Open Banking Expo Unplugged

Dec 04 2024 111 ep. 27 mins 22

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Open Banking Expo Unplugged is a series of easy listening podcasts brought to you by the team behind Open Banking Expo Magazine. Digital knows no boundaries, with each episode winging its way to you on all things Open Banking, Open Finance and broader digital transformation within financial services from across the globe.Unplugged will bring you one-on-one interviews and carefully curated industry panels with thought leaders and digital disruptors working hard to bring about change in the digital financial services market.

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What’s next for Australia’s Consumer Data Right?

Dec 04 2024 36 mins

Jamie Leach, Open Data strategist at Raidiam, joins Open Banking Expo’s Ellie Duncan to bring listeners up to speed with Open Banking in Australia, where it’s better known as the Consumer Data Right (CDR). She talks about some of the setbacks faced by the CDR and what the Australian government’s recent “reset” means for progress. Jamie reveals the strategies and developme

Building out VibePay Insights

Nov 28 2024 23 mins

In this episode, Conor Tiernan, VibePay’s head of insights, joins Ellie Duncan to discuss joining the business to build out its new insights platform, VibePay Insights, which uses Open Banking data. Conor explains his own background in financial advice, payments and Open Banking, including most recently at Klarna, where he headed up its Open Banking initiatives. He explains how V

Introducing Raidiam Advise

Oct 10 2024 25 mins

Open Banking Expo’s Ellie Duncan is joined by Jim Wadsworth and Lauren Jones, who recently joined Raidiam as head of advisory and strategic advisory partner, respectively. They reveal how, in their new roles, they will spearhead a new advisory service, Raidiam Advise, and how this will fit alongside its core business. Lauren reveals why she think Switzerland’s Open Finance appr

Addressing the progress and pain points in European payments

Sep 23 2024 17 mins

Ivo Venetziev, co-founder and chief executive officer of Open Banking provider Contiant, joins Ellie Duncan on the podcast to discuss European payment initiatives, such as SEPA Instant and the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme. He explains how this has helped Europe achieve payments harmonisation. Ivo also highlights some of the pain points that remain for European merchants and

Taking Open Finance to the next level in Europe

Sep 05 2024 22 mins

Paolo Zaccardi, co-founder and chief executive officer of European Open Banking platform Fabrick, tells Ellie Duncan how Fabrick is helping companies and large corporates to embed financial services in their customer journeys, as embedded finance takes off. He explains what a €40 million fundraise led by Mastercard and other investors means for Fabrick, and reveals the company’

Supporting menopause in the workplace

Aug 06 2024 32 mins

In this special episode of Open Banking Expo Unplugged for the Women in Open Banking initiative, Ellie Duncan is joined by Pauline Nicol, payments partnerships manager, payments and Open Banking at Tesco Bank, and co-founder and director of the Saorsa Menopause Consultancy. The menopause has gone from being a taboo subject to a talked-about topic, both at home and in the workplace,

Top priorities for Canada’s Open Banking adoption

Jun 17 2024 26 mins

GFT’s Mauricio Deutsch, senior vice president, banking and capital markets Canada and Nadia de Villa, vice president, client innovation solutions join Open Banking Expo’s Ellie Duncan to discuss the challenges in adopting Open Banking, including monetisation, customer trust and partnering. Mauricio and Nadia explain how GFT has worked with Brazil’s central bank, and consider

Key Open Banking takeaways from Canada’s Budget 2024

May 02 2024 15 mins

Brigit Carroll, policy lead, North America at Wise, returns to Open Banking Expo Unplugged to discuss the key announcements on consumer-driven banking from Finance Canada’s Budget 2024. She explains the importance of interoperability between Canada’s technical standard and the US, and reveals how expanding the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s remit will help to ensure co

The global state of Open Finance

Apr 17 2024 28 mins

Ozone API’s co-chief executive officer Huw Davies and newly-appointed chair Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia join Ellie Duncan on Open Banking Expo Unplugged to discuss the global state of the Open Banking and Open Finance movement, from Latin America, to MENA and the UK. In light of Ozone API’s recent funding round, they reveal its plans for expansion into North America, and beyond, and

How can the UK make the leap to Open Finance and beyond?

Apr 10 2024 35 mins

Open Banking Expo’s head of content Ellie Duncan is joined on this episode by Stephen Wright, head of regulation and standards, at NatWest’s Bank of APIs, and his colleague, business architect Nisha Rajasingham, as well as Nilixa Devlukia, chair of the Open Finance Association. The guests consider what is required for the UK to make the move from Open Banking to Open Finance, a