Inside FIS’ fintech accelerator

Podcasts

“Taking the hardest path in payments”: How Adyen’s new AI platform boosts conversion while reducing fraud

• Tearsheet Editor Zack Miller speaks with Davi Strazza, President of North America at Adyen, about leveraging AI to solve payment industry challenges
• Strazza explains how Adyen's uplift platform increases authorization rates by 6% while cutting payment costs through AI-powered transaction optimization.

Podcasts

Zip CEO Joe Heck: Expanding financial inclusion through Buy Now, Pay Later innovation

• The Buy Now, Pay Later industry stands at just 2% of US payments, poised for significant growth compared to mature markets abroad.
• Zip CEO Joe Heck reveals how focusing on underserved consumers outside traditional FICO systems is transforming financial access nationwide.

Partner, Podcasts

How Citi is enabling banks to drive growth and remain competitive in a 24/7 world

• Aashish Mishra, Citi's Global Head for Banks sales, discusses how traditional banks can compete with fintechs in a 24/7 banking world through improved cross-border payment experiences and real-time banking solutions.
• Digital assets and blockchain technology are transforming cross-border payments, with Citi's Token Services enabling real-time liquidity movement between global branches without requiring clients to invest in complex technology implementations.

Podcasts

From startup to acquisition: Zuben Mathews on Brigit’s social impact journey

• Upbound Group's acquisition of financial health company Brigit signals a major shift in how the industry values companies serving everyday Americans.
• We speak with Brigit co-founder Zuben Mathews about achieving a meaningful exit while maintaining social impact.

Artificial Intelligence, Banking, Podcasts

The story of Erica, Bank of America’s homegrown digital assistant

• Bank of America's Hari Gopalkrishnan dives into how the bank developed its digital assistant and how its role has expanded over the years.
• On the show, Hari speaks about the challenges the firm faced when building Erica and then takes his sights to the future, giving us a never-before-seen look at how one of the biggest banks in the industry is thinking of Gen AI.