Fintech Talks (a Georgia Fintech Academy podcast)

Don Ault is the Vice President of Prepaid Product Management at COMDATA, a Fleetcor company. Don talks with recent University of North Georgia graduate Ansley Israel about the FinTwist product and its successful use as an employee benefit.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fintech Academy) https://www.linkedin.com/co...

OB Rawls has significantly shaped the merchant acquiring industry throughout his career. He joins Alisa Wilson, a recent graduate of Valdosta State to discuss past developments in merchant acquiring and where the industry is heading. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fintech Academy) https://www.linkedin.com/company/g...

Heidi Johnson is Director, Behavioral Health at the world-renowned Financial Health Network. She led an important piece of research recently released that focuses on Designing Digital Financial Advisory Tools for Low/Moderate Income Older Adults. Patrick Schippers joins the conversation as a senior at the Georgia State Robinson College of Business.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintec...

Jonathan Pinder and Minas Yohannes both graduated from the Georgia Fintech Academy over 1 year ago. These alumni return to share their wisdom with current students regarding how they found their jobs at Blackrock and Salesforce and discuss their experience in their first year as professionals. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn...

Matt Collicoat is VP of Strategy for B2B Payments at FIS Global. He joins recent University of North Georgia fintech grad Ansley Israel to compare the development of payments in the rest of world against development in the USA.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fintech Academy) https://www.linkedin.com/company/georgi...

Jagruti Solanki is CFO of the 11 year old cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay. She joins Tariq Waseem from Georgia State University for a discussion about the exploding cryptocurrency payment opportunity.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fintech Academy) https://www.linkedin.com/company/georgia-fintech-academy/

Steve Logue leads strategic partnerships for Google Pay. He joins Faeez Juneja, a senior at the University of Georgia to discuss Google Pay and the payments landscape globally. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fintech Academy) https://www.linkedin.com/company/georgia-fintech-academy/

Steve Latham, CEO, Banyan Hills Technologies joins Cam Holmes, a student at the Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design. This discussion focuses on the important role of the Internet of Things in the fintech industry.  Banyan Hills Technologies is a software company focused on remote monitoring and management of critical assets for enterprise IT teams.  Steve Latham is a veteran technology execut...

Featurespace is the inventor of Adaptive Behavioral Analytics and Automated Deep Behavioral Networks technology for fraud and financial crime management. In this episode, David Excell the founder of Featurespace joins cybersecurity student Andy Su from the University of North Georgia. Their conversation explores the financial services industry problems Featurespace helps to solve. Send us Fan Mail...

ParkMobile is a national success story and headquartered in Atlanta, GA. In this discussion John Brown, the Chief Operating Officer of ParkMobile joins Daniel Hadgu from Georgia State University to discuss the ParkMobile journey towards powering smart mobility for every driver, everywhere.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (G...

The range of digital payment solutions coming to market and in development is exploding. Bob Howe from Opus Solutions is in the middle of executing these solutions. He joins Anna Gelderman from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business to discuss.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fintech Academy) https://w...

James Stevens is a Partner at Troutman Pepper with a focus on corporate and financial services law. He is joined by Thomas Long a recent graduate of the University of Georgia and now a leader at TripActions in Silicon Valley. The discussion explores the ins/outs of bank and fintech partnerships. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ Linked...

Glen Sarvardy takes the reins to moderate this preview discussion of Fintech South 2021 which occurs June 22-24th. Discount code FTS21Save25 to receive $25 off the list price. Kristin Slink is co-chair of the conference this year and joins Qazi Haq a recent Fintech Academy alumnus. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fi...

Anita Ward , the Chief Development and Diversity Officer of Salary Finance is a national leader in improving #financialinclusion for all Americans. She joins Lilly Sharples , a junior at the The University of Georgia and a fintech engaged computer science major and leader in the Terry FinTech Society . This discussion unpacks the 3rd annual Salary Finance study, "Inside the Wallets of Working...

This episode features Chief Seer, Adwait Joshi the founder of fintech company Dataseers. Adwait talked with Ansley Israel of the University of North Georgia about the growth of Dataseers and the company's ability to help clients prevent fraud in new innovative ways. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fintech Acade...

John Avery leads strategic planning for FIS Global's Capital Markets division. He joins Tariq Waseem, a senior at Georgia State University who has also created the student organization BlockchainGSU. This discussion dives into exciting marketplace developments at the intersection of capital markets and cryptocurrency.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.geor...

This episode features Julia Carreon, a former Wells Fargo executive and expert on Gen Z and the impacts of this demographic on financial services today and tomorrow. She is joined by Georgia State alum and fintech entrepreneur Daniel Hadgu. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fintech Academy) https://www.linkedin.com/co...

In this episode there is a perfect pairing of a global data analytics executive from FIS Global with a student working on her masters degree in big data information systems. John Wittenbrook is the Global Data Analytics leader at FIS Global and Vinitha Ramani is our graduate student from the Georgia Fintech Academy. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafinte...

The Chief Operating Officer of white hot fintech/healthtech company Medxoom joins Nikhil Malani of Georgia Tech to explore the ins-and-outs of starting a fintech company and the Medxoom value proposition that helps company employees better manage their healthcare expenditure. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fintech...

Suneel Tummala leads LEAN IT efforts for FIS Global. Dennis Williams is student at Georgia State focused on creative media while also starting a financial literacy fintech company. This discussion explores LEAN and how this approach helps FIS creating better customer and employee experiences. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn...

John McNair, President of the Community Bankers Association of Georgia joins Anindya Majumdar of the Robinson College of Business, Georgia State. This conversation explores the important role of community banks in the financial services industry and the role community banks play in fintech innovation. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/...

Sudheer Chava is the Alton Costley Chair - Professor of Finance and Executive Director of the Financial Services Innovation Lab at Georgia Tech. In this discussion we explore recent research underway by Prof. Chava related to marketplace lending and broadly explore efforts underway at the Financial Services Innovation Lab.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.geor...

Kristin Slink leads the fintech vertical of the Georgia Tech Advanced Technology Development Center incubator. In this role she helps nurture over 24 fintech early-stage companies. In this episode we learn about Kristin's career in fintech as a founder of Loan Hero and the fintech companies in the ATDC.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacade...

Amy Corn, Academic Program Director of FintechU from Georgia Tech Professional Education is joined by Daniel Hadgu, a recent graduate from Georgia State's Robinson College of Business. In this discussion Amy and Daniel discuss the professional education offerings in development at Georgia Tech.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ L...

David Berglund, Global Head of Artificial Intelligence, FIS Global joins graduate student Patricia Whitley of Kennesaw State University to discuss artificial intelligence, the ethics of AI, and current plus future opportunities in financial services. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Georgia Fintech Academy https://www.georgiafintechacademy.org/ LinkedIn (Georgia Fintech Academy) https://www.linke...