Fintech Cafe Podcast

Synctera helps fintech builders and community banks by matching the different players with its “Banking-as-a-Service” tools. In this episode, we discuss Synctera's recent product launch of "t-minus10", a new experience to build, test, and launch fintech and banking use cases.

Abra is a crypto exchange platform that enables the purchase and trading of 100+ cryptocurrencies, earning interest on cryptoholdings, and borrowing against cryptoholdings. We discuss the similarities and differences between traditional loans vs crypto loans.

Camino Financial is the first national neo-Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) powered by artificial intelligence that focuses on lending to underbanked micro-businesses. We also discuss the founding story, product use-cases, and evolution of the company.

eToro is quickly becoming one of the largest cryptocurrency platforms in the world. In this episode, we host the CEO of eToro US, Lule Demmissie, for a discussion on her inspiring journey to eToro and eToro's focus on building a social community leading to a rise in retail investing.

Current is tackling the high fees-oriented business model associated with deposit products in the US. We discuss Current's founding story, their recent launch of a 4.00% APY saving product, and their technical differentiator from their competitors.

Orum is tackling real-time payments infrastructure in the United States. We discuss Orum's founding story, their principles-based approach to fundraising capital, their product suite, and how their ambitious vision to make money movement instant.

Upstart is an AI lending platform that partners with banks and credit unions to provide consumer loans using non-traditional variables, such as education and employment, to predict creditworthiness. We discuss Upstart's founding story, their successful IPO, and the journey ahead.

Lendio offers a marketplace for small business financing needs. We discuss how Lendio fuels the American dream through it's one-stop shop for all things small business lending.

Unit21 offers a no-code platform for risk and compliance professionals to fight fraud. We discuss how Unit21 is protecting businesses against adversaries through a simple API and dashboard for detecting and managing sophisticated risks across multiple industries.

Payactiv enables customers to access part of their wages early. We discuss how Payactiv invented Earned Wage Access (EWA) in 2012 and the various ways they are impacting financial wellbeing for their customers.