Fintech One-On-One

The venture capital business has had an interesting couple of years. Deals were done with a speed that was previously unimaginable and without any face-to-face meetings. Plus the entry of huge amounts of money from private equity and investors with deep pockets caused an unprecedented increase in valuations. Now, the world has changed again. My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Matt...

On the show today we discussed Coinbase, BlockFi, Celsius, PayPal, Affirm, HomeLight, Mayor Eric Adams, Abra, American Express, European Central Bank and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

Employee retention is something that many companies, large and small, struggle with constantly. Despite this obvious pain point, there has not really been a fintech-focused approach to attacking this problem. Stock options and season tickets to ballgames will only motivate, or be appropriate for, certain audiences. But everyone loves cash. My guests on today's episode of the Fintech One-on-On...

On the news show this week we talked about big news from Apple, PayPal, Senators Lummis and Gillibrand, Custodia Bank, Checkout.com, Upstart, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Stripe and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

The financial regulatory apparatus in this country is incredibly complex. Much of it has been patched together over the past 90 years or so and does not reflect the realities of this modern world. But what needs to change? How can government become better at regulating finance? My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Sultan Meghji. He is the former head of innovation and the FDIC and he...

The debt buying process is one that has traditionally been highly manual with Excel spreadsheets flying around and not much automation or sophistication. But that has started to change as fintech has come to debt buying and selling. My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Matthew Wratten, the CEO and founder of EverChain (formerly known as Debt Trader). EverChain has created a platform...

On the news show this week we discussed Affirm, Stripe, OpenSea, Binance, Ripple, FTX, Nav Technologies, Inc., Marcus by Goldman Sachs, Gemini, TikTok, Chime and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

When you have a population of several hundred million people with high penetration of smartphones and a banking system that does not serve the majority of the population well, you have a recipe for fintech innovation. And that is exactly what is happening in Southeast Asia today. My next guests on the Fintech One-on-One Podcast are Moses Lo and Tessa Wijaya, co-founders of Xendit . Xendit is a fin...

At any point in time, there is $40 trillion in accounts receivable on the balance sheets of all global businesses. That is a huge amount of capital that, if unlocked, could be a major boost to the world's economy. But how to unlock this capital efficiently?  Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One Podcast has an answer. Sandy Kemper is the founder and CEO of C2FO , a platform that enables co...

Every financial institution on the planet needs to have a digital identity solution. Consumers want to open accounts online or on their phone and they want it to be a quick and efficient process. At the same time, banks want the process to be secure with as little fraud as possible. These two approaches are often at odds with one another. The next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Mike Tu...

The use of AI underwriting models has become widespread in recent years as lenders look to expand their credit boxes without taking on additional risk. But there has been a lot of talk, particularly in the last year or so, about bias in these lending models. There is a real need to address this bias problem head-on. My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One Podcast is Kareem Saleh, the CEO and Found...

On the Fintech Nexus (formerly LendIt Fintech) news show we discussed big stories from FTX, Plaid, Klarna, Nubank, Robinhood, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Keep Financial, Xendit, Chime and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

It is that time of year again, time for the LendIt Fintech USA Preview Show. The first big fintech show of the year is happening in New York City next week, on May 25 and 26. My guests on the preview show are none other than Bo Brustkern, CEO and Co-Founder and Todd Anderson, Chief Content Officer. We take you through the different components of the event so attendees can get the most out of the s...

Many fintech companies need significant amounts of debt capital, and I am not just talking about lenders. For young companies, this can be a real problem because they don't have a track record that could bring in a warehouse line at a bank. This is where i80 Group comes in. Today, my guests on the Fintech One-on-One podcast are Asher Hochberg and Peter Frank of i80 Group . Their company opera...

On the news show this week we discuss the crypto meltdown, stablecoins, Janet Yellen's comments, Coinbase, Tiger Global Management, Chainalysis Inc., CFPB, Terry Angelos, DriveWealth, Robinhood and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

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...