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Innovate or Die: Powered by Innovation Week„Zahoďte klávesnici i myš.“ Jak AI změní ovládání počítačů? (Marcel Klimo, Vacuumlabs)Zahoďte klávesnici, přichází éra hlasu. Jak umělá inteligence mění způsob, jakým pracujeme a „bankujeme”?V dnešním díle podcastu Týdne inovací jsme přivítali Marcela Klima, Chief AI Officera ze společnosti Vacuumlabs. Bavili jsme se o jeho provokativní tezi „Kill Your Keyboard” – myšlence, že v blízké budoucnosti nahradí tradiční periferie konverzace s počítačem ve stylu Star Treku.Marcel vysvětluje, jak se mění vývoj softwaru, proč bankovní aplikace budoucnosti nebudou jen ukazovat zůstatky, ale aktivně radit s investicemi, a jak se Vacuumlabs...
2025-11-2726 min
Startitup podcastyFtáčnik: Zo Slovenska som odišiel kvôli homofóbiiHosťom relácie Dírerov filter bol technologický podnikateľ Matej Ftáčnik. Vyštudoval Fakultu matematiky, fyziky a informatiky na Univerzite Komenského v Bratislave. Svoje skúsenosti s business developmentom získal v Silicon Valley, kde pomáhal pri expandovaní slovenských startupov do USA. Je zakladateľom Spotu - prvého slovenského kreatívneho priestoru. Vďaka organizovaniu Startup Weekends na Slovensku vyhral v roku 2011 Startup Award. Bol spoluzakladateľom Startup Campov na Slovensku aj v Česku. V roku 2019 získal ocenenie technologický podnikateľ roka. Ftáčnik tiež založil prvú LGBTQ+ bankovej služby v USA. V súčasnosti je spoločn...
2025-10-0230 min
Michal Truban Podcast72. Ako vybudovať 400-člennú firmu | Majo Porvažník – Michal Truban PodcastV 72. epizóde som sa rozprával s Majom Porvažníkom, zakladateľom VacuumLabs – softvérového štúdia, z ktorého vyrástla globálna firma s viac ako 400 ľuďmi a klientmi po celom svete. Majo otvorene hovorí o tom, čo reálne odlišuje úspešné IT firmy od tých priemerných, no tiež prečo tie najlepšie technológie nestačia, ak nemáte top sales.V podcaste sme sa rozprávali o tom, prečo bol pre VacuumLabs kľúčový silný obchodník hneď v začiatkoch a ako im to otvorilo dvere k veľkým klientom v...
2025-08-061h 00
ŽIJEME SCI-FI06 I TROL ELON (pondelkový špeciál)Je tu doba agentov. A sme len krôčik od toho, aby počítač vedel, čo od neho chceš, bez toho, aby si použil klávesnicu alebo myš. Vypočuj si novinky zo sveta AI s Marcelom Klimom, Head of AI, Vacuumlabs.
2025-03-1036 minŽIJEME SCI-FI01 I LÁSKABude umelá inteligencia schopná zamilovať sa do nás? Lebo otázka už dávno nestojí tak, či sa dokážeme my zamilovať do umelej inteligencie.Marcel Klimo (Head of AI z Vacuumlabs) priblíži technologickú stránku veci, aby sme všetci rozumeli, kam táto technológia smeruje. Jana Štefániková (psychologička z kliniky Calma) vysvetlí, ako AI partneri môžu ovplyvniť reálne vzťahy a prečo sa ľudia do nich zamilovávajú. Miška Dhiman (hostiteľka podcastu Sexuálna výchova) porozpráva o tom, aký vplyv môže mať AI na sexualitu a intimitu.
2025-02-1135 min
The Recursive PodcastHow to Build Startup Ecosystem That Produces Unicorns ft. Csongor Biás (E111)Csongor Biás is the Managing Director of Startup Hungary, an initiative dedicated to accelerating the growth of Hungary's startup ecosystem. With extensive experience in the startup scene, he is an active angel investor and has worked with venture capital firms and accelerators. Csongor also played a key role as Country Manager in launching Vacuumlabs’ operations in Budapest. Now, alongside 12 startup founders, Csongor focuses on strengthening Hungary’s entrepreneurial landscape.In his conversation with Irina Obushtarova, he talks about:Hungarian startup ecosystem and its opportunities and challenges;the importance of telling the success stories;fundi...
2025-01-2352 min
Živé mesto_FMUtópie umelej inteligencie III / Scenáre budúcnosti AI (13.1.2025 20:00)S riaditeľkou Kempelenovho inštitútu inteligentných technológií Máriou Bielikovou a riaditeľom umelej inteligencie Vacuumlabs Marcelom Klimom o perspektívach vývoja umelých inteligencií.
2025-01-1354 minŽivé mesto_FMŽivé mesto_FM (13.1.2025 20:00)S riaditeľkou Kempelenovho inštitútu inteligentných technológií Máriou Bielikovou a riaditeľom umelej inteligencie Vacuumlabs Marcelom Klimom o perspektívach vývoja umelých inteligencií.
2025-01-1300 min
Positivity Hack Delivered Podcast by Women On ITHow Can We Advocate For Faster Growing Startup Ecosystems?Welcome to PHD (Positivity Hack Delivered) Episode 095 by Beata Young with guest Helene Panzarino.
Helene Panzarino is an Associate Director with the Centre for Digital Banking and Finance in LIBF, part of the Vacuumlabs Community Bank team, an experienced FinTech Programme Director, a passionate entrepreneur, educator and author. Her career boasts a number of ‘firsts’, including the FinTech Scale Programme for Rainmaking, the Inaugural Programme of Education and Events for Innovate Finance as well as the FinTech Entrepreneurship Masters’ for UCL.
2023-04-2258 minŽivé mesto_FMZávislosť na talente II. - Absencia rôznorodosti (27.3.2023 20:00)Rôznorodosť je zdrojom inovácie a kreativity. Jej absencia môže byť jednou z príčin, prečo mladí talentovaní ľudia odchádzajú do zahraničia a nemajú motiváciu sa vrátiť. Hosťom Živého mesta_FM je Matej Vtáčnik spoluzakladateľ firmy Vacuumlabs.
2023-03-2751 minŽivé mesto_FMŽivé mesto_FM (27.3.2023 20:00)Rôznorodosť je zdrojom inovácie a kreativity. Jej absencia môže byť jednou z príčin, prečo mladí talentovaní ľudia odchádzajú do zahraničia a nemajú motiváciu sa vrátiť. Hosťom Živého mesta_FM je Matej Vtáčnik spoluzakladateľ firmy Vacuumlabs.
2023-03-2700 min
Lubo Smid Podcast#25 Matej Ftacnik (Vacuumlabs) - Conquering the Mind, Body & Fintech MarketAs the CEO of Vacuumlabs, Matej believes in scratching your own itch to create an easy-to-use product. That’s how you make an impact — and he should know. Before leading the company that “puts the tech in fintech,” Matej spent years winning startup events, earning multiple Forbes features and co-founding creative space The Spot Slovakia. How? Prioritizing unorthodox ideas.
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2022-12-2255 min
Banking on Air#39 Squeeze more from your money with Harsh Chhatrapati (GALGAL)Vacuumlabs has partnered with Galgal, an Indian startup, to develop a modern money management app that aims at helping Indian youth to better monitor and save their money. The co-founder and CEO of Galgal, Harsh Chhatrapati talks in detail about the journey that he embarked on in 2017 and how Galgal was born.
2022-11-0940 min
Michal Truban Podcast13. Ako vybudovať top firmu a schudnúť 55 kíl | Matej Ftáčnik, CEO Vacuumlabs – Michal Truban PodcastKeď sme spolu s Maťom boli v Silicon Valley, mal o 55 kíl viac než dnes a bol stratený. Prešiel úžasnou fyzickou a psychickou transformáciou a kompletne zmenil svoj život. Po dlhšom hľadaní a skúšaní sa mu podarilo vybudovať obrovskú firmu.
Maťo Ftáčnik je jeden z top obchoďákov a prezentérov, akých poznám. V tomto podcaste sa o tom určite presvedčíte aj vy – stačí si vypočuť časť, v ktorej prezentuje svoje projekty. Rozbehol firmy doma aj v zahraničí a je jedným z prvých, kto pomáha aj iným startupom na...
2022-04-271h 15
Street of CodeEp. 79 – Prečo sú algoritmy dôležité?Znovu sa rozprávame s Michalom Anderlem, ktorý je v našich očiach najväčší oborník na algoritmy. Pôvodne sme sa chceli najmä rozprávať o užitočnosti algoritmoch v reálnej práci, avšak diskusia bola natoľko zaujímavá a náučná (aspoň pre nás), že sme kecali aj o rôznych iných veciach.
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(00:00) – Úvod
(00:47) – Ako sa Michalovi darí vo Vacuumlabs
(06:05) – Advent of Code – programovanie v Haskelli
(12:10) – Advent of Code – čo nám dáva programovanie algoritmických úloh?
(19:45) – Mal by sa samouk učiť a...
2022-02-211h 24
WebsupportAko sa programuje banka (Marián Horňák)Viete, koľko trvá naprogramovať modernú a digitálnu banku from scratch? A čo všetko na to vlastne potrebujete? Je crypto len pozlátko alebo mu banky veria? Koľko je pravdy na tom, že banky majú svoje systémy stále písané v jazykoch ako Cobol či Fortran, ako sa často v rôznych vtipoch spomína? Či je FinTech len buzzword alebo sa tam dejú užasné veci, sme sa rozprávali s Mariánom Horňákom.
Marián vyštudoval informatiku na Fakulte matematiky, fyziky a informatiky Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave. Už počas bakalárskeho štúdia nastúpil na...
2021-12-131h 11
Street of CodeEp. 72 – Rýchlostné programovanie na Slovensku s Michalom AnderlemRýchlostné programovanie alebo competitive programming. Čo to je? Načo to je? Ako sa dá v tejto oblasti zdokonalovať na Slovensku? Sú súťaže iba o súťažení? Tieto a ďalšie témy rozoberáme s Michalom Anderlem, ktorý vedie algoritmický predmet na MatFyz-e, pracuje part-time vo Vacuumlabs a popri tom sa venuje programátorským a matematickým súťažiam – teraž už hlavne ako organizátor. O Michalovi sa môžeš dozvedieť viac v rozhovore na robime.it.
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https://wp.streetofcode.sk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/StreetOfCode-Ep72.mp3
(00:00) – Intro
(01:20) – Kedy Michal začal s programovaním?
(04:35) – P...
2021-11-171h 38
Crypto on Air#10 Bitcoin ETF finally hereAfter years of trial and error, securities and exchange commission greenlighted Bitcoin futures ETFs last week! In addition to the Bitcoin topic, it broke ATH in settlement volume. What else happened? Bakkt formed a partnership with Google, Binance Smart Chain launched the largest 1 billion fund and Polkadot Parachain auctions date were announced! Make sure you keep up with crypto industry and listen to the latest Crypto on Air episode!
2021-10-1907 min
Crypto on Air#9 Compound hack worth $160MCompound broke last week the record in biggest ever fund lost in DeFi! $160million is the biggest lost in market history and still the token price declined merely by 5%. What else happened last week? Polygon flipped Ethereum in user addresses, SEC subpoenaed Circle, and Axie Infitiny raised $152million. Lot of going on, make sure you listen to our latest Crypto on Air episode!
2021-10-1206 min
Crypto on Air#8 Visa and TikTok adopt EthereumWhat are the crypto updates of the last week? Terra undergoes an important network upgrade, Visa announces a new layer two network, TikTok plans to release NFTs on Ethereum and DyDx dominates in trading volumes across DEXes! Listen to the episode to learn more about these events!
2021-10-0506 min
Crypto on Air#7 Twitter launches Bitcoin paymentsLast week on Thursday, Twitter had officially announced and enabled third-party Bitcoin tipping services! Staying with the topic of this cryptocurrency, Dfinity introduces smart contracts to Bitcoin which should bring DeFi closer to Bitcoin. And that's not all yet - Google entered NFT space, Avalanched raised a massive round and Polygon partnered with EY! Listen to our 7th episode to learn more!
2021-09-2807 min
Crypto on Air#6 Solana and other blockchains outageLast Tuesday was pretty tough! Not one, but right away 3 different blockchain networks experienced outage! Solana, Arbitrum, and the Secret Network showcased last week how unstable and risky crypto industry is for both developers and investors. What is more, during last week Cardano finally introduced smart contracts and MicroStrategy purchased Bitcoins for over $240 million. Learn more from David in our 6th episode of Crypto on Air!
2021-09-2106 min
Street of CodeEp. 68 – Pracovné benefity programátoraJedným z faktorov pri vyberaní práce sú aj benefity, ktoré daná pracovná pozícia ponúka. V 68. epizóde rozoberáme práve pracovné benefity programátora. Čo to vlastne sú tie benefity? Načo sú dobré? Nie je lepšie mať vyšší plat a benefity vôbec neriešiť? Aké benefity sú podľa nás najlepšie?
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(00:00) – Intro
(02:04) – Čo to vlastne sú pracovné benefity?
(09:10) – All-day catering
(12:30) – Benefity nie sú úplne fér
(14:35) – Sick-days
(18:30) – Ďalšie benefity a pracovné ponuky
(25:40) – Dôležité benefity pre Gaba – flexibiln...
2021-09-2058 min
Crypto on Air#5 Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El SalvadorOn Tuesday, 7th of September, history was written! Bitcoin law in El Salvador came into effect three months after the parliament passed the historic vote back in June. Based on this law, Bitcoin is now the legal tender in the country! What is more, last week a clash between SEC and Coinbase happened and also Loots created hype in the NFT world. Wanna hear more details? Don't hesitate and listen to latest Crypto on Air episode!
2021-09-1407 min
Crypto on Air#4 Ethereum supporting DNSDid you know that Ethereum Name Service now fully supports DNS? Quite a huge milestone for the whole ecosystem! What else happened last week? For example Arbitrum launched its' mainnet, Bitcoin Lightning is coming to Twitter or Metamask Experienced huge user growth. Wanna hear more? Listen to the latest episode with David Stancel
2021-09-0706 min
Banking on Air#38 Fintech trends with Marcel Klimo (Vacuumlabs)What are the top fintech trends according to our podcast moderator, Marcel Klimo? It is definitely personal identity, embedded finance & privacy! What is so interesting about these topics and what clients did we work with? Check our latest episode to learn more!
2021-09-0112 min
Crypto on Air#3 Visa buys a CryptoPunk!Game-changing news from the last week! Visa bought a CryptoPunk which validates the value proposition of NFT space! What other news did David discuss? Coinbase is to add a half-billion worth of crypto assets on their balance sheet, Avalanche launches $180m liquidity mining program and SEC may regulate DeFi after all. Curious to learn more? Listen to our latest episode of Crypto on Air.
2021-08-3105 min
Banking on Air#37 Simplifying banking with Maurice Iwunze & Gregoire Lecomte (SympliFi)Underbanked communities in countries such as Nigeria daily suffer from limited access to internet banking, high transaction fees and obstacles to get support from their family members that work all around the globe. Based on the personal experience, SympliFi found a very smart solution how to avoid these pains and provide support to local people to get loans. Listen to our latest episode with creators of the company and find out how they simplified banking!
2021-08-1826 min
Crypto on Air#2 Exploited Poly NetworkBiggest hack in crypto history! Investigation regarding assets worth $600 million, coinbase, Axie Infinity, or Infrastructure Bill. That are the topics of our second edition of the Crypto on Air podcast. Enjoy!
2021-08-1704 min
Crypto on Air#1 Ethereum's London Hard ForkThe first week is here! Talking about the biggest event of the last week - Ethereum's London hard fork, but also German door opening to cryptocurrencies, Uniswap and censorship, coin market or heating NFTs. If you want to hear more, listen to the episode!
2021-08-1005 min
Banking on Air#36 Open banking with Simon Lyons (Open Banking)Simon Lyons, Head of Ecosystem Engagement at the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) recently sat down with us to talk about the revolution occurring right now in banking!
2021-08-0441 min
Crypto on Air#0 What is Crypto on Air?Welcome to Crypto on Air! What can you expect? Please meet our host, David Stancel, cryptocurrency expert from Vacuumlabs who will tell you more!
2021-08-0201 min
Banking on Air#35 Embedded finance with Nick Heller (tomato pay) and Kevin Sefton (untied)Fintech has a new target in its sights: routine business admin. Many businesses continue to spend significant amounts of time on recurring tasks that, until now, have required interactions with financial institutions. We sat down with Nick Heller, CEO of tomato pay, and Kevin Sefton, co-founder of untied, to talk about how Fintech is offering businesses dramatic time-saving opportunities = embedded finance.
2021-07-2133 min
Banking on Air#34 Decentralised finance & NFTs with David Stancel (Fumbi)The third episode of our crypto series with David Stancel, our cryptocurrency expert and CTO at Fumbi, is here! The first episode focused on basic crypto terms & explanation of how it works; the second episode was about Ethereum and smart contracts. The third episode - as always, moderated by our host Helene Panzarino - brings the topic of decentralised finance and NFTs!
2021-06-3021 min
On Air: Podcast by Femme PaletteLGBT+ Bias with Lucie Bajgart and Matej FtacnikWhat are the biases towards LGBT+ people and how do we reinforce them? How can companies prevent unfairness in the workplace and we all can do to help everyone feel safe? We invited Lucie Bajgart and Matej Ftacnik to discuss this and more!About the guests:Lucie BajgartLucie is a freelance designer working with international clients from her studio in Prague. Her clients include companies such as fintech giant Klarna, Czech startups Productboard and Snuggs and San Francisco based Empower. Her focus is branding and product design. Lucie identifies as a gay...
2021-06-2854 min
Banking on Air#33 Ethereum & smart contracts with David Stancel (Fumbi)Or why smart contracts aren’t so smart! After a basic introduction to the crypto world and an explanation of its most-used terms, we are here again for a second crypto episode! David Stancel, our cryptocurrency expert here at Vacuumlabs, and CTO at Fumbi, returned to join Banking on Air host Helene Panzarino. This time, they focused on smart contracts, Ethereum, and platform interoperability.
2021-06-1622 min
JERGY talksJERGY talks - Matej FtacnikMatej Ftáčnik, zvedavý rodák z Bratislavy, zameraný na rast a tlak na výkon. Absolvent Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave. Stál pri vzniku slovenskej startupovej scény. Založil prvý zo slovenských coworkov The Spot a v rámci jeho rôznorodých projektov napr. The Spot – Booster. V roku 2012 spoluzaložil Vacuumlabs, globálneho poskytovateľa fintech riešení. Od mája 2021 pôsobí v pozícii CEO. V roku 2019 bol menovaný EY technologickým podnikateľom roka na Slovensku.
V podcaste sa tiež dozviete: o detstve v USA a na Slovensku / čo všetko mu dal Turnaj mladých f...
2021-06-061h 10
Savvy with SparringBuilding Trust in Cross-Border Business Relationships with Matej FtacnikSo you've got your startup idea off the ground and have realised you want to work with service providers outside of your home country. But what are the red flags to watch out for in contracts with these businesses? Annabel spoke to Matej Ftacnik, CEO of Vacuumlabs. A partner of Sparring, Vacuumlabs provide digital design and engineering support particularly to companies in the fintech and blockchain industries. They discuss how you can build trust with new service providers, overcoming cultural barriers and what startups should invest in when growing with global businesses. They also highlight wh...
2021-06-0218 min
WebsupportTvorba podnikavej a tolerantnej spoločnosti (Matej Ftáčnik)#DrivingChange
Zaujíma vás, ako vznikala startupová scéna na Slovensku? Ako prvé naše firmy bodovali v Silicon Valley? Ako sa jedna taká, s názvom Vacuumlabs, rozrástla z pár zamestnancov na stovky po celom svete? Či chcete zistiť, ako je na tom startupový a podnikateľský svet dnes a akú rolu v ňom zohráva Slovensko?
Zistite, ako a prečo Matej založil prvý Startup Weekend na Slovensku, prebojoval sa so svojím startupom do Ameriky, vrátil sa späť a začal budovať slovenskú startupovú scénu, spoluzaložil dnes už medzinárodnú firmu zo Slovenska a vytvoril medz...
2021-05-2638 min
Banking on Air#32 Yoroi and future of blockchain with Vicente Almonacid (EMURGO)From a passion project to a secure crypto wallet with 170k+ downloads! Yoroi light wallet is a result of the cooperation between EMURGO and Vacuumlabs, and we are really proud of the product. But what is Yoroi exactly? And what does it mean to work on blockchain projects like this? And what is the future of this industry? Marcel Klimo, host at Banking on Air, welcomed Vicente Almonacid, R&D Engineer at EMURGO and discussed all of these topics!
2021-05-2625 min
Banking on Air#31 How to build a digital bank in 18 months with Deniz Güven (Mox)Would you believe it's possible to release a digital bank within 18 months? Hard to imagine, right? Well, Mox in Hong Kong managed to do it. What is more, they did it mostly from home because of the pandemic! Our podcast host, Marcel Klimo, had a pleasure to welcome Deniz Güven, CEO of Mox, in our latest episode of Banking on Air. Deniz not only shared the story of how Mox was created but also gave valuable insights on their new operating model with which they are successfully getting their market share in Hong Kong.
2021-05-1231 min
Banking on Air#30 Blockchain in everyday life with Nicolas Arqueros (EMURGO)Is blockchain technology only for technology-savvy people? Or can it be applied to everyday life? And if so, how? In our latest Banking on Air episode, Marcel Klimo had a chance to talk to Nicolas Arqueros from EMURGO, a core solutions provider to the Cardano ecosystem. As Nicolas knows this third generation of blockchain very well, he shared his thoughts on the future use of blockchain technology.
2021-04-2823 min
Profesia v praxi08. Práca na diaľku a pracovné podmienky budúcnosti - Matej FtáčnikPracujem pre firmu, pričom nezáleží na tom, v akom kúte na svete sa nachádzam. Čas si určujem sám, platové podmienky mám rovnaké ako kolegovia, ktorí sú taktiež rozptýlení po celej planéte. Táto časť nebude o sci-fi, ale o skutočných nových možnostiach, ktoré sa otvárajú na trhu práce. O tom, čo vlastne znamená pracovať na diaľku a ako môže zamestnať moderné zamestnanie sa porozprávame s Matejom Ftáčnikom, CXO spoločnosti Vacuumlabs.
2021-04-2233 min
Banking on Air#29 Introduction to crypto with David Stancel (Fumbi)Crypto and blockchain - how many people really know what these terms truly mean? We decided to bring experts together to shed some light on these topics in a series of crypto-related episodes. Listen in as host Helene Panzarino is joined by David Stencel — cryptocurrency expert and CTO at Fumbi — and learn everything you need to know about these buzzwords!
2021-04-1436 min
PREČO PRÁVE ONI?Matej Ftáčnik z Vacuumlabs: V Košiciach je 12-tisíc IT profesionálov„Pravidelne mám pocit, že niečo neviem,“ hovorí Matej Ftáčnik z Vacuumlabs.
Prečo má rád vysoko regulované odvetvia? V čom sú iní Angličania od Slovákov a Američania od Angličanov? A v čom sú Slováci špecifickí?
Aj to sa dozviete v podcaste Prečo práve oni?, kde predstavujeme príbehy úspešných slovenských podnikateľov zo súťaže EY Podnikateľ roka. Podcast vychádza každú stredu a moderuje ho Adela Vinczeová.
2021-04-0740 min
BystrinyĽudia, ktorí spájajú rôzne svetyOčkovať, či neočkovať? Povoliť sobáše ľuďom rovnakého pohlavia? Rozdeľuje nás čím ďalej tým viac názorových frontov. Ako sa však naučiť počúvať a opäť sa začať naozaj rozprávať. Debata Večer s Bystrinami o príbehoch ľudí, ktorých formovali rôzne prostredia a názory so Zuzanou Kovačič Hanzelovou, Zuzanou Vasičákovou Očenášovou a Ondrejom Drugom z bystriňáckej iniciatívy CKO.
Moderujú: Zuzana Wienk a Ludwig Bagin.
Partneri podujatia: .týždeň a Vacuumlabs - www.rychlotest-covid.sk
2021-04-011h 30
Banking on Air#28 True digital transformation with Travers Clarke-Walker (Thought Machine)What does true digital transformation mean for banks? For an organization as complex as a bank, there is a lot to consider: picking the right technology stack, making the migration to the cloud, picking the right technical partners, and so much more. Most banks jump in without even fully grasping the key decisions and their consequences, but that’s about to change: listen in as host Helene Panzarino is joined by Travers Clarke-Walker — CMO of Thought Machine — and learn everything about banks going digital.
2021-03-2432 min
Banking on Air#27 Art in digital banking with Mark Warrick (Cauldron)Will digital banking move towards all-encompassing apps or will the future see more personalized niche product offerings? Can fintechs learn from the huge gaming industry and harness creative design and gamification to provide a potent hook for customers, building in high-level entertainment value to bolster digital banks’ market share?
In this episode, ‘Banking on Air’ host Marcel Klimo talks to Mark Warrick, Chief Design Officer at Cauldron, the creative laboratory of UK-based core banking engine builder, Thought Machine. Cauldron strives for a spellbinding blend of art and technology: harnessing Thought Machine’s Vault, this creative kitchen conjures up new a...
2021-03-1040 min
Banking on Air#26 Leveraging opportunities within banks with Nikolai Hack (Nucoro)High Street banks have strong long-term relationships with an enormous breadth of individual customers, but how can banks cost-effectively transform that relationship capital to boost their bottom line? Listen in, as host Helene Panzarino is joined by our guest Nicolai Hack, Head of Strategy & Partnerships at cloud-native savings and investment platform, Nucoro to find out how to leverage fintech partnerships to deliver private banking-grade savings and investment services for your retail customers.
2021-02-2426 min
Banking on Air#25 SMB acceleration in the US with Anthony Strike (SteadiPay)What’s the best way to now effectively offer digital services to the US SMB market to deliver the banking tools to really help them grow their businesses? Being underbanked is something we’d more readily associate with developing nations rather than the US, yet underbanking is prevalent in the United States too. In the US, most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) do indeed have access to a basic bank account, they can deposit and withdraw cash, but on many levels this market segment still remains ‘underbanked’ as sophisticated service provision by digital providers has focused on acquiring either very lar...
2021-02-1032 min
Banking on Air#24 Launching a new bank with Jeremy Takle (Pennyworth)Is it easier to set up and grow a new bank within a major financial institution, or is it better to be unencumbered and create a neobank free of those ties? You might well think that large established banks offer a welcoming space for neobanks, providing appropriate expertise and essential technology. But the reality is that being part of a major financial institution could well hold you back...
In this episode, ‘Banking on Air’ host Helene Panzarino talks to Jeremy Takle, co-founder and CEO of start-up bank, Pennyworth.
With many years of experience at Barclays behi...
2021-01-1332 min
TechEventsImplementácia elektronizácie si žiada orgán s adresnými právomocami a kompetenciami. (P. Čverha)Názov konferencie: Legalsummit - Justice Revival
Diskusný panel: Podnikanie a elektronizácia právnych vzťahov
Moderátor: Viliam Stankay, RTVS
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Elektronizácia je zdrojom zefektívňovania procesov, problém je, že na Slovensku nie je riadená nikým zhora. Zavádzanie elektronizácie nekoordinuje štát, preto je aj celý proces nedostatočne efektívny. Podľa odborníkov brzdí elektronizáciu Slovenska najmä zákon proti byrokracii, nehovoriac o tom, že by sme potrebovali orgán s konkrétnymi právomocami, kompetenciami a s dostatočným rozpočtom, ktorého úlohou by bolo v plnom rozsahu dohli...
2020-12-301h 39
Banking on Air#23 Payment processing with Joanne Dewar (GPS)Processing digital payments is a complex operation: it only takes a few seconds yet there’s some powerful technology involved. How does it all work?
Our latest podcast episode with Joanne Dewar, CEO of Global Processing Services (GPS), takes us ‘behind the scenes’ for a look into the world of digital payments processing. With high-profile customers such as financial super-app Revolut, UK digital bank Starling, and digital card issuer Curve, GPS has established itself as a market leader thanks to its secure, scalable and highly flexible platform.
The company now works with over 40 issuing banks global...
2020-12-1628 min
Banking on Air#22 Value of data with Colin Payne (Capgemini)Do banks know how to maximize value from their clients’ data and at the same time make a positive difference to the customer experience? There’s certainly no shortage of data: Where customers shop, where they travel, their hobbies, even their favorite foods. By transforming insights from this data and successfully channelling these into banking services targeted to serve the needs of a specific community, banks are now able to deliver timely, well-conceived niche products.
Listen to our podcast with Colin Payne, VP of Capgemini Invent who shares some of his vast experience and thoughts on digital bank...
2020-12-0938 min
Make Climate Cool Again#47 Environmental Justice Requires Economic Inclusion with VacuumlabsMichael Callas is a senior executive with an international career focusing on building banking products that are accessible. He has spent time leading StepOne Ventures, Innovation at Vodafone Group, doing Digital at EY Global Advisory, and helping several multinational banks solve their digital dilemmas. The episode today focuses on why banking and climate justice are irrevocably linked. We discuss:
Why Banks Are Broken
How FinTech is Leading the Way for Climate
How to Manage our Own Finances to Make Change
Schedule a 15 minute call with Michael HERE
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2020-12-071h 07
Banking on Air#21 Digital transformation with Martin McCann (Trade Ledger)Digital transformation is now integral to the banking industry and no incumbent can simply afford to ignore this. Yet delivering digital services takes a lot more effective planning and specialist expertise than appears at first sight.
Download our podcast with Martin McCann, CEO and Co-Founder of Trade Ledger, a leading player in lendtech. Trade Ledger has developed a sophisticated credit rating platform for loans to SMEs that automates the entire loan approval process. Together with Martin we explore the obstacles facing banks seeking to achieve digital transformation, and find out why their approaches often fail to deliver.
2020-12-0232 min
Banking on Air#20 Islamic finance with Syed Musheer Ahmed (FinStep Asia)What does the concept ‘Islamic finance’ say to you? Is it solely pegged to a religion from the Arab world? In this episode, we want to shed some light on this fascinating topic, cut through some of the misconceptions, and tell you more about how this well-established, yet very different, banking culture works and what it has to offer.
In our third podcast hosted by Helene Panzarino, she talks to Syed Musheer Ahmed, founder of Finstep Asia and co-founder of Fintech Association of Hong Kong. Musheer shares his vast knowledge of Islamic finance, and explains the core foun...
2020-11-2541 min
Banking on Air#19 Deal-breakers for banks with Donald Hawkins (Boulevard)Why are neobanks born, and what is the key for success in the banking industry? The answers are twofold: fulfilling specific community needs, and focusing on a relationship with customers. Without those, their position on the market is endangered.
Listen to our second podcast installment hosted by Helene Panzarino. With her guest Donald Hawkins, Helene explores the topic of community banks and relationships between banks and clients. Donald, as a founder of the first neobank for black Americans in the US, openly talks about the situation black people are in the US. Facing oppression from a number...
2020-11-1841 min
Banking on Air#18 Fintech and innovation with Nektarios Liolios (The Future Farm)Fintech and innovation go hand in hand. But how do big financial institutions respond to the need to innovate? Do they get this right? Frustratingly, the answer is often “no.”
Listen to our first podcast installment hosted by Helene Panzarino. Helene is in business conversation with Nektarios Liolios, and he opens up about his thoughts and his wealth of experience of financial innovation in practice based on his time working with the banking sector.
Nektarios was there on the ground when fintech first began garnering momentum and its commercial relevance first came to the fore, and...
2020-11-1124 min
Banking on Air#17 Responsible banking with Mathias Wikstrom and Johan Pihl (Doconomy)Solving environmental issues with Doconomy financial service tools? Yes!
Listen to this episode where Mathias Wikstrom (CEO) and Johan Pihl (Founder and Head of Innovation) at Doconomy discuss how they brought to market a credit card that enables its users to behave more sustainably.
Finding an intersection between banking services and decreasing CO2 emissions might seem impossible at the first sight; But Mathias and Johan decided to pull these threads together and in turn, create a new market. Doconomy not only puts a limit on customers’ credit cards using CO2 emissions to make their purchases mo...
2020-11-0423 min
Banking on Air#16 Banking on Air introduction w/ Helene Panzarino & Marcel KlimoBanking on Air is here! A new podcast concept, brought to you by Helene Panzarino & Marcel Klimo from Vacuumlabs, is covering the challenges, opportunities, perspectives and opinions that matter to you and to our community. We’re making this series so we can share our experience and expertise in creating solutions for the digital journey for incumbents, community banks, and fintechs. We believe that the future is in communities when it comes to digital transformation in financial services, and we’ll be sharing our thoughts with you, but also getting your together with our guests. Talk to you soon!
2020-11-0302 min
Banking on Air#15 Identity verification with Peter Murray (W2 Global Data)On this episode of Banking in Air, we talk with Peter Murray from W2 about changing needs of identity verification and anti-money laundering across the world, so that you can understand who your customers are across the world.
Here is a quick rundown of the episode:
0:19 What is KYC, AML and ID&V
1:50 How and why you might need W2
3:40 Changing business models in the industry
4:30 Recent payment companies using W2 tech
6:17 Global reach of KYC, AML and ID&V
7:19 Impact of COVID on the market
8:08 Key takeaways from Pay 360 c...
2020-09-2310 min
Banking on Air#14 Acceptance of payments with Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya (ZUP SoftPOS)In this episode of Banking in Air, we talk with Jaijit Bhattacharya from Zerone Microsystem about the Indian payment card market and how his mobile POS is empowering millions of merchants to now accepts payments in a country, which nearly doubled the total number of cards in just a few months.
Here is a quick rundown of the episode:
1:36 ZUP POS introduction
2:11 How merchants use the POS
2:42 POS penetration in India
3:27 Is this just for low income mechants?
4:05 Changes after government helped introduce millions of cards into the market
5:50 Why they are not supporting iPhone as a...
2020-09-1610 min
Banking on Air#13 Biometric payment cards with Angela Davies (Thames Technology)In this episode of Banking in Air, we talk with Angela Davies from Thames Technology about issuing cards and how biometric cards are the next generation of secure payment perfectly suited for the current world
Here is a quick rundown of the episode:
1:21 Introduction of Thames Tech
1:05 How does Thames Technology work and how did it get started?
3:16 Personalization of payment cards
4:42 Issue cards as a fintech or through a third-party issuer?
9:05 Payment via phone vs biometric card
10:19 Biometric payment cards are perfect for the COVID world.
Useful links from episode:
Angela Davies on L...
2020-09-1013 min
Banking on Air#12 Challenger banking in Australia with Dom Pym (Up Bank)In this episode, we interview Dom Pym, co-founder of Up Bank about the open banking landscape in Australia, the launch of their banking API and how their focus on being a contrarian technology company has helped them bring features to market in record speed to become Australia’s first next-gen digital bank.
Here is just a small taste of how different Dom’s thinking is in the fintech product design industry and how they have managed to build something very unique:
“We actually take a contrary view: How does it feel when you sign up for Up...
2020-09-0258 min
Payments Innovation#FintechCaraoke: To Partner or Not to Partner: That is the Question w/ Marcel KlimoTo partner or not to partner. That’s the question. As a fintech company, you’ve made the decision to expand your offering through a partnership. What does the partnership look like? How much control are you going to be giving up? What are the things you need to be thinking about when making decisions around partnerships? It can all be a bit (okay, a lot) confusion, which is why on this episode of the Payments Innovation podcast, we got to sit down with Marcel Klimo, Tech Evangelist at Vacuumlabs, for a conversation all about, among...
2020-09-0139 min
Payments Innovation#FintechCaraoke: To Partner or Not to Partner: That is the Question w/ Marcel KlimoTo partner or not to partner. That’s the question. As a fintech company, you’ve made the decision to expand your offering through a partnership. What does the partnership look like? How much control are you going to be giving up? What are the things you need to be thinking about when making decisions around partnerships? It can all be a bit (okay, a lot) confusion, which is why on this episode of the Payments Innovation podcast, we got to sit down with Marcel Klimo, Tech Evangelist at Vacuumlabs, for a conversation all about, among other things: -Technology in fintech...
2020-09-0139 min
Banking on Air#11 Fintech Vietnam with Brano Vargic (Home Credit Vietnam)In this episode, Brano Vargic talks with Marcel about the fintech scene in Southeast Asia, hypergrowth of the local market and gives tips on how to get started in the region as a company coming in from Europe or the Americas. Brano is currently the COO of Home Credit Vietnam, a quick loan, financing and credit card company originally from the CEE, which expanded into Southeast Asia.
Here is a rundown of the episode, if you want to jump ahead:
01:00 Moving from HR into banking and fintech
02:37 What surprised in you in Vietnam?
04:17 Business model for...
2020-08-2627 min
Banking on Air#10 Cloud banking with Paul Taylor (Thought Machine)In this episode, we speak about the cloud, banking, and complexity of the system. Switching his career from speech to banking, Paul reveals his insights on establishing a successful company and challenges that need to be overcome.
Here is a rundown of the episode, if you want to jump ahead:
01:00 What is Thought Machine?
5:00 Building Mox bank in Hong Kong
7:20 What was the starting point of Thought Machine?
13:00 How does the complexity of the banking system work?
16:55 How did Paul shift from speech industry to establishing a banking company
21:10 Why shift...
2020-08-1935 min
Banking on Air#09 Buy now, pay later with Michal Smida (Twisto)In this episode, we talked about Buy now, pay later service which has a big potential in CEE region. Also, Michal shared history and challenges of Twisto as well as his predictions for future.
Here is a rundown of the episode, if you want to jump ahead:
0:45 what is Twisto
4:00 How are they mitigating risk at Twisto?
3:30 how was Twisto name and
7:45 how did they come up with Twisto name & whole business idea
9:15 reasoning behind buy now, pay later service
14:45 benefits of buy now, pay...
2020-08-1237 min
Banking on Air#08 Hungarian banking opening with Monika Nemeth (Fintech Zone)In this episode of Banking in Air, we speak with Monika Nemeth about her transition from the telco sector into finance and payments. The fintech and banking sector is going through a massive opening and renaissance due to open banking regulation like PSD2 and instant payment schemes. This is going to transform business processes and bring completely new players into the market. Monika talks about her experiences in the telco industry and how she now uses it to help fintechs and banks succeed in this new world.
Here is a rundown of the episode, if you want...
2020-08-0529 min
WebsupportSociálne siete, tvorba obsahu, to je také rande (Martin Rajec)Fejsbuky, Linkediny, Tiktoky, YouTube a kadečo ďalšie. Veľká alchýmia pre mnohých ľudí na strane klientov či agentúr. Niekomu to ide lepšie, inému menej. Sú aj takí, ktorí to robia, len aby to robili. Ako využiť sociálne siete na efektívne budovanie povedomia o značke, aký typ obsahu robiť a akým spôsobom podporiť predaj obsahom a kreatívou, nám porozprával Martin Rajec.
Svoje viac ako 10 ročné skúsenosti získal v reklamných agentúrach ako je Zaraguza, Visibility. Pracoval aj na strane B2B klienta vo Vacuumlabs ako Senior Ma...
2020-07-291h 04
The Wired Wig | Law and TechnologyHow Legal Tech will transform the legal market w/ Marián Porvaźnik - Vacuumlabs, Sparring and TramaSince becoming qualified, Marián Porvažnik has taken an entrepreneurial route within Law. Now, the founder of Sparring, Co-founder of Trama and Chief Legal Officer at Vacuumlabs, Marián has a focus on disrupting the legal industry including changing how LegalTech businesses are funded in the future. In this episode we discuss:
his route to the industry,
how the technology growth in Law will change the market and
what the future of a firm may look like.
This episode is beneficial for both business leaders and Law students alike, presenting how firms will need to transform and h...
2020-06-1923 min
Banking on Air#07 Investing and banking with Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures)Sheel is co-founder of Better Tomorrow, a seed stage VC firm investing in Fintech companies globally. His own startup experience includes 2 successful FinTech exits – a payments company and a high-stakes auction company, and he is GP of the 500 Fintech fund. He formerly worked as a financial services consultant at BCG and started his FinTech career at the non-profit p2p lender Kiva.
In this episode, we speak about investments, banking and its future. Sheel shares his vast experiences in the field and reveals his strategy behind identifying successful startups.
Here is a rundown of the ep...
2020-05-1324 min
Banking on Air#06 Startups in the fintech industry with Mary Alcantara (MKB Fintechlab)Mary Alcantara is the Deputy Managing Director of MKB Fintechlab, Hungary's first fintech innovation lab and design competence center owned by MKB Bank. At Fintechlab, Mary leads the innovation team, brokers bank partnerships with startups and scaleups, and coordinates events and educational programming. She is passionate about open innovation, building ecosystems, and helping banks create superior experiences for their customers.
Mary has been a key player in the Hungarian startup ecosystem for the last 7 years. She is a founding partner of tandemLEAP, a business management company with offices in Budapest and New York City. She has consulted...
2020-05-0640 min
Banking on Air#05 Know your customer with Balazs Vinnai (W.UP)Balazs Vinnai is a serial entrepreneur, investor and mentor for growth stage companies.He is currently the president of W.UP, which helps banks unleash the power of real-time data to understand and serve their customers better.
In this episode, we speak about how he got started in the industry when phones only supported WAP websites and how his vision for the future has guided him over the years. Balazs also shares some tips for those who want to disrupt the fintech industry but don’t know where to start.
Here is a rundown of th...
2020-04-2924 min
Banking on Air#04 Embedded payments with Brad van Leeuwen (Cledara)Brad van Leeuwen is the COO and co-founder of Cledara. He enjoys creating things that make the world better. His personal mission is to try to understand things from first principles and move from there. Cledara's mission is to make SaaS scalable for the companies and people that use it. Cledara was named SaaStock SaaS Startup of the Year in 2018, is a member of Techstars London and is backed by Anthemis, one of the world's top fintech VCs.
In this episode we speak about embedded payments and how they will drive the future of fintech. We also...
2020-04-2244 min
Banking on Air#03 Future of payments with Nick Kerigan (Barclaycard)Nick Kerigan is a Fintech and Payments industry veteran, most recently at the role Managing Director - Future Payments at Barclaycard. His team has been responsible for designing and developing innovations such as the award-winning Grab+Go and Dine & Dash..
In this episode we talk about the UK fintech ecosystem helping out with the COVID-19 crisis, power of banking-as-a-service, co-branded cards for Batman fans and more. Listen until the end to hear Nick answer the billion dollar question: What is the future of payments and banking?
Here is a rundown of the episode, if you...
2020-04-1552 min
Banking on Air#02 Building up business with Cristina Villa (Cledara)On this episode of Banking in Air, we speak to Cristina Vila, the founder of Cledara. Cristina founded her company after seeing how painful managing software-as-a-service subscriptions was for other founders and their CFOs. Cledara empowers companies to manage all their subscriptions in one place, track budgets and have all invoices in one place.
We spoke about how the company got started and how she managed to build her very own "Friends of Cledara" community very early on. They helped her build the first minimum viable product, win "Best SaaS Startup of the Year" at SaaStock 2018 and...
2020-04-0121 min
Banking on Air#01 Challenges of fintech startups with Ivan Muck (ff.next)On the first episode of Inside the Vacuum, we speak to Ivan Muck, the co-founder and CEO of Family Finances. Growing up in a family of musicians, he dreamed of becoming a professional drummer and ended up helping banks and fintechs understand the needs of millennials and teenagers.
Ivan speaks openly about the challenges they faced over the first few years and how co-founding the company with his brother Ferenc as product designer and their friend David as CTO has brought them together through shared values and passions. Ivan and Ferenc are actually not only brothers. They a...
2020-03-2529 min
Voice of FinTech®The Danube Valley: Vacuumlabs exampleMatej Ftacnik is the CXO & co-founder of Vacuumlabs, a team of 200+ experts in building products & services with modern tech stacks. They also organize regular meetups, workshops, hackathons and conferences about advanced front-end technologies. Besides that, he loves to travel and see the world, enjoy good food and whiskey, spend time with his great family and meet new people with the wildest personal stories.
2020-02-1815 min
Na rovinu o podnikaníAko sa dohodnúť s investorom
Po úspešnom nájdení investora (NRoP 22) nastáva vyjednávací proces o konkrétnych podmienkach vstupu investora do vašej firmy. Rokovaním sa dohodnete, čo investor získa, za akú sumu a za akých podmienok. Tiež spôsob riadenia firmy a proces exitu. Podpíšete TERM SHEET, NDA a zmluvu o mlčanlivosti. Čo tieto pojmy znamenajú, sa dozviete v ďalšej epizóde s Majom Porvažníkom.
Marián Porvažník založil spoločnosť SPARRING ako spin-off technologickej firmy VACUUMLABS. SPARRING, ako jedna z mála firiem na Slovensku, sa špecializuje na právnu podporu pre...
2020-01-1439 min
Podnicast s Peťom Chodelkom28. Matej Ftáčnik (Vacuumlabs): „Buď rastieš, alebo zatváraš krám.“ #rozhovorMatej Ftáčnik, môj posledný hosť v Podnicaste, je spoluzakladateľ a CXO poločosti Vacuumlabs, spoluzakladateľ prvého tvorivého priestoru pre startupy The Spot a tiež výherca Startup Awards v roku 2011. Porozprávali sme sa o jeho začiatkoch podnikania, pobyte v Silicon Valley, prebrali sme rozdiel medzi coworkingom a startupovým akcelerátorom a ako to v ňom funguje. Prebrali sme, čomu sa venuje Vacuumlabs, komu pomáhajú, na akom biznis modeli fungujú, aj čo znamená Spin-off. Prečo by podľa Mateja mala firma neustále rásť a inovovať a padlo aj niekoľko veľmi inšpiratívnych myšlie...
2019-12-1641 min
Na rovinu o podnikaníHľadáme investora pre svoje podnikanie
V súčasnosti sa mnoho slovenských spoločností nachádza v situácii, keď si rozšírenie ich podnikateľských aktivít vyžaduje značné investície a získanie bankového úveru nie je vždy možným riešením. V takomto prípade je jednou z alternatív vstup investora do spoločnosti.
Aby takáto spolupráca dopadla úspešne a k spokojnosti oboch strán, mali by sa firmy na zložité vyjednávania dobre pripraviť.
Marián Porvažník, vyštudoval právo na Oxforde a počas advokátskej praxe založil...
2019-11-2635 min
Business TalksStory of business transformation - SG w/ VacuumlabsAll the pitfalls and opportunities of their business transformation story via three different points of view.
There's more than one way to skin a cat. In other words, there's more than one way to outline your company lifecycle. The journey of business transformation is a way few people choose and even fewer of them end up successful. Guys from Vacuumlabs, Hellephant and Sparring did both. At the event Startup Grind Bratislava, they discussed how to adapt to the change, how to conclude a strategic partnership and scale up and how to control the company lifecycle and drive...
2019-06-251h 20
The Buca TalksEP. 24 Ako podnikať s rozumom a budovať úspešnú značku / Matej FtáčnikSkvelá časť s mojim kamarátom a ehm bývalým šéfom Matejom Ftáčnikom o podnikaní, budovaní značky a obchode.
Čo si myslíte kolko rokov ma priemerný úspešný startupista?
Koľkatý biznis je úspešný? Koľkokrát musíme skrachovať alebo to nevyjde? Aj toto a omnoho viac sa dozviete v tomto diely podcastu.
Hlavne - Povedať, vytvárať a distribuovať hodnotné informácie ale s emocionálnym zafarbením. Na to často zabúdame :)
3:00 Kto je Matej Ftáčnik a čo je Vacuumlabs
5:30 Bucin bývalý šéf a prvý Coworking na Slovensku
7:00 Čo je to ten STARTUP
9:00 Keď vyjdeš zo školy a n...
2019-03-1349 min
WebsupportAko perfektne odprezentovať seba, či svoju firmu (Matej Ftáčnik)Maťo je človek, ktorý stál za kreatívným priestorom The Spot v Bratislave. Ten pomohol mnoho slovenským startupom dostať sa na nohy. Dnes je Maťo spoločníkom vo firme Vacuumlabs, kde rieši hlavne biznis development a predaj. A keďže Slováci sa nevedia predať, diskutoval som s ním práve túto tému. Vypočuj si pár tipov a trikov ako seba alebo svoju firmu odprezentovať.
Viac o autorovi podcastov: http://www.marekdlugos.com/podcast/
2018-09-2048 min