
Top insider stories behind global Fintech & Web3 start-ups.
Hosted by Gaurav Dhar and Ronit Ghose
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Episodes

ISO 20022 – The New Age of Payments | (with Troy S. Wood, CEO and Founder of Impel) | Fintech
How to leverage blockchain technology to deliver financial messaging and provide a seamless cross-border payments experience? In this episode, we sit down with Troy S. Wood, CEO and Founder of Impel to discuss the power of APIs in financial services, and how banks and corporates can leverage of this cutting-edge

The Foundation of Transformative AI | (with Shameek Kundu & Anupam Datta, Truera) | Fintech
Why is everyone talking about ChatGPT & AI revolution now? In this episode, we sit down with Anupam Datta and Shameek Kundu from Truera to discuss the AI implications for society, business and economy, and explore the founding story of Truera. Anupam and Shameek share the importance of critical thinking

Setting up a Challenger Bank from Scratch | (with Anne Boden, Founder & CEO of Starling Bank) | Fintech
Would you leave your current job to set up a new challenger bank from scratch? This week, our dynamic duo in Fintech Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar will be sitting down with Anne Boden, the founder of Starling Bank, to talk about her entrepreneurial journey in establishing one of the

What the AI Moment Means for Finance | (with Erkin Adylov, Founder & CEO of Behavox) | Fintech
Why are we in the AI moment? In this episode, we speak with the Founder & CEO of Behavox, Erkin Adylov, and unpack the story of how he founded Behavox and discuss the future of AI, particularly in financial services in upcoming years! 🚀 Join us for an insightful conversation

From Idea to Reality: Entering the World of Web3 | (with Jaynti Kanani, Co-Founder of Polygon) | Web3
What is real story behind building a global blockchain platform? In this episode, we speak with the Co-Founder of Polygon Jaynti Kanani, and hear the untold story of how he built one of the biggest blockchain platform, and discussed the iPhone moment of Web3! 🚀 Join us for an insightful

Pioneering the New Era in Banking | (with Rishi Khosla, Co-Founder of OakNorth) | Fintech
What does it take to setup a new challenger bank in UK from scratch? In this episode, we speak with the Co-Founder of OakNorth Rishi Khosla, and gain insights about his experience of building one of the biggest challenger banks in the UK OakNorth, and discussed product versus tech mindset!

ISO 20022 – The New Age of Payments | (with Troy S. Wood, CEO and Founder of Impel) | Fintech
How to leverage blockchain technology to deliver financial messaging and provide a seamless cross-border payments experience? In this episode, we

The Foundation of Transformative AI | (with Shameek Kundu & Anupam Datta, Truera) | Fintech
Why is everyone talking about ChatGPT & AI revolution now? In this episode, we sit down with Anupam Datta and

Setting up a Challenger Bank from Scratch | (with Anne Boden, Founder & CEO of Starling Bank) | Fintech
Would you leave your current job to set up a new challenger bank from scratch? This week, our dynamic duo

What the AI Moment Means for Finance | (with Erkin Adylov, Founder & CEO of Behavox) | Fintech
Why are we in the AI moment? In this episode, we speak with the Founder & CEO of Behavox, Erkin

From Idea to Reality: Entering the World of Web3 | (with Jaynti Kanani, Co-Founder of Polygon) | Web3
What is real story behind building a global blockchain platform? In this episode, we speak with the Co-Founder of Polygon

Pioneering the New Era in Banking | (with Rishi Khosla, Co-Founder of OakNorth) | Fintech
What does it take to setup a new challenger bank in UK from scratch? In this episode, we speak with
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Podcast hosts

Ronit Ghose
Ronit Ghose is the lead author of Citi’s GPS Bank of the Future and FinTech report series – the first edition has had more than 250,000 downloads making it the most read report ever published by Citi, and one of the most read FinTech reports ever published. Since joining Citi in 1997, Ronit has covered banks in the Americas, Asia and EMEA. He is the Global Head of Future of Finance in Citi Research. He is also an Advisory Board Member at the Centre for Finance, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Ronit previously worked at the British Bankers’ Association and as a research assistant in Parliament. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford, a postgraduate diploma from the University of London and is a CFA charter holder.
Gaurav Dhar
Gaurav Dhar is the CEO of the Payments Solution Provider Marshal in Dubai. Gaurav has been working at Marshal for over 19 years now He strives to continually be on the frontier of building FinTech ecosystems and solutions. His personal time is spent on working with and investing directly in innovators, with a view to the future of Fintech both locally and globally via his cache of relationships which include VCs, incubators, accelerators, and start-ups and Angel Syndicates. In his position as a board member of the MENA FinTech Association and several advisory positions to international family offices, start-ups, and funds, he looks to grow the relationships within the FinTech and start-up ecosystem to contribute towards the education of budding disruptors and eventually the growth of economies and the job market where possible in the MEA Region and abroad.
