Wharton FinTech Podcast

In this episode, Miguel Armaza sits down with Raj Ganguly, Co-founder and Managing Partner at B Capital Group, a global growth equity firm with $1.5 billion in assets under management, focused on investing in B2B startups across four technology-enabled verticals, including Fintech and Insuretech. In this interview, we talked about the story behind B Capital, their investing approach, his outlook o...

In our latest episode of the Wharton Fintech Podcast, Anchit Gupta (WG’21) is joined by Elliott Limb, Chief Customer Officer of Mambu. Founded in 2011, Mambu is a cloud-native software-as-a-service provider powering banking through open API-enabled architectures. Mambu helps financial institutions of all sizes to rapidly design, launch, service, and scale their banking and lending portfolios. Mamb...

In this episode, Miguel Armaza sits down with Erika Lucas, Co-Founder of StitchCrew and VEST. StitchCrew, in partnership with the NBA team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, runs an accelerator program to connect entrepreneurs with the capital, resources and networks they need to launch and scale businesses. VEST is a curated network of highly influential women across business and civic sectors working t...

In this podcast, Miguel Armaza is joined by David Green, Chief Product Officer at Earnest, where he oversees Product Management, Product Design, User Research, Data, and Analytics. Earnest is a company tackling the $1.6 trillion student debt balance in the US by helping graduates take control of their financial wellness and empower them with the capital they need to live better lives. Earnest has...

Miguel Armaza is sits down with Nima Ghamsari, CEO and Co-Founder of Blend, a company transforming the $40+ trillion consumer lending industry, by delivering speed and efficiency to mortgage lenders to navigate a complex industry. Blend is a newly minted unicorn that has raised almost $400 million in equity from some of the top VCs in the industry, including Canapi Ventures. Temasek, General Atlan...

Miguel Armaza interviews Brian Barnes, Founder and CEO of M1 Finance, a money management platform that combines investing, borrowing, and banking into a single app. Brian launched M1 in 2015 after he felt frustrated with the tools available to manage his own money and has since grown the company into a platform that manages more than $2 billion dollars on behalf of 200k users with 75 employees. M1...

Tomi Davies. A systems Analyst turned Tech Strategy Advisor, Public Speaker and Angel Investor, Tomi Davies is Collaborator-in-Chief at TechnoVision, co-founder of the Lagos Angel Network and President of the African Business Angel Network. He has been described by Techcrunch as Africa’s Top Angel investor. As a thought leader with increasing knowledge gained from nurturing entrepreneurs in a grow...

We hear a lot about ESG investing, Catholicism-based investing, and more in the wealth & asset management world. But what about Earth’s 2 billion Muslims? In a religion that disallows interest and has plenty of restrictions (alcohol, etc.), finding shariah-compliant investments is not easy. Enter Wahed, a halal investment platform for everyday Muslims. We sat down with Kareem Tabbaa, Chief Product...

Miguel Armaza sits down with Bo Brustkern, Co-Founder & CEO of LendIt Fintech, one of the world’s leading fintech events and media companies. In this episode, we talk about Bo’s career, LendIt’s journey, and his take on some of the most interesting fintech trends out there. Bo also talked about LendIt USA 2020, their upcoming online conference scheduled for September 29 - October 1. This year’s ag...

Miguel Armaza sits down with David Poritz, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Credijusto, a company focused on lending to the underserved and rapidly growing small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market in Mexico. The company aims to provide products that are superior in price, speed of delivery, and quality of customer experience. Credijusto uses a combination of cutting-edge software design, innovative...

In our latest episode of the Wharton Fintech podcast, Anchit Gupta (WG’21) is joined by Kenon Chen, Head of Corporate Strategy at Clear Capital, a leading real estate valuation, analytics and platform technology solutions company. Clear Capital is the largest independently-held real estate analytics firm in the US, having 47 of the top 50 US lenders (banks) as customers. As the Head of Corporate S...

In this episode, Miguel Armaza sits down with Daniel M. Green, Partner and Co-head of Gunderson Dettmer’s Latin America practice group, an international elite law firm focused on startups and venture capital. Dan’s focus is Latin America and Europe, where he represents companies as well as U.S. and international investors pursuing business opportunities in those regions. His practice encompasses a...

Miguel Armaza sits down with Alexis Pantazis and Emilios Markou, Co-Founders of Hellas Direct, a digital-first, full-stack insurance company located in Greece. Modeling itself on Amazon, Hellas Direct aims to disrupt the insurance value chain by adopting an extreme focus on operational excellence and data analytics. Hellas Direct was recently listed by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s 1,000...

Miguel Armaza sits down with Crystal Williams, Chief Human Resources Officer for FLEETCOR (NYSE: FLT), a leading payments company that aims to simplify the way businesses manage and pay their expenses by allowing them to automate, secure, digitize, and control payments on behalf of their employees and suppliers. FLEETCOR operates around the world and is listed on the NYSE with a current market cap...

In this Wharton Fintech Podcast, Miguel Armaza is joined by Caribou Honig, Chairman & Co-founder of InsurTech Connect, as well as Co-founder of the HR Transform Conference, focused on the impact of technology on the workplace. Caribou is also a legendary investor that sits on the board of several startups. He previously co-founded QED Investors, a VC firm focused on data-driven companies, was a to...

Miguel Armaza is joined by Donna Parisi, Global Head of the Finance Business Unit for Shearman & Sterling, a global law firm with over 850 lawyers in 24 offices worldwide. Donna is one of the firm’s Financial Services Industry leaders and also leads Shearman & Sterling’s FinTech Foundry and Shearman Women, the firm’s women’s initiative. About Shearman & Sterling With more than 850 lawyers in 24 of...

Miguel Armaza sits down with Craig J. Lewis, Founder and CEO of Gig Wage, a company building modern payment tools for the future of work. Gigwage’s innovative vision aims to modernize an antiquated industry by designing a service that meets the needs of on-demand workforces. Craig graduated from Morehead State University and upon graduation became a Professional Basketball player across Europe, un...

In our latest episode of the Wharton Fintech podcast, Anchit Gupta (WG '21) sits down with Nitya Sharma, CEO and Co-Founder of Simpl. Simpl is a technology company that offers Pay-later solutions in India. Simpl has revolutionized online checkout in India by creating a market-leading Pay-Later platform, empowering e-commerce merchants to offer their consumers 1-click checkout, a line of credit at...

Miguel Armaza sits down with Sarah Hammer, Managing Director of the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The Stevens Center is the premier research, education, and thought leadership institution in the world for financial technology and blockchain. Amongst Sarah’s many interesting initiatives, she is now leading and helping organize the...

Miguel Armaza sits down with Lupina Iturriaga, Founder and Co-CEO of Fintonic, the leading financial platform in Spain, solving the main financial needs more than 1 million users, by enabling them to make payments worldwide with the Fintonic account and to control their finances in the same app. Launched in 2012 at the height of the financial crisis in Spain, Fintonic has raised over $50 million i...

Miguel Armaza is joined by Shinichi (Shin) Takatori, Founder and CEO of Kyash the largest digital bank in Japan offering digital wallet, mobile payments, and credit card services. Launched in 2015, Kyash has raised more than $70 million in funding from backers including all three major Japanese megabank groups and venture capital investors including Greenspring Associates and Broadhaven Capital Pa...

Vanessa Colella is Citi’s Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), Head of Citi Ventures, and Head of Citi Productivity. She is focused on harnessing the power of Citi to help people, businesses, and communities thrive in a world of technological, behavioral, and societal change. Before assuming the role of CIO, Vanessa led venture investing and D10X for Citi Ventures, and previously ran marketing for Citi...

In our latest episode of the Wharton Fintech podcast, Anchit Gupta (WG’21) is joined by Marwan Forzely, co-founder and CEO of Veem, a global payments company helping small businesses transfer money internationally. Veem is revolutionizing global business payments and wire transfer systems to help small businesses grow at home and abroad. Marwan is also the author of “Small Business in a Big World:...

In this Wharton Fintech Podcast episode, Miguel Armaza is joined by Iñigo Rumayor, Co-Founder and CRO of Arcus, the leading platform making fintech possible for everyone in the Americas. Arcus’ fintech-as-a-service platform helps any business launch a fintech business across the Americas including BBVA, Santander, Walmart, 7-Eleven and Rappi. Based in New York City, Arcus has raised $16M from Y-Co...

On today's episode, Ryan Zauk sits down with Tim Levene, Co-Founder & CEO of Augmentum Fintech. Augmentum invests in fast-growing fintechs disrupting financial services and is the UK's only publicly listed investment company focusing fintech in Europe. Launched on the London Stock Exchange in 2018, Augmentum gives businesses access to patient capital and support unrestricted by conventional fund t...