Appetite for Disruption: The Business and Regulation of FinTech

Appetite for Disruption: The Business and Regulation of FinTech

By Troy A. Paredes & Lee A. SchneiderBusinessInvesting
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Appetite for Disruption: The Business and Regulation of FinTech episodes

  • Lokke Moerel, Part 1

    We discuss with European AI lawyer Lokke Moerel the promise and risks of artificial intelligence, including how the data inputs affect the AI outputs, the challenge in understanding how AI "thinks," and how AI is being used in the real-world from hiring to health care.

    22 min
  • SeedInvest, Part 2

    We continue our discussion with Ryan and learn about the proposed transaction with Circle, some of the early challenges SeedInvest faced and how passion is a necessary part of any start-up vision. (Nothing in this or any other episode is advice of any kind; please contact your own experts to help with investment, legal, regulatory, or other advice.)

    24 min
  • SeedInvest, Part 1
    Ryan Feit of SeedInvest talks about how he and his team built a leading equity crowdfunding platform and was involved with the passage of the JOBS Act, and gets into the details of the platforms features and functions to make crowdfunding securities a new asset class. (Nothing in this or any other episode is advice of any kind; please contact your own experts to help with investment, legal, regulatory, or other advice.)
    21 min
  • AI In Canada, Part 2

    The second part of our conversation with Canadian AI specialists where we delve further into the policy and ethics issues, as well as how the business side of AI is growing in Canada with government support.

    36 min
  • AI In Canada, Part 1

    A live audience recording in which we discuss artificial intelligence with two knowledgeable Canadian AI specialists. In this first part, we talk about things that AI can do and liability issues associated with AI’s actions. More interestingly, we discuss policy issues.

    32 min
  • Mike Novogratz: Are We Moving to a New Paradigm?

    In this second part of the interview, we discuss many of the forces behind decentralization through blockchain and Mike’s view of where things might be headed. We also learn how the basics of being a good Army apply to investing. Reminder: nothing in the episode is advice of any kind; please contact your own experts to help with investment, legal, regulatory or other advice.

    24 min
  • Mike Novogratz: Building an Investment Bank for Blockchain Assets

    After success as an Army helicopter pilot, Goldman Sachs banker and founder of Fortress, he could have just managed his family wealth. But his enthusiasm for the new world of decentralization through blockchain has driven Mike to create a new type of investment bank. Reminder: nothing in the episode is advice of any kind; please contact your own experts to help with investment, legal, regulatory or other advice.

    25 min
  • Former SEC Commissioner on the Theory Behind Regulatory Decisions

    In this second half of Troy and Lee’s conversation with former SEC Commissioner Piwowar, we broadened the discussion to cover some theories of regulation and considerations for regulatory decisions.  Commissioner Piwowar also discussed various areas within FinTech that he finds interesting, including the “Bootleggers and Baptists” theory of public choice economics first put forth by economist Bruce Yandle

    24 min
  • What Made The SEC Deny a Bitcoin ETF?

    Shortly after the end of his tenure as an SEC Commissioner, Michael Piwowar joined Troy and Lee for a conversation on FinTech, blockchain, and regulation.  In this first half of the conversation, he talked about the SEC’s recent denial of a bitcoin ETF, and some of the considerations that may been at play.

    27 min
  • Currents in Crypto
    In the second installment of Appetite for Disruption’s discussion with Business Insider reporter Frank Chaparro, Troy and Lee discuss with Frank the challenge of finding talent in an industry that’s evolving so quickly, how crypto has caught the public's imagination, and whether crypto is here to stay.
    26 min

About Appetite for Disruption: The Business and Regulation of FinTech

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Many opportunities and challenges are at the intersection of technology and financial services. And FinTech itself is rapidly evolving as businesses continuously innovate and new ideas come from unexpected places. At the same time, government regulators are trying to keep pace. Troy A. Paredes and Lee A. Schneider explore this disruption by engaging the leaders who are changing what FinTech is and how we think about it. In this biweekly podcast, Troy, former SEC Commissioner and founder of Paredes Strategies LLC, and Lee, general counsel at Block.one and co-founder of Genesis Block, LLC, discuss today’s –and tomorrow’s – exciting and impactful FinTech topics. With their guests, they explore business and regulatory developments and technology trends, giving listeners new perspectives to take back to Main Street, the Hill, Wall Street, and the boardroom.