Fintech One-On-One

TRON is the fastest-growing public blockchain in the world with almost 92 million accounts. It was founded by Justin Sun in 2017 and is a layer 1 decentralized blockchain with an entire ecosystem built around it. It recently switched to become a DAO and they have just launched the USDD decentralized stablecoin.  My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Dave Uhryniak, the Director of Bloc...

The rise of Ethereum and decentralized finance has resulted in a huge amount of press coverage in both mainstream and fintech press. Some people like to focus on the prices of the various tokens and others prefer to talk about the technology piece. But very little has been written about the origin story of Ethereum and why decentralization has been so important. My guest today on the Fintech One-o...

On this week's show we discuss big fintech stories about Stripe, Plaid, Yuga Labs, Robinhood, Fiserv. Affirm. California, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, nfts and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

The global supply chain is extraordinarily complex and, as we have seen recently, prone to disruption. But technology has made vast improvements for both buyers and sellers which means these disruptions can be mitigated to some extent. The next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Christian Lanng, the CEO and Co-Founder of Tradeshift . With 1.5 million companies in 190 countries connected on...

A large number of fintech lenders launched in the early 2010s and some are reaching a significant scale today. It is interesting to see those that have stayed focused on lending and those that have expanded into adjacent areas of finance, offering a more full suite of banking services. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Eyal Lifshitz, the CEO and Founder of BlueVine . They began l...

On today's show we discussed the Rohit Chopra's (CFPB Director) testimony to both the House and Senate, Fidelity Investments, Robinhood, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, stablecoins, Starling Bank, LendingClub, Lendistry and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

Today is a good time to be an investor in alternative assets. Whether it is art, crypto, private equity, real estate, venture capital, or private credit there are many good options, particularly for accredited investors. And at the forefront of this alternatives boom is Yieldstreet . Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One Podcast is Milind Mehere, the CEO and Co-Founder of Yieldstreet. He was la...

The tokenization of digital assets is still in its infancy. There are some innovative companies that have created the technology to put a variety of assets onto the blockchain. But no one had done anything with venture capital and limited partners until SPiCE VC , the world's first tokenized VC fund. My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One Podcast is Carlos Domingo, the CEO and Founder of Sec...

Making fintech news this week were  Coinbase, Robinhood, Goldman Sachs, FTX, Plaid, Column, Nexo, Chime, digital onboarding, stablecoins and more Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

While many fintechs have had a busy last couple of years I think BM Technologies may trump them all. They went into the pandemic as part of Customers Bank but in the last 16 months they have completed the spinoff from that bank, they have gone public via SPAC and they have recently announced that they are going to acquire a community bank in Seattle. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One Podcas...

 Today we are talking about student loans. The $1.7 trillion student debt burden is causing real changes in the behavior of Gen Z and Millennials. It is a huge problem and it needs big ideas to bring about solutions that can scale. Every student loan holder needs to know all their options and how best they can save money. And in many ways, the best place to provide this help is a local bank or cre...

Making news on this week's show was Brex, Circle, BlackRock, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), The Digital Dollar Project, MoonPay, Step, FIS, Fireblocks, TransUnion and more.  Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

I am a big fan of alternative investments, it is how I got involved in fintech in the first place (through investing in LendingClub loans). I prefer to invest in alternatives through a tax-advantaged retirement account. But investing in alternatives through an IRA account has been a cumbersome and complicated process. Until now. My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One Podcast is Eric Satz, the CEO...

Crypto as a payment mechanism has never really taken off. The mechanics are difficult and there has never been an easy way for merchants to accept crypto for payment. But there is a new kind of tool that is starting to get some real traction: a crypto-backed debit card. This is where you spend your crypto through a regular Visa or Mastercard debit card. Our next guests on the Fintech One-on-One Po...

Credit unions are in a challenging place right now. While they typically have a loyal customer base, their customers are demanding cutting-edge technology which is often beyond their technical capabilities. So, many are turning to fintech companies to help them compete in the market. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Jeff Winner, the CEO of Happy Money . They have focused on the...

Today on the show we discussed big fintech news from Apple, Visa, Blockchain.com, Cross River, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Bilt Rewards, Wells Fargo, Alviere, Coinbase, Axie Infinity and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

Small business owners have better tools than ever before to help them manage their finances. But even with all these tools, the user experience is often not intuitive and there are long learning curves for them to be really useful. Yet, many consumer-facing apps have beautiful and simple interfaces that are a joy to use. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One Podcast is Wayne Chang, the co-found...

Over the last couple of years, we have seen many of the biggest names in UK fintech launch in the United States. None have been able to enjoy the same traction they received at home as they struggle to differentiate themselves in the very complex and competitive U.S. market. But there is one company I have been paying close attention to as they have planned their launch here. My next episode of th...

I would argue that few if any digital bank CEOs were thinking seriously about crypto back in 2015. Fewer still were thinking they should start a digital bank with the goal of incorporating crypto opportunities into the very fabric of their bank. And none would be so crazy as to create their own banking core from scratch with crypto very much central to this process. Our next guest on the Fintech O...

Making news this week was ConsenSys, Microsoft, European Parliament, Apple, the CFPB, Quadrata, Inc., Green Dot Corporation, Plaid, OppFi, American Express and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) has become quite popular these days with dozens of banks offering different services to fintechs and tech companies. But almost all these banks were not originally conceived this way, they are adding BaaS as a new product offering. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Wendy Cai-Lee, the CEO and Co-Founder of Piermont Bank . The bank only began operations...

We have seen this stat so many times. If you add up all the community banks and credit unions in the United States their scale would make them a top-five bank. Sure, but that really doesn't make much sense because all these community institutions are separate companies. But what if you could combine some of the marketing and product offerings and streamline it across hundreds or even thousand...

On today's show we discussed the President's executive order on crypto and big fintech news from American Express, PayPal, Coinbase, Better, Marqeta, Acorns, Best Egg, Upgrade, Inc., Roofstock and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

The crypto space is having a moment. Most of us saw the Superbowl ads from a variety of crypto firms and the war in Ukraine is focusing more attention on crypto than ever before. People often compare the surge in crypto to the dot.com era but there is a big difference. Many of the large firms in crypto today are already profitable and have been able to raise almost infinite amounts of money. Our n...

On today's show we covered news from Visa and Mastercard, the role of crypto in the Russia-Ukraine war, SoFi, Chime, PayPal, Cash App, Zip Co, Sezzle, Klarna, Goldman Sachs, Nubank and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes