Leaders In Payments and FinTech - The EDC Podcast

Ep07: Mark Beresford, Director EDC - Retailer Practice, Payment Orchestration, Payment Methods, Open Banking

In today’s episode, Martin is joined by Mark Beresford, Director at EDC based in our London office and leads our retailer practice. In the conversation, Mark shares his views and perspective on the rapid growth and expansion of the payment orchestration space, a relatively cutting-edge innovation trend that has emerged over the past few years.

Episode links: https://www.edgardunn.com/theedcpodcast

Martin's contacts:https://linktr.ee/martinkoderisch

Ep06: Samee Zafar, Director EDC - FinTech Report, Embedded Finance, Financial Inclusion, And Cryptocurrencies

In today’s episode, Martin is joined by Samee Zafar, Director at EDC based in our London office. In the conversation, recorded in December, Martin and Samee discuss EDC’s latest fintech report which addresses embedded finance, financial inclusion, and cryptocurrencies. 

Episode links: https://www.edgardunn.com/theedcpodcast

Martin's contacts:https://linktr.ee/martinkoderisch

Ep05: Dave Excell, Founder of Featurespace - From PhD Project To Global Leader In Fraud Prevention Technology

In this episode, Martin meets with Dave Excell, founder of award winning fraud prevention technology company Featurespace. If you are in the payments and fintech industry, you most probably will have heard of Featurespace and its groundbreaking AI driven approach to fraud detection and financial crime prevention.

Episode links: https://www.edgardunn.com/theedcpodcast

Martin's contacts:https://linktr.ee/martinkoderisch

Ep04: Jean Sideris, Director EDC - MENA Region, Deep Dive Into Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Egypt

Martin speaks with EDC Director Jean Sideris who is based in our Dubai office and heads MENA region. We discuss the rapid development of the payment and fintech market in the region as a whole, and deep dive 3 key markets in particular, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which share a lot in common but, as Jean explains, also have important differences that sets them somewhat apart.

Episode links: https://www.edgardunn.com/theedcpodcast

Martin's contacts:https://linktr.ee/martinkoderisch

Ep03: Sirpa Nordlund, Head Of Sales and Partnerships at MobilePay – Success Story of Pan Nordic Mobile Payment Walle

Martin meets with Sirpa Nordlund Head of Sales and Partnerships at MobilePay. The company launched in Denmark in 2013 and has grown to become a dominant force in Danish and now Nordic consumer payments. It recently merged with Norway’s Vipps to create a pan Nordic mobile wallet platform. In the podcast, Sirpa shares with us how MobilePay started, why Nordic consumers have embraced mobile wallet payments to such an extent, and underlying reasons for its popularity.

Episode links: https://www.edgardunn.com/theedcpodcast

Martin's contacts:https://linktr.ee/martinkoderisch

Ep02: Luis Marinelli, CFO and Co-founder, Vana – Small Loans and Microlending Fintech in Guatemala, Solving Financial Inclusion in LatAm

Today’s conversation is about  financial inclusion in LatAm. In this episode, I meet with Luis Marinelli who is CFO and co-founder of Vana, a fintech from Guatemala in Central America  providing small loans to customers that have no formal access to the banking system. In the podcast, Luis shares with us how Vana started, survived COVID lockdown and successfully established itself  in Guatemala and recently launch in the Dominican Republic - Vana’s second  market.

Ep01: Panagiotis Kriaris, Head of Business Development at Unzer - BaaS, BNPL & Challenger Banks

In this episode, Martin meets with Panagiotis Kriaris. Based in Vienna he leads Business Development at Unzer - a German FinTech and  payment services provider. If you are into Fintech, you may also know  Panagiotis from LinkedIn. Head to https://www.edgardunn.com/ for full show notes and episode links.