Podcasts about fintech

In this episode, we sit down with investor and writer Ilona Limonta-Volkova to explore the intersection of VC, storytelling, and innovation in FinTech. Ilona shares her perspective on identifying emerging trends, backing founders, and translating complex financial ideas into compelling narratives. We also dive into her journey across markets and what it takes to think like both an investor and a communicator in a rapidly evolving industry. If you enjoy this episode you can hear more from Ilona on her platforms https://bearandthebull.beehiiv.com/ and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/money-memories/id1522819765.

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Paper checks are the easiest payment method to hate and one of the hardest to remove. They are slow, expensive, fraud-prone, and deeply baked into legacy workflows. Greg Myers sits down with Steven Faust, CEO of Dash Solutions, to unpack what it really takes to modernize business payouts and why disbursements have become one of the biggest growth engines in the payments industry.We dig into how Dash builds configurable payments software that supports multiple use cases through a single platform, from wage payments and rewards to B2B expense management and large-scale disbursements like refunds, reimbursements, and royalties. Steven explains why distribution matters as much as product, including how banks and software platforms use embedded payments and API-based connectivity to turn on modern payout capabilities faster for their customers.The conversation goes deep on “payee experience” as a competitive advantage: clear communication, faster delivery, stronger security, and real choice in how recipients receive and use funds. We also explore where AI fits, not as a buzzword, but as a practical way to monitor activation steps, identify friction, and recommend improvements that lift engagement and KPIs across the payout journey.If you lead payments, product, or ops, you will leave with a sharper view of the disbursements opportunity and a clearer sense of what “modernization” should look like in the real world. 

What happens to a deposit when the account holder dies — and why are banks so unprepared for the one moment they know is coming?In this episode of the One Vision Podcast, Theodora Lau sits down with Martha Underwood, Founder and CEO of Prismm and author of the new release: The Death of Deposits. Drawing on 25+ years across IBM, Silicon Valley, and BBVA Compass, Martha talks about the unspoken assumption in banking — that the user will always be there — and how that assumption is now colliding with the largest generational wealth transfer in history.Together, Theo and Martha unpack the retention illusion, why the beneficiary field is the richest unused lead list sitting inside every bank's core, and why deposit attrition at death is an infrastructure problem, not a marketing one. They dig into the operational reality, the cultural reality, and the human reality, and why AI's real job is orchestration under pressure (not more automation). A deeply human conversation about deposits, design, and what it really means to extend a banking relationship beyond a single account holder.

The industrial landscape is shifting, and the companies that thrive will be those that learn to price risk rather than just avoid it. In this episode of the Risk Management Show, we explore why traditional vendor management is failing and how continuous assurance is the new standard for industrial leaders. Our guest, Jowanza Joseph, founder and CEO of Parakeet, shares his journey from fintech to the industrial sector.  He explains how the intersection of technology and operations is fundamentally changing how we handle contractor and supply chain exposure. We discuss the move from static, annual reviews to a continuous model of risk underwriting that keeps organizations safe in a fast-moving world. Key insights discussed in this episode:

Dans cet épisode "partenaire", je reçois Cyril Cudennec, responsable des activités de marché de La Banque Postale, pour une discussion autour de la construction d'une salle des marchés orientée clientèle et des angles morts de la gestion des risques de taux et de change en entreprise.Nous avons parlé :De la manière dont les crises de 2008 et 2011 ont formé une génération entière de professionnels des marchés et pourquoi ceux qui n'en ont pas vécu une restent incapables de savoir s'ils savent y répondreDu pivot opéré à la Banque Postale depuis 2018 : transformer une salle des marchés dédiée à la gestion du bilan en une activité tournée aussi vers la clientèle entreprises, PME et ETIDes obstacles internes à franchir pour convaincre qu'une activité de marché clientèle rentre dans un cadre d'appétit au risque classique d'une banqueDes angles morts de couverture des risques : pourquoi même les grands groupes peinent à couvrir l'effet de dépréciation d'une devise sur leur volume d'affaires global, au-delà de leurs flux de trésorerie à 12 moisDu constat sur les petites structures : des trésoriers qui ne distinguent pas encore qu'un taux dépend de sa maturité et ce que cela implique concrètement dans une décision de financementDe la pré-couverture avant closing d'un SPV : pourquoi couvrir le risque de taux dans les 3 à 6 mois qui précèdent le closing peut éviter d'avoir à injecter davantage d'equity dans le projetDu conseil pratique pour tout directeur financier : commencer par cartographier et quantifier ses risques avant d'envisager tout instrument de couverture, en s'inspirant des bonnes pratiques imposées aux banques par la réglementationUne conversation dense et pédagogique sur les marchés financiers vus du côté de ceux qui structurent et couvrent les risques des entreprises, avec un regard sans complaisance sur le niveau réel de culture financière en France.Recommandation de Cyril : Inside Banking, podcast de Richard Michaud https://linktr.ee/richardmichaudLiens utiles:Cyril Cudennec : https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyril-cudennec-375a7722/ http://www.labanquepostale.comFinscale est aussi disponible sur YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@finscale.***************************Finscale est bien plus qu'un podcast. Cet épisode est produit et animé par Solenne Niedercorn, fondatrice de Finscale.

Global payouts are evolving faster than ever.

Moving money is easy to describe and brutally hard to do well at global scale. When your network supports thousands of clients across 90+ countries and touches thousands of currency pairs, you start to see a different map of what's changing in payments and what's just noise. Greg Myers sits down with Debo Sen, Head of Payments, Services at Citi, to unpack what that vantage point reveals about the future of institutional payments.We get specific on why payments have become strategic for corporate growth, customer experience, and working capital. Debo explains how “always-on” is more than 24/7/365 uptime, it's about payments being embedded and invisible inside real business workflows. You'll also hear a sharp reframing of real-time payments as “just-in-time” optionality for treasury, along with a practical example of how holidays and global supply chains expose the limits of legacy rails.From there we dig into cross-border payments trends, including faster velocity across the ecosystem and the remaining friction that lives in the last mile. Debo shares how banks and fintech partnerships can expand endpoints like wallets, debit cards, and instant payment schemes while keeping resiliency and safety at the center. We also cover tokenization and blockchain use cases that are already operating at scale, plus what agentic commerce and AI-driven transactions could mean for controls, standards, fraud, and trust.If you care about real-time treasury, cross-border payments, payments infrastructure, tokenized deposits, and bank-grade security, this episode is for you. 

How do companies handle bad news the right way? And when should a challenge become a pivot? We had a great conversation with Alina Sysoeva of Drofa Comms on PR, strategy, and smart communication. Plus the new Women Leading The Way podcast and community for female industry professionals and decision-makers https://www.drofa-ra.com https://womenlead.co.uk Click Subscribe to … Continue reading Ep 284- Drofa Comms Head of PR Alina Sysoeva

Il s'agit de l'extrait de l'épisode diffusé ce dimanche où je m'entretiens avec Cyril Cudennec(Banque Postale)Finscale est aussi disponible sur YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@finscale.***************************Finscale est bien plus qu'un podcast. Cet épisode est produit et animé par Solenne Niedercorn, fondatrice de Finscale.

Christina Quinn, General Partner at SSC Venture Partners, shares practical lessons from investing in first-time founders and supporting Boston College entrepreneurs through venture funding and accelerator programs. She explains how SSC Venture Partners combines community, mentorship, and early-stage capital to help founders navigate the difficult early years of company building. Christina also discusses the qualities she consistently looks for in entrepreneurs, including adaptability, resilience, initiative, and self-awareness. In this episode, you'll learn: [01:59] Christina Quinn's unconventional path into venture capital [05:36] How SSC Venture Partners supports Boston College founders [10:30] Why SSC invests at the true pre-seed stage [15:52] The founder traits Christina values most [18:14] How to tell real founder obsession from startup hype [21:01] The GiveCard story and mission-driven entrepreneurship [26:07] Common reasons founders get rejected [30:06] Advice for founders before pitching investors The nonprofit organization Christina is passionate about: Artists for Humanity About Christina Quinn Christina Quinn is a General Partner at SSC Venture Partners, where she focuses on backing early-stage founders connected to the Boston College ecosystem. Before entering venture capital, Christina built a career in marketing, communications, and private equity, developing expertise in storytelling, fundraising, and brand strategy. She previously worked with emerging venture managers through Coolwater Capital and has become known for her founder-first approach to investing, particularly with first-time entrepreneurs building mission-driven businesses. About SSC Venture Partners SSC Venture Partners is an affinity-based venture capital firm and startup accelerator focused on founders connected to the Boston College ecosystem. Founded originally as a nonprofit accelerator program, SSC has evolved into an early-stage venture platform supporting entrepreneurs through mentorship, community, and pre-seed capital. The firm invests across sectors and emphasizes founder development, resilience, and long-term company building. In addition to its venture fund, SSC operates accelerator programs designed to help first-time founders navigate product development, customer discovery, fundraising, and team building. Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode.

In this episode of One Vision, Theodora Lau sits down with Hay Yip, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff at FundPark in Hong Kong, for a conversation that spans heritage, working capital, and what it really takes for SMEs to scale in an uncertain world.Hay shares his journey from a commercial banking career at HSBC — spanning both London and Hong Kong — to the electric pace of a fintech startup, and why he now goes to bed "with one eye open." Born in Hong Kong and grew up in the UK, his story comes full circle as he returns home to help the small businesses he's always been drawn to.At the heart of the conversation is the often-overlooked engine of commerce: working capital. Hay makes the case that cash flow is the "bloodline" of any growing business, and explains how FundPark uses data and analytics to serve e-commerce merchants who are not just underserved by traditional banks, but in many cases entirely unserved. Theo and Hay explore the founders' origin story, why entrepreneurs deserve more credit for their courage, and how global supply chain fragility shows up in the everyday lives of merchants and the customers who depend on them.Tune in for a candid look at the unglamorous but essential side of fintech, and FundPark's vision of "scale up as a service" — helping ordinary people behind real businesses thrive.

Will Parrish is the Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer of Lula, a Kansas City-based proptech platform built to streamline property maintenance for property managers and their residents. Will co-founded Lula alongside CEO Bo Lais with a mission to make property maintenance smarter — pivoting the business during the pandemic to focus on property managers in the single-family rental space, a move that fueled rapid growth. Lula recently closed a $28 million Series A round and is expanding from 42 markets to 60, with heavy investment in AI and automation. Before co-founding Lula, Will spent nearly two decades in enterprise sales and business development, including a long tenure at Thomson Reuters. (00:53) - How Lula Started(02:34) - Trading Corporate for Startup Life(03:29) - Is Maintenance Archaic(05:49) - Where Work Orders Fail(07:30) - Scaling 100K Work Orders(12:28) - Building Vendor Trust & Quality(13:19) - Expanding Markets(16:16) - Flat Rate Pricing Playbook(19:15) - Ideal Rental Customers(21:54) - Integrations(25:47) - AI In Maintenance(30:21) - Future of Lula(32:14) - ROI for Property Owners & Operators(35:49) - Hardware play ahead?(39:12) - Collaboration Superpower: MacGyver

The mid-market is where tech decisions get dangerous. You are big enough that uptime, security, and delivery speed matter every day, but you are not big enough to burn cash on massive consulting retainers or absorb the fallout from a shaky vendor. That “valley in the middle” is exactly where David Robinson lives, and it is why he built Stratos Development Group to offer right-fit technical leadership, managed services, and software development that feels structured without being out of reach. We walk through David's journey from building early electronic medical record software in healthcare to leading engineering at a venture-backed startup, and then into entrepreneurship. From there, we get practical about what mid-market teams actually struggle with: competitors using the same licensed infrastructure, product roadmaps hijacked by one or two big customers, and the need to own real intellectual property and architecture to keep a competitive edge. For payments, fintech, and ISO leaders, the conversation goes deep on what Stratos is seeing right now: consolidation, tougher differentiation, and the technical friction that can make or break net-new deals. David shares how ISOs can approach technology enablement and custom integrations, plus the bigger opportunity of moving from ISO to ISV. If you already have a book of business, you also have a built-in feedback loop, faster validation, and a clearer path to launching software that your clients will actually pay for. We also tackle AI and the “vibe coding” era, including why agentic development can boost productivity but cannot shortcut PCI, SOC, or HIPAA compliance. If you want to modernize safely and win in a more competitive market, this one is for you. 

How much business are you losing simply because you're not staying in consistent contact with your audience? Most companies don't have a sales problem—they have a follow-up problem. And follow-up isn't about chasing people…it's about staying top of mind with value, relevance, and consistency. That's why my interview with Smita Wadhawan, CMO of Constant Contact, on the THINK Business – What Are You Good At? series hit on a hard truth—consistency is the new marketing advantage. Here are 5 takeaways that stood out: ✅ Mindshare → Market Share People can't buy from you if they forget you exist. Marketing isn't optional—it's oxygen. ✅ Consistency builds trust Trust isn't built in a moment—it's built in the follow-up moments people rarely do. ✅ Simple wins Customers don't want clever. They want clear. They want fast. They want relevant. ✅ Start now—then scale Stop overthinking platforms, funnels, or brand perfection. Start small. Ship. Learn. Improve. ✅ AI is here to help, not replace Use AI to automate repetitive work—so you can stay human where it matters most.   Smita Wadhawan Verma Global Chief Marketing Officer | Top 50 CMO | PayPal | Intuit | GoDaddy | Visa | SaaS | HealthTech | FinTech Award-winning Chief Marketing Officer with experience at GoDaddy, PayPal, Intuit, VISA, and SimplePractice — across SMB/consumer, SaaS, HealthTech, and FinTech. Global teams and global leadership at EcoVadis. Scaled and led businesses from a mid-size company to a $32B established brand, with budgets up to $175M. Expertise in growth marketing, product marketing, B2B and B2C marketing, lifecycle marketing, PR and comms. Smita has built and led teams of 150+ people in highly matrixed, cross-functional organizations across the US, Europe, Africa, Japan and India. She has partnered with top agencies like Koto, Instrument, Razorfish, TBWA, Highwire PR — and managed award-winning internal creative teams. Under Smita's leadership, her teams have won Digiday Awards and several Webby Award nominations. Smita is well known as a culture champion and recognized as a highly influential and inclusive C-Suite leader who can inspire teams to deliver outstanding results. Recognized as a 2024 Top 50 CMO in the US. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience Website: https://jondwoskin.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Jeff Gunsberg:Website: https://title-connect.com Connect with Smita Wadhawan:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smitawadhawan/ *E - explicit language may be used in this podcast.

Dans cet épisode, je reçois Stéphanie Hospital, fondatrice et CEO de OneRagTime, pour une discussion autour de la construction d'un fonds de capital précoce de zéro, sans track record, sans équipe et contre l'avis des institutions.Nous avons parlé :De la distinction entre être propriétaire ou locataire de son travail, et pourquoi cette formulation a été le déclencheur de sa décision de quitter Orange pour entreprendreDu moment précis où le patron des fonds de fonds de la BPI lui a dit de rester chez Orange, et comment Jean-Marie Messier, la même semaine, a dit l'inverse et l'a convaincue de se lancerDu conseil reçu de John Borswick, fondateur de BetaWorks, qui l'a forcée à arrêter de pitcher et à simplement commencer à investir — ce qui a changé la trajectoire de OneRagTimeDe sa thèse assumée contre les grands fonds en amorçage : pourquoi un fonds de 100 à 200 millions d'euros ne peut structurellement pas bien performer en Europe sur du capital précoceDes chiffres qu'elle publie ouvertement — 26% de TRI brut, 22% net, neuf sorties depuis 2017 — alors que la grande majorité des fonds refusent toute transparence sur leur performanceDu rôle de l'IA générative dans l'organisation interne de OneRagTime : comment l'automatisation des tâches de production leur a permis de multiplier par dix le temps passé avec les entrepreneursDe l'importance du bien-être physique et mental comme condition non négociable pour bien décider — et pourquoi elle préfère accompagner des entrepreneurs qui sont aussi des athlètes ou des musiciensUne conversation directe, sans langue de bois, sur ce que ça coûte vraiment de construire un fonds depuis zéro et sur la philosophie d'investissement qui a permis à OneRagTime de se classer dans le premier décile des fonds européens.Recommandation de Stéphanie : "Vivre 1000 ans", de Laurent Alexandre & Alexandre Tsicopoulos https://www.buchetchastel.fr/catalogue/vivre-1000-ans/Liens utiles:Stéphanie Hospital : https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniehospital/OneRagTime: https://www.oneragtime.com/Finscale est aussi disponible sur YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@finscale.***************************Finscale est bien plus qu'un podcast. Cet épisode est produit et animé par Solenne Niedercorn, fondatrice de Finscale.

In this episode of B2B Vault, we sit down with two inspiring high school students and founders of the AI Literacy Project to discuss the future of AI, education, deepfakes, online scams, and ethical technology.From teaching students and senior citizens about AI safety to helping people understand how AI is changing schools, jobs, and everyday life, these young leaders are making a real impact in the AI space.We discuss:• AI literacy and why it matters• Deepfakes and AI-generated scams• The dangers of misinformation• Why schools should teach AI instead of banning it• AI ethics and internet safety• The future of jobs and AI in the workforce• How students can use AI responsiblyThis episode is a must-watch for parents, students, educators, business owners, and anyone curious about the future of artificial intelligence.

Kris Kovacs sits down with Deep Varma, CTO of Alkami, for a deep conversation on the future of AI-powered digital banking. Deep shares lessons from decades in Silicon Valley, including his work at IBM, Yahoo, startups, and Varo Bank, and explains how Alkami is helping credit unions and community financial institutions innovate faster through open architecture, AI-driven experiences, digital identity, and extensible banking platforms. From hackathons and developer culture to AI agents and the future of consumer banking, this episode explores what financial institutions must do now to prepare for the next era of fintech transformation.

In today's episode, I sit down with Parker Graham, former pro athlete and Founder and CEO of Vestible, to talk about democratizing sports ownership and creating access beyond billionaires and private equity. Parker shares how his single mother's grit shaped his drive, why education became his foundation, and how his background in wealth management led him into FinTech. We also talk about building real community through in-person relationships, email, loyalty, and shared ownership. From European soccer clubs to secondary markets, Parker explains how Vestible is giving everyday fans a new way to participate in the business of sports.

Bryan Walley, co-founder and CEO of Forward Inheritance, joins host KJ to challenge the broken status quo of wealth transfer in America. Bryan shares how a personal reckoning with his own father's estate planning — or lack thereof — sparked a fintech solution designed to help families organize, communicate, and access their inheritance before tragedy strikes. From probate nightmares to illiquid home equity, Bryan lays out why the $84 trillion great wealth transfer is heading for disaster without better planning — and what Forward Inheritance is doing to fix it. Four Key Takeaways: [7:02 ] Most families are dangerously unprepared: Only about 40% of homeowners have a trust and will. That means 60% of homes could end up in probate, costing families years and thousands of dollars. [9:35] The inheritance conversation isn't about money : Avoiding mortality talk is understandable, but delaying the planning conversation only makes things harder. Start with paperwork, not dollars. [17:39] Inheritance is arriving too late: As parents live longer and stay in their homes, heirs are receiving inheritance in their 60s instead of their 30s — exactly when they need it least. Forward Inheritance unlocks illiquid home equity tax-free for the next generation with no monthly payments and no money leaving the parents' account. [16:20] The family can be the bank: Through intrafamily loans documented on the platform, families can keep wealth circulating internally at low interest rates, rather than sending it to a bank. Quote of the Show (11:49):"Let's stop the intergenerational trauma of bad financial advice going down. We can stop this. We can do better. We can help our families move forward." – Bryan Walley Join our Anti-PR newsletter where we’re keeping a watchful and clever eye on PR trends, PR fails, and interesting news in tech so you don't have to. You're welcome. Want PR that actually matters? Get 30 minutes of expert advice in a fast-paced, zero-nonsense session from Karla Jo Helms, a veteran Crisis PR and Anti-PR Strategist who knows how to tell your story in the best possible light and get the exposure you need to disrupt your industry. Click here to book your call: https://info.jotopr.com/free-anti-pr-eval Ways to connect with Bryan Walley:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/btwalley Company Website: https://www.forwardinheritance.com/ How to get more Disruption/Interruption: Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/eccda84d-4d5b-4c52-ba54-7fd8af3cbe87/disruption-interruption Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disruption-interruption/id1581985755 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6yGSwcSp8J354awJkCmJlDSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Javier Riaño, desde IronIA Fintech, ha explicado cómo han construido una plataforma de inversión centrada en facilitar el acceso y la comparación de fondos de inversión para cualquier usuario. La gestora cuenta actualmente con más de 23.000 fondos y 200 gestoras, tanto nacionales como internacionales, cubriendo gestión activa, pasiva y una amplísima variedad de estrategias y geografías. Riaño pone el foco en la enorme capacidad de búsqueda y clasificación de la plataforma. Destaca que disponer de miles de fondos hace que el inversor pueda elegir el que más que se acerque a sus preferencias. Para resolverlo, IronIA Fintech ha desarrollado herramientas avanzadas de filtrado y análisis que permiten encontrar fondos por categorías, sectores, regiones o estilos de inversión. Uno de los elementos más relevantes es el “buscador de categorías”, una herramienta basada en big data que permite comparar fondos dentro de una misma temática —por ejemplo tecnología, monetarios o renta fija. Javier Riaño destaca la accesibilidad: cualquier usuario registrado gratuitamente con un correo electrónico puede acceder a estas herramientas de análisis sin necesidad de contratar fondos o pagar suscripción. IronIA busca diferenciarse no solo por amplitud de oferta, sino por transparencia, comparabilidad y facilidad de uso para el inversor minorista.

Small business banking has always had a structural problem: the companies that hold your money and the companies that build your financial software have been two different things. One moves the money, the other tracks it, and small business owners are stuck in the gap between them. A new generation of fintechs has been trying to fix that, but most are still building horizontal tools for every business everywhere. The more interesting bet is vertical, going deep into the specific workflows of a particular industry and automating them completely. My guest today is Victor Cardenas, co-founder and CEO of Slash, a business banking platform that started with teenage sneaker resellers and has grown into a $1.4 billion company by doing exactly that — building industry-specific financial products that legacy banks will never prioritize. Slash processes nearly $3 billion in stablecoin payment volume annually, and the company has been doing serious work rethinking how AI fits into both how they operate internally and what their customers experience.

It's hard to imagine (go ahead and try) a fintech veteran with as much combined common sense, wisdom and experience as Tom Shen. In this episode, the second of two parts, Tom sets us straight on how winning companies will treat AI as much more than a technology--and make the links to people and purpose as part of a savvy plan, not an afterthought. Check out Episode 228 for more of Tom's thoughts on the state of fintech in 2026.

What does it take to build a billion-dollar fintech company and then walk away from it to start over during a global pandemic? In this episode, Mohamed Okasha shares the story behind helping to build Fawry into Egypt's first tech unicorn—and then leaving shortly after its landmark IPO to launch DisrupTech, a first-time venture capital fund during COVID-19. He breaks down what matters more than big ideas and what is often the ultimate competitive advantage in Africa's startup ecosystem. If you're curious about what helps founders grow stronger companies, don't miss Mohamed's practical lessons on investing, leadership, and decision-making from both an operator and investor perspective. Tune in to learn more about:[00:03:30] Why Mohamed decided to leave Fawry after its billion-dollar IPO to start a venture fund during COVID.[00:05:05] The importance of making decisive moves during pivotal moments in life.[00:08:54] The role Mohamed's parents played in encouraging risk-taking.[00:18:53] How routine and discipline help Mohamed succeed.[00:20:45] What Mohamed saw at Vodafone that no one else could see.[00:25:45] How his team built trust with their clients.[00:31:27] Why Fawry kept “one leg in the physical world and one leg in the digital world” during the transition to digital payments.[00:52:30] What makes a good founder in Africa versus a good founder in the USA.[01:03:00] The importance of advisory rather than relationships.[01:06:40] How Mohamed builds startups that make each other stronger.[01:09:15] How he encourages collaboration between founders without forcing partnerships.[01:15:00] What backseat leadership looks like to Mohamed.[01:21:37] What people should expect as an investor in African companies.[01:30:16] Why many global investors could be overlooking major opportunities in underserved markets.Resources:Mohamed Okasha: LinkedInDisrupTech VenturesFawryConnect with SRI360°:Sign up for the free weekly email updateVisit the SRI360° PODCASTVisit the SRI360° WEBSITEFollow SRI360° on X:   Follow SRI360° on FACEBOOK   Scott Arnell's Book: Sustainable & Responsible Investing 360

Why is LinkedIn showing you posts from two or three weeks ago?It feels frustrating. It feels outdated. It feels like the feed is broken.But what if LinkedIn is not broken at all?In this episode of the Fintech Hunting Podcast, Ashley Gravano turns the tables and interviews Michael Hammond for a timely, honest conversation about the shift happening on LinkedIn—and why mortgage, fintech, and financial services professionals need to pay attention.Michael explains why LinkedIn has moved from a feed built around recency to one increasingly shaped by relevance. That means the posts that keep getting surfaced are not always the newest. They are the ones LinkedIn believes still matter because people are engaging, saving, reposting, and spending time with them. This episode is a wake-up call for anyone using LinkedIn to build visibility, credibility, relationships, or pipeline.Because the real question is no longer:“Did I post today?”It is:“Did I create something worth resurfacing?”A big thank you to Ashley Gravano for hosting this episode, flipping the script, and leading such a genuine, curious, and timely conversation.Why LinkedIn is resurfacing older postsWhat the shift from recency to relevancy meansWhy surface-level content is losing powerHow deeper, more useful posts can keep gaining reachWhy saves, reposts, comments, and dwell time matterHow mortgage and fintech professionals should rethink LinkedInWhy your content strategy must build trust before the sales conversation ever startsIf you are a mortgage professional, fintech leader, vendor, loan officer, marketer, or executive trying to stay visible in a noisy market, this conversation will challenge how you think about LinkedIn.The future of visibility belongs to the people who create content with substance, clarity, and staying power.For more insights on AI, LinkedIn, mortgage marketing, fintech growth, and audience development, visit nexleveladvisors.com and explore the NexLevel Advisors Resource Center.Subscribe to the Fintech Hunting Podcast for conversations with the leaders, operators, and innovators shaping the future of mortgage, fintech, and financial services.In this episode, we cover:

Mike Michelini and Unipro Asia co-founder Ray decode the realities of running a global business from Asia, exploring the shifting dynamics between Hong Kong and Singapore, the rise of FinTech banking, and how AI is transforming offshore tax compliance.

Mike Michelini and Unipro Asia co-founder Ray decode the realities of running a global business from Asia, exploring the shifting dynamics between Hong Kong and Singapore, the rise of FinTech banking, and how AI is transforming offshore tax compliance.

What does the CLARITY Act really mean for fintech and crypto? And can tokenization actually help solve real-world problems like affordable housing?This week, Maja Vujinovic of FG Nexus joins us for a fascinating conversation on blockchain, digital assets, and the future of tokenization—with insights from a true tech pioneer and early adopter Click Subscribe to keep up to date … Continue reading Ep 283- FG Nexus CEO of Digital Assets Maja Vujinovic

Cross-border payouts are one of those problems everyone complains about and then quietly accepts: high fees, slow settlement, and endless workarounds to get money into the hands of real people. I sit down with Cyril Mathew, Co-Founder and CEO of Latitude, to talk about why “faster money movement” only matters when the recipient can actually spend it in local currency, not just hold a stablecoin balance.Cyril walks through the career path that shaped his view of payments infrastructure, from scaling partnerships at Facebook to seeing the payout pain firsthand at Uber, then helping launch international expansion at Coinbase and working on USDC. That experience leads to a hard-earned lesson from Stripe: even if stablecoins let you reach 100 countries, adoption stalls if users cannot convert easily into pesos, reals, or other local currencies to pay for everyday life. The real product is the bridge between stablecoins and fiat, built with compliant rails, strong controls, and the “boring” payment details that enterprises demand.We break down what Latitude is building with its Liquidity Network, how stablecoins can reduce cross-border payment costs, and why real-time settlement can cut the need for prefunding and complex treasury float. We also cover where the biggest growth opportunities are showing up right now, including creator economy payouts, contractor payments, AI data labeling, fintech apps going global on day one, and the looming question of how AI agents may transact across borders.If you care about stablecoins, blockchain payments, real-time payments, or global payout infrastructure, this episode is for you. 

Répondez en au sondage des auditeurs ! https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/3NYCZHKAu programme :Android revient sur le devant de la scèneArthur Mensch alerte l'assemblée nationale sur l'IALa délégation Trump/Tech revient de Chine sans gros accordLe reste de l'actualitéInfos :Animé par Patrick Beja (Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok).Co-animé par Marion Doumeingts (Instagram, Bluesky, Twitter).Co-animé par Jeff Clavier (Instagram, Twitter).Produit par Patrick Beja (LinkedIn) et Fanny Cohen Moreau (LinkedIn).Musique libre de droit par Daniel BejaLe Rendez-vous Tech épisode 666 – Arthur Mensch a-t-il raison ? – Android 17, GoogleBook, Mistral AI ---Liens :

What do the American people actually expect from companies deploying AI — and are corporate leaders listening?In this episode of One Vision Podcast, Theodora Lau sits down with longtime friend Tyler Spalding, Chief Marketing, Communications & Engagement Officer at JUST Capital, to unpack the organization's latest research on how the public, investors, and corporate executives view AI's impact on society, jobs, and the economy.They dig into the perception gap between public sentiment (66%) and corporate optimism (94% of investors and 90% of corporate leaders see AI as a net positive), and what that gap means for business leaders navigating workforce decisions, reskilling investments, and responsible AI deployment.The conversation also explores the tension between AI-driven efficiency gains and the human cost of disruption — from layoffs framed as AI transformation and the anxiety facing the next generation entering the workforce, as well as the importance of defining and incentivizing responsible AI through consistent, comparable standards guided by public expectations.

On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Chowdeck using its $9 million Series A to chase a superapp strategy and whether that ambition risks diluting the operational focus that made it Nigeria's best food delivery app, ARCON arresting small business owners for running Instagram ads without prior approval under the 2022 ARCON Act, the CBN's 2026 Guide to Charges, Airtel Money's IPO, and other news in Nigeria's Fintech ecosystem.This episode is sponsored by Busha — Nigeria's licensed digital assets exchange for businesses looking to move money across borders. If you are running a business exploring fast cross-border payments, stablecoin and FX liquidity, and easy treasury management, get started at busha.io/business, and for individuals? You can buy, sell, and send digital assets anywhere in the world, and also save in naira or dollars, with up to 20% annual interest. Download the Busha App and use code OPENAFRICA or visit https://surl.li/jvbwvt to get started._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Folge 62 von AI in Finance sprechen Sascha und Maik über geleakten Claude-Code, geopolitische KI-Szenarien und die Frage, warum Banking bald aus dem Chatfenster kommt. Eine Folge, aufgenommen um sechs Uhr morgens, mit klarem Blick auf eine Branche, die alle Spielregeln neu schreibt.

Betsy Kauffman is a globally recognized executive leadership coach and organizational agility consultant with over 25 years of experience transforming Fortune 500 leadership teams into high-performing, aligned powerhouses. As Founder and CEO of Cross Impact Coaching, she partners with CEOs and their executive teams—primarily in HealthTech and FinTech—to align strategy, execution, and team dynamics for lasting results. Her signature Leadership Alignment Lab blends executive coaching, proprietary 360 feedback, and strategic offsites to help C-suites turn vision into action. She also co-owns Kauffman & Co. Furniture, giving her a unique perspective on scaling and leading both service- and product-based businesses.      

In this episode, Lex chats with Evan Malanga — Chief Revenue Officer of Yuma, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group focused on growing the Bittensor ecosystem. They discuss how Bittensor's $6 billion protocol incentivises AI builders worldwide through token emissions across 128 competing subnets, and why the network has produced real commercial outputs — including a 72 billion parameter model trained on-chain and a coding agent rivalling Claude at a fraction of the cost. Evan explains Yuma's role as the institutional gateway to Bittensor through its validator, accelerator, and asset management products, and they explore why the concentration of AI in OpenAI and Anthropic is a systemic risk, and whether Bittensor's future extends beyond AI into a broader coordination engine for decentralised work. NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS: Bittensor has crossed from experimentation into shipping benchmark-competitive work at a fraction of centralized cost. Three recent proof points: Templar (subnet 3) completed the largest decentralized pre-training run of a 72B parameter model using only the network's token incentives. Ridges, an AI agent platform, is hitting 88–90% on software engineering benchmarks, on par with Claude-class agents at ~5x cheaper, built by a 3-to-5-person team under $10M of token emissions. Score (subnet 44) is doing computer vision 200x faster than centralized counterparts. Small distributed teams are producing outputs competitive with frontier labs without raising venture capital or hiring staff. Dynamic TAO restructured emissions from validator-curated to market-curated, making each subnet its own tradeable asset. Previously, dominant validators assigned weights that determined how the 7,200 daily TAO emission flowed across subnets. Under Dynamic TAO, each of the 128 subnets has its own token denominated in TAO, and any holder can buy or sell into specific subnets, pricing them like a market rather than a committee vote. Subnet owners, miners, and validators earn fees in the respective subnet token. Distribution has settled into a power law: the top ten subnets hold ~80% of market cap. This is the move that turned Bittensor from “decentralized AI protocol” into a financial hyperstructure with hundreds of tokenized work markets layered on top. The economics for subnet owners are genuinely unusual — hundreds of millions in annual incentives, fully subsidized labor, no fundraising. A subnet owner gets access to up to ~256 miners globally competing to satisfy their problem statement, with miner compensation paid by protocol emissions rather than the subnet owner. At current TAO prices, annual incentives across the network run into hundreds of millions; at higher prices, this approaches $1B/year up for grabs. No hiring, no benefits, no recruiting, the network runs as a continuous adversarial competition where validators rank miner outputs. This is the mechanical answer to “why would an AI researcher choose Bittensor over Silicon Valley”, and explains why researchers at Meta and Google reportedly mine Bittensor on nights and weekends, with top miners on subnets like Ridges earning ~$30,000/day. TOPICS Yuma, Bittensor, Digital Currency Group, DCG, OpenAI, Anthropic, Foundry, Templar, Ridges, Bitcoin, Meta, Google, BlackRock, JPMorgan, Decentralized AI, Crypto, Blockchain, AI, Tokenomics, Decentralized Science, DeSci, AI Agents, Computer Vision, Proof of Work, Tokenization, Real World Assets, RWA, Machine Economy   ABOUT THE FINTECH BLUEPRINT

What does every business owner NEED to know before building a website in 2026?In this episode of B2B Vault, hosted by Alan Kopelman and powered by Nationwide Payment Systems, we sit down with Joel Miller, co-owner of The Skyfloor, to talk about website strategy, branding, domains, AI, SEO, security, and the biggest mistakes businesses make online.Joel shares real-world insights on:• How to plan a business website correctly• Why owning your domain and social handles matters• Website mistakes costing businesses leads and sales• AI tools changing web development in 2026• Mobile-friendly website design tips• How website agencies hold businesses hostage• SEO, content updates, and organic traffic growth• Why cheap websites can hurt your business• The importance of privacy policies, terms & conditions, and refund policiesWhether you're launching a startup, redesigning your website, or trying to grow online, this episode is packed with practical advice every entrepreneur should hear.Guest: Joel Miller – The SkyfloorHosted by Alan KopelmanPowered by Nationwide Payment Systems

Are you torn between the convenience of a fintech app and the personalized service of a credit union? In this episode of the Perfect Cents Podcast, host Alex Becerra is joined by Marcus Webb, Branch Manager at SAFE Credit Union's Granite Bay location. With over 24 combined years of experience, they break down the shifting financial landscape—from the rise of "niche" apps like Rocket Money and Chime to why having a face-to-face relationship still carries immense "intangible value" in a digital world. Topics include: Defining Fintech: Why younger consumers are drawn to specialized, one-dimensional digital tools. The "Data Point" Problem: The difference between being a member of a community and just another entry in an algorithm. The Credit Union Philosophy: How not-for-profit institutions prioritize the person over the profit. Life's Milestones: How a dedicated financial partner helps you navigate buying a first car, planning a wedding, or starting a family. About the Guest: Marcus Webb is a veteran in the banking industry with 12 years of experience. He currently serves as the Branch Manager for the SAFE Credit Union Granite Bay branch, focusing on community-based growth and member success. SAFE is federally insured by NCUA and is an equal housing opportunity lender. Community & Local Favorites: R-Vida Cantina To check out the resources highlighted in this episode visit the links below. To learn more about SAFE Credit Union products and services visit: https://www.safecu.org/  To register for an upcoming Financial Wellness webinar visit: https://www.safecu.org/community/events To read the latest edition of SAFE's Beyond Everyday Banking blog visit: https://blog.safecu.org/ To contact the podcast team, email Podcast@safecu.org

In this episode of Disruption/Interruption, host KJ sits down with David Trainer, CEO of New Constructs, a financial technology firm using machine learning and natural language processing to expose the accounting distortions buried in corporate filings. David pulls back the curtain on decades of Wall Street corruption — from two sets of earnings numbers (one for retail, one for institutions) to the legal practice of front-running client order flow. He explains how he built a robo-analyst to do what human analysts won't: read every footnote of every filing to reveal the truth about corporate profitability. David also shares how Google Cloud chose New Constructs to build the first-ever AI investing agent, and why he believes clean, transparent data is the best defense against both Wall Street manipulation and future AI bad actors. Four Key Takeaways: The system was designed to serve Wall Street, not investors (4:11) David witnessed firsthand at Credit Suisse how analysts maintained two sets of numbers — artificially low estimates for retail investors to manufacture "beats," and real numbers shared only with institutional clients. Wall Street research analysts don't generate revenue for their firms; they exist to facilitate investment banking relationships, meaning they're incentivized to stay bullish regardless of reality. What's unethical isn't always unlawful (8:37) Regulation Fair Disclosure — the law requiring companies to disclose material information to all investors simultaneously — wasn't enacted until the year 2000, after the tech bubble burst. Before that, selective tipping was perfectly legal. And today, payment for order flow (selling your trade data to firms like Citadel before your order is filled) remains legal — a structural advantage that benefits Wall Street at retail investors' expense. 96% of Wall Street analyst ratings are "buy" or "hold" (11:28) Only about 4% of stocks covered by Wall Street analysts receive a sell rating. Trainer uses this stat to illustrate a core conflict of interest: analysts are paid by bankers to say good things about companies. Expecting honest sell-side research is like expecting a car salesman to talk down their own inventory. New Constructs + Google Cloud built the first AI agent for investing (22:59) Google Cloud selected New Constructs — because of their clean, auditable data — to build Finsights, an AI chatbot that answers sophisticated investing questions: which companies are overstating earnings, which stocks are most likely to miss next quarter, which have the most off-balance-sheet debt. Every data point can be traced back to the original corporate filings. Their Core Earnings Leaders Index outperformed the S&P 500 by 900 basis points in 2025. Quote of the Show (12:24):"Expecting Wall Street to talk bad about a stock is like expecting a car salesman to talk bad about their cars." — David Trainer Join our Anti-PR newsletter where we’re keeping a watchful and clever eye on PR trends, PR fails, and interesting news in tech so you don't have to. You're welcome. Want PR that actually matters? Get 30 minutes of expert advice in a fast-paced, zero-nonsense session from Karla Jo Helms, a veteran Crisis PR and Anti-PR Strategist who knows how to tell your story in the best possible light and get the exposure you need to disrupt your industry. Click here to book your call: https://info.jotopr.com/free-anti-pr-eval Ways to connect with David Trainer:LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtrainerCompany Website: https://newconstructs.com How to get more Disruption/Interruption: Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/eccda84d-4d5b-4c52-ba54-7fd8af3cbe87/disruption-interruptionApple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disruption-interruption/id1581985755Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6yGSwcSp8J354awJkCmJlDSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What separates an AI agent that demos beautifully from one that actually runs in production at a bank? In this episode of One Vision Podcast, Theodora Lau reconnects with Maté Jendrolovics, CEO and Founder of Intuitech, for a candid conversation about the reality of agentic AI in financial services — where "80% accurate" doesn't mean 80% of the value. Maté shares how Intuitech has expanded in the past year, and his idea of an AI-native bank. A grounded, hype-free conversation about doing AI in financial services the hard way — and why that's the only way it creates real value.

Learn what happens when the executive accountable for data strategy is also the executive accountable for the business results that depend on it. Saugata Saha, President of S&P Global Market Intelligence and Chief Enterprise Data Officer at S&P Global, shares how he manages one of the world's largest financial data estates while driving business outcomes across public and private markets. He breaks down the four pillars of S&P Global's data strategy, the federated organizational model that connects data teams to business value, and why capturing ROI from AI requires deliberate workflow transformation. Key Moments Why Data Strategy Must Follow Business Strategy (04:57): Saugata challenges the idea that data and business strategy can run in parallel. Market trends, customer pain points, and existing capabilities must come first. Building an AI-Ready Financial Data Estate (15:10): Scale alone does not create intelligence. Saugata explains why semantic layers and graph databases are the hard work behind connected financial data. How AI Compresses Post-Acquisition Data Integration (18:29): Manual reconciliation of millions of records is no longer the only path. Discover how AI entity matching accelerated post-acquisition integration. The Federated Model That Connects Data to Value (22:49): Most large organizations either over-centralize data teams or leave them too embedded to scale. Saugata outlines the federated model that actually bridges both. Rethinking AI Productivity: From Marginal to Transformative (28:29): Most AI programs stop at training and tooling. Saugata explains why deliberately redesigning workflows is the missing step between AI investment and real ROI. Key Quotes “Data strategy and business strategy have to be very tightly connected. And if they're not, that's when value capture does not happen. In fact, I would go so far as to say data strategy actually follows from business strategy.” - Saugata Saha “Stop treating data as an afterthought or byproduct, but start thinking about data as a key ingredient for value creation and competitive advantage.” - Saugata Saha “We don't want everybody to become 10% more productive, because that's a little squishy. We want 10% of the people to become a hundred percent more productive so they can do other things.” - Saugata Saha “If a company can really use data at scale for better decision making, better client service, [and] better outcomes, that creates a lasting edge over the competition.” - Saugata Saha Mentions S&P Global Agrees to Acquire With Intelligence from Motive Partners for $1.8 Billion, Establishing Its Leadership in Private Markets Intelligence The Data & AI Chief: Why a Federated Data Team is Crucial for Business Value, with Dow Private Companies Wait Too Long to Go Public The Lex Fridman Podcast Guest Bios  Saugata serves as President of S&P Global Market Intelligence, leading the division's efforts to deliver essential insights and intelligence to clients worldwide. He is also S&P Global's Chief Enterprise Data Officer, responsible for driving innovation and excellence in the company's enterprise data strategy. Saugata is a member of S&P Global's Executive Leadership Team, contributing to the strategic direction and growth of the organization. Before joining S&P Global, Saugata was a consultant at McKinsey & Company's New York office, where he advised clients on strategy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and operational improvements across various industries, with a strong focus on financial services. Hear more from Cindi Howson here. Sponsored by ThoughtSpot.

Most people leave money on the table every time they swipe — not because they're careless, but because the credit card rewards ecosystem is genuinely complicated. Thousands of cards, millions of merchants, shifting bonus categories, buried benefits. The promise of AI is that it can do that optimization work invisibly, in the background. Today I'm joined by Tikue Anazodo, co-founder and CEO of Kudos — an AI-powered smart wallet that tells you which card to use at checkout, recommends cards based on your spending habits, and layers on additional rewards on top of what your cards already earn. Kudos has raised over $17 million, is backed by QED Investors, and was named to Forbes' Fintech 50. Tikue, welcome to Tearsheet.

What's really driving fintech right now?We sit down with Aidan Corbett, CEO of Wayflyer, on how data-driven underwriting and market shifts are creating new opportunities (and challenges) in SMB lending as well as globally expanding your business earlyPlus— The latest on fintech M&A, stablecoin trends, and Adyen’s first major acquisition this week on the Fintech Newscast https://wayflyer.com … Continue reading Ep 282- Wayflyer CEO Aiden Corbett

A “credit card fee” can protect your margins or quietly create compliance risk, and the difference usually comes down to one word: clarity. We sit down with Jim Oberman, CEO of Payroc, to unpack credit card surcharging in a way that merchants, software platforms, and payments teams can actually use, without hand-waving and without confusing it with every other fee customers see at checkout.We start with the fundamentals: what surcharging is, why it exists, and why it applies only to credit cards, not debit or prepaid. Then we cut through the biggest source of mistakes by separating four commonly mixed concepts: surcharging, dual pricing, convenience fees, and service fees. From there, we get practical about the rules that matter in the real world, including Visa's 3% surcharge cap becoming the de facto standard, Mastercard's different limit, and how brand enforcement programs and secret shopping can expose sloppy implementations.The bigger story is why surcharging has taken off so fast. Technology now makes it possible to present buyer choice at the exact moment of payment, across online and in-person experiences, with options like debit, ACH (electronic check), and emerging rails like real-time payments. Jim explains why embedded payments and ISVs increasingly treat surcharging as more than cost recovery: it can be a strategic feature, a trust-builder, and a way to keep reconciliation and settlement clean for merchants at scale.

In this episode, we speak with Devon Kirk, General Partner at Portage Capital Solutions, the flagship growth strategy within Portage, focused on providing flexible capital solutions to later-stage fintech and financial services companies. Portage is a global investment platform with $6.4 billion in assets under management and more than 25 investment professionals across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. The firm has invested in over 100 companies since inception and invests across stages through Portage Ventures and Portage Capital Solutions. Portage is part of Sagard, a global multi-strategy alternative asset manager with over $46 billion in assets under management. Devon joined the firm in 2022 and co-leads growth equity, structured equity, and special situations investments across financial technology and financial services companies globally, and helps drive the fund's overall strategy. She is based in Toronto. Previously, Devon spent over a decade at CPP Investments, and earlier in her career worked at BMO Harris Nesbitt and Linklaters. Portage Capital Solutions was recognized as a Top Growth Equity Firm of 2025 by GrowthCap. I am your host, RJ Lumba. We hope you enjoy the show. If you like the episode, click to follow.

Is your bank being unbundled without realizing it? Most banking leaders are still watching the obvious disruptors. But the bigger threat may be happening behind the scenes, as software platforms, embedded finance, and agentic AI begin to reshape how financial services are delivered and who owns the customer relationship. In this episode, Rex Salisbury, founder of Cambrian, joins me to discuss what these shifts mean for traditional banking, why legacy moats are weakening, how seriously bankers should take Nubank's long-term U.S. potential, and what leaders need to do now to stay relevant. In this episode: • Why financial risk often shows up in strategy long before it shows up in earnings • What Nubank's model signals for the future of competition in banking • Why banks need to think beyond products and toward platforms, ecosystems, and execution #BankingTransformed #Fintech #RetailBanking #DigitalTransformation #AgenticAI #EmbeddedFinance #Nubank #BankStrategy #FutureOfBanking #Cambrian #RexSalisbury

What separates an AI agent that demos beautifully from one that actually runs in production at a bank? In this episode of One Vision Podcast, Theodora Lau reconnects with Maté Jendrolovics, CEO and Founder of Intuitech, for a candid conversation about the reality of agentic AI in financial services — where "80% accurate" doesn't mean 80% of the value. Maté shares how Intuitech has expanded in the past year, and his idea of an AI-native bank. A grounded, hype-free conversation about doing AI in financial services the hard way — and why that's the only way it creates real value.

Those with the eyes to see the value in a $3 Bitcoin often understand how geopolitical events are interconnected through the Financial Industrial Complex. Simon Dixon has invested in over 100 companies throughout the Bitcoin and FinTech space over the past 15 years, and understands capital flows, which are often precursors to military moves.What does the world look like in the aftermath of a global energy disruption and the installation of the Tehran Tollbooth? Does a new multipolar world make things more or less stable? And what role does BRICS+ play in the aftermath? One of the most important moments in world history is playing out right now, while most are unaware of what is coming.—Guest LinksSimon Dixon: www.SimonDixon.com—Video ChannelsWatch the video version of Macroaggressions:Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/Macroaggressions YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MacroaggressionsPodcastBrighteon: https://www.brighteon.com/channels/macroaggressions/—MACRO & Charlie Robinson LinksHypocrazy Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4aogwmsThe Octopus of Global Control Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3xu0rMmWebsite: www.Macroaggressions.ioMerch Store: https://macroaggressions.dashery.com/ Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/macroaggressionspodcast—Activist Post FamilySign up for the Activist Post Newsletter: https://activistpost.kit.com/emailsActivist Post: www.ActivistPost.comNatural Blaze: www.NaturalBlaze.com —Support Our SponsorsGround Luxe Grounding Mats: https://GroundLuxe.com/MACROReplace Your Mortgage: www.WipeOutYourMortgageNow.comC60 Power: https://go.ShopC60.com/PBGRT/KMKS9/ | Promo Code: MACROChemical Free Body: https://ChemicalFreeBody.com/macro/ | Promo Code: MACROWise Wolf Gold & Silver: https://Macroaggressions.Gold/ | (800) 426-1836LegalShield: www.DontGetPushedAround.comEMP Shield: www.EMPShield.com | Promo Code: MACROChristian Yordanov's Health Program: www.LiveLongerFormula.com/macroAbove Phone: https://AbovePhone.com/macro/Van Man: https://VanMan.shop/?ref=MACRO | Promo Code: MACROThe Dollar Vigilante: https://DollarVigilante.spiffy.co/a/O3wCWenlXN/4471Nesa's Hemp: www.NesasHemp.com | Promo Code: MACROAugason Farms: https://AugasonFarms.com/MACRO—

From AI agents as economic actors to quantum threats and prediction market regulation, Ali Yahya of a16z lays out the investment thesis behind a16z crypto's fifth fund. ======================================================== Thank you to our sponsor! Coinbase One 20% off first year of annual plan + $50 Bitcoin bonus. Offer valid until May 31. coinbase.com/unchained ======================================================== a16z crypto just closed its fifth crypto fund at $2.2 billion — smaller than its previous fund, but the firm says that's deliberate.  General Partner Ali Yahya argues we are entering a different phase of crypto's development: one where infrastructure is ready, regulatory clarity is arriving, and the competition for real users has begun in earnest.  Two themes sit at the center of a16z's thesis — the collision of crypto and FinTech, and the emergence of AI agents as economic actors. But Yahya's most striking claim may be about blockchains themselves: that performance is no longer a moat, privacy is. And that the chains which get privacy right will accrue stronger network effects than anything the industry has built before.  What does a world of privacy-dominant blockchains do to DeFi composability, to security, to the ability to track hackers? And where does the quantum threat actually stand? Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Laura Shin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Host / Unchained Guests: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ali Yahya, General Partner, a16z crypto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Ober, Managing Partner at Social Leverage, joins Jake & Gino to discuss venture capital, fintech investing, data-driven investing strategies, AI, entrepreneurship, and the future of finance. Previously Chief Data Scientist at Third Point and Head of Data Strategy at WorldQuant, Matt shares valuable insights into startup investing, identifying market opportunities, and how technology is transforming the financial world. In this episode: Venture capital & fintech trends Data science in investing Startup growth strategies AI in finance Entrepreneurship & scaling businesses Long-term investing insights Looking to grow your real estate investing business with proven systems and education?  Visit Wheelbarrowprofits.com and start building long-term wealth today. timestamps 0:05 - Introduction by Jake Stenziano 0:13 - Gino responds to Jake 0:18 - Jake's comment on gratitude 0:21 - Gino talks about yesterday's conversation 0:49 - Gino acknowledges Jake's support 1:07 - Discussion about the weather 1:23 - Introduction of guest Matt Ober 1:52 - Matt Ober's introduction 2:01 - Matt shares his career journey 2:30 - Matt talks about his hedge fund experience 2:58 - Discussion on venture firm building 3:28 - Matt talks about his partners 3:37 - Matt discusses the hedge fund space 4:05 - Jake comments on the hedge fund space 4:31 - Matt talks about his current company 5:11 - Discussion on investment thesis 5:30 - Matt explains investment focus 6:29 - Matt talks about investing in people 7:06 - Discussion on adversity and entrepreneurship 7:39 - Jake asks about investing in trust funds 8:28 - Matt discusses work atmosphere 9:05 - Discussion on investment backgrounds 9:35 - Matt talks about global team experience 10:24 - Discussion on competition and relationships 11:00 - Discussion on wealth management 12:16 - Discussion on gambling and prediction markets 13:28 - Discussion on prediction markets as media 14:05 - Discussion on tax loss harvesting 15:17 - Discussion on investment strategies 16:02 - Discussion on borrowing against stock portfolios 17:10 - Discussion on interest rates and loans 18:04 - Discussion on democratizing financial tools 19:24 - Discussion on data and AI 20:55 - Discussion on company adaptation to AI 22:06 - Discussion on layoffs and efficiency 23:26 - Discussion on AI and job skills 24:09 - Discussion on investment lifecycle 25:13 - Discussion on venture scale 26:24 - Discussion on raising capital 27:45 - Discussion on investment success rates 29:10 - Discussion on investment distribution 30:18 - Discussion on timing and product success 31:14 - Discussion on founding teams 32:09 - Discussion on founder challenges 33:25 - Discussion on business similarities 34:25 - Discussion on AI and creativity 35:24 - Discussion on creativity and skills 36:27 - Discussion on AI usage 37:49 - Discussion on sales and networking 38:26 - Discussion on commercial real estate 39:16 - Discussion on loan processes 40:38 - Discussion on real estate debt space 41:06 - Discussion on mortgage processes 42:32 - Discussion on financial planning 43:00 - Discussion on 401k transfers 43:59 - Matt's bold prediction 44:42 - Closing remarks We're here to help create real estate entrepreneurs... About Jake & Gino: Jake & Gino are multifamily investors, operators, and owners who have created a vertically integrated real estate company. They control over $350M in assets under management. Connect with Jake & Gino here --> https://jakeandgino.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Robinhood missed earnings, is Coinbase next? On this episode of Public Keys at the New York Stock Exchange, hosted by Jennifer Sanasie, Tether has proposed merging 21 Capital, Strike, and Elektron Energy into a single publicly listed Bitcoin company spanning accumulation, payments, and mining. Earnings season is here: Robinhood just posted a 47% drop in crypto revenue alongside a 320% surge in events contracts. Dan Dolev, Senior Analyst covering FinTech and Payments at Mizuho, breaks down what those numbers mean and what he's watching when Coinbase reports this week. Latin America's largest Bitcoin treasury company, OranjeBTC, just launched an American Depositary Receipt giving US investors direct access. Chairman Josh Levine explains why Brazil is one of the world's most natural Bitcoin markets. Plus, Visa and WeFi are merging traditional banking and blockchain rails. WeFi co-founder Reeve Collins, who also co-founded Tether, explains what that means for the future of global payments. - Timecodes: 00:00 Welcome to Public Keys 00:30 Tether Proposes 3-Way Bitcoin Mega-Merger 02:02 Robinhood Earnings: Mizuho's Dan Dolev 03:49 Prediction Markets and Retail Demand 06:13 Robinhood Price Targets: Bull, Base, Bear 07:35 Coinbase Earnings Preview: Take Rates in Focus 10:03 OranjeBTC's Josh Levine on US ADR Launch 13:27 Stablecoins vs Bitcoin as Store of Value 14:54 The Future of Bitcoin Treasury Companies 15:56 Bitcoin Price Outlook: $300K-$500K in 5 Years 17:17 "Zero Bitcoin Is An Active Choice" 19:34 WeFi's Reeve Collins on Visa Partnership 23:20 Tether Co-Founder on Stablecoin Evolution 24:27 Stablecoin Regulation and Yield Wars 27:32 Why Every Ecosystem Will Issue Its Own Coin - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.