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Carbon’s Ceci López and Kike Fashola Are Banking on Nigerian Fintech Innovation

Carbon’s Ceci López and Kike Fashola Are Banking on Nigerian Fintech Innovation

These risk leaders are disrupting the status quo across Africa’s fintech landscape.

As the fintech industry matures, more and more women leaders are driving innovation forward. Kike Fashola and Cecelia Lopez are two of them, heading up credit risk decisioning at Nigerian digital bank, Carbon. Join us as we revisit their conversation with Provenir’s Adrian Pillay, originally aired in September 2023:d more sophisticated fraud tactics, from deepfake identity forgeries to large-scale phishing campaigns. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

In our first EMEA-focused episode, host Adrian Pillay sits down with digital bank Carbon’s Ceci López (Head of Decisioning) and Kike Fashola (Chief Risk Officer) to take a look at the relationship between risk and reward and the future of fintech in Nigeria.

They dig into topics like using data science to support innovation, how to drive adoption of emerging tech in an emerging market, and some of the implications we may not always think of when we talk about AI in risk management.

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DirectID’s James Syron is Using Data for Good

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James Syron joined the financial services industry after seeing the gaps in traditional credit assessment firsthand.

As DirectID’s Partner Manager, James is committed to preventing others from making the harmful credit decisions he did in his youth. And that’s why he’s so passionate about open banking and its impact on financial education and inclusion.

He sat down with North America host Kathy Stares to dive into the brave new world of open banking – what it means for consumers, SMEs, and lenders themselves. How has the use of alternative data grown in recent years? Who’s willing to share it? What impact does it have on risk assessment? We’ll answer these questions and more on today’s episode of The Disruptor Sessions.

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tbi Bank’s Costin Mincovici Wants to See More ‘Aha’ Moments in Digital Banking

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Costin Mincovici, tbi Bank’s Chief Credit Officer, is a risk leader that likes to say yes.

Yes to mobile-first financial services, yes to digital banking disruption, and yes to multi-country risk strategies that offer the accessible experiences that can make or break a provider.

He shares his insights with our EMEA host and Provenir’s regional leader, Frode Berg. They explore everything from the ethical implications of data usage, to market approaches that protect the interests of both the customer and bank, to the “aha” moments Costin hopes to see more of across fintech.

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