Fintech Blueprint Podcast Archive
Podcast archive as of 2024 Q3.
Banking
Amount, Adam Hughes, Digitizing banks with better BNPL, Underwriting, and Anti-Fraud Tech, with Amount CEO Adam Hughes
Aspiration, Andrei Cherny, Solving climate change through financial services, with Aspiration CEO Andrei Cherny
Bella, Will Beeson, Were we wrong about neobanks and B2C fintech? With 2x digital bank founder Will Beeson
Brigit, Zuben Mathews, Brigit's journey to $100MM+ revenue and $1B in fees saved, with CEO Zuben Mathews
Bud, Ed Maslaveckas, Can open banking power AI-based finance?, with Bud CEO Ed Maslaveckas
Current, Trevor Marshall, Rebuilding banking starting with Teens, with Current CTO Trevor Marshall
Custodia, Caitlin Long, Modernizing the entire banking system, with Caitlin Long, CEO of Custodia Bank
DailyPay, Matt Kopko, Eliminating payday loans and overdraft fees for 2.5MM employees, with Matt Kopko of DailyPay
Dave, Jason Wilk, Building Dave, the neobank saving users $1B in overdraft fees, with Dave Founder and CEO, Jason Wilk
Figure, Mike Cagney, Figure, SoFi and the Disruption of Finance with Mike Cagney
Independent, Richard Turrin, How China is winning the race in Fintech, Payments, and CBDCs, with Fintech expert Richard Turrin
Modern Treasury, Dimitri Dadiomov, Powering billions of API-first payment operations, with Modern Treasury's CEO & Founder Dimitri Dadiomov
Money Lion, Kleinbaum Milner, MoneyLion's evolution from neobank to finance super app, with CMO Cynthia Kleinbaum Milner
Moven, Brett King, Inside The Decision to Shutter Moven’s B2C Business with Brett King
Plaid, Alain Meier, Value of digital identity in fintech and crypto, with Plaid Head of Identity Alain Meier
Simple / Sila, Shamir Karkal, Creating the neobank and embedded finance industry, with Sila CEO and Simple Co-Founder Shamir Karkal
Starling, Anne Boden, Anne Boden of Starling Bank on $4B of deposits, 1.8MM customers, and neobank profitablity
Step, CJ MacDonald, Step CEO CJ MacDonald on building the leading Gen-Z bank, TikTok influencers, and money culture
Synapse, Sankaet Pathak, How embedded finance leader Synapse grew to powering 10MM+ consumers, with CEO Sankaet Pathak
Synapse, Sankaet Pathak, What really happened at Synapse according to Founder Sankaet Pathak
Tinkoff Bank, Oliver Hughes , How to Build a $3.5B Profitable Digital Bank with Tinkoff
Treasury Prime, Chris Dead, Treasury Prime CEO Chris Dean on Banking-as-a-service, embedded finance, and the evolution of FinTech API…
Twisp, Jarred Ward, Scaling a core ledger for neobanks, processors, brokerages, and payment providers, with Twisp CEO Jarred Ward
Payments
Aza, Elizabeth Rossiello, Powering the FX behind Africa's trillion-dollar growth, with Aza CEO Elizabeth Rossiello
Fintech Meetup, Anil Aggarwal, Building global paytech companies and communities with Anil Aggarwal of TxVia, Money2020, and Fintech Meetup
Highnote, John MacIlwaine, The Embedded finance revolution in cards and payments, with Highnote founder John MacIlwaine
Independent, Simon Torrance, Embedded Finance as a $7 trillion market opportunity for banks in the business of suffering, with Simon Torrance
Lightspark, Christian Catalini, Building on Bitcoin Lightning Network and Lessons from Libra, with Lightspark Chief Strategy Officer Christian Catalini
MoonPay, Ivan Soto-Wright, Building the best payments fiat to crypto onramp, with Ivan Soto-Wright of MoonPay
Rapyd, Arik Shtilman, How to build a $60B volume global payments platform, with Rapyd CEO Arik Shtilman
Runa, Aron Alexander, From gift cards to a global payments network of digital value, with Runa CEO Aron Alexander
Sardine, Simon Taylor, The strategy behind Revolut's merchant acquiring and paytech growth, with Simon Taylor, Head of Strategy & Content at…
Sardine, Soups Ranjan, Eliminating payments fraud from Fintech and Web3 using AI, with Sardine CEO Soups Ranjan
Stripe, Ashwin Kumar, Exploring Stripe's growth in embedded finance, with Stripe Head of Startups for Banking-as-a-Service, Ashwin Kumar
Transak, Sami Start, Helping DeFi and Web3 developers integrate crypto onramps in 125 countries, with CEO of Transak Sami Start
Triple-A, Eric Barbier, The success of crypto payment processing in eCommerce, with Triple-A CEO Eric Barbier
Veem, Marwan Forzley, Scaling B2B cross-border payments and the competition between global payment rails, with Marwan Forzley of Veem
Visa, Emma Kerr, Visa's network-of-networks strategy and vision for Web3 commerce, with Visa Europe's SVP Emma Kerr
X1 , Siddharth Batra, Reinventing the credit card as a Fintech super app
Digital Lending
Affirm, Libor Michalek, How Affirm built the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) industry, with President Libor Michalek
Arc, Nick Lombardo, Growing startups through revenue-based funding, with Arc Co-founder Nick Lombardo
Better Mortgage, Vishal Garg, The rise, fall, and turnaround of Better Mortgage, with CEO Vishal Garg
Canopy, Matt Bivons, Embedding lending and credit into the fintech value proposition, with Canopy CEO Matt Bivons
ChargeAfter, Meidad Sharon, Powering a BNPL platform with a global lender network, with ChargeAfter CEO Meidad Sharon
Credolab, Michele Tucci, Integrating smartphone behavioural data to manage credit risk and fraud, with Credolab CSO Michele Tucci
Fundbox, Prashant Fuloria, Connecting 500,000+ small businesses to digital working capital, with Fundbox CEO Prashant Fuloria
LoanPro, Rhett Roberts, Building a $15B+ embedded loan management platform, with LoanPro CEO Rhett Roberts
Percent, Nelson Chu, The promise behind investing in private credit, with Percent CEO Nelson Chu
Pipe, Luke Voiles, Pipe's Pivot from Revenue Exchange to Digital Lending, with CEO Luke Voiles
Triver, Jerome Le Luiel, Building modern digital lending across Capital One, Barclaycard, Funding Circle, and TRIVER, with TRIVER CEO Jerome Le Luel
Upstart, Jeff Keltner, Growing an AI-powered digital lender to $850MM in revenue, with Upstart's SVP of Business Development Jeff Keltner
Finance Function
Codat, David Hoare, Data aggregation for small businesses across banking, accounting, and commerce, with Codat CTO David Hoare
Monite, Ivan Maryasin, Embedding financial workflow automation in digital banking platforms, with Monite CEO Ivan Maryasin
Ohad Samet, TrueAccord, Technology, Empathy and Finance in a Time of Crisis with TrueAccord
Payhawk, Hristo Borisov, Modern spend management systems for CFOs and employees, with Payhawk CEO Hristo Borisov
Pinwheel, Kurtis Lin, Building the income and employment data layer for financial services, with Pinwheel CEO Kurtis Lin
Puzzle, Sasha Orloff, From mobile credit to autonomous accounting using financial data and AI, with Puzzle CEO Sasha Orloff
Wealthtech
Altruist, Jason Wenk , Altruist CEO Jason Wenk on WealthTech, financial planning, advice, and generally improving financial health
Betterment, Jesse Proudman, Building digital assets into roboadvisor strategy, with Betterment VP of Crypto Investing Jesse Proudman
Betterment, Sarah Levy, Betterment's path to $45B and beyond, with CEO Sarah Levy
Daffy, Adam Nash, Adam Nash, Daffy CEO & former Wealthfront CEO, on using technology to improve people's financial lives
Envestnet, Farouk Ferchichi, How AI-enriched data aggregation is empowering the next generation of financial institutions, with Envestnet's Farouk Ferchichi
Independent, Craig Iskowitz , How roboadvisors, B2C fintechs, and high tech giants are causing deep shifts in wealth management
Masttro, Padman Perumal, Modern Wealthtech for complex balance sheets, with Masttro CEO Padman Perumal
Origin, Matt Watson, The AI-led digital wealth revolution, with Origin CEO Matt Watson
Riskalyze, Aaron Klein, Building an investment platform with a risk management heart, with Riskalyze CEO Aaron Klein
Rocket Dollar, Henry Yoshida, Investing in real estate, crypto, and startups using your retirement account, with Rocket Dollar CEO Henry Yoshida
Vestwell, Aaron Schumm, Modernizing $25B of assets with retirement wealthtech, with Vestwell CEO Aaron Schumm
Capital Markets
21Shares, Hany Rashwan, Pioneering Crypto ETPs to $3B in assets in 3 years, with 21Shares CEO Hany Rashwan
Alphacution, Paul Rowady, Robinhood's order flow disrupting equities and crypto market structure, with Paul Rowady of Alphacution
Alphacution, Paul Rowady, Understanding Robinhood, Derivatives, and Market Makers with Paul Rowady of Alphacution
Apex, Bill Capuzzi, The $100B fintech custodian powering digital investing, with CEO of Apex Bill Capuzzi
Arca, Jeff Dorman, Using macroeconomic and fundamental analysis to understand crypto markets, with Arca CIO Jeff Dorman
Broadridge, Horacio Barakat, The software stack powering Capital Markets and its coming transformation, with Horacio Barakat of Broadridge
Carta, Anthony Cimino, Powering $2.5T of Private Equity, with Carta Head of Policy Anthony Cimino
eToro, Yoni Assia, eToro CEO Yoni Assia on the purpose of investing, crypto assets, and building a $10B fintech
Finimize, Maximilian Rofagha, From ecommerce to a million+ global financial community, with Maximilian Rofagha of Finimize
FT Partners, Steve McLaughlin, The state of Fintech and the sector's biggest opportunities, with FT Partners CEO Steve McLaughlin and Fintech Meetup CEO Jon Lear
Legalist, Eva Shang, How Legalist, a $770MM litigation finance investment firm, uses tech and data analytics to deliver alpha, with Co-Founder Eva Shang
M1, Brian Barnes, How M1 Finance's $3B AUM super-app is outcompeting Wealthfront, Robinhood, and Schwab, with CEO Brian Barnes
Prime Trust, Tom Pageler, Embedded custody services and crypto IRAs using fintech APIs, with Prime Trust CEO Tom Pageler
Public, Leif Abraham, How to build an investment fintech with over 3 million members, with Public Founder Leif Abraham
Royal Park Partners, Aman Behzad, Deconstructing fintech innovations, valuations, and exit strategies,with Royal Park Partners Managing Partner Aman Behzad
Templum, Christopher Pallotta, Modernizing private investment infrastructure, with Templum CEO Christopher Pallotta
Insurance
Coteria, David McFarland, AI-based underwriting of small business insurance, with Coterie CEO David McFarland
Cover, Karn Saroya, Building an insurtech platform that scales from Fintech to DeFi, with Cover CEO Karn Saroya
TruStage, Danielle Sesko, Embedding Insurance in digital lending, with Danielle Sesko of TruStage
Web3
Agoric, Dean Tribble, Software contracts and composability unlocking economic growth, with Agoric CEO Dean Tribble
Anoma, Christopher Goes, Building a sovereign, privacy-first, programmable, economic infrastructure, with Anoma Co-Founder Christopher Goes
Arbitrum, Steven Goldfeder, Scaling Ethereum and Web3 using Arbitrum optimistic rollups, with Offchain Labs CEO Steven Goldfeder
Bastion, Riyaz Faizullabhoy, Embedding Web3 infrastructure into Web2 platforms, with Bastion Co-Founders Nassim Eddequiouaq and Riyaz Faizullabhoy
Binance, David Shuttleworth, How to blow up a $32B crypto exchange, with Binance Labs MD of Token Engineering, David Shuttleworth
Binance, Gwendolyn Regina, How Binance is investing $1B in the BNB ecosystem, with BNB Chain Investment Director Gwendolyn Regina
BitGo, Mike Belshe, Maturation of institutional crypto custody and prime brokerage with BitGo's Mike Belshe
Blockstream, Jeff Boortz, Advancing Bitcoin with Lightning, Inscriptions, and L2s, with Blockstream's Chief Product Officer Jeff Boortz
Ceramic Network, Michael Sena, Decentralized Identity and the Metaverse, with Michael Sena of The Ceramic Network
Chainlink, Sergey Nazarov, Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov on building the global decentralized oracle network powering DeFi and Web3
Chia Network, Gene Hoffman, 25 years of cypherpunk innovation in money, privacy, and music, with Chia Network COO Gene Hoffman
Consensys, Joe Lubin, Joe Lubin, ConsenSys CEO and Ethereum co-founder discusses AI, macroeconomics, philosophy, and the future of the $200…
Consensys, Pat Berarducci, $60B digital capital markets, crypto law and regulation, and Ethereum Layer 2 scaling, with Pat Berarducci
Ethereum Foundation, Justin Drake, Implications of the Ethereum Merge for Web3, with Justin Drake of The Ethereum Foundation
Fasanara, Matt Low, The $250M of non-fungible tokens and the $200MM crypto neo-cyberpunk art market for digital objects (e.g., Beeple, NBA…
Flipside, Dave Balter, The psychology of entrepreneurship and reimagining collaboration behind Web3 analytics, with Flipside Crypto CEO Dave Balter
Infura, Michael Godsey, The world’s most powerful Web3 developer suite, with Michael Godsey of Infura
MetaMask, Daniel Finlay, Bringing MetaMask to the next billion users, with Agoric CEO Dean Tribble and MetaMask Co-Founder Daniel Finlay
NEAR, Marieke Flament, NEAR Foundation CEO Marieke Flament on building USDC issuer Circle, business neobank Mettle, and growing the NEAR…
Polygon, Sandeep Nailwal, Scaling Web3 with the $10B+ Polygon protocol, with COO Sandeep Nailwal
Quicknode, Jackie Kennedy, Building an $800MM blockchain infrastructure company with Quicknode COO, Jackie Kennedy
Tether, Paolo Ardoino, A glimpse into stablecoin Tether and crypto exchange Bitfinex, with CTO Paolo Ardoino
The Defiant, Camila Russo, Camila Russo of The Defiant and author of The Infinite Machine discusses crypto journalism, writing about Ethereum's…
Unstoppable Domains, Sandy Carter, Revolutionizing Web3 identity with lessons from IBM and Amazon
Utopia, Kaito Cunningham, How DAOs and Web3 organizations scale financial operations, with Utopia Labs CEO Kaito Cunningham
WEF, Sheila Warren, Sheila Warren of the World Economic Forum on the 4th Industrial Revolution, the role of Law, Government, and DAOs, and…
RWA
Allfunds, Ruben Nieto, Distributing $1.4 trillion of investment funds on blockchain, with Allfunds' Ruben Nieto
Centrifuge, Lucas Vogelsang, The evolution of DeFi with Steven Becker of MakerDAO and Lucas Vogelsang of Centrifuge
Consensys, Ajit Tripathi, The path from institutional finance (Goldman) to enterprise blockchain (PwC) to the $26B edge of DeFi innovation…
Consensys, Tyler Mulvihill, How a moment on the NYC 6 train turned into using NFTs in the $74T supply chain industry before NFTs were cool, with…
Monerium, Jon Egilsson, Building blockchain money and sustainable economies, with former Supervisory Board Chairman of the Icelandic Central…
Provenance, Anthony Moro, How Provenance blockchain tokenised $10B+ of Real World Assets, with Provenance Foundation CEO, Anthony Moro
Securitize, Carlos Domingo, Transforming art, private equity, and securities into tokenized assets on chain, with Securitize's CEO Carlos Domingo
DeFi
1inch, Sergej Kunz, Aggregating Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and structuring a DAO, with Sergej Kunz of 1inch
Circle, Tana Baker-Taylor, The role of USDC and tokenized cash in Decentralized Commerce, with Teana Baker-Taylor, Circle VP of Policy and Regulatory Strategy…
Compound, Rob Leshner, Rob Leshner of Compound on creating a multi-billion DeFi lending protocol, and innovation under constraint
dYdX, Antonio Juliano, Building a decentralized exchange and appchain for perpetual contracts, with dYdX CEO Antonio Juliano
EigenLayer, Calvin Liu, Diving into Ethereum Restaking and DeFi, with Calvin Liu Chief Strategy Officer of EigenLayer
Enzyme, Mona El Isa, Building a $200MM DeFi asset manager and DAO treasury management tools, with Mona El Isa of Enzyme
Ethena, Guy Young, Engineering the Dollar from ETH and Perpetuals, with Ethena Labs founder Guy Young
Independent, Kerman Kohli, Decentralized Finance 101 with Kerman Kohli
M Zero, Luca Prosperi, Stablecoins, Curve Wars, and Olympus as Reserve Currency, with DeFi Researcher Luca Prosperi
MakerDAO, Rune Christensen , Building the foundational money DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) in DeFi, with Rune Christensen of Maker…
Perpetual Protocol, Yenwen Feng, Perpetual futures in DeFi and seeing frontier technology, with Perpetual Protocol Co-Founder Yenwen Feng
Quantstamp, Richard Ma, Saving DeFi from financial hacks, with Quantstamp CEO Richard Ma
RociFi, Chris Brookins, Combining AI and DeFi to underwrite Web3 risks, with RociFi Co-Founder Chris Brookins
Stronghold, Sean Bennett, Combining payments infrastructure for merchants, digital lending, and DeFi, with Stronghold CEO Sean Bennett
SynFutures, Rachel Lin, From structured products to decentralized perpetuals, with SynFutures CEO Rachel Lin
Tokemak, Carson Cook, Upgrading DeFi market-making and liquidity programs, with Carson Cook of Tokemak
Yield App, Tim Frost, CEO of Yield App, Tim Frost, on integrating DeFi Yield products into a regulated Fintech company
Zero Hash, Edward Woodford, Embedding crypto assets into fintech footprints, with Zero Hash CEO Edward Woodford
DePIN, DAOs, Gaming, NFTs
Animoca Brands, Yat Siu, How Animoca Brands built an empire at the intersection of Gaming and Finance, with Animoca Brands Chairman Yat Siu
Art Blocks, Erick Calderon, Art Blocks CEO Erick Calderon on Generative Art, Blockchains, and the NFT movement
BitDAO, Jacobc.eth, What is GameFi and the $1B+ fractal DAO building it, with BitDAO Head of Product Strategy Jacobc.eth
Catheon Gaming, Mark Aubrey, How virtual worlds, vast communities, and traditional entertainment are shaping the $200B Web3 gaming sector, with…
DADA.art, Beatriz Helena Ramos, Inspiring creativity, collaboration, and visual conversation by harnessing decentralized tech, with Beatriz Helena…
Gitcoin, Kevin Owocki, Developing regenerative finance using memes for the public good, with Kevin Owocki of Gitcoin
Hume, David Beiner, Metaverse-native virtual artists and their financial ecosystem, with Hume CEO David Beiner
Juicebox, Nicholas, DAOs 101, with SharkDAO, PartyDAO, and Juicebox contributor Nicholas
Palm NFT Studio, Dan Heyman, Launching protocols, DAOs, and NFTs in media and finance, with CEO of Palm NFT studio Dan Heyman
Peaq, Till Wendler, Building an 800,000 device DePIN blockchain, with Peaq Founder Till Wendler
Artificial Intelligence
Arteria, Shelby Austin, How AI is generating and digitizing documentation across financial services, with Arteria AI CEO Shelby Austin
Auquan, Chandini Jain, Applying artificial intelligence to investing and finance, with Auquan CEO Chandini Jain
CrunchDAO, Arnaud Castillo, Predicting the market using a machine learning competition built on a decentralized science platform, with CrunchDAO CEO Arnaud…
EZKL, Jason Morton, Building Artificial Intelligence we can trust using ZK Proofs, with EZKL CEO Jason Morton
Fairplay, Kareem Saleh, Teaching financial AI to be ethical and fair, with Fairplay CEO Kareem Saleh
Lambda Labs, Stephen Balaban, Powering the AI revolution from DeepDream to Dall-E, with Lambda Labs CEO Stephen Balaban
NVIDIA, Kevin Levitt, NVIDIA's Kevin Levitt on Artificial Intelligence, deep learning, and its role in financial services
NVIDIA, Malcom deMayo, How NVIDIA is accelerating financial services into the AI age, with NVIDIA Global Head of Financial Services Industry Malcom deMayo
Ocrolus, Sam Bobley, Using AI to digitize financial documents at scale, with Ocrolus CEO Sam Bobley
Valory, David Minarsch, Understanding Autonolas, the $2B autonomous agent network running on blockchain, with Valory CEO David Minarsch
Venture Capital
Signum Growth Capital, Angela Dalton, Fintech in the Metaverse, plus NFTs, Crypto Art, and Epic Games
A16Z, Anish Acharya, Investing in technology platform shifts, from Fintech to Generative AI, with A16z General Partner Anish Acharya
ARK Invest, Max Friedrich, Cash App, Venmo, Digital Wallets and Challenger Banks with ARK Invest
Fusion Fund, Lu Zhang, What makes a successful AI investor, with Fusion Fund Founder Lu Zhang
MiddleGame Ventures, Patrick Pinschmidt, Fintech venture investing after a career in the US treasury and Wall St equity research, with Patrick Pinschmidt of…
Outlier Ventures, Jamie Burke, Jamie Burke of Outlier Ventures on DeFi and NFT investing and acceleration
Portage, Adam Felesky, Mastering fintech from public to private investments, with Portage CEO Adam Felesky
Redpoint, Urvashi Barooah, Investing in Web3 and fintech for CFOs, with Redpoint's Urvashi Barooah
Tachyon, Gabriel Anderson, What's next in Web3? Tachyon Accelerator's MD Gabriel Anderson on early stage in NFTs, DeFi, & Crypto
Techstars, Pete Townsend, The Techstars Web3 thesis and advice on building companies, with Pete Townsend Managing Director at Techstars
TenSquared, Stan Miroshnik, Investing in frontier capital markets, from Eastern Europe to ICOs, and tokenized securities, with TenSquared Capital Managing…
Vintage Investment Partners, Asaf Horesh, How to be a great fintech venture capital investor, with Vintage Investment Partners General Partner Asaf Horesh