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EDC Podcast Ep19: Olu Akanmu, President and CEO of Nigeria’s OPay, How Modern Digital Payments Infrastructure Is Underpinning, Enabling and Catalysing Economic Growth and Transforming Lives

In todays episode, we meet up with Olu Akanmu who is the president and CEO of Nigeria’s OPay. OPay is one of Nigeria’s leading fintech companies.

by Martin Koderisch | May 24, 2023

40 mins read

EDC Podcast Ep18: Oliver Rajic - Chief Growth Officer & GM, APAC, PPRO, Platform Players, Product Providers and Orchestration

This week we are discussing orchestration with Oliver Rajic - Chief Growth Officer at PPRO. In our conversation we deep dive into the various orchestration concepts and start off with a helpful definition of the difference between payment, service and product orchestration.

by Martin Koderisch | May 17, 2023

35 mins read

EDC Podcast Ep17: Meabh Maguire, Global Head of Commercial, CR2, How Growth In Digital Payments And Fintech Is Driving Financial Inclusion And Economic Impact Across Africa

This week, we are continuing with the theme of financial inclusion. This time in Africa, I'm speaking with Meabh Maguire, who is the Global Head of Commercial at CR2 which is a world-leading vendor within the digital banking platform market.

by Martin Koderisch | May 11, 2023

30 mins read

EDC Podcast Ep16: Akash Sinha, Co-founder and CEO, Cashfree Payments, Building One of India’s Most Successful Fintechs

In today’s episode, I have the privilege to speak with Akash Sinha, co-founder and CEO of Cashfree - a leading payments platform in India. Founded in 2015, Cashfree has rapidly ascended from start up to become one of India’s most successful fintechs.

by Martin Koderisch | May 03, 2023

37 mins read

EDC Podcast Ep15: Gregoire Toussaint, Director, EDC Paris, B2B Payment Trends, Regional Differences, Pain Points and Best Practices

This week we are speaking with Gregoire Toussaint who is a Director in the EDC Paris office and leads the B2B payments practice. In our conversation, we talk about insights from recent research carried out by EDC into B2B payments including regional differences, key pain points, and emerging best practices.

by Martin Koderisch | Apr 26, 2023

38 mins read

EDC Podcast Ep14: Bernhard Reiterer, CEO and founder of SignD Identity, Building a RegTech for KYC / KYB and AML Compliance

In today’s episode, Martin chats with Bernhard Reiterer CEO and founder of SignD Identity, the Vienna based RegTech provider. The SignD Platform provides end to end onboarding solutions with KYC / KYB and AML compliance across multiple jurisdictions built in. In our conversation, we discuss the increasing complexity and burden of compliance especially for companies operating across multiple jurisdictions. Bernhard explains what it took for him to successfully convince large incumbent financial institutions to trust his start up with their compliance obligations, develop domestic market leadership and expand internationally into other markets. No mean feat. And plenty of start up lessons and tips.

by Martin Koderisch | Apr 19, 2023

36 mins read