Latest Research/analysis News: Finextra Research

Innovation in Payments: Analytics, AI and PaaS

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Nadish Lad, Global Head of Product and Strategic Business, Volante Technologies spoke with FinextraTV about the changing face of payments, from AI to PaaS solutions. Detailing his three key use cases for AI in payments, across exception handling, smart routing and SLA management, Lad reiterates the fact that AI is not new and must now be viewed through the lens of what is the right use case for each business. Speaking to the evolution of PaaS, Lad explains the benefits of moving from a CapEx model to OpEx model, noting this change as more cost-effective and less cumbersome to manage.

23 October 2025

Finextra TV/wealth

The 3 Most Compelling AI Use Cases in Wealth Management

As part of our new Future of Wealth Series, Joe Bonanno, Global Head of Data Analytics & Innovation - Citi Wealth, Citi joined FinextraTV to discuss some of the key components of the current wealth management sector. Specifically, Bonanno brings insights into how AI is being receieved across the industry and the ways in which it is particularly useful in relation to data inputs for large language models, task optimisation and research.

05 August 2025

Finextra TV/ai

How AI Can Reduce Decision Fatigue for Asset Managers

Joining the FinextraTV Virtual Studio, Phil Cox, COO, Russell Investments and Roshan Shetty, BFSI & Public Sector Head - Americas, Tech Mahindra discuss the decision fatigue within asset management currently and how AI helps alleviate that. Splitting the task abilities that can be improved into analysis, portfolio construction, risk management and trading strategies, Shetty and Cox debate the ease if AI adoption into existing processes and how information-based tools have risen to the top.

30 July 2025

Finextra TV/payments

How Behavioural Science Can Influence Financial Decision Making

Amidst a busy Communify Fincentric Experience 2025 in Miami, Shachar Kariv, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Capital Preferences joined the FinextraTV studio to discuss how financial wellbeing has gradually become a more significant part of overall wellbeing. Using his scientific experience, Kariv explains how, while they might feel opposing, behavioural science interjects perfectly with financial success. As Kariv says, "if we don't have well-defined questions, we won't have well-defined answers".

24 June 2025

Finextra TV/regulation

Why A Common Standard Is More Important Than A Common Technology

In this FinextraTV interview at the 2025 EBAday in Paris, Tsvetanka Nankova, Managing Director, Global Head of Sales Institutional Cash & Trade Finance, Deutsche Bank visited the studio to discuss the future of data. Comparing the popularity of data conversations to those of AI, Nankova emphasises the importance of not taking data at 'face value' and instead interrogating its origins, compliance, accuracy, and relevance. On top of this, she explains the two-fold benefit of regulation like ISO 20022, explaining how a shared standard should be prioritised over a shared technology.

16 June 2025

Finextra TV/ai

Why It's So Important To Approach Technology Development Differently

While speaking with FinextraTV at the Communify Fincentric Experience 2025, Will Bailey, President of International Sales, Communify Fincentric explained the way technology is developing. From Deterministic AI to blockchain, Bailey discusses how best to leverage these technologies and the most effective approach to early adoption.

13 May 2025

Finextra TV/cloud

How Knowledge Bases Enable Trusted Insights

During a quiet period at the 2025 Communify Fincentric Experience, Yaela Shamberg, Chief Product Officer, sat down with FinextraTV to give her outlook on the current technological landscape. From the innovation of componentization, data knowledge bases and brand differentiation, Shamberg discusses the main optimisms for 2025 in Fintech.

28 March 2025

Finextra TV/ai

The Data Quality Issue: Not Just A Legacy System Problem

Joining the FinextraTV virtual studio, Andrew Colombi, Co-Founder & CTO, Tonic.ai discusses the current test data landscape and provides a number of fascinating insights on everything from quality data generation, synthetic test data usage and how both modern and legacy companies are struggling in different ways.

27 March 2025

Finextra TV/predictions

Mambu: Predictions report provides expert insights for success in 2025

With a new year comes new insights and in this FinextraTV interview, Anthony Nonnis, Global Head of Partnerships at Mambu, shares some of the key trends in financial services from Mambu’s 2025 Partner Predictions Report. Diving into some familiar topics such as Embedded Finance, AI and regulatory changes, Nonnis explains how financial institutions can build a modular, scalable approach to prepare for these changes.

06 February 2025

Finextra TV/sustainable

The Path to Climate Progress: Optimism, Purpose and Technological Innovation

In this Unplugged FinextraTV interview, Patrick Sheehan, Founder & Managing Partner, ETF Partners recounts the company’s 20 year journey leading VC sustainability through innovation. During this conversation, Sheehan explains the positive changes he’s witnessed as well as stating his belief that progress is possible when met with optimism, purpose and technological innovation. As well as calling for a return to simpler language, Sheehan shares his thoughts on the future.

18 December 2024

Finextra TV/ai

Why Only 20% of Your Data is Valuable

One factor to apprehensive AI adoption is the overwhelm organisations feel when approaching their data, especially those that are not yet digital first. While attending Finextra’s inaugural ‘NextGenAI’ event, Jonathan Ede, Director of Data Technology, CACI joined the studio to discuss his belief that only 20% of data is valuable. This in mind, he explains, enables organisations to approach AI and digitisation much more effectively and efficiently, whilst listing the pillars of AI: strategy, data and integration.

11 December 2024

Finextra TV/predictions

Responding to regulations: AI solutions boosting operational resilience in 2024

In anticipation of upcoming banking regulations, such as the EU's 2025 deadline, Sumant Kumar, CTO, Banking and Financial Markets, NTT DATA UK&I, provides insights into the impact of artificial intelligence on operational resilience for the year ahead. As a part of our Predict 2024 series, we explore how banks can deploy predictive AI to enhance operational efficiency, alongside the modernisation of infrastructure through converting legacy code with generative AI. We discuss how banks can employ supply chain risk management with the support of operations, improving both customer experience and security in the year to come.

05 February 2024

Finextra TV/payments

Upcoming changes in PSD3: The impact on 3DS ACS solutions

Yogesh Patel, CTO at Outseer, discusses the impact of new PSD3 regulations on 3DS solutions, what should be front of mind for issuers as a result and what to expect from the VISA & Mastercard protocol updates. We hear how data science plays a role with 3DS solutions, the key capabilities to expect from an ACS and how consortium data can help catch more fraud, specifically for CNP transactions.

23 January 2024

Finextra TV/wholesale

The customer engagement imperative: What banks can learn from the FinTech playbook

Gareth Wilson, UK Banking and Capital Markets business lead, Capgemini & Elias Ghanem, Vice President and Global Head of Capgemini Research Institute for Financial Services, reflect on the growth of digitalization across the industry and a shift in customer needs. They discuss the challenges banks are facing as a result, what they should be investing in and leveraging to tackle this challenge, and how they can use data and AI/ML technologies to create superior customer experiences that drive growth. They also reflect on how positioning the CMO as a customer strategist and chief engagement officer can further enhance growth opportunities.

10 May 2022

Finextra TV/sustainable

SCOR Investment Partners’ three steps to identify the extra financial value within the supply chain

Guillaume Levannier, Sustainable Investment Officer at SCOR Investment Partners, speaks on FinextraTV to explain how we can identify the correct and material KPIs to assess the extra financial value within the value chain, and how collaborating in the SustainableFinance.Live workshops helps him to improve SCOR Investment Partners’ data aggregation and harmonization approach.

17 December 2021

Finextra TV/Research/analysis

RBS bets big on the burgeoning tablet market

RBS unveils its latest Marketplace app for RIM's Blackberry Playbook in London. Order book and trading functionality is "being discussed".

07 June 2011