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Dan Rosen, Founder and General Partner at Commerce Ventures, talks about the evolution of fintech over the last two decades. Dan shares real-life examples of innovative fintech entrepreneurs building solutions that touch customers and businesses in a meaningful way, and his thoughts on whether or not now is still a good time to start a company in the fintech space.In this episode, you'll learn:[4:57] Why many of the early investments in FinTech were in enablers and infrastructure[9:27] Having domain expertise is good, but passionate outsiders are doing equally great in modern FinTech[13:46] How telling your journey first connects you with the right investor[19:04] Have we reached peak FinTech, or is there more to go?About Guest SpeakerDan Rosen is the Founder and General Partner at Commerce Ventures. Dan is one of the original FinTech VCs and has been investing in tech startups for 20 years. He focuses on technology innovations in the payments, financial services and insurance fields, serves on the boards of Blooom, ClickSWITCH, Kin and Socure, and participates as an observer on several other portfolio boards, such as BillGO and MX Technologies.Fun Fact: Dan funded his adolescent baseball card and comic book collecting habits by delivering the Boston Globe newspaper early each morning (rain or shine).About Commerce VenturesCommerce Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based early stage venture capital firm focused on investing and empowering the next generation of technology innovators in the retail and financial services industries. Portfolio companies include: bill.com. BILLGO, ClickSWITCH, InAUTH, Kin, MARQETA, Blooom, Theatro, Boomtown, Vestwell, Mulberry and Socure.Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode that will drop next Tuesday. Follow Us: Twitter | Linkedin | Instagram | Facebook
Bence Jendruszak is the co-founder and COO of SEON. He graduated from the elite EBS school and Corvinus in general management prior to starting the hyper-growth startup SEON. A regular startup pitch winner with Lendit London and advocate of safer digital transactions for all merchants and financial institutions. He's been featured in Forbes' ‘Hot Startups to Watch in Europe'.Jimmy serves as CCO at SEON, the fraud fighters. He has over 13 years within the online payments and fraud space as part of fraud tech pioneers CyberSource (acquired for $2B by Visa), GlobalCollect (acquired by Ingenico for $1B and latterly InAuth (acquired by American Express for $250m). His passion is mixing nerdy obsession over technology and hyper commercial growth.
In the news, Malwarebytes completes deal to acquire Binisoft, Lastline tackles advanced malware threats, Duo Security names Veteran marketing Leader, Neville Letzerich as Chief Marketing Officer, InAuth launches enhanced secure Two-Factor Auth solution, and more on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/ES_Episode93 Visit http://securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes!
In the news, Malwarebytes completes deal to acquire Binisoft, Lastline tackles advanced malware threats, Duo Security names Veteran marketing Leader, Neville Letzerich as Chief Marketing Officer, InAuth launches enhanced secure Two-Factor Auth solution, and more on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/ES_Episode93 Visit http://securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes!
This week, Paul and John interview the CEO and CTO of RackTop Systems, Eric Bednash and Jonathan Halstuch! In the news, we have updates from Lastline, Duo Security, Varonis, InAuth, and more on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/ES_Episode93 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! →Visit our website: https://www.securityweekly.com →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly
This week, Paul and John interview the CEO and CTO of RackTop Systems, Eric Bednash and Jonathan Halstuch! In the news, we have updates from Lastline, Duo Security, Varonis, InAuth, and more on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/ES_Episode93 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! →Visit our website: https://www.securityweekly.com →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly
Appetite for Disruption: The Business and Regulation of FinTech
We live in a “Moore’s Law” kind of world. The rate of technological change is extremely rapid and groundbreaking. Even something that has been part of commerce forever – namely, getting money from point A to point B – has changed dramatically. In Part 2 of the discussion with Amex and InAuth, Troy and Lee cover the “big idea” of why instantaneous access to money is transformative for economic growth and personal satisfaction. They also address the challenge of ensuring that laws and regulations keep pace, discussing the importance of “first principles” and “contextual regulation.”
Appetite for Disruption: The Business and Regulation of FinTech
It takes savvy to become one of The World's Most Admired Companies. And it takes skill to avoid the kinds of data breaches that seem all-too-frequent these days. So how can companies keep their customers – and the public at large – both safe and happy? How much security do people want if it means more hassles and inconvenience? In this episode, Troy and Lee explore with guests from American Express and its InAuth subsidiary how much consumers should trust online services, how behavioral analysis promotes fraud prevention, and how the customer experience dictates a company’s success.