What the FinTech? | Season Two’s Jailed Buzzwords

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.

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Episode 1: Dean Snyder, EVP, Automated Financial Systems

Buzzword: Fintech

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 2: Jack Baldwin, CEO, BHMI

Buzzword: ___ Pay

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 3: Shlomi Turgeman, CEO, BTB Israel

Buzzword: Ecosystem

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 4: Stuart Smith, head of regional engagement, TMRW Bank

Buzzword: Blockchain / AI

Verdict: EXTENDED SENTENCE

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Episode 5: Alexandra Boyle, head of strategic client group, OpenFin

Buzzword: Bespoke

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 6: Pablo Reyes, director of technology, Strands

Buzzword: Microservice

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 7: Tania Ziegler, senior research associate, Cambridge University

Buzzword: Finfluencer

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 8: Leena Iyar, chief branding officer, Moxtra

Buzzword: Disrupt

Verdict: EXTENDED SENTENCE

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Episode 9: EngKok Chong, chief digital officer, Infopro

Buzzword: Super app

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 10: Riten Gohil, co-founder, Sphonic

Buzzword: Digital identity

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 11: James Herbert, CEO, Hastee

Buzzword: Payday lenders

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 12: Kunal Galav, regional director EMEA, Mambu

Buzzword: Transformation

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 13: Vincent Kilcoyne, EVP, SmartStream

Buzzword: Innovation

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 14: Vroon Modgill, CEO, Sokin

Buzzword: Disruption

Verdict: EXTENDED SENTENCE (AGAIN)

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Episode 15: Bradley Riss, CCO, Checkout.com

Buzzword: Blockchain

Verdict: RELEASED

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Episode 16: Louisa Murray, UK & Europe COO, Railsbank

Buzzword: Customer centric

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 17: Elena Barabanova, MD for settlement, VTB Bank

Buzzword: User friendly

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 18: Matt Phillips, head of financial services UK & Ireland, Diebold Nixdorf

Buzzword: Transformation

Verdict: EXTENDED SENTENCE

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Episode 19: Ian Foley, partner, Level Ventures

Buzzword: Seed rounds

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 20: Henrik Rosvall, CEO, Dreams

Buzzword: Buy now, pay later (BNPL)

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 21: Suraya Randawa, head of omnichannel, Curinos & Sarah Welch, managing director, Curinos

Buzzword: Frictionless

Verdict: JAILED

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Episode 22: Michael Breeuwer, general manager Benelux & Baltics, Mambu

Buzzword: Ecosystem

Verdict: RELEASED

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Episode 23: Marina Goche, CEO, Sentifi

Buzzword: Big data

Verdict: RELEASED

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Episode 24: Annerie Vreugdenhil, CIO, ING

Buzzword: Funding

Verdict: JAILED