Fintech x Growth

I've been on LinkedIn since 2010 and built a following of 200K mostly through writing. So when I say the platform has changed, I mean it. In this first episode, I sit down with Macloud Moyo , founder of Humble Roots Agency, to talk about what's actually working on LinkedIn right now for fintech companies. We get into why your company page is probably reaching almost no one, who should be posting o...

I’m still obsessed with one question: how do fintech companies actually grow? Not the polished conference answer. The real one. So I’m lauching the Fintech x Growth podcast: a collab with Macloud Moyo from Humble Roots Agency. We are two people who spend a lot of time inside this industry talking openly about distribution, positioning, partnerships, content, community, and the messy parts no one p...

* This episode is a repost from my other podcast Emerging Markets Today From unbanked to crypto users, this episode we talked about the thriving financial sector of Brazil! 💰 I had the pleasure of speaking with  Aaron Stanley , the founder of the  Brazil Crypto Report . We explored the fintech scene, the cryptocurrency sector, and even Brazil’s new digital currency (CBDC), the Real Digital. Here...

I have some bittersweet news to share. After nearly 5 years of hosting this show, I have decided to end the podcast. I want to thank each and every one of you for listening and supporting the show over the years. It's been an incredible journey and I have learned so much from all of the guests and discussions we've had on the show. But after much thought and consideration, I have decided to focus...

This is the second (and final) episode of the Blockchain and AI series! And I have 2 special guests from Rapid Innovation,  Jesse Anglen their founder and Hansel Melo their AI expert.  We talked about: The dark side of AI - big corporations ie Google have full power - monopoly advantage The anti-trust regulations (or lack of) in this matter in the US - Google "self regulation". Costs: ho...

This is the first episode of the Blockchain and AI series!  And I have 2 special guests from Rapid Innovation,  Jesse Anglen their founder and Hansel Melo their AI expert. We talked about: Blockchain and AI: more than just hype Differences: polar opposites in a certain way - blockchain binary and AI non binary The intersection: PoW - computing power to train AI proving consensus to block...

This is the second (and final) part of the Real Estate Tokenization series! And I invited 2 special guests to talk about the various aspects of Real Estate Tokenization: Claus Skaaning the co-founder of Danish company Digishares , that provides tokenization services ranging from Real estate to equity and funds and Josh Emison , co-founder of Sans Bank , an alternative lending and investment soluti...

This is the first part of the Real Estate Tokenization series! And I invited 2 special guests to talk about the various aspects of Real Estate Tokenization: Claus Skaaning the co-founder of Danish company Digishares , that provides tokenization services ranging from Real estate to equity and funds and Josh Emison , co-founder of Sans Bank , an alternative lending and investment solution for proper...

Hi everyone! It's Ana Paula Picasso here...and I will be back with new episodes and a new format for the podcast! I decided to change things a bit and instead releasing one episode every 2 weeks, I will make mini-series covering different aspects of the Blockchain Technology, and releasing them close together. I have 2 series in the pipeline (coming later in September): One about Blockchain and AI...

A little update: I'm taking a break and I will be back in September with new episodes - and perhaps a new format for the show. In the meantime, you can still head to my Medium page and check out all my blog posts there anapaulapicasso.com

This episode is about owning our own financial data! I spoke to Alan McDonald , founder of Unbanx , the world's first consumer banking data union.  We talked about why open banking opens new possibilities for using financial data, but we still don't know who owns our financial data and, most importantly, how we could monetize it - how blockchain and DeFi can help with that. Also, we chatted a...

This episode is all about scams! As crypto and NFTs are evolving, so are the scams! To talk about that, I invited Jesse Anglen , founder of Rapid Innovation . He made a YouTube video called "Common Crypto Scams and How to Avoid Them in 2022" that sheds a new light on how scammers are becoming more ingenious. We talked about the "good old-fashioned" exit scams and Ponzi schemes, the recent NFT wash...

When Pablo Escobar's private zoo was seized by the police and all the animals were re-homed apart from 4 hippos. Now, decades later, these 4 hippos multiplied to 120 individuals. Their impact on the Colombian ecosystem is becoming more and more evident and different wildlife organizations have different opinions in how to deal with the problem: from monitoring, to sterilization and even culling. S...

I invited Eric Osuorah , the founder of AFOMA , "the goodwill token". He wanted to empower artisans and small businesses in different African communities, so he started Sellitic - a more financial inclusive eCommerce marketplace using a crypto token called AFOMA. He told me that these craftsmen and artists want to sell outside of their native countries, but the existing cross-border payment method...

This episode will be about Crypto as a Service: the gap between traditional finance and crypto finance is closing!  I invited fellow Brazilian Bruno Diniz , a fintech advisor, best-selling author and managing director of Spiralem, a consultancy focused on Fintech.  We talked about what Crypto as a Service (CaaS) is, why Bruno thinks that CaaS will boom in 2022 and the coming years. Plus,...

Welcome to the third (and last) episode of the Blockchain + Football series! This episode is all about crypto sponsorships. I invited Matt House , Founder of SportQuake and eSportQuake to talk about the wave of crypto sponsorships happening in the last 12 months and how they will evolve in the years to come. Matt gave us an overview of the regulations, sponsorships, and advertising in Europe and U...

Welcome to the Blockchain + Football series! Here is my chat with football writer Martin Calladine , Author of football books The Ugly Game and The Lies and Fall of OWNaFC .  We talked about fan tokens and why they might be doomed, the rise and fall of the infamous crowdfunding football app OWNaFC and why Martin decided to write a book about this scandal. If you are not familiar with this sto...

Welcome to the first episode of Blockchain + Football series! To kickoff the series I invited Petrit Berisha , head of CryptoMedia at Copa90 and multi award winning podcast creator.  He is "the person" to talk about all things football and sports.  We talked about why crypto sponsorships in Football clubs are booming, why Petrit thinks the fan token model needs to change and evolve, and...

This episode is for anyone who is planning to create (or has already launched) a NFT, or who simply wants to learn more about community building. I've got countless emails from various NFT projects saying that they launched the project but it had little traction, meaning no sales. So, I invited Jun Loayza , founder of Metablox , a NFT project that allows you to own real world places as NFTs, power...

Did you know that malaria kills over 400,000 people per year globally? This episode will be about how a project in Uganda is reaching underserved areas where testing for malaria can be challenging and having the diagnosis early can be a matter of life or death.  I invited Lito Michala , PhD and Lecturer at the University of Glasgow in the school of computing science focused on IoT - and she i...

This episode will be a little different in that we will discuss technology, VR, meditation, as well as blockchain and NFTs . Here's my interview with Tritan Gribbin , the founder of Flow.is , a mobile app and web portal that features native VR meditation and they are the first meditation company to use blockchain. We discussed how we are living in a stress epidemic and how technology can help us a...

This episode is for you that is a wine lover - and also want to know how blockchain is improving the wine supply chain. I invited Oliver Oram , the founder of Chainvine , a digital platform that uses blockchain to manage wine supply chain data across different industries. We discussed how blockchain (in this case DLT) can help in many aspects of the wine supply chain , ranging from proof of proven...

In the episode I spoke with Andrea Frosinini , a trade finance advisor and he is also on the advisory board of TOTTA (Trans-Oceanic Trade Tech Alliance) and the Blockchain Supply Chain Association . He is the intersection of blockchain, international trade, trade finance and my favorite subject - emerging markets. We talked about how blockchain can revolutionize international trade and supply chai...

Here is an episode for you that wants to know more about tokenization and digital assets .  This is my chat with Claus Skaaning the co-founder of Danish company Digishares , that provides tokenization services ranging from Real state to equity and funds. We talked about how the Nordic countries a little behind in the global tokenization ecosystem and the reasons behind it.  On the other...

The first podcast crossover on Blockchain Bit! Me and Mauricio Magaldi , host of the bilingual podcast BlockDrops , talked about all things blockchain but a Brazilian twist! Mauricio called from Sao Paulo - my birth town - and we talked about blockchain beyond crypto, NFTs, uses for different blockchain applications for supply chain and much more. Plus, how Bitcoin could have helped Brazil in the...