John Collins, Co-Founder of the First State Fintech Lab and Partner with FS Vector, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about definitions of fintech, economic opportunities for Delaware, and potential roles for financial services innovation in the response to and recovery from COVID-19.

For more information on fintech and John's work, follow him on Twitter (twitter.com/johncollins); listen to the podcast he hosts for FS Vector, Finance Rewired (https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/financerewired); visit the First State Fintech Lab at www.firststatefintech.org; and review "Delaware in a Fintech Future," a collaborative report by the Delaware Prosperity Partnership, First State Fintech Lab, and IPA (choosedelaware.com/fintechreport).

This episode was recorded on April 24, 2020. For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.

Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License