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In this week’s podcast, I get a fascinating insight into the latest trends in AI & ML with Sean Muller. With nearly 30 years experience in the industry, Sean helps businesses achieve radical growth by architecting innovative digital transformations.

He outlines some of the major challenges and the possible solutions that face the sector today and into the future. An incredibly exciting space with both hugely positive capabilities or devastating potential.

Never before has the entire essence of work evolved so dramatically as it has in recent times. What then could the future hold for workers around the globe? With almost 40% of the US workforce working remotely at the height of the pandemic and the ever-growing popularity of the On-Demand workforce, together with constantly evolving technologies, a new shift is currently impacting every facet of work. In his latest book, “The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations” best-selling author and entrepreneur, Jeff Wald offers a realistic prediction of what the near and medium future of work is including the key challenges ahead such as upskilling millions of workers. This is a fascinating insight into the new generation of work and its workers. Enjoy!

This week I have the pleasure of reinterviewing Greg Watts CEO and co-founder of Findr, one year on from the launch date. Launching a tech business from home in a pandemic was a daunting prospect. Greg shares his invaluable experience on some of the key challenges he overcame including how he successfully secured investors in a new virtual setting, offering not only a lifeline but invaluable advice and support. He also outlines the advantages of adopting a hybrid flexible model which in his experience has led to increased productivity and focus. Findr is an inspirational success story going from strength to strength and a must-listen for any entrepreneur.

In this week’s podcast, we get a fascinating insight into the world of Fintech customer experience from Tomas Sallies, Head of Customer Experience at Curve. Curve is a London-based Fintech that combines multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and an even smarter app.

Tomas describes the best customer experience as one that never happens. He provides an excellent insight into how his team achieves a better online customer experience, addressing current customer behaviours and expectations. Tomas identifies some of the challenges and possible solutions to overcome these. He also looks to the future with some exciting new plans. Enjoy the show 😀.

With spending on Regulatory Technology estimated to rise by an average of 48% per annum to $76.3 billion in 2022, our Fintech series continues this week by taking a closer look at regulatory technology with industry guru, Rick Dupree.

As CEO & founder of Riskliance, Rick has held several business, risk, compliance, and operations roles at regional, national, and global financial services firms. He is a contributor to industry articles, panels, webinars and sits on several RegTech advisor boards including Compliance.ai and 4US. With vast experience and a wealth of information to share in this fascinating sector, we discuss the RegTech evolution, current trends, and the future landscape in this rapidly expanding market. Enjoy the show.

I recently had the pleasure to talk to Andy Skipper, founder of CTO Craft, the UK’s first learning and coaching network built for engineering managers, CTO’s and tech. Covid-19 has brought a greater need for CTOs to manage the challenge of decreased morale and resilience amongst colleagues. The importance of trust was never so crucial in a new workplace environment. Andy provides the best solutions to overcome such difficulties through effective coaching and outlines a picture of what the future might hold.

My guest today is Nuri Otus, founder, and CEO of Txtsmarter. Over 6 trillion imessages and 145 billion SMS/MMS messages are sent each day. However mobile carriers do not store text messages. Nuri realised at first hand the risk this poses for businesses. It was a dramatic, life-changing event that led to the creation of Txtsmarter and Nuri has never looked back as his company was recently shortlisted for the 2021 RegTech Insight Awards. Enjoy this very honest recount where success is born out of the darkest of times.

This week I speak to Richard Rodgers, Global Digital Marketing Director for Agilent Technologies. Richard has always been passionate about start-ups from a young age, forming his first company at just sixteen. With a lifetime of experience in marketing and growing businesses, Richard speaks about the importance of account-based marketing, identifying the right client at the right time, and delivering a message which targets and addresses their specific pain point. In our chat, Richard shares his invaluable advice, his success stories, and his failures along his incredible entrepreneurial journey.

In this second episode in a special series of Fintech podcasts, we take a closer look at Old Vs New in Fintech, current trends and the exciting prospect of one company’s mission to create one eco system for everyone to trade across without a middleman.

I speak to Anders Christensen, Head of the Avaloq.one Ecosystem at Avaloq. As an experienced banking and Fintech expert, Anders works in the international banking software industry. At Avaloq.one, he focuses on developing the Fintech eco-system, connecting end-client needs to great experiences. Thanks for your invaluable insight Anders. Enjoy!

The Fintech industry market value is expected to be $305 billion by 2025 as an increasing number of financial services become disrupted and replaced by new technologies. In my new series of Fintech industry podcasts, we examine the latest technology, trends, and challenges facing this fascinating industry.

My first guest is Dan Feaheny, founder of Feeney Ventures Ltd, assisting and advising the next generation of Fintechs. In this episode, Dan shares his valuable insights from working within various fintechs across the world. We look closely at current trends and what the future holds. I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I have :-).