie Duncan for this episode of Unplugged in which she reveals the main findings from a recent Open Banking white paper and how she’d like to see the industry use the conclusions of that research to create a framework for Open Finance. Toucinho also reveals Europe’s diverse but collaborative approaches to Open Banking and payments, with a closer look at France’s ‘progressive’ Open Banking journey.

Bud CEO Ed Maslaveckas joins Ellie Duncan in this week’s episode of Open Banking Expo Unplugged to explain how he came up with the idea for the fintech Open Banking platform back in 2015. Ed also discusses a string of recent partnerships including Minna Technologies and First Direct, which pioneers the way firms interact with their customers, as well as the next stages of Open Finance in the UK.