Voice of FinTech®

Angela Conroy , CEO, and co-founder at Notarum , spoke to Chang Zi Qian , entrepreneur, lawyer and historian, and CEO and co-founder at Intelllex about disrupting legal research by leveraging categorization technology they developed. Here is what they covered:   Chang's backstory: from a law firm to government and the world of innovation and entrepreneurship How do digitize and automate the legal...

Andrew Shikiar , Executive Director & CMO, FIDO Alliance , spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how he came to work with FIDO Alliance , an open industry association launched in February 2013 whose mission is to develop and promote authentication standards that help reduce the world's over-reliance on passwords. Here are some of the insights Andrew shared: How...

In this episode of the Africa Series, Stacey Japhta , VP Growth at TalentintheCloud , interviews Elizabeth Rossiello . Elizabeth is the CEO & Founder of AZA Finance . AZA Finance is an established provider of currency trading solutions that accelerate global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure. This episode discusses AZA Finance acquiring businesses, how they've gro...

Henning Piezunka , an Assistant Professor at INSEAD , shared with Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, what led Henning to choose the academic path, his highly successful workshop Venture Capital, Business Angels, and Start-ups, and key learnings from it. Among the many interesting points, they have highlighted the following:  How Henning got interested in academia and running a...

Rudolf Falat , the founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast and David Yakobovitch , our New York-based host, took a critical view on the FinTech success stories of the year in their latest live show on Fishbowl . They talked about rapid growth and regulatory backlash of N26, FinTech M&A (e.g., Revolut and HRTech), BNP scale-up strategies of Square and Klarna, quantum computing, CBDCs in Nigeria...

Andreas von Estorff , a serial entrepreneur, advisor, and CEO of ModelManagement.com , spoke to Rudolf Falat about digitizing the modeling business through smart contracts, AI and more. The following are just a few of the many fascinating topics they have brought to our attention: Andreas's background and how he got to lead ModelManagement.com Payment issues in the modeling business The role of pl...

In this episode of Voice of FinTech: Asia Pacific Series, Chia Jeng Yang , Principal of Saison Capital based in Singapore, spoke to Neo Liat Beng , founder of Arrow , building one-click check out experience across South East Asia. Here is what you can learn from their conversation: What is it like building payments infrastructure in Southeast Asia Neo's experience building start-ups as a Southeast...

Penny Schiffer , CEO and co-founder of Raized.ai , a Swiss-based start-up determined to make early-stage investing smarter using data, AI and analytics, spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast about the pain points in the early-stage investing for investors and start-ups, how to address them using technology, product development and fundraising approach and more. Here is th...

Matthijs de Vries , founder & CTO and Anders Christensen , the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Head of Ecosystem at AllianceBlock , shared their insights on growing the blockchain and decentralized Finance community and solutions with Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast. Below are the salient points of their conversation: Matthijs and Anders' intertwined journeys Identifyi...

Petr Kozyakov , co-founder and CEO of Mercuryo spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast about bridging traditional Finance (fiat currency) and crypto to enable users to switch seamlessly between fiat and crypto and improve the payments experience. In more detail, here is what they talked about: Petr's journey from traditional payments to crypto How does crypto fit into the o...

Rudolf Falat , the founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast and David Yakobovitch , our New York-based host, took a critical view on the FinTech success stories of the year in their first live show on Fishbowl . They talked about the latest FinTech trends, such as an increased focus on financial literacy, digital payments, autonomous Finance, specialty payroll solutions, and digital-only banks. The...

Wojciech Sobczuk , co-founder and CTO at Superbid.io , an NFT experiences and memories auction site, spoke to  Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast about the NFTs, Superbid's approach and focus on tennis, movie and gaming personalities, blockchain protocols in the background and more! In more detail, here is what they talked about: Wojtek's back story and entrepreneurial journey...

Taneia Bhardwaj , Head of India Consumer Business at Nium, spoke to Priti Rathi Gupta , founder, LXME (financial platform for women). Finance is a feminist issue. And if there's one person who gets it - it is Priti Rathi Gupta - founder of financial planning platform LXME. So much so that she founded LXME intending to bridge that gap between women and Finance.  In this episode of Voice of Fintech,...

Daniel Bookstaber VP of Markets at Blockchain.com , leading global provider of crypto and digital assets services, spoke to  Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast about the evolution of blockchain, latest developments, ways to build an institutional business in blockchain, long terms predictions and more! Specifically, here is what they covered: Dan's background and journey to the...

Nathan Kaiser , General Counsel at SDX (SIX Digital Exchange) in Zurich, Switzerland, spoke to spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about his thoughts on building infrastructure for digital assets, utilizing blockchain, SDX's initiatives internationally and CBDCs. Here  is what they covered in more detail:  Nathan's background and journey to the digital assets space? SD...

Donna Griffit , corporate storyteller and pitch alchemist for start-ups, spoke to spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about why it pays off to pay attention to your storyline when you pitch for funding, what to include and what to avoid and a lot more!   Here is what you will learn: Donna's backstory: from acting to corporate storytelling What is corporate storytelling...

In this episode of the Americas Series, David Yakobovitch spoke to Orlando Zayas , CEO of Katapult , about how pandemic has changed the way we shop, Katapult's role in the value chain, alternative credit scoring, and BNPL, and on going public with the SPAC Finserv.   The pandemic transformed the way we shop forever:  eCommerce rapidly expanded; it would have taken 5-10 years to reach its point tod...

Stefan Klauser , co-founder and CEO of Aisot , spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how to make traders' performance better using new technology. Here is what they talked about: Stefan's interest in entrepreneurship even though he started working as a diplomat at the Swiss Embassy in the US and then a researcher at ETH Very first steps of Aisot Why do we need pred...

In this episode of Africa Series, Stacey Japhta , Head of Strategic FinTech Partnerships at Talent in the Cloud , an emerging markets FinTech executive search firm and host of Talking success podcast, spoke to Tim Nuy , founder and CEO at Finclusion Group and Matsi Modise , its Non-Executive Chair about how to improve financial inclusion through using alternative credit score data, Finclusion's mi...

Luba Schoenig and Tonia Zimmermann , co-founders of Umushroom , an interactive investment platform and community, spoke to  Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how community and technology can make your investment process smoother and smarter. Here is what they talked about: What is UMushroom?  How did you get to do what you do today?  Umushroom is an interactive investme...

In this episode of the Americas Series, David Yakobovitch spoke to Deep Varma , CTO at Varo Bank about the technology edge of FinTechs vs incumbents and how that translates to customers first approach that works and it's not just a PR slogan. Here is what they covered: How Varo’s technology-centric approach allowed the bank to stay focused on its mission and purpose Technology advantage of FinTech...

Michelle Tran , the adviser to Harness Wealth , founder of NYC FinTech Women and founder member of Dreamers & Doers , spoke to Rudolf Falat , founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about improving financial advisory for founders and other start-up employees with their new wealth, empowering women on the FinTech and entrepreneurship scene and more! Backstory: How did Michelle get to do what s...

Patrick Awori , Founder and CEO at Imaginarium, a Kenyan-based FinTech behind the Circle, a virtual savings platform, hosted another episode of Voice of FinTech: Africa Series. Patrick spoke to Umar Sebyala , Uganda Ecosystem lead at cLabs, working on Celo , about democratizing access to financial services leveraging blockchain. Africa's young and tech-savvy population has already embraced mobile...

In this episode hosted by Silvan Krähenbühl , a serial entrepreneur and host of the Swisspreneur podcast, Silvan spoke to the co-founder of Neon , a leading Swiss digital bank, Simon Youssef , about the future of banking. Here are the highlights of what they talked about: Leaving your well-paying corporate job The business model behind a free product Is Revolut a competitor? Being on Höhle der Löw...

In this episode of the Asia Pacific Series, Angela Conroy , co-founder and CEO at Notarum , an awesome RegTech based in Singapore, spoke to Mark Hsu , a serial entrepreneur and a tech VC investor based in Taipei, Taiwan - partner at GD1 VC Fund - Global from Day 1 about transforming Taiwan into a leading tech hub in Asia beyond manufacturing. Here is what they covered: Mark's back story - what led...