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"We’re not in an age of fintech disruption, we’re in an age of fintech irritation”

This week we'll be discussing the world of fintech with global expert and commentator, Liz Lumley.

Aside from Brexit, Liz Lumley is predicting big things for the world of fintech in 2020. Liz is a podcast veteran, having regularly contributed on Brett King's Breaking Banks and 11.FS. Combined with Liz's 20 years industry experience - this one is not to be missed.

Liz foresees a continued maturity of the fintech sector where disruption is no longer the order of the day. Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, firms will look to irritate the bigger players by continuing to build on efficiency.

"Market infrastructures are being reborn through next generation technologies."

Don't miss our transatlantic chat with Celent's capital markets lead, David Easthope. We tap into David's insight and find out what we can expect in 2020.

David predicts the rebirth of market infrastructures, built on the foundation of next generation technologies such as AI and machine learning. But for this to become a reality, firms must get smarter about their data and recognise how far they still have to go.

“Are our regulations fit for purpose in the digital age?”

In our first episode of season 2, we are joined by PJ Di Giammarino, CEO & founder of JWG Group. Also Chair of the global RegTech Council, PJ is the perfect person to unravel what happened in 2019 and what 2020 has in store. 

PJ discusses the intersection of compliance and technology and how regulators are becoming more open and inclusive.

Aite Group's David Bannister, joins us to discuss the payments world and how globalisation, new technologies and the value of data are culminating in what he describes as a 'revolution'.

David's 40 years industry experience shines through as he shares his insights on the jurisdictional and regulatory challenges banks are yet to conquer, as well as the technology that firms are using to harness data, and transform customer experience.

"My first Sibos was in 1992 in Brussels and I've been to each one since then... It's changed a lot..."

Well-respected journalist Heather McKenzie shares her thoughts on: data privacy; bank change programmes; AI augmentation, compliance and reskilling; and others.

With Heather's unrivalled knowledge of Sibos and the players involved, this episode throws up some interesting insights worth listening to - whether you're headed to Sibos or not.

"Without data standardisation, the ability to maximise the potential of new technologies is hampered".

Val Wotton, DTCC Managing Director, shared his insights on the increasing demands regulators are placing on firms, and how the utilisation of technologies like Blockchain and AI can only be achieved with a data-first approach.

Val delves into the data challenges of complex regulation and why data standardisation keeps coming up...and not happening.

"Because the transition impacts all divisions of a bank with a broad number of products, collating all of this exposure data is a significant exercise."

This week, we chat with Lucine Tatulian, Partner at Baringa, about how firms are preparing for the Libor transition, the data challenges they face and what to expect post transition.

As a capital markets specialist, Lucine shares her insights from designing and delivering restructuring and transformation initiatives for global investment and universal banks. 

"There is a lot of hype around blockchain which is natural with emerging and innovative technologies. I think one of the things that's most encouraging about that hype is what it has led to: incredible collaboration across different industries."

Stefan Schrijnen, Director of Insurance at EY, talks to us about where and why blockchain is a good fit for the industry, the complexities that we need to overcome and what is on the horizon. 

Listen now to hear Stefan's insight into Insurwave, the world's first blockchain-enabled insurance platform in production. 

“Establishing trusted data and decentralising the exercise out to business groups, is a key element that AI teams are not concentrating on today”.
 
Xceptor CTO and founder, Dan Reid, drops by to discuss his experience working on AI initiatives within the industry, and why he thinks the traditional approach to projects is being reversed. Projects had been technology-led, rather than data-led, and this lack of focus on data quality was killing success.
 
Dan shares insights on what challenges still need to be overcome and how they have helped shape Xceptor's AI approach when working with industry business teams and AI groups.
 
Happy listening.

"Like it or not firms have to own data quality... the firms that win are the firms that take it seriously".

Listen to the latest insights from a compelling new report that sheds light on why financial institutions continue to fail at building businesses based on quality data.

Gert Raeves Research Director, Adox Research, drops by to share some of his hard won secrets into data quality and automation.

Gert talks us through key insights ahead of this year's Sibos in London.