Podcast appearances and mentions of mike cagney

Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Michael Tannenbaum, CEO of Figure, one of the largest US fintech platforms building infrastructure and embedded products. Founded in 2018 by Mike Cagney, also the founder of SoFi and past guest of the show, Figure is now the largest non-bank originator of Home Equity Lines of Credit in the US having done $11 billion in AAA securitizations.Every time I talk to Michael I'm impressed by his clarity of thought and his skill in sharing valuable insights. He was previously COO of Brex and you can check out our 2023 Fintech Leaders episode for an in-depth conversation about his time there.We discuss:Bringing fresh energy and founder mode, even as a non-founder CEOThe importance of organizational design and aligned priorities for a company's successHow Blockchain helps Figure provide “Truth over Trust” to reduce transaction and origination costsWhy standardization is crucial to enable embedded finance services at scale… and a lot more!Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Do you prefer a written summary? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join ~70,000+ readers and listeners worldwide!Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder and General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIp

On our latest episode of Digital Currents, hosts Mark Yusko and Xavier Segura welcome back recurring guest Mike Cagney, co-founder and CEO of Figure Technologies, to talk about the current state of the digital ecosystem. The group discusses topics such as Figure Markets, the blockchain push into the private credit market, and the future of crypto regulation worldwide. They also comment on why so many groups have identified the Middle East as a key region for Web 3 growth. Join us as we dive into these exciting topics and more. Remember to Stay Current! To learn more, visit us on the web at https://www.morgancreekcap.com/morgan-creek-digital. To speak to a member of our team or sign up for other content, please email mcdigital@morgancreekcap.com.

Mike Cagney is the co-founder and CEO of Figure Markets. In this episode, Cagney discusses the need for a 'marketplace of everything,' the potential for equity trading on the blockchain, and more. OUTLINE 00:00 Intro 07:21 The 'Everything' Platform 12:16 Onchain Equities Trading 17:50 Institutionalization of Crypto 27:12 DeFi Lending 29:59 Rebuilding Crypto's Credit Markets 33:51 Wall Street Appetite for ATS 36:28 Regulatory Considerations 38:09 Closing Thoughts

Mike Cagney joins Chris Brummer to talk about concrete use cases for blockchain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Cagney joins Chris Brummer to talk about concrete use cases for blockchain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Miguel Armaza sits down with fintech legend, Mike Cagney, Founder & CEO of Figure, one of the fastest growing fintech companies in the US, where they are on a mission to transform financial services through blockchain, bringing speed, efficiency and savings to both consumers and institutions.Founded in 2018, Figure has raised almost $500M in equity from top investors, including DST Global, Ribbit, Fin Capital, RPM Ventures, Thomvest, JP Morgan, Apollo, and many more.Prior to Figure, Mike also co-founded SoFi and built the company into a multi-billion-dollar business under his leadership as CEO.In this episode, we discuss:Reflections from his experience launching and building SoFi, why their original idea failed, and how they quickly iterated and found a winning formulaImportance of company culture and why the founding team at Figure spent a couple of months establishing a genuine culture that could scale before doing anything elseHow Figure is already using blockchain technology to disintermediate the financial market to displace trust with truth and go after a $100 billion opportunityTheir strategy to quickly launch an impressive number of products in an empathetic way to the consumer… and a whole lot more!Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Do you prefer a written summary, instead? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join 41,000+ readers and listeners around the world!Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIpqp

This recording is from Fintech Nexus USA (formerly known as LendIt Fintech USA) held at the Javits Center in New York City on May 25-26, 2022. It is from our Keynote stage and is titled, Why the Future of Payments Will be Blockchain-Based. Speaking at this session are Mike Cagney, Figure, Matthew Maxey, Synovus, Wade Peery, FirstBank with Moderator: Peter Renton, Fintech Nexus.

There's no doubt that using crypto assets such as bitcoin and ethereum as collateral for borrowing funds has contributed to the explosive growth of decentralized finance (DeFi). While it can still be difficult to pay in crypto for everyday purchases, in this episode, we spoke with Mike Cagney of Figure about crypto-backed home mortgages. We delve into why a crypto mortgage makes sense from the point of view of both the lender, such as Figure and the borrower. If you enjoyed the show, please subscribe, share and leave us a review. Start your crypto journey with Blockchain.com today. Sign up for a Wallet: https://bit.ly/3k4Fr5B Trade on the Exchange: https://bit.ly/3pODxtg

HI FINTECHTALKERS,I sat down with Morgan McKenney, the CEO of Provenance Blockchain Foundation to talk about all things Blockchain, the future of DeFI, and how Provenance and Figure are driving innovation in all domains of financial services - Lending, Payments, Capital Markets. We covered a lot of ground and in order to make it easy to navigate the podcast here is a table of timestamps.0.10-0.55 - Introduction1.00-4.45 - Morgan's background across the years4.45-5.45 - What made Morgan join Provenance as CEO and promise of DeFI6.00-9.00 - Blockchain is disintermediating financial services and changing the Factory 9.00-15.30 - The innovation process and platform in financial services15.40-24.15 - What is Proof of Stake, Stable coins, Hash, Digital Money, programmatic money?24.30-30.40 - Mission and Vision of the Provenance Blockchain Foundation- Transforming financial services with digital assets30.40-32.00 - Provenance Blockchain, Figure the fintech and Mike Cagney's Modernization of the Financial Services Infrastructure with Blockchain Vision32.00-35.00 - The ecosystem: MERS, Figure Loans, Hash35.00-38.50 - USDF and how can banks benefit from being part of the USDF Consortium38.50-40.20 - Collaboration between banks in USDF; new avenues of NFT/Gaming40.20-45.00 - Access of Provenance to startups and developer community45.00-45.30 - Inclusive innovation and opportunities for underrepresented founders45.40-47.10 - Website and Discord to stay tuned to announcements46.10-52.00 - Inter-operability, regulatory and policy considerations52.00-54.00 - Web 3.0 and the Digital Economy and the rail the enables transfer of value54.00-59.30 - Crystal balling: Digital Assets, NFTs, Metaverse59.45- 1.01.10 -Closing thoughts: How to get in touch with Morgan (LinkedIn) and Provenance. Employment opportunities and co-creation opportunities for startups Included in this edition is our editorial infographic.Enjoy and always Be in the Know!Paddy RamanathanFounder of iValley (www.ivalley.co) andHost of the FINTECHTALK™ Show (www.fintechtalk.co)(Violin piece in podcast courtesy of my daughter Ilina)EPILOGUEConnect with us!iValley Innovation Center11040 Bollinger Canyon Rd, E-909San Ramon, CA 94582,The United States. Get full access to eFINTECHTALK - iValley's Newsletter at substack.fintechtalk.ivalley.co/subscribe

This week Chris Nichols sits down with Mike Cagney, CEO of Figure Technologies, Adam Aspes and Ryan Zacharia of Jam Partners, and Adam Yarnold of Fin3. They discuss how blockchain is changing the future of the banking industry and what it means for community banks. The views, information, or opinions expressed during this show are solely those of the participants involved and do not necessarily represent those of SouthState Bank and its employees.  SouthState Bank, N.A. - Member FDIC

Mike Cagney, the founder and CEO of Figure, discusses how his company enjoys major cost and efficiency gains by using their public blockchain, called Provenance, and putting the “tech” back into “fintech” to build the future of financial infrastructure. In this episode, we talk with Mike Cagney, the founder and CEO of Figure. Figure offers mortgages, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), personal loans, and other financial services to both individuals and businesses. What make's Figure unique is that all of these products are originated, securitized, and serviced on Figure's public Provenance blockchain, saving them time and money. Figure's creation of these traditional financial products on-chain led them to create the USDF Consortium, whose member banks can mint deposit-backed, FDIC-insured stablecoins on Provenance to enable 24/7/365 dollar transfers between banks.   To learn more, visit us on the web at https://wp.morgancreekcap.com/morgan-creek-digital/   To speak to one of our team or sign up for other content, please email mcdigital@morgancreekcap.com

We are happy to welcome back Michael Lee, Jr. In this episode, we talk to Michael and Call Participants about NFTs. As an alumnus of the Riches in the Niches Investor Podcast, Michael was the perfect guest to walk us through NFTs and the Metaverse. Michael is the Founder and CEO of Gondola Capital a firm focused on the Alternative Asset Space.   *This is a recording of a Group Call that took place on October 7th, please excuse any audio issues as participants were using their mobile phones.    To listen to our prior podcast with Michael please click here. Bitcoin: Few Understand This.   You can reach Michael on Twitter at @MLeeJr. To learn more about Richard please visit www.thinkaen.com.   Show Notes: (01:15) Michael goes over his background. Talks Morgan Creek Capital, Mark Yusko and endowment investing in the Blockchain. Also talks about Ben Forman at ParaFi, Ethereum and more. (06:36) Introduction to NFTs. How Michael got into researching NFTs and how he leveraged his blockchain experience to understand it. Odell Beckham, Jr. Jay Z and other celebrities having their own avatars. (10:45) Crypto gives us the ability to transfer value at the speed of information. Michael think NFTs will be called something else five years from now. Discussion over the dynamics of the NFT market and how sales on platforms like OpenSea impact pricing. (14:20) Introduction to OnChain Monkey and other Avatars, in general. (18:14) Profile Picture PFPs represent the perfect avenue for new users to get familiar with the NFT space. Discussion over the other PFP art including Crypto Punks. Potential for sporting events to use NFTs. Mark Cuban has talked about this a lot.   (22:56) Dive into the Metaverse, Michael talks about his nephew Cooper. Kids are growing up digitally native in the Metaverse. (30:39) 24 by 24 pixelated art versus 3D Generated Art. The value of a lot of NFTs is based around the artist. The real deal is that a 16-year-old artist from Afghanistan can create art and sell it anywhere in the world completely permissionless and censorship free over the blockchain. (33:19) Michael talks about energy consumption. He believes that Bitcoin is the most secure computing network the world has ever known. (35:43) Introduction to SerSleepy who goes over the Metaverse. The metaverse is a collective virtual share space, including the sum of all virtual worlds and the internet. It may contain derivatives or copies of the real world, but is distinct in augmented reality. Metaverse is made up of the prefix, meta meaning beyond and the stem verse - a back formation from universe. It's a 3D world that allows you to be your true self. (37:32) People are already in the Metaverse creating new worlds. People are creating galleries where you can put your art. (41:08) How copying NFTs is beyond the point. The creator really matters.   (45:37) Where to network all things NFT? There are various meeting hubs on Twitter and Discord where you can chat with other collectors and artists. (47:24) Question from Erin regarding NFTs and mortgages; things like a deed to a house. (49:04) Richard talks about prior Podcast Guests including Mike Cagney, CEO of Figure Technologies and Jeff Moore. Through Figure, Mike is using the Provenance Blockchain to reshape Payments, Stock Exchanges and Lending. (49:57) More remarks regarding use cases for blockchain within the Financial Services Industry. Closing comments. If you would like a full copy of this recording, please email Richard.    Our interview with Mike can be found here. Financial Transactions on Blockchain with Mike Cagney.

Mike Cagney is the CEO of Figure Technologies, a powerhouse FinTech company looking to transform the Payments, Stock Exchange and Lending Industries. Through its Provenance Blockchain, Figure is able to build products that offer unprecedented speed and ease to its customers. Listen in as Mike talks to Richard about the Genesis of Figure, the formation of its Provenance Blockchain and its plan on helping Americans Figure out their finances through the Power of Blockchain. To learn more about Mike please visit www.figure.com or its Provenance site at http://provenance.io/. To learn more about Richard or to request a transcript of the podcast please visit www.thinkaen.com. Show Notes: (01:14) Mike's Background, Wells Fargo, SoFi Technologies, Figure (04:18) Selling first company to Broadridge, SoFi and Student Loan Refinancing, Starting the next $100B Company, Not always a linear path, Visa and Mastercard (07:41) Provenance Blockchain, Ethereum, Decentralized, Cosmos Tendermint (10:16) Figure's Big Three - Payments, Exchanges, Lending; Being cheaper, faster and more capital efficient; GameStop (GME) and AMC Theaters (AMC) (16:18) HELOC's and the 5 minute mortgage (18:53) Mortgage Process, Digital Wallet; Buy loans and Securitize (19:57) If you build it, they will come; IPO or DeSPAC of different business lines (21:58) Provenance Blockchain (24:23) HASH Token, Biggest Challenges and Solutions (27:05) The false Dichotomy, Stable Coins (31:38) Custodian Banks and Matching Transactions, NYSE and NASDAQ (34:38) T+0 Settlement versus T+2 Settlement, T - Instant (39:04) Stock trading on Blockchain, Potential Listings (40:18) SPACs, Ellington, Mike Vranos (43:39) Board of Directors at Figure, how Mike communicates with them (44:46) Learning more about Crypto and Blockchain (47:03) Closing remarks

Michael Lee, Jr. is the Founder and CEO of Gondola Capital, a firm that focuses on the Alternatives Investing Space. Michael is passionate about Bitcoin and talks to Richard about why he thinks it is the most disruptive Technology of our lifetime. Michael also delves into how he got his first job out of college, a story that cannot be missed. This podcast will be the first in a series on Blockchain, DeFi and Digital Tokens. You can reach Michael on Twitter at @MLeeJr. To learn more about Richard please visit www.thinkaen.com.  Check out Michael's Blue Line Banter Podcast here. Blue Line Banter is a podcast about hockey, business, life, and everything in between. Show Notes: (01:17) Michael's story, Mikey Lee3, Gondola Capital and living in North Carolina (02:00) All about Blue Line Banter Podcast, Father Son Bond, Former and Current NHL Players (03:45) Hatteras Funds, Introduction to Bitcoin, Dismissive at First, Being a Disruptive Technology (06:09) Owning and Mining Bitcoin, Intellectual Curiosity, Electricity Costs, from Hobby to Passion (08:30) Michael's 2-Minute Bitcoin Elevator Pitch, Protecting your Wealth (10:44) Bitcoin being Borderless, Decentralized Network, Owning a piece of that Network (12:25) It's going to be tough to stop the Bitcoin Movement, JP Morgan, $150,000 Price Targets, Innovation of our Lifetime (16:06) Money Laundering Concerns plus Michael's thoughts on how Bitcoin makes things easier for regulators (20:12) Michael's predictions on Blockchain over the next 10 years, Data Rich, Mike Cagney and Figure Technologies, Provenance Blockchain (27:50) Constructing a portfolio with digital assets, Uniswap, Blackfire (31:38) What stops Bitcoin? Dogecoin, Miners, New Blockchains (40:30) Michael's incredible story about how he got into the investment business, waiter, hard work and some luck

Mar. 12: Fulfillment, MLO, product dev. jobs; mail, CRM, presentation, digital products; Freddie & Fannie shifts; Mike Cagney interview https://www.robchrisman.com/  https://candortechnology.com/rchrisman-podcast Candor thinks & works like an underwriter.The only dynamic underwriting engine that automates the unpredictable mortgage manufacturing process.

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Mike Cagney has built a reputation as one of the smartest people in all of fintech. His capacity to raise capital is unparalleled in our space but he is also a visionary who is tackling some of the biggest fintech challenges. Back for the third time on the Lend Academy Podcast, and his first time […] The post Podcast 276: Mike Cagney of Figure appeared first on Lend Academy.

Mike Cagney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Figure, a full stack financial services blockchain company with consumer offerings in market or on the way in lending, banking and more. In late-2019, Figure raised $103 million at a $1.2 billion valuation and continues to grow. Prior to starting Figure, Mike co-founded and ran SoFi, one of the most successful consumer fintech companies ever. In this conversation, we discuss Figure’s routes to asset origination and capital markets disruption, Figure’s previously unannounced consumer banking and payments offering, lessons learned building and scaling multiple billion dollar companies and more. For all of our past episodes and to sign up for our newsletter, please visit www.bankingthefuture.com. To subscribe to Lex’s amazing work, please visit www.fintechblueprint.com. Thank you very much for joining us today. Please welcome, Mike Cagney and Lex Sokolin.

Mike Cagney is the co-founder and CEO of Figure which provides consumer financial solutions intended for home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning. The company has raised over $230 million at a $1.2 billion valuation from investors like DCM Ventures, Digital Currency Group, DHVC, Ulu Ventures, DST Global, Thomvest Ventures, Nimble Ventures, and Ribbit Capital to name a few. Prior to this, he founded SoFi which has raised billions and is worth over $4 billion at the moment. 

Mike Cagney is the co-founder and CEO of Figure which provides consumer financial solutions intended for home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning. The company has raised over $230 million at a $1.2 billion valuation from investors like DCM Ventures, Digital Currency Group, DHVC, Ulu Ventures, DST Global, Thomvest Ventures, Nimble Ventures, and Ribbit Capital to name a few. Prior to this, he founded SoFi which has raised billions and is worth over $4 billion at the moment. 

There’s a second act ahead for many serial entrepreneurs of the last decade, including Travis Kalanick and Mike Cagney, CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa reports. Finland’s Prime Minister is hoping to shorten the workweek for her citizens, and Facebook is making some changes regarding deepfakes. Tesla has hit a market cap milestone, Elon Musk is dancing, but Wall Street analysts Gene Munster and Craig Irwin are split on its stock. Plus Blackstone’s Byron Wien and Joe Zidle release their surprise market predictions for 2020, from the S&P to the Senate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week was a bit different than usual. First, we managed to come close to our old time target (20 minutes) instead of our regular length (30 minutes). And, second, Alex is coming back to TechCrunch starting next week!Expect more Equity and, from Alex, writing for Extra Crunch. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. If you aren’t an Extra Crunch subscriber yet you can use the code “EQUITY” and save a bundle. (Woo!)That done, let’s dig into the news that Kate and Alex discussed, starting with Harlem Capital’s $40.3 million new fund. The New York-based outfit has a focus on investing in minority entrepreneurs, who receive significantly less than their white male counterparts. This is one of the largest funds with a diversity mandate to date, and that's something to be stoked about.Next we turned to Mike Cagney’s canny fundraising ability. The former SoFi CEO, ousted for bad behavior, is putting together another huge funding round for his startup, Figure Technologies. The expected $103 million round comes after the company raised $120 million before.With over $50 million raised of the more than $100 million it expects, covering Figure is partially a financial story. However, due to Cagney’s part in the project, it’s also a story of how fast money forgives.Pivoting to Europe, Kate and Alex chewed into the latest report on European venture capital, pulling from Atomico and Forbes. The headlines are pretty simple: There are more EU-based unicorns than ever, more money invested in the region, and the money is mostly finding male hands.Disappointing diversity metrics aside, it’s an encouraging set of metrics for a region that has long found itself left to the side when major startup markets are discussed.And finally, Alex wanted to talk about two impending US-listed technology IPOs. Coming in the wake of the WeWork fiasco and sporting similar share prices but divergent growth profiles, the debuts of Bill.com and Sprout Social are events.

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week was a bit different than usual. First, we managed to come close to our old time target (20 minutes) instead of our regular length (30 minutes). And, second, Alex is coming back to TechCrunch starting next week!Expect more Equity and, from Alex, writing for Extra Crunch. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. If you aren’t an Extra Crunch subscriber yet you can use the code “EQUITY” and save a bundle. (Woo!)That done, let’s dig into the news that Kate and Alex discussed, starting with Harlem Capital’s $40.3 million new fund. The New York-based outfit has a focus on investing in minority entrepreneurs, who receive significantly less than their white male counterparts. This is one of the largest funds with a diversity mandate to date, and that's something to be stoked about.Next we turned to Mike Cagney’s canny fundraising ability. The former SoFi CEO, ousted for bad behavior, is putting together another huge funding round for his startup, Figure Technologies. The expected $103 million round comes after the company raised $120 million before.With over $50 million raised of the more than $100 million it expects, covering Figure is partially a financial story. However, due to Cagney’s part in the project, it’s also a story of how fast money forgives.Pivoting to Europe, Kate and Alex chewed into the latest report on European venture capital, pulling from Atomico and Forbes. The headlines are pretty simple: There are more EU-based unicorns than ever, more money invested in the region, and the money is mostly finding male hands.Disappointing diversity metrics aside, it’s an encouraging set of metrics for a region that has long found itself left to the side when major startup markets are discussed.And finally, Alex wanted to talk about two impending US-listed technology IPOs. Coming in the wake of the WeWork fiasco and sporting similar share prices but divergent growth profiles, the debuts of Bill.com and Sprout Social are events.

Mike Cagney is the Co-Founder & CEO of Figure, a financial technology company leveraging Blockchain and analytics to deliver better financial products. In this conversation, Mike and Anthony Pompliano discuss how Figure works, why it is growing so quickly, where Blockchain makes sense in the traditional financial system, and why Mike thinks there is such a big opportunity for automation in finance. -----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded directly to your bank account. They do loans ranging from $2,000 to $10,000,000, and they're perfect for helping you reach your financial goals of all sizes. Visit BlockFi.com/Pomp to learn more about putting your crypto to work without having to sell it. -----If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Mike Cagney is an entrepreneur who likes building financial services firms. He founded Finaplex, a wealth management technology firm, co-founded Cabezon Investment Group, a global macro hedge fund and co-founded Sofi, an online personal finance company. He joins host Arthur Levitt to talk about his newest ventures; a financial services startup called Figure and Provenance, a blockchain protocol for the origination, custody, trading and securitization of whole loans and other assets.Host: Arthur Levitt Producer: Madena Parwana

SoFi founder Mike Cagney is back with a new startup and $50 million in funding, too Mike Cagney, who was ousted last summer from the lending company he founded, is back with a new startup and a whole lot of funding from at least one of his previous investors.

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In many ways SoFi has become the leading company in all of fintech at least in this country. They raised $1 billion in Q3 of 2015, the largest equity round ever in our industry by a considerable margin. Since then they have continued to add new products, break records and execute flawlessly. The architect of this […] The post Podcast 89: Mike Cagney of SoFi appeared first on Lend Academy.

In many ways SoFi has become the leading company in all of fintech at least in this country. They raised $1 billion in Q3 of 2015, the largest equity round ever in our industry by a considerable margin. Since then they have continued to add new products, break records and execute flawlessly. The architect of this […] The post Podcast 89: Mike Cagney of SoFi appeared first on Lend Academy.

Mike Cagney, chief executive and founder of online lender SoFi, talks to the FT's Tom Braithwaite about building a fintech company from refinancing student loans; the high-income millennials the service targets; and why they use tools like job search and member networking events to retain customers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SoFi CEO Mike Cagney sits down with Kara Swisher to discuss why financial technology startups are suddenly hot and how SoFi hopes to eventually replace your bank, even though it has no permanent physical locations. He also talks about why SoFi is planning to launch a dating app (no, really) and why it ran an ad during Super Bowl 50. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Student Lending Begins to Scale panel with Mike Cagney, of SoFi; David Klein, of CommonBond; Vince Passione, of LendKey; Zander Rafael, of Climb Credit; Cameron Stevens, of Prodigy Finance; and moderator Stephen Dash, of Credible.

The Innovator of the Year Award at LendIt USA 2015 was awarded to Mike Cagney, Co-Founder & CEO of SoFi. 

Hot Button Issues in Online Lending panel at LendIt USA 2015, with Mike Cagney, Co-Founder & CEO of SoFi; Bobby Mehta, former President & CEO of TransUnion; Hans Morris, Managing Partner of NYCA; and moderator Nigel Morris, Managing Partner of QED Investors.

SoFi has been somewhat of a quiet achiever in the p2p lending industry. But they have been breaking a lot of new ground over the past few months. In this edition of the Lend Academy Podcast I talk with Mike Cagney, the co-founder and CEO of SoFi. I came away from this interview so impressed with what SoFi is doing. They are executing incredibly well and have many new tricks up their sleeve.Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

SoFi has been somewhat of a quiet achiever in the p2p lending industry. But they have been breaking a lot of new ground over the past few months. In this edition of the Lend Academy Podcast I talk with Mike Cagney, the co-founder and CEO of SoFi. I came away from this interview so impressed […] The post Podcast 22: Mike Cagney of SoFi on Changing the Game appeared first on Lend Academy.

SoFi has been somewhat of a quiet achiever in the p2p lending industry. But they have been breaking a lot of new ground over the past few months. In this edition of the Lend Academy Podcast I talk with Mike Cagney, the co-founder and CEO of SoFi. I came away from this interview so impressed […] The post Podcast 22: Mike Cagney of SoFi on Changing the Game appeared first on Lend Academy.

Student loan refinancing can save you money but it’s a confusing process.  Today we get some guidance from Mike Cagney, co-founder of SoFi.com. SoFi started in 2011 by raising two million dollars from Stanford Graduate School of Business alums to loan to students.  One hundred students were loaned $20,000 each.  The idea being that the students would be more responsible with money borrowed from their own community and the lenders would have a vested interest in seeing students succeed from within that community. SoFi has evolved into a company that consolidates  and refinances loans.  They refinanced one hundred million dollars worth this June and save former students an average of $11,000 over the life of a loan.  SoFi also help graduates who are unemployed by freezing their loans and helping them to find new jobs and help former students to start their own businesses by freezing loans and helping to raise capital. SoFi can refinance loans with interest rates over 6% and can work with state, federal, and private loans.  A big benefit of consolidating is that rather than dealing with several servicers, you’re dealing with one.  If you have a job loss and need help, dealing with one servicer means things are much less likely to fall through the cracks.  You can lose some protections that you have with federal loans like loan forgiveness after public service but SoFi does offer unemployment protection.  State loans offer less protections more akin to private loans than federal. SoFi offers five, ten, and fifteen year terms.  If for instance you have six years left and opt for the five year term, your monthly payments will be higher but the interest rate will be lower. Student loans are so confusing but Mike gives us some information on how to make them less so.  First, before you borrow, understand the amount and why you’re borrowing.  Take a look at your major and choice of university and see what the earnings are for graduates.  If you take out $100,000 in loans for a field that pays $30,000, that’s not a good decision.  While in school take out federal loans so that you are afforded the protections they offer.  After graduating, consider consolidation so you are dealing with one entity rather than several.  After consolidation, you can consider refinancing to lower your interest rate. Mike’s final advice is that if you’re struggling, reach out to your servicer.  It’s in no one’s interest for the borrower to default. Show Notes SoFi.com:  SoFi has a great site that will help you decide if consolidation or refinancing are a smart choice for you. Betterment:  The easy way to start investing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices