Fintech Nexus

Jonah Crane is a partner at Klaros Group, an advisory firm focused on the future of financial services at the intersection of business strategy and regulatory strategy,.

He works with a number of crypto companies who are looking to work with banks as well as banks looking to get into the crypto space, so he has an interesting perspective on the crypto space.

In this episode of our Crypto Winter Series Jonah talks about the advantage for crypto companies building during this time and why the industry needs to do a better job at self-policing.

Matthew Le Merle is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Blockchain Coinvestors. He has been investing in the crypto space since 2014. His fund of funds approach has invested in 400+ blockchain and crypto projects including approximately 60% of all blockchain unicorns.

He has seen crypto winters come and go and is one of the most experienced operators in the space. In this episode of our Crypto Winter Series Matthew compares this downturn to previous bear markets and shares why this is actually a good thing for the industry.

More importantly he shares where the industry is going and his thoughts on the future.

Check out our full Crypto Winter Series here.

John Sun is a fintech industry veteran who is currently the CEO and Founder of Spring Labs. Spun out of leading consumer lender Avant, Spring Labs is building a new system for exchanging sensitive data securely and quickly through patented tokenization technology.

From its founding in 2018 Spring Labs has been built using blockchain technology and provides one of its many great use cases. The work they have done around credit data and identity, in particular their partnership with TransUnion, is breaking new ground for the industry

John provides a unique perspective on the crypto winter as his company continues to be busy building the technology that will underpin the future of finance.

Check out our full Crypto Winter Series here.

Kirill Bensonoff is the CEO and Co-Founder of New Silver, a real estate lender that is using DeFi to fund their short term bridge loans. They are a pioneer in bring real world assets to DeFi through Centrifuge and MakerDAO.

Kirill has also been a crypto enthusiast for many years and has a unique perspective on the market. He provides his perspective on the crypto winter and why this crypto winter is different to previous bear markets.

Check out our full Crypto Winter Series here.

This recording is from Fintech Nexus USA (formerly known as LendIt Fintech USA) held at the Javits Center in New York City on May 25-26, 2022. 

It is from our Keynote stage and is titled, Building a digital marketplace bank: the agility of a fintech, the resilience of a bank. 

Speaking at this session is Scott Sanborn, LendingClub with Moderator: Karen Webster, PYMNTS.com.

This recording is from Fintech Nexus USA (formerly known as LendIt Fintech USA) held at the Javits Center in New York City on May 25-26, 2022. 

It is from our Keynote stage and is titled, Why Every Bank Needs a Crypto Strategy. 

Speaking at this session is Terry Angelos, DriveWealth with Alan Lane, Silvergate Bank.

This recording is from Fintech Nexus USA (formerly known as LendIt Fintech USA) held at the Javits Center in New York City on May 25-26, 2022. 

It is from our Keynote stage and is titled, Can Financial Services Replicate the Amazon Experience?

Speaking at this session are Sarah Clark, Mastercard, Ahron Geminder, HSBC, Mike Tuchen, Onfido with Moderator: Bo Brustkern, Fintech Nexus.

This recording is from Fintech Nexus USA (formerly known as LendIt Fintech USA) held at the Javits Center in New York City on May 25-26, 2022. 

It is from our Keynote stage and is titled, The Role of NY DFS in Fostering Financial Innovation. 

Speaking at this session is Adrienne Harris, NYDFS with Moderator: Garry Reeder, American Fintech Council.

This recording is from Fintech Nexus USA (formerly known as LendIt Fintech USA) held at the Javits Center in New York City on May 25-26, 2022. 

It is from our Keynote stage and is titled, How VCs are Navigating Today's Turbulent Market. 

Speaking at this session is Matt Harris, Bain Capital Ventures with Moderator: Peter Renton, Fintech Nexus.

This recording is from Fintech Nexus USA (formerly known as LendIt Fintech USA) held at the Javits Center in New York City on May 25-26, 2022. 

It is from our Keynote stage and is titled, Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones: Building the Future of Finance From Vision to Reality. 

Speaking at this session are Gilles Gade, Cross River, Caitlin Long, Custodia Bank,  with Moderator: Lucinda Shen, Axios.