Cracking the Culture Code: Building a Fintech for Japan’s Forgotten Savers
What does it take to build a digital finance brand in one of the world’s most tradition-bound markets? Samantha Ghiotti, CEO and Co-Founder of Habitto, shares how her team broke through the cultural, ...
4 Jun 202522min
Building Borderless Finance from Rwanda to the World
What does it take to build a digital-first, investor-ready, and globally connected financial hub in Africa? Jean-Marie Munyentwali, Chief Investment Officer of Rwanda Finance Limited, joins Kwame Oppo...
4 Jun 202514min
Tech, Trust, and the New Face of Financial Supervision
Regulatory transformation is no longer optional. Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO of the Alliance for Innovative Regulation, shares why modern regulators must embrace emerging tech to stay ahead of fraud, enable ...
4 Jun 202521min
Designing Dignity: CEO of PinBox on What it Takes to Build Pension Systems That Work for All
Parul Seth Khanna, Co-founder and CEO of PinBox Solutions, joins Matteo Rizzi to sound the alarm on an under-discussed crisis: old age poverty in emerging markets. From savings incentives in Rwanda to...
4 Jun 202523min
Cash, Cloud, and the Continental Shift: National Bank of Rwanda’s Head of Payments on the Future of Finance
Christian Kajeneri Mugenzi, Director of Payment Systems at the National Bank of Rwanda, joins GFTN’s Kwame Oppong for a wide-ranging conversation on Africa’s digital transformation. From AI in fraud p...
4 Jun 202516min
Digital Divides, Development Deals: CEO of the Development Bank Ghana on Banking Africa Beyond the Status Quo
What happens when global volatility meets local innovation? Kwamina Duker, CEO of the Development Bank Ghana, breaks down the promise and pitfalls of AI, geopolitics, and sustainability in Africa’s de...
4 Jun 202530min
From Sandboxes to Sunbird: Namibia’s Central Bank on Building Namibia’s Fintech Frontier
Valeria MBango and Tuna Brock of the Bank of Namibia join Matteo Rizzi to explore how the country is reimagining regulation, talent, and inclusion through fintech. From sandbox innovation to cross-bor...
4 Jun 202530min
Rethinking Cross-Border Payments, and Bridging Web2.5 with Blockchain
Milind Sanghavi, founder of XWeave, joins GFTN’s Pat Patel to explore how blockchain, stablecoins, and regulatory pragmatism can reshape money movement. From rethinking cross-border payments to bridgi...
4 Jun 202518min
