Deciphered: The Fintech Podcast

Deciphered is a fintech podcast brought to you by Bain & Company. Each episode brings insight and analysis on specific industry topics, dissected with data with help from fantastic guests.We're deciphering the financial services world in a way that is digestible, to help add context to your day to day industry conversations.

Deciphered: The Fintech Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 27 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Deciphered: The Fintech Podcast, a business show with 27 episodes published.

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  Episode #29

  From Assistants to Agents: The Future of AI in Financial Services

  Nov 24, 202536 min

  In this episode of Deciphered, Jeff Tijssen, partner and global head of Fintech, Bain & Company and Mike Cashman, partner, Bain & Company are joined by Mike Edmonds, VP of Agentic Commerce, Commercial Growth, PayPal and Pahal Patangia, Head of Payments Strategy, NVIDIA to discuss the future of AI in financial services. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 04:50 Personalization and friction reduction through agentic AI 05:13 Supercharging workflows in financial services with AI 06:19 Distinction between traditional, generative, and agentic AI 09:24 Shift from reactive to predictive banking with AI 13:46 Current adoption curve of agentic AI in finance 15:01 Promising use cases of agentic AI in commerce 17:27 Autonomous agents and redefining customer engagement 21:45 Barriers to adopting AI at scale in organizations 26:38 Building and maintaining trust in AI-driven decisions Please subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode, and leave us a review if you enjoy the show! You can find Jeff Tijssen here You can find Mike Cashman here You can find Mike Edmonds here You can find Pahal Patangia here For more insights from the Deciphered podcast, visit the page on Bain’s website

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  Episode #28

  Fund Administration: AI’s Growing Impact on Fund Services

  Aug 19, 202540 min

  In this episode of Deciphered, Mike Cashman, partner, Bain & Company is joined by Alex Robinson, CEO, Juniper Square to discuss AI’s growing impact on fund services. Timestamps: 03:52 Digital interfaces for investor experience in private markets 13:54 Automation in repetitive fund administration tasks 18:58 Probabilistic vs deterministic models in AI applications 27:19 Future industry structure of fund administration services 34:20 Passporting KYC identities across funds and platforms 39:04 Protocol-based solutions for universal KYC in private markets 39:32 How to learn more about Juniper Square's innovations Please subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode, and leave us a review if you enjoy the show! You can find Mike Cashman here You can find Alex Robinson here For more insights from the Deciphered podcast, visit the page on Bain’s website

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  Episode #27

  Stablecoins: State of the Union 2025

  Jul 22, 202546 min

  In this episode of Deciphered, Mike Cashman, partner, Bain & Company is joined by Ricardo Correia, partner, Bain & Company, Dante Disparte, CSO and Head of Global Policy and Operations, Circle, Jane McEvoy, SVP Fintech, BVNK and Cindy Turner, Chief Product Officer, WorldPay to discuss the state of stablecoins in 2025. Timestamps: 03:22 Stablecoin infrastructure providers and enterprise integration 04:53 WorldPay's stablecoin payout solutions for marketplaces 06:11 Stablecoins disrupting traditional cross-border payments 10:00 Singleness of money and stablecoin interoperability 14:40 Elasticity of money and stablecoin reserves 17:41 Productization of stablecoins in payouts and escrow 27:03 Regulatory harmonization for stablecoins across jurisdictions 31:27 Future use cases of stablecoins beyond cross-border payments Please subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode, and leave us a review if you enjoy the show! You can find Mike Cashman here You can find Ricardo Correia here You can find Dante Disparte here You can find Jane McEvoy here You can find Cindy Turner here For more insights from the Deciphered podcast, visit the page on Bain’s website

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  Episode #26

  What’s Next for Fintech: AI, IPOs and Stablecoins

  Jul 2, 202534 min

  In this episode of Deciphered, Jeff Tijssen, partner and global head of Fintech, Bain & Company is joined by Georgios Kolovos, EMEA Payments & Fintech Leader, NVIDIA and Phoebe Wallis, Chief Revenue Officer, Griffin to discuss what’s next for Fintech. Timestamps: 5:51 What's next for Fintech? 8:50 Evolution of Fintech landscape post-funding boom 11:26 Emerging trends: AI, stablecoins, and data challenges 16:17 Nvidia's work with FS firms on AI efforts 20:20 Practical AI applications in fraud and risk mitigation 24:04 Outlook for Fintech IPOs and market sentiment 27:45 Future of Fintech: Personalization and vertical payments Please subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode, and leave us a review if you enjoy the show! You can find Jeff Tijssen here You can find Georgios Kolovos here You can find Phoebe Wallis here For more insights from the Deciphered podcast, visit the page on Bain’s website

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  Episode #25

  Looking Ahead: What Are the Top Trends for Fintech in 2025

  Dec 18, 202451 minS0

  <p>In this episode of Deciphered, Adam Davis, expert associate partner at Bain & Company and Jeff Tijssen, partner and global head of Fintech, Bain & Company are joined by an all-Bain lineup, Karim Ahmad, expert partner, Mike Smith, expert partner, and Tevia Segovia, partner to discuss what will be the top Fintech trends of 2025.</p><p>Timestamps:</p>03:13 Looking Ahead: What Are the Top Trends for Fintech in 202509:42 Has a stable environment materialised over the last year?14:19 Fintech investment15:46 Impact of the election on private markets18:28 What excites you in the FS ecosystem in 2025?20:47 What's caught your eye in the world...

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