In this Rise Insights Special episode, on the back of our latest Rise Insights Report: The rise of regtech, our host Nura Haji, sits down with report contributor Matt Flenley, Head of Marketing at Datactics. We explore Matt’s statement that ‘regtech can be a game-changer if you’re serious about data’ and hear about the intersectionality between data and regtech.

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Episode References:

Supply Chain Fraud Prediction with ML and AI: https://www.qeios.com/read/1VZC8W

Benford’s Law: https://www.datactics.com/blog/how-to-test-your-data-against-benfords-law/ 

In this Rise Podcast episode, our host Nura Haji sits down with Daniel Cronin, Co-Founder & COO of Integrated Finance. Driven by his mantra of "made by founders for founders", Daniel shares insights into accessible financial infrastructure and why this is key for the next generation of fintechs.

In this Rise Podcast episode, our host Nura Haji, sits down with Kentaro Kawamori, CEO & Co-Founder of Persefoni, a prominent climate software company to discuss climate fintech and why ESG matters. Kentaro discusses the importance of data reporting and touches upon Persefoni's involvement with the SEC in shaping the regulatory landscape for sustainability-related financial disclosure. 

In a little break from tradition, our first episode of 2023 features a recording of our Rise Presents: FinTech Trends event, hosted by our team in Rise New York. In this Rise Presents Special, Brian Luciani, Head of Rise New York, sits down with industry leaders - Dan Allred, Senior Marketing Manager, National FinTech Team at Silicon Valley Bank, Siya Vansia, Chief Brand & Innovation Officer at ConnectOne Bank, and Blair Bingham, Lead Analyst at Arca, to give a year in review for 2022 and what to watch in 2023. The epsiode is from a live discussion in December 2022. Dan, Siya and Blair discuss the pulse of bank and FinTech partnerships, the U.S. regulatory environment and surviving a crypto winter. 

Join Barclays' Maxson Tee and ZeroHash's Head of Growth Europe, Julia Morrongiello, as they discuss scaling crypto solutions and adoption. In this epsiode, they touch on what scaling means, what is holding back crypto adoption and how ZeroHash is helping crypto adoption. 

In this episode of the Web 3.0 Unwrapped podcast, our host Maxson Tee was lucky enough to speak with Grant Powell, Founder & CEO of Curios to discuss NFTs and the utility of NFTs. They discuss the development of NFTs thus far, how different industries are using NFTs and what the future holds for Curios and NFTs. 

In this Rise Insights Special episode, on the back of our latest Rise Insights Report: Byte-sized finance for all, report lead Ayush Singh chats with Rahul Tripathy, CEO & Co-Founder of Fundfina and Andrew Paulson, Founder of Triton Capital. Ayush, Rahul and Andrew discuss the latest developments in the digitisation of the SMB Lending sector.

Join Barclays' Maxson Tee and Gawain Bracy II ‘G2’ - Founder at Creative Organization DAO and Kyle Smith, Contributor at LexDAO, as they discuss DAOs and how these decentralised autonomous organisations are important building blocks for the future of crypto and Web 3.0.

In this Rise Insights Special episode, on the back of our latest Rise Insights Report: Byte-sized finance for all, report lead Ayush Singh chats with Dr. Jasmin B. Gupta, CEO & Co-Founder of LXME and Satyen Kothari, Founder, and CEO of Cube Wealth. Ayush, Jasmin and Satyen dive into the innovation of byte-sized finance, discussing how technology is enabling breakdown and re-packaging of financial offerings into smaller parts to suit the appetite of masses and thus driving greater financial inclusion.

In this episode of the Founders Coffee Club, our host Grace Harrod was lucky enough to speak with Rob Cossins, Founder & CEO of Scribe, and Panos Skliamis, Founder & CEO of SPIN Analytics to discuss the topic of becoming a CEO. In this episode they discussed Panos and Rob's respective journeys to CEO, how they found the transition, and how they decided what to focus on over what to delegate to their growing teams. 

In this Rise Insights Special episode, on the back of our latest Rise Insights Report: The Power of Payments, Aran Rudrakumar, VP-Principal investments at Barclays, chats with Tim Clarke, CFO at Amount, to about Buy Now Pay Later and the evolution of Amount.

In this episode of the Founders Coffee Club, our host Grace Harrod was lucky enough to speak with Sonal Bagga, Founder of Namma, and Jonathan Neumann, Founder of Climataa to discuss the topic of community. They discussed the meaning of community, the impact it has had on the growth of their businesses and how they've adapted to the hybrid world we live in today. 

In this Rise Insights Special epsiode, on the back of our latest Rise Insights Report: Power of Payments, report lead Tanya Krishnakhumar chats with Charlotte Guy, Founder of Wallet Street. Tanya and Charlotte explore the new worlds of crypto payments, discussung the best and worst use cases. 

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Introducing our new Web 3.0 unwrapped quarterly podcast. 

Web 3.0 leaders will discuss the innovation, trends and challenges that come along with disrupting the centralised frameworks of today's society. 

In our first episode, join Barclays' Colin DeLarso and Mike Kriak, Managing Operating Partner at Mesh, as they discuss DAOs and how these decentralised autonomous organisations are important building blocks for the future of crypto and Web 3.0. 

In our latest episode of the Founders Coffee Club, our host Daisy King spoke about sustainability with Mark Dowds and Mitch Doust, Co-founders of RESPONSIBLE, a venture backed FashonTech company. 

They dive into what sustainability means to them and their inspiration behind why they decided to try solve fashion’s waste problem. 

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Following the release of the latest Rise Insights Report - Making data count with AI, our host Grace Batchelor catches up with report contributors Ethan Fraenkel Co-Founder and CEO of ProGrad and Nikola Mrkšić Co-Founder and CEO of PolyAI. In this episode, Ethan, Nikola and Grace explore the relationship between AI technology and financial inclusion. 

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In this special episode of Founders Coffee Club, our host Daisy King was lucky enough to speak with Katica Roy, CEO and Founder of Pipeline, to celebrate International Women's Day. They discussed the hugely important topic of Gender Equity, which Katica is enormously passionate about given that Pipeline is an award-winning SaaS company that leverages artificial intelligence to identify and drive economic gains through gender equity. 

In this special episode of the Founders Coffee Club, we're celebrating International Women's Day! Our host Daisy King spoke with Ana Mahony, founder and CEO of Addition Wealth, who is also a participant of our Female Innovator's Lab by Barclays and Anthemis. They discussed what Break the Bias means to Ana as a female entrepreneur, her views on the relationship between power and money and what companies can do to encourage a world that is more diverse, equitable and inclusive. 

In our latest episode of the Founders Coffee Club, our host Daisy King spoke with Grant Sahag, VP of Operations at Novo Bank, about the topic of VC funding. Given Novo’s recent success with VC funding, Grant was perfectly positioned to discuss why startups would want to use this form of fundraising alongside the challenges, followed by some great advice for anyone thinking of exploring VC investment.

In our final episode of the Founders Coffee Club for 2021, our host Daisy King spoke with Payson Johnston, Founder and CEO of Crowdz, and Mo Bammeke, Global Chief Compliance Officer of Flutterwave, about internationalisation. They discussed why a startup would want to enter into new markets, the challenges of internationalisation, followed by some advice for anyone thinking of expanding globally.

In our second podcast episode dedicated to our latest Rise FinTech Insights report - Decrypting crypto - host Colin DeLarso speaks with Licas Ventures Founder Andrea Cosentino. Colin and Andrea cover the opportunities for blockchain technology to impact different industries, cryptocurrency's environmental concerns, the growth of DeFi and the upcoming trends in the crypto space. We hope you enjoy the conversation. 

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In our second podcast episode dedicated to our latest Rise FinTech Insights report - Decrypting crypto - host Colin DeLarso speaks with Licas Ventures Founder Andrea Cosentino. Colin and Andrea cover the opportunities for blockchain technology to impact different industries, cryptocurrency's environmental concerns, the growth of DeFi and the upcoming trends in the crypto space. We hope you enjoy the conversation. 

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In honour of our latest Rise FinTech Insights Report on decrypting crypto, Barclays Innovation Partner Colin DeLarso caught up with Arvind Siva from strategy and fundraising at Copper.co. Arvind and Colin discuss institutional adoption trends, barriers to entry for traditional financial institutions, potential solutions and top tips for those looking to innovate in the space. Download the our latest Rise Insights report at rise.barclays.