About this episode
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. Where he is a prolific poster of thought leadership content. He has more than 60K avid LinkedIn followers. Quite impressive. In our chat we openly discuss a wide range of topics from Banking-as-a-service, FinTech commoditisation, super apps, challenger banks, BNPL, and the crypto winter.
As Panagiotis outlines in the intro, a central thread to our conversation is the impact that the current economic crisis is having on fintech in terms of pivoting mindsets from growth at all costs to profitability. We debate to what extent this is likely to revert once we exit the current recession.
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Episode Links
Website: https://www.unzer.de
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pkriaris/
Email: panagiotis.kriaris@unzer.com
Twitter: @pkriaris
Guest Bio
Panagiotis has spent his career in the borderline between business and technology with a leadership background at an international level. Panagiotis brings senior expertise across Financial Services, Banking, Payments, FinTech, Retail and E-Commerce. Innovation, strategy, business development, strategic partnerships and building businesses and products from scratch have been at the centre of his work and attention throughout his career. Being a recognised voice in the financial services industry, Panagiotis is a frequent contributor to various publications and podcasts and is often invited as a public speaker at events around the globe.
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Martin Koderisch is a Former Principal in the London office. He has 20 years of experience as adviser and operator within financial technology industry with a focus on payments. He specialises in accelerating digital transformation of client businesses through industry expertise, data analytics, and fintech enablement. His approach seeks to bridge the gap between strategy and execution with hands-on delivery of value creation initiatives to achieve growth, control or operational efficiency outcomes. He previously held senior leadership roles within industry at Mastercard, Citibank and start up Luup Payments covering digital product innovation, operations, and commercial partnership development. He hosted and produced EDC's popular podcast ‘Leaders in Payments and Fintech’ podcast available on major podcast platforms.
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