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Jim Kwiatkowski, Chief Executive Officer, LTX
LTX, the bond trading platform from Broadridge, recently announced 4 new patents covering innovations in the fixed income trading life cycle. So, what are these patented tech solutions and how do they address issues on both the buyside and the sellside in the US bond market – probably the least digitised of the US financial markets. LTX CEO Jim Kwiatkowski speaks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence. 

Jon Horddal, Group Chief Product Officer, emerchantpay
What role does payments data have in personalisation and merchant protection? What benefits do Payment Service Providers (PSPs) confer on merchants who use them? How can businesses optimise their in-store, in-app and online payments? These issues and others are addressed in this conversation between Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence and Jon Horddal, Group Chief Product Officer at emerchantpay. 

Priya Konsam, Head of Partnerships at Kiwi  
Kiwi is India-based Credit on the UPI platform. It offers “credit cards with UPI” facility by issuing virtual RuPay Credit Cards in collaboration with banks. Their mobile app, as a TPAP license holder, ensures secure payments via credit cards or bank accounts." Puja Sharma of IBS Intelligence speaks to Priya Konsam, Head of Partnerships at Kiwi 

Therese Stowell, Vice President Product, Onfido
There has been a massive increase in deepfakes and in digital identity fraud attacks. Less sophisticated social engineering is also a concern. So, how do you create trust at onboarding and beyond? Automation allows you to acquire new customers and reduce costs while meeting global KYC and AML compliance requirements. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Therese Stowell, Vice President Product at Onfido. 

Ava Kelly, Chief Product Officer, Thredd
Key developments in the FinTech sector have been focusing on payments but within that is the increasing need to combat fraud and ensure speedy, accurate and secure identity verification, allowing firms to combat fraud across both enrolment and transactions while also protecting the bottom line. Digital ID is key in the face of tightening regulatory requirements – these issues and more in this discussion. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Ava Kelly, Chief Product Officer at digital payments issuer processor Thredd. 

Rich Cooper, Head of Financial Services Go to Market, Fusion Risk Management
The countdown to DORA is ticking away. Unlike existing regulations, the coming Digital Operational Resilience Act establishes technical standards that extend to third party tech service providers to identify, assess and mitigate risks that could affect financial services firms’ core business. Final details of the new DORA regime are expected in H2 but the compliance deadline looms – 17 January 2025 – if it is not already marked in your diary… it should be! Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Rich Cooper of Fusion Risk Management.