PCN CEO Rogier sat down with Krik Gunning, Co-Founder & CEO of digital identity specialist Fourthline, to discuss how the pandemic has triggered a surge in financial crime and the ways in which we can build a safer, more accessible global financial system. Fourthline is one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintech companies working with some of the top financial enterprises in Europe. Fourthline partners with leaders such as KPN, N26, Solarisbank, and Trade republic to solve their digital identity challenges. Enjoy listening!

[German edition] Consultant Morten sits with Mirko Krauel, Managing Director at OTTO PEG, to discuss building a PSP from scratch, the challenges that come with quick growth, and more! Mirko Krauel, Geschäftsführer bei der neuen OTTO PEG, über den Aufbau eines PSPs, die Herausforderungen, die schnelles Wachstum mit sich bringt und vieles mehr!

Welcome to In Check with Fintech! In this week’s episode, we will be talking to Benjamin Esser who is Co-CEO at Kontist and former CEO and Founder of Urbanara, a leading DTC brand in the Home & Living space. Besides that, he worked in executive positions at Fanatics, Myfab, CVA and Bain & Company. At Kontist, Benjamin works closely with Founder and Co-CEO Christopher Plantener and is responsible for strategy, marketing, finance, and business development. We will discuss the tax tech market in Germany, how Kontist fits into that and what more is there to come especially when the German tax market is 8 times bigger than the banking market for SMEs. Enjoy listening!

We sat down with Kevin Gosschalk, founder and CEO of Arkose Labs, to discuss the significant rise of credential stuffing attacks especially during COVID19. Although ransomware is generally the hottest topic in cybercrime, COVID19 has fueled the new trend in credential stuffing attacks which is taking a serious toll on businesses across the world. Credential stuffing attacks are predicted to overtake ransomware in 2022. Arkose Labs alone detected 285 million of such attacks in the first 6 months of the year and the FBI estimated an average cost of £4million each year. Arkose Labs is working hard to combat this problem with the industry’s first $1m Credential Stuffing Warranty and an AI Fraud Prevention platform. Enjoy listening!

Welcome to In Check with Fintech! Drumroll for Layla Qassim, Solarisbank’s Head of Strategy and Shareholder Relations! Layla is a phenomenal leader and capital markets expert, developing Solarisbank’s long term strategic vision. She joined Solarisbank in 2019 after working as an independent startup consultant for three years in London. And before that, she spent over six years in New York in financial analysis and research. Going further back, Layla graduated from UCL with a BA in Ancient History & Social Anthropology. Listen in, as Layla shares insights on the move from Wall Street to Berlin, and how she’s heading the European expansion of Solarisbank! Enjoy listening!

We’re back with In Check with Fintech! This week, PCN CEO Rogier sat down with Tobias Schweiger, Co-founder & CEO of HAWK:AI to discuss AI, Cloud, and anti-financial crime. Prior to co-founding HAWK:AI with Wolfgang Berner in 2018, he was Vice President Operations at ACI Worldwide’s SaaS unit and before that CFO/COO at PAY.ON AG, which was sold to ACI for $200 million in 2015. Enjoy listening!