Fintech Cafe Podcast

Ladder is the first 100% vertically integrated life InsurTech, built on a proprietary technology platform and powered by ever-compounding machine learning models. In this episode, we host Co-Founder & Chief Distribution Officer of Ladder – Jeff Merkel – for a discussion on Ladder’s founding story, the market of life insurance and the space of InsurTech, as well as emerging use cases around embedded finance.

Argyle is the first gateway to employment data, making it easier, faster, and smarter for companies to put employment data to work for their users. In this episode, we host the Founder & CEO of Argyle – Shmulik Fishman – for a discussion on Argyle’s founding story, use cases around income verification, direct deposit switching, and paycheck link lending.

Sardine is building the fastest, risk-free on-ramp for crypto to instantly approve ACH transactions. In this episode, we host the Co-Founder & CEO of Sardine - Soups Ranjan - for a discussion on Sardine’s fraud prevention-as-a-service which includes tools for identity, fraud, risk management, and money movement to facilitate crypto transactions.

Daffy is a not-for-profit community built around a modern platform for giving, designed from the ground up to help make giving a habit. In this episode, we host the Co-Founder & CEO of Daffy - Adam Nash - for a discussion on Daffy's founding story, the market for donor-advised funds, product offering which include underlying funds that invest in crypto, and an inspiring mission to make people more charitable.

FalconX is a digital asset trading platform catering to institutional investors. In this episode, we host the Co-Founder & CEO of FalconX - Raghu Yarlagadda - for a discussion on FalconX's founding story, scaling the company through hyper-growth, considerations for corporate treasuries around crypto allocations, and tokenization of real-world assets.

Pinwheel provides a payroll data connectivity platform from 1,400+ payroll providers in the US. In this episode, we host the Co-Founder & CEO of Pinwheel - Kurt Lin - for a discussion on Pinwheel's founding story, becoming a Consumer Ratings Agency (CRA), and product use cases around income verification, direct-deposit switching, paycheck-linked lending, and earned wage access.

Circle is an issuer of one of the most popular stablecoin - USDC. In this episode, we host the Chief Strategy Officer of Circle for a discussion on the fundamentals of stablecoins, the race to becoming the dominant digital currency, regulatory landscape, and the future of open source and private market innovation in the U.S.

Veem provides payment services to small businesses and has been coined as the "Venmo for businesses". In this episode, we interview the Co-Founder & CEO of Veem for a discussion on the the founding story of Veem, global payments landscape, Veem's multi-rail payments ecosystem, use of blockchain technologies to address the friction in payments, and what's next for Veem.

Goalsetter is a financial education platform that allows kids to get allowance or monetary gifts from friends, parents, and relatives; and allowed them to spend money through a Goalsetter debit card. In this episode, we discuss how Tanya Van Court is disrupting the status quo and gaining support of banks like U.S. Bank.

Nubank serves 54 million customers across Brazil, Mexico and Colombia providing services like no-fee credit card, digital bank accounts, personal loans, life insurance, and more. In this episode, we discuss Nubank’s founding story, nuances of the Brazilian banking sector, and hear a live customer testimony!