Listeners of our flagship podcast, What the FinTech? will be all too familiar with our game, “Fintech Jail”, where a guest submits their industry buzzword to be banished from the sector for a set amount of time.
Below is a list of all of our second season’s fintech buzzwords locked away in our financial Folsom, or set free by the benevolence of a guest.
For a list of season one’s jailed terms, click here.
Episode 1: Dean Snyder, EVP, Automated Financial Systems
Buzzword: Fintech
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 2: Jack Baldwin, CEO, BHMI
Buzzword: ___ Pay
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 3: Shlomi Turgeman, CEO, BTB Israel
Buzzword: Ecosystem
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 4: Stuart Smith, head of regional engagement, TMRW Bank
Buzzword: Blockchain / AI
Verdict: EXTENDED SENTENCE
Episode 5: Alexandra Boyle, head of strategic client group, OpenFin
Buzzword: Bespoke
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 6: Pablo Reyes, director of technology, Strands
Buzzword: Microservice
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 7: Tania Ziegler, senior research associate, Cambridge University
Buzzword: Finfluencer
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 8: Leena Iyar, chief branding officer, Moxtra
Buzzword: Disrupt
Verdict: EXTENDED SENTENCE
Episode 9: EngKok Chong, chief digital officer, Infopro
Buzzword: Super app
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 10: Riten Gohil, co-founder, Sphonic
Buzzword: Digital identity
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 11: James Herbert, CEO, Hastee
Buzzword: Payday lenders
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 12: Kunal Galav, regional director EMEA, Mambu
Buzzword: Transformation
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 13: Vincent Kilcoyne, EVP, SmartStream
Buzzword: Innovation
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 14: Vroon Modgill, CEO, Sokin
Buzzword: Disruption
Verdict: EXTENDED SENTENCE (AGAIN)
Episode 15: Bradley Riss, CCO, Checkout.com
Buzzword: Blockchain
Verdict: RELEASED
Episode 16: Louisa Murray, UK & Europe COO, Railsbank
Buzzword: Customer centric
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 17: Elena Barabanova, MD for settlement, VTB Bank
Buzzword: User friendly
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 18: Matt Phillips, head of financial services UK & Ireland, Diebold Nixdorf
Buzzword: Transformation
Verdict: EXTENDED SENTENCE
Episode 19: Ian Foley, partner, Level Ventures
Buzzword: Seed rounds
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 20: Henrik Rosvall, CEO, Dreams
Buzzword: Buy now, pay later (BNPL)
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 21: Suraya Randawa, head of omnichannel, Curinos & Sarah Welch, managing director, Curinos
Buzzword: Frictionless
Verdict: JAILED
Episode 22: Michael Breeuwer, general manager Benelux & Baltics, Mambu
Buzzword: Ecosystem
Verdict: RELEASED
Episode 23: Marina Goche, CEO, Sentifi
Buzzword: Big data
Verdict: RELEASED
Episode 24: Annerie Vreugdenhil, CIO, ING
Buzzword: Funding
Verdict: JAILED
