{"id":26855,"date":"2020-06-17T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2603197"},"modified":"2020-06-17T14:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T14:22:00","slug":"what-the-fintech-episode-7-open-banking-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/17\/what-the-fintech-episode-7-open-banking-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Fintech? Episode 7 | Open banking &amp; savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4127-logo-601.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest episode of&nbsp;<strong>What the Fintech?<\/strong>&nbsp;is brought to you remotely, featuring Victor Trokoudes, co-founder &amp; CEO of Plum, a UK-based savings app.<\/p>\n<p>On this episode, we explore Western Union&rsquo;s potential acquisition of MoneyGram and how consolidation is impacting traditional players in the paytech market. We unpack Softbank&rsquo;s $100 million fund that &ldquo;will only invest in companies led by founders and entrepreneurs of colour&rdquo; and the push for greater diversity in funding. Trokoudes also offers his insights on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected people&rsquo;s savings and spending habits.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in to find out his banished buzzword in another rendition of &lsquo;Fintech Jail&rsquo;!<\/p>\n<p>Episode 7 | Open banking &amp; savings<\/p>\n<div class=\"vidimg\">\n<div class=\"vidframe\" style=\"outline: none 0px; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; position: relative; height: 180px; width: 320px; border: 1px solid #e7e7e7; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; background: url(&#039;https:\/\/i1.sndcdn.com\/artworks-gFEzQLu9cl9lHoou-qgYf9g-crop.jpg&#039;) center center no-repeat;\" title=\"Click to play\" data-url=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/fintech-futures\/what-the-fintech-ep7-open-banking-savings\" data-embed=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/840623485&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;224&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"vidsncld\">What the Fintech? &#8211; Ep7 | Open banking &amp; savings &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>SoundCloud<\/strong><br \/><small>(2001 secs long)<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Special Guest &ndash;&nbsp;<strong>Victor Trokoudes<\/strong>, Co-founder &amp; CEO, Plum<br \/>Hosted by &ndash;&nbsp;<strong>Alex Hamilton<\/strong>, Deputy Editor, FinTech Futures<br \/>Co-Hosted by &ndash;&nbsp;<strong>Sharon Kimathi<\/strong>, Editor, FinTech Futures<\/p>\n<p>What the Fintech is brought to you by the team behind&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/www.fintechfutures.com\" href=\"https:\/\/gate.sc\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fintechfutures.com&amp;token=91d685-1-1585931488966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.fintechfutures.com<\/a>&nbsp;and the Banking Technology Magazine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fintechfutures.com\/2020\/06\/what-the-fintech-episode-7-open-banking-savings\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.fintechfutures.com\/2020\/06\/what-the-fintech-episode-7-open-banking-savings\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/> Fintech Futures<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p> Fintech Futures<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4127-logo-601.png\" alt=\"\">The latest episode of&nbsp;What the Fintech?&nbsp;is brought to you remotely, featuring Victor Trokoudes, co-founder &amp; CEO of Plum, a UK-based savings app. On this episode, we explore Western Union&rsquo;s potential acquisition of MoneyGram and how consolidation is impacting traditional players in the paytech market. We unpack Softbank&rsquo;s $100 million fund that &ldquo;will only invest in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/17\/what-the-fintech-episode-7-open-banking-savings\/\">Continue reading <span>What the Fintech? Episode 7 | Open banking &amp; savings<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/17\/what-the-fintech-episode-7-open-banking-savings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What the Fintech? 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