Josh Benadiva converses with David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group, about the evolution of fintech, and his journey in leading a foreign and crypto exchange. A seasoned leader in the derivatives industry, Mercer shares his insights on the essence of continuous product improvement, agility in business structures, and the innovative approaches in Bitcoin and crypto exchanges.

Discover how LMAX Group, Europe's leading Multilateral Trading Facility for FX and crypto, is driving transformation in the industry. Mercer provides a sneak peek into the future of crypto beyond the crypto winter and the role LMAX Group will play in this landscape.

David Mercer is the chief executive of LMAX Group. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the derivatives industry and an extensive expertise in the leveraged FX business. Prior to joining LMAX Exchange, he held senior executive roles at IFX Markets and Saxo Bank (Synthesis Bank) in London, Geneva and Sydney. Mercer started his career at CSFP and Credit Suisse First Boston focusing on fixed income derivatives, primarily as the business manager in the emerging markets division.

David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group - Crypto & FX Innovations

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Kailee Costello hosts Davi Strazza, the North America President at Adyen. Adyen is a global fintech platform for enterprise businesses, offering end-to-end payments, data, and financial management in a single solution. 

Tune in to hear about: 
- Adyen’s unique value proposition, and how Adyen runs their platform across the world under a single tech stack
- Why Adyen attained bank licenses and the opportunities this offers, such as short term loans, issuing and with FedNow
- What Adyen is doing to enable FedNow
- How Adyen partners with fintechs like BILL and Plaid
- How Adyen's offering and focus areas have evolved over the past few years
- Davi’s career path and motivation for joining Adyen 
- Key differences between Davi’s previous role as President Latin America and current role as President North America
- Industry outlook and the future for Adyen

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Adyen, Davi Strazza (President North America) - Growing a Global Payments Powerhouse

Nate Gee hosts Eric Sager, COO of Plaid, whose technology links fintech apps and financial institutions in a network empowering the fintech solutions that millions of people use. 

In this episode, they discuss:
- How Plaid has transformed the fintech landscape in the past decade
- Eric’s journey into fintech and becoming Plaid’s COO
- The role of APIs and open banking in modern financial services
- The growth of digital finance in recent years
- Instant payments and alternative payment rails
- Other fintech trends and how Plaid fits in
- And much more!
About Plaid
Founded in 2013, Plaid has become essential infrastructure in the fintech world, connecting over 100 million users to financial services and facilitating integration among more than 12,000 financial institutions and 8,000 fintech apps worldwide. Plaid’s technology enables simpler, faster, and more transparent financial services, making it a cornerstone in the ongoing evolution of digital finance.
About Eric Sager
With over 20 years of experience in financial services, Eric Sager joined Plaid as COO in 2019. Before joining Plaid, Eric held senior roles at BlueVine and Square. Originally from Germany, Eric worked at Bain & Company in Europe after graduating from Harvard Business School in 2006. 
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Plaid COO Eric Sager – On Fintech Innovations at Plaid and Beyond

Zoey Tang sat down with serial Investor, VC, Former Techstars Exec Jon Zanoff. 

Previously featured on the Wharton Fintech Podcast before, Jon is the founder of Empire Startups, one of the the largest FinTech communities of entrepreneurs, investors, bank innovators, and operators.

As a fintech legend in New York, Jon is back on the show to share latest updates about Empire Startup and the New York Fintech Week on Apr. 8th - Apr. 12th. 

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Jon Zanoff Founder of Empire Startups - Building the NY Fintech Community

In today's episode, Wesley Aster and Djavaneh Bierwirth host Graham Weaver, the founder and managing partner of Alpine Investors, a people-driven private equity firm that invests in software and services businesses.

Tune in to hear about:

- Graham's journey from starting Alpine in his Stanford dorm room to growing the firm to $16B in AUM
- Graham's personal growth and investment philosophies, as well as how he thinks about driving long-term impact
- Alpine's latest $4.5B fund 9, and Graham's experience fundraising in a challenging market

Graham Weaver - Founder & CEO, Alpine Investors - On Finding Purpose & Exceptional Investing

Trevor Prince sits down with John Beccia, the Co-Founder and CEO of FS Vector, and Edin Trto, a Managing Director at Canaccord Genuity. FS Vector is a strategic consulting firm in the FinTech industry, focused on regulatory issues and other critical functions.

In this episode, John and Edin discuss how their teams prepared FS Vector for its first institutional capital raise, how they navigated market volatility during their process, their outlook on the FinTech regulatory landscape, and much more.

David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group - Crypto & FX Innovations

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