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🎧 ICTP 205: Fintech in Trinidad and Tobago, with Maria Daniel of FinTechTT

Continuing with our Fintech in the Caribbean series, we are focussing on fintech in Trinidad and Tobago, with Maria Daniel, President of the FinTech Association of Trinidad and Tobago. In our conversation, Maria:  highlights the Association and discusses the state of fintech in Trinidad and Tobago, key challenges that have been hindering fintech development; and where she would like to see fintech in Trinidad and Tobago in the next 2 to 3 years.

🎧 What is a neobank?

Neobanks have made a splash in the fintech industry. New players have entered the market in considerable numbers. Their uniqueness is, they simplify financial services to the point where they meet the expectations of today’s digital generation. So, how is a neobank different from the traditional banks we are used to dealing with.

🎧 Rising Giants N.51 – Tomas Pokorny, Co-Founder of Brixie and Board Director at Cambodia Association of Finance and Technology (CAFT)

Welcome back to our newest episode of Rising Giants with a very special guest, Tomas Pokorny. Tomas has had a very successful career, personally taking on many different challenges early on starting as an aviation engineer, working in many diverse environments around the world, and ultimately landing in Cambodia founding his own ventures and becoming CEO of Pi-Pay – one of Cambodia’s most successful e-payment services & payment infrastructure providers that focuses on merchant payments and users and data engagement.

🎧 #367: Moses Lo and Tessa Wijaya of Xendit

When you have a population of several hundred million people with high penetration of smartphones and a banking system that does not serve the majority of the population well, you have a recipe for fintech innovation. And that is exactly what is happening in Southeast Asia today. My next guests on the Fintech One-on-One Podcast are Moses Lo and Tessa Wijaya, co-founders of Xendit.

🎧 Startup Special! Wharton’s Top Fintech Startups with Gaby Campoverde, John Garner, and Nate Soffio

In today’s special episode, Anirudh Singh sits down with classmates and fintech founders Gaby Campoverde, John Garner, and Nate Soffio. They discuss their rising startups, Miren, Card Curator, and Portabl, as well as the impact the Wharton MBA has had on their respective companies. Gaby Campoverde: Gabriela Ariana Campoverde is CEO and Founder of Miren.

🎧 Learn about the Banking sector in India | Sandhya Vasudevan, Independent Director, Board Advisor, Consultant

Fintech is one of the most demanded and trending sectors in the modern world today. With more and more finance companies establishing themselves in the market, technology remains the strongest tool these companies used to boost business. So what exactly is Fintech? And why is it continuously being talked about.

🎧 301: How To Make Trading A Side Hustle With Teri Ijeoma REWIND

This week we have a rewind episode of the update episode with Teri Ijeoma! One of my goals this year is to dive into Teri’s Trade & Travel course & start trading as a side hustle. And I’m kicking it off by joining her Your First Trade Challenge. Check it out here: Teri Ijeoma began her professional career working in education and nonprofits.

🎧 India’s digital payments projected at $10 tln by 2026; Coinbase extends hiring freeze; NASA outsources spacesuits

India’s digital payments industry will triple to touch $10 trillion in total transaction value by 2026, according to a report by PhonePe, Walmart’s Indian fintech unit, and BCG. Coinbase is extending its hiring freeze indefinitely. NASA is outsourcing its Lunar spacesuit development to two companies including Axiom Space, which is backed by investors including India’s Sanjay Mehta.

🎧 EP 201 Transforming the Way Financial Institutions Serve Women

Almost 50 years after the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974, which ended women needing a male co-signer on loans and credit cards, women are still facing discrimination from financial institutions. Our guest, Lacy Garcia, is the Founder and CEO of Willow, a woman-led, financial technology and guidance platform that empowers women and the underrepresented with education, coaching, and support through every life journey.

🎧 Episode 444: Rise of Embedded Finance in Australia & Digital for Good

In this episode Brett King returns to his roots to explore investment opportunities in and from Australia, how Australian capability can act as a launch pad for global innovations and investments within the fintech and insurtech ecosystems. Our guests Simone Dossetor, Insurtech Australia, CEO; Ben Smith, Railsbank, Chief Operating Officer (APAC) and Christie Downs, CEO & Co-Founder, handdii, cover how the rise of embedded solutions creates new financial services distribution models in the fintech and insurtech markets.

🎧 Is It a Bank? ft. Kedar Nimkar & Apurv Narang | VP of Design & Head of Growth & Marketing at Jupiter

On Cyrus Says today, we are joined by Kedar Nimkar and Apurv Narang from Jupiter – a digital banking app that helps you master your money. They talk about why digital banking is the way forward, the need for digital banking to be more ‘fun’, and how the team at Jupiter have painstakingly designed the Jupiter app.

🎧 Lessons learned while working for an African Fintech company – Makera Kigaraba on The Product Experience

In recent years the Fintech industry has exploded with many product managers delving into this fast-growing sector. However, what would it be like to pack up all of your things and land a Fintech job in a  completely new continent? On this week’s podcast, we spoke with. Makera Kigarada, Principal Product Manager at Fintech start-up M-KOPA to hear about how he got started in the new market as a product manager, and his key lessons learned so far.

🎧 Niche Segments and Omni-Channel in FinTech

In today’s episode, we are joined by Rilla Delorier. Rilla has over 30 years of experience as an executive leader within the financial services industry, serving as a trusted advisor to the CEOs of PNC, SunTrust, and Umpqua Bank. Tune in as we uncover how niche customer segments have completely upended the traditional way of thinking about banking, why it’s important to go after unmet customer needs, and the power of FinTech’s approach to agile innovation.

🎧 The importance of diversity in the fintech industry

‘Invest in yourself’ is the advice that Ximena Aleman, winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year at the AMBA & BGA Excellence awards 2022, gives on this episode of The AMBITION Podcast.Ximena won this sought-after accolade because of her business Prometeo OpenBanking – a company revolutionising banking in Latin America. Ximena came on the podcast to talk about how she is pushing for more diversity in the fintech industry, her MBA at the Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad ORT Uruguay and her plans for expanding her business.

🎧 99. Nik Milanović: Building a Global FinTech Community & Venture Fund | This Week in FinTech

99. In Building a Global FinTech Community, Nik Milanović (@nikmilanovic), founder of This Week in FinTech & The FinTech Fund, joins host William Glass to discuss how to build community in the FinTech space using Twitter. Nik shares how he wound up in the FinTech space first at a startup and then at Google Pay which led him to begin the This Week in FinTech newsletter.

🎧 145: The Wisdom Of Finance by Mihir Desai

In 1688, essayist Josef de la Vega described finance as both “the fairest and most deceitful business . . . the noblest and the most infamous in the world, the finest and most vulgar on earth.” The characterization of finance as deceitful, infamous, and vulgar still rings true today – particularly in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

🎧 198) #ExponentialInsights – Breaking the Bank: Standing Out in FinTech

What makes your financial institution special? Simply adopting digital concepts in an analog world isn’t enough to stand out in the FinTech crowd. You have to blaze new trails to be unique in the digital world. My guest, Jason Henrichs, CEO at Alloy Labs Alliance, shares why he believes many banks aren’t doing enough to differentiate themselves in their pursuit of banking as a service – and gives some examples of a few who are.

🎧 #328: Sofiat Abdulrazaaq of Goodfynd, on Getting Venture-Backed as a Woman of Color, Growing and Scaling a FinTech Startup, and Building a Culture-Fir

Sofiat Abdulrazaaq is the Co-Founder and CEO of Goodfynd, an on-demand marketplace for food trucks. Goodfynd enables pop-up retail and mobile vendors to connect with existing and new customers virtually by providing increased visibility and online ordering. Topics Covered by Sofiat Abdulrazaaq in this Episode How Goodfynd is supporting food truck owners and operators as a FinTech startup How the idea for Goodfynd was born out of the love of great food and wanting to find it again Shifting Goodfynd from a side hustle to her full-time job The traction they needed to transition from bootstrappi

🎧 610. News: Kenya’s M-Pesa marks milestone anniversary

Our expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Benjamin Ensor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week’s guests include: Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, CEO, M-Pesa Lindsay Davis, Head of Markets, Atomic Eric Johansson, Fintech Editor, Verdict With soundclips from: Patrick Kavanagh, CEO, Atlantic Money Nicola Anderson, CEO, Fintech Scotland We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: M-Pesa: Kenya’s mobile money success story celebrates 15 years – 3:55 Russian banks turn

🎧 What’s New in Risk Management and Public Transportation? with Rick Graham

Rick Graham is the Chief Risk Officer for SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority), the nation’s sixth-largest provider of public transportation. Rick leads a team of ten risk management professionals responsible for the authority’s treatment of risk, management, and employee injury claims.

🎧 How To Determine Which Fundraising Option Is Right For Your Business And The Importance Of Female-Founded Businesses With Fundraising Expert And Angel

I’m joined by VC-backed startup operator, angel investor, author, and podcast host Stef Caldwell. She’s a champion for not just getting women a seat at the table, but actually helping female-owned businesses build their own tables. We talk about some of the reasons why women don’t pursue their big ideas, why she’s so passionate about closing the gender wealth gap, and tips for how to take that first step to starting your business.

🎧 The 3 C’s of Downturn Planning: Cash, Communication, Contingency

We’ve heard the news, we’ve seen prices going up, watched volatility in the markets and tracked other economic indicators.  Chances are, there is a downturn and possibly a recession on our horizon.  That doesn’t mean it’s time to panic. There are simple, actionable steps you can take now to prepare your startup to get through a downturn and build the best possible outcome for the future.

🎧 Vinay Palathinkal: SE Asia Fintech, Last Mover Advantage & Compounding Relationships

Vinay Palathinkal is Regional Head, Wise Platform at Wise. Formerly known as TransferWise, Wise is a leader in cross border money movement, processing nearly $100 billion every year and employing 2300 people across 14 global offices. Wise Platform is the third and newest pillar of Wise’s products, allowing platforms like Google Pay and banks like Monzo to integrate and benefit from Wise’s powerful global payments infrastructure.

🎧 E101 – Building the Operating System of Indian Debt Markets w/CredAvenue’s Gaurav Kumar

In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Gaurav Kumar, Founder & CEO of CredAvenue.  CredAvenue is building the Operating System for Indian Debt Markets and has soon become the leading infrastructure platform in India’s fintech ecosystem. It became a Unicorn in a record 18 months, which is the fastest for any fintech company in the country.

🎧 Metaphysical Kitchen

Episode 072 of Underserved features Brian Durkin, Sr. Group Manager & Head of User Experience, Data & Analytics at BNY Mellon. Brian leveraged his art degree into some web design work but found his true passion was in information architecture. He came to this realization in the middle of an interview, which he politely asked to terminate.

🎧 Sunit Gajbhiye (Co-founder, Financepeer) | Fundraising overview for founders

Sunit Gajbhiye is the Co-Founder, Business Head at Financepeer. Prior to this he was Product Manager at EdgeVerve, Infosys. Sunit is an IIM and VJTI alumnus with 6+ years of experience in Business Operations and Product Management. Financepeer, a Series B fintech startup backed by Aavishkaar Capital, QED Investors, 9Unicorn and Earlsfield Capital.

🎧 Vier Münchner Fintech-Startups und ihre Erfolge, der VC Seventure Partners

Weltweit gibt es derzeit keine Branche, die mehr Startups mit einer Bewertung von über 1 Milliarde Dollar verzeichnen kann, als Fintech. Das zweitplatzierte Segment Internet & Software Services liegt mit 116 knapp dahinter. Ein Abstand, der mit Blick auf die Bewertungen jedoch deutlich größer wird.

🎧 Episode 169 – Catching Up On The State Of Payments – Robin Gandhi, Nium

George and Yvette welcome back Robin Gandhi in this episode of Payments on Fire®. Formerly of TripActions (Episode 146), Robin is now the chief product officer of Nium, a firm specializing in bringing cross-border payments capabilities to banks, fintechs, and large and medium enterprises.    Glenbrook has been taking a deep dive into Global Payments lately – check out recent recorded webinars.

🎧 Mexico’s New Tech Mafia, Winning Copycat Strategies, and the Future of Fintech in LatAm (Hernán Fernández)

Hernán Fernández of Angel Ventures joins Nick to discuss Mexico’s New Tech Mafia, Winning Copycat Strategies, and the Future of Fintech in LatAm. In this episode we cover: Mexico’s Explosion in VC Funding The Rappi Tech Mafia What to Look for in Copycat Strategies Democratizing Fintech in LatAm & more.

🎧 Mind Your Business: Travel Thursday – How fintech companies can help tourism and travel industry recover

If you have gone out of the country recently, you would have recognised that modern travel is not as fuss-free as it used to be. However, new tech has accelerated other creature comforts for travellers, especially when it comes to money matters before, during, or even after travel.  Chee Wai Ho, Head of NEO Financial Services, Instarem shares his views on how fintech companies can help the tourism and travel industry recover in a post Covid-19 world.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

🎧 175: My Philosophy | Nik Milanović, This Week in Fintech and The Fintech Fund

Nik Milanović is the founder of This Week in Fintech, a global digest of fintech news, and General Partner at The Fintech Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund. In this episode, Pete Townsend and Eoin Fitzgerald talk to Nik about what influenced his modus operandi, the big opportunity with fintech to provide financial services to even more people around the world, how Nik ramped up from a newsletter to a syndicate to a venture fund, the blurred lines between fintech and crypto…and how Nik managed to make the most of his love of music.

🎧 S3#8: Minh Le, General Director, Tyme Vietnam: Building multi-country digital banks

Minh Le is the General Director at Tyme Vietnam. Minh takes his leadership roles in managing and operating the technology team with the mission of designing and building digital multi-country banks. While traditional banks often focus on big enterprises, digital banks target  individual customers.

🎧 Ep814: Peter Reynolds | CRO, Thetaray

An accomplished fintech executive and global sales leader with extensive experience building world-class and high performing revenue organizations that achieve hyper-growth. Peter brings two decades of experience selling enterprise software into financial institutions, fintech’s and global corporations and has end-to-end accountability for ThetaRay’s revenue organization.

🎧 How Economic Instability Will Impact the Banking Industry

The economic outlook for 2022 is being impacted by rapid inflation, geopolitical shocks, rising interest rates, and unemployment numbers that loom as headwinds. While rapid post-pandemic growth and a strong labor market have been big wins, the benefits of the recovery could be diminished as price rises eat away at paychecks.

🎧 The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 21: Interview with: Paul Weingarth, Co-Founder, Slyp

Paul Weingarth, Co-Founder of Slyp Prior to co-founding Slyp, Paul worked for the Commonwealth Bank, Microsoft and PayPal.  Paul’s now on a mission – he wants to end paper receipts and plastic loyalty cards; how is it that in 2022 we tap our phone or card or watch to make a payment in-store, then we are handed a chemically coated non-recyclable piece of paper to keep a record of the purchase.

🎧 Fintech Review 2021 – Germany, Austria And Switzerland (GSA)

“For banks the pandemic meant that they had to digest 10 years of digitalization in only two years.” Paolo Sironi – Thought Leader and Author Hello and welcome everyone to our 2021 Fintech Review for the German Speaking Area – Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, also called GSA. This is an annual tradition started in 2014, first in German, now in English.

🎧 How to Develop Generational Wealth in the Black and Latinx Communities with Ryan Glover

Tayo is honored to welcome Ryan Glover, founder of the Greenwood digital banking platform, to today’s podcast. A veteran in the entrepreneurship space, and a strong believer in charity, Ryan believes that his ability to problem solve combined with his passion for the Black community has granted him success across such diverse career pursuits.

🎧 Berliner TaxTech Accountable erweitert Finanzierung auf 10 Mio. Euro für weitere Internationalisierung (Fintech • App)

In der Mittagsfolge sprechen wir heute mit Tino Keller, Co-Founder und Managing Director Germany von Accountable. Das Berliner TaxTech konnte seine Finanzierung auf insgesamt 10 Millionen Euro für weitere Internationalisierung erweitern. Das deutsch-belgische FinTech, das 2019 gegründet wurde, positioniert sich als Steuer-App für Selbstständige.

🎧 Sanlo, a startup that offers app and game developers access to financial tools and capital, raises $10M

Sanlo, a San Francisco-based fintech startup that offers small to medium-sized game and app companies access to tools to manage their finances and capital to fuel their growth, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Konvoy.

🎧 SaaStr 561: Classic Episode: The Plaid Journey with Co-Founder and CEO Zach Perret

To celebrate 10 years of SaaStr, we’re revisiting some classic podcast episodes. Up today: Plaid co-founder and CEO, Zach Perret. This interview with CNBC’s Ari Levy took place in February 2019, shortly after Plaid raised a Series C round at a $2.7B valuation. In 2021, Plaid raised their Series D at a $13.

🎧 Making Real Estate Investing Affordable for Everyone. Craig Cecelio, Founder/CEO Diversyfund

This week on The Millionaire Choice Show Tony talks with Craig Cecelio, Founder and CEO of Diversyfund. Craig and Diversyfund are changing the way the everyday investor builds wealth. Craig’s vision is to make real estate investing available to average, everyday people. Their goal is to empower the 99% to reach financial freedom through real estate investing.

🎧 #48: Sheel Mohnot, Better Tomorrow Ventures – How To Earn The Right To Invest In Startups and What It Takes To Become The Most Active Global Fintech I

Sheel is a co-founder of Better Tomorrow, a seed-stage venture capital fund investing in Fintech companies globally. His own startup experience includes 2 successful Fintech exits — a payments company and a high-stakes auction company — and he’s GP of the 500 Fintech fund. He formerly worked as a financial services consultant at BCG and started his Fintech career at the non-profit p2p lender, Kiva.

🎧 Banking for eCommerce Businesses with Travis Price

On this episode of Link Up Leaders, Francois and Lisa are speaking with Travis Price of Mercury to learn about the unique daily banking needs of eCommerce businesses. — 💥About Our Guest!💥 Travis started his career in eCommerce when he invented Santa’s Flask, The Original Christmas Wine Stocking, and started selling it on Amazon, eventually growing it to become the #1 best-selling product in the drinking flasks category.

🎧 5-30-2022 – Best of Caller Questions – Memorial Day Edition

In this compilation program, Steve Peasley and Justin Klein field a variety of finance and investment questions from callers across the United States and around the world. Today’s Stocks & Topics: Economic Indicators, S&P Index Fund, How Do Stock Market Grow, Investing Strategy, Investing for Retirement, Small Cap Funds, Interest Rates, Value Funds, P.E. Ratio, Real Estate Sale, FED and Money Print, Earnings, Vanguard Robo Advisor, Covered Calls, Cash, Corporate Bonds. Advertising Inquiries: Privacy & Opt-Out:

🎧 EP 175 : Building India’s Payments Infrastructure – Akash Sinha (Co-founder & CEO, Cashfree)

Akash is the co-founder and CEO of Cashfree Payments, a payments and banking technology company that enables businesses in India to collect payments online and make payouts. In this episode he spoke about the nuances of building the payments infrastucture, what to do and not do while partnering with financial institutions, being developer friendly and balancing growth and profitability in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

🎧 E99 – Fred Schebesta – Surviving the Rise of Cryptocurrency and the Metaverse in the Financial Industry

Imagine this. One day, you press a few buttons on your keyboard and your unique avatar is walking into a virtual bank. You go up to a virtual ATM, poke at some keys, and withdraw that Bitcoin you’ve been saving for a small treat. Next stop? Who knows! With the Metaverse and Cryptocurrency creeping up on us, the future is big and uncertain and could look vastly different from today.

🎧 “Empathy Works”

Sophie Wade is a work futurist, international keynote speaker, author, and authority on Future-of-Work issues. She is the host of the widely popular Transforming Work podcast and 450,000 learners have taken her four LinkedIn courses which cover Future-of-Work skills, empathy, and Gen Z. Sophie is the Founder and Workforce Innovation Specialist at Flexcel Network, a Future-of-Work consultancy.

🎧 Perianne Boring: Busting the Biggest Bitcoin Myths

Today, Commander Divine speaks with Perianne Boring, founder and president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world’s largest trade association representing the blockchain industry. Perianne’s mission is to advocate and educate the public and lawmakers about the future of blockchain. In this episode, Perianne busts some of the biggest myths about the cryptocurrency space, including Russian sanctions, environmental impact, and more.

🎧 The CTO Perspective with Mario Paluzzi

The CTO Perspective with Mario Paluzzi Mario Paluzzi and Joe Lynch discuss the CTO perspective. Mario is the Chief Technical Officer at Reliance Partners, a commercial insurance agency specializing in risk management solutions for the transportation and logistics space. About Mario Paluzzi Mario Paluzzi is Chief Technology Officer of Reliance Partners, a top ranked commercial insurance agency specializing in Logistics and Transportation.

🎧 Ep. 1081: Wise Trading Voices with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Please enjoy my monologue Wise Trading Voices with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. — I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.