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Sep 1
How Alan Built an €840 Million Health Insurance Business From Scratch
Health insurance is one of the few products people pay for while hoping they never have to use it. Alan is trying to change that.In this episode, Jean-Charles Samuelian, Co-founder and CEO of Alan, shares how the company built a full-stack health insurance platform designed aroun ... Show More
46m 6s
Aug 25
How Creditas Built a $3.3 Billion Fintech by Taking on the Hard Loans
Latin America has a massive consumer credit market, but high interest rates and short loan maturities continue to put pressure on borrowers.In this episode, Sergio Furio, Founder and CEO of Creditas, shares how the company built an asset-backed lending model around cars and homes ... Show More
41m 36s
Aug 18
Why Islamic Fintech Is Still Being Underestimated
Islamic finance is growing globally, but the companies pushing it forward are not always the ones talking about it the loudest.In this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, Abdullo Kurbanov, CEO and Co-founder of Ayan Capital, shares how he helped build Alif from a $200,000 start i ... Show More
52m 55s
Apr 2021
Dynamic Data RegTech
<p>Too often, regulations and regulators, are looked at as the enemies of innovation. But, the world of RegTech isn't only about lowering the costs of compliance. It is about empowering regulators to be flexible to serve bigger policy goals, keeping the market fair and dy ... Show More
15m 18s
May 2025
'Backing bold ideas' Insurance for the next gen | Joseph Ziolkowski at Dubai FinTech Summit
15m 14s
Aug 2017
ABA Annual Meeting 2017: Team Industry v. Team Start-up
In this report from On The Road, host Laurence Colletti talks to Patrick Murck about the effects of blockchain and regulatory technology (RegTech) on the long standing framework for financial regulation. They also discuss the tension of regulation between industries and start-ups ... Show More
11m 39s
Dec 2023
807. Insights: Managing regulation without compromising innovation
Our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to take a closer look at that tricky balance between managing regulation without compromising innovation in banking. They discuss how to empower fintechs with the autonomy to disrupt and drive our industry forward, w ... Show More
43m 47s
May 2025
Navigating Innovation with Integrity | Justin Baldacchino at Dubai FinTech Summit
21m 6s
Aug 2022
Aditya Narain and Marina Moretti on Regulating Fintech
Welcome to episode 4 of Fintech Forward, the IMF podcast that focuses on financial technology. Hosted by IMF economist Tara Iyer, the special 5-part series draws from the expertise of the IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department (MCM) to better understand the impact of emergin ... Show More
21m 25s
May 2021
527. Insights: Progressive regulation - how does regtech enable fintech?
Our expert host, David Brear is joined by some great guests to dig into what constitutes as progressive regulation and how fintechs work with regulators. We also look at some geographical differences when it comes to regulation, what do fintechs want and expect from a regulator ... Show More
58m 11s
May 2025
Open Finance in Action with Harry Gill & Shadi Dawi at Dubai FinTech Summit
8m 37s
Oct 2025
1010. Insights: Sanctions: how can fintechs keep up?
About this episode: In this episode, host Kate Moody is joined by an expert panel in partnership with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to unpack a trend that’s quietly reshaping global finance: the slowdown in sanctions activity. With the latest Sanctions Pulse Report showing a 40% drop ... Show More
48m 46s
Jun 2024
Blockchain, AI and the Impacts to Decentralized Finance
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Uri Ferruccio,</strong> co-founder and CEO of Concordia, discusses the use of blockchain and AI for financial risk management and future-critical data technologies that are incubating a global, multi-asset-class ... Show More
26m 27s
What happens when alternative finance moves faster than regulation? On this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, Professor Bob Wardrop — Co-Founder of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and RegGenome — breaks down why global regulatory frameworks are struggling to keep up. We explore: Why many regulators are still stuck in a pre-2008 mindsetThe rise ... Show More
<p>🎧 Topics include:</p><ul><li>Why traditional insurers shy away from AI, blockchain & gaming</li><li>How Relm built a 10,000+ data set to underwrite “uninsurable” tech</li><li>The regulatory dance: balancing speed with compliance</li><li>What makes the UAE a proving ground for ... Show More
<p>🎧 Topics include:</p><ul><li>The DFSA’s innovation strategy inside DIFC</li><li>Building a regulatory framework for digital assets</li><li>What makes Dubai’s fintech zone globally competitive</li><li>Tokenization, custody, and real-world experimentation</li><li>Lessons in bal ... Show More
<p>🔍 Topics include:</p><ul><li>How Pay10 became the UAE’s first live Open Finance platform</li><li>Why instant settlement can transform SME growth</li><li>Building with three licenses: SVF, RPS, and Open Banking</li><li>Real-time infrastructure vs legacy card systems</li><li>Ad ... Show More
