PayPod: The Payments and Fintech Podcast

Unfortunately many people in the US, and around the world have faced, and continue to face, financial challenges... and having to wait for payday can exacerbate these challenges. What solutions does fintech offer? On this episode, Richard Liu , CTO of Earnin joins the show to explore. Earnin is an app that lets people get paid as soon as they leave work, with no fees, interest, or hidden costs. It...

Gold has been utilized as a store of value and exchanged for goods and services throughout history. On this episode, David Dorr , Founder & CEO of Coro Global Inc , joins the show to discuss their app that enables users to make payments with gold from their mobile phones. With advances in financial technology, particularly distributed ledger technology, and mobile apps... innovation is impacting e...

Millennials, as well as Gen Xers, represent important demographics for banks and fintechs. But what offerings do Millennials want to see in particular? NTT DATA Services recently surveyed 5,000 banking customers to answer some of these questions. Listen along as Wayne Busch , President of NTT Data Services, and Michael Goodman , VP, Business Insights join the show to discuss. Find show notes and m...

In any business, building a cohesive team, managing projects, and fostering a culture of innovation is important. In the field of fintech, payments, and other technologies... it becomes even more critical. Jahn Karsybaev , CIO of MyBasePay , a comprehensive Back-Office, Payroll and Talent Acquisition platform joins to offer insights on leadership and talent acquisition in tech. Find show notes and...

Credit Unions play a crucial role in their communities, and will continue to do so. But what are the keys to growth in a landscape with increasing consumer demands, competition, and fintech-driven innovation? Kirk Drake, President and Founder of Credit Union 2.0, which is dedicated to helping credit unions with branding, marketing, and more joins to explore. Find show notes and more at:  https://w...

Banks, payments businesses, and other financial institutions need to stay on top of AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and KYC (Know Your Customer) regulations... especially if they're operating globally. Failure to do so can lead to fines, and worse. Our guest is Ian Henderson, CEO of Kyckr, a global business register that helps with KYC processes for AML regulations. Listen along as he walks us through...

From a payments and commerce perspective, India presents a tremendous amount of opportunities for fintechs. We explore this payments landscape with the help of our guest, Nitya Sharma . Nitya is the Co-Foudner and CEO of Simpl , India's fastest growing Buy Now Pay Later platform, which uses Machine Learning & AI to offer a quick, secure and hassle-free payment experience to its users. Find show no...

Payments technology is constantly evolving, and it means big things for B2B and B2C payments. Patricia Montesi , CEO of Qolo , a next-gen payments platform, and industry thought leader joins the show to discuss what tech is enabling now, and where it's all headed. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

Billy Libby , CEO of Upper90 , a hybrid venture fund that provides founder-friendly credit and equity to disruptor brands, joins the show to discuss VC interest in fintechs. Fintech companies, or companies adding products and services built around fintech present huge opportunities for growth. Billy breaks down why this is, and explores what the future holds for fintech and payments as industries....

Touchless payment technology is on the rise as consumer desire for payments convenience, and social distancing guidelines drive demand. How does this technology work, and where is it going next? Paresh Patel , Founder and CEO of PayRange , a pioneer in this technology, discusses this and more. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

Cryptocurrencies, lead by Bitcoin, have been on an incredible price run... this has driven increased interest from retail and even instutional investors. What's the present and future of crypto investment look like? Lukas Enzersdorfer , COO of bitpanda , a crypto and preceous metals investment platform for Europe, joins the show to explore. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/pod...

Banking and Credit Card fees have been frustrating consumers for years, particularly when they're hidden. Cushion is a service that aims to help consumers reduce or even eliminate these fees from their accounts. Founder and CEO Paul Kesserwani joins to help explore the world of financial institution fees, and how Cushion leverages AI to address them. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarp...

Traditionally retail investors have faced an uphill battle by not having access to the tools and information institutional investors utilize to manage their portfolios. Thanks to new tech tools like those being developed by Atom Finance , that's changing. Eric Shoykhet , their CEO and Founder joins the show to break down the latest in retail investing and technology.... and yes, we ask for his tak...

Many small businesses need access to capital, but can face challenges getting approval from tradtional lenders. Meanwhile credit card processors, and others in the merchant services industry, are uniquely positioned to potentially offer loans to these small businesses. Lendingfront is a fintech company working to bring these two sides together. Their CEO Jorge Sun joins the show to discuss. Find s...

Moving capital between countries presents unique challenges, and the regulatory landscape is constantly shifting. How can high net worth individuals and smaller organizations navigate it all more effectively? How can they avoid pitfalls that can prove to be extremely costly? Khawar Ali, CEO and Co-Founder of KFX Services , which offers a multitude of services around forex and beyond, joins the sho...

Individual landlords face many challenges as they work to add new properties and manage existing properties with tenants. NestEgg is a fintech working to simplify and improve all of this through their app and offerings. Founder and CEO Eachan Fletcher joins the show to discuss. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has launched the first ever undergraduate program specifically for obtaining a degree in fintech ( B.S. in Fintech ). Dr. Stephen Taylor , a professor with tremendous knowledge about the field joins the show to discuss the ins and outs of a fintech education, and the latest innovations in the industry. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay....

As so many things in payments and finance move digital, financial crime is on the rise. With that, regulations are tightening, and compliance becomes a central issue for fintechs and other organizations. Charlie Delingpole, Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage joins the show to discuss this outlook for 2021. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

More than ever before, people are using their mobile phones for banking, payments, managing their finances and beyond. This has massive implications for so many industries, and also brings into question issues of security, privacy, and beyond. Entersekt CTO Gerhard Oosthuizen joins to offer insights on where Mobile Fintech is trending in 2021. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/...

This show covers financial tools that help with this… with the help of our guest Rajeev Subramanyam . Rajeev is the General Manager of Emburse Pay. Emburse itself is a company that has the mission to help make their users' lives—and their businesses—better. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

Any construction project, whether it's a home, or a massive office building has a tremendous amount going on behind the scenes... particularly when it comes to finance and payments. Chris Doyle , President and CEO of Billd joins the show to discuss how financial technology and innovation can make the industry run more smoothly. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

Tools built to leverage AI offer many benefits to banks. This episode focuses on how emotional and behavioral AI technology specifically offers tremendous ROI. Rana Gujral , CEO of Behavioral Signals Technologies joins the show to discuss their technology, its applications to the finance world, and where AI itself is headed. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning have tremendous potential and applications to the business world. On this episode, Adrian Talapan , Co-founder and CEO of FeeNavigator , joins to discuss how they've applied AI to their tool which offers instant merchant statement analysis. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

The saying 'Content is king' is more than just a catchy idea, it's a fact. Whether it's a payments, fintech, or other financial business.. having a strong approach to content marketing is key to growth and branding. Shindy Chen , CEO of Scribe , a leading content marketing agency that specializes in the financial world joins the show to offer her unique insights. Listen to learn the what, why, and...

Freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners aren't always viewed clearly by traditional financial systems. The rise of the gig economy and increased entrepreneurship has paved the way for challenger banks and other fintechs to offer unique solutions to these types of workers. Hussein Ahmed , CEO of Oxygen offers up his insights. Find show notes and more at:  https://www.soarpay.com/podca...