Another action-packed fintech news show today with Todd Anderson and special guest Kabir Kumar. We hit on all the big news stories of the week discussing VanEck, N26, Upgrade, Inc., Amazon, Visa, Oportun, Digit, BlockFi, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Plaid, Crypto.com and more.

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More than any other vertical, the business lending space has gone through a transformation these past couple of years. And those companies providing digital lending solutions have seen interest in their services skyrocket.

Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Dan O'Malley, the CEO and Co-Founder of Numerated. They have been one of the real beneficiaries of this seismic shift in attitudes towards business lending at banks and they have fully embraced this opportunity. Not bad for a company that was spun out of a 200-year-old bank just four years ago.

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We are focusing on Latin America again this week in the lead-up to LendIt Fintech LatAm. This week we get the view of a native Bolivian, someone who has become a real thought leader not just in Latin American fintech but U.S. fintech as well.

Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Miguel Armaza, the co-founder and managing partner at Gilgamesh Ventures. But many of you will know him better as one of the hosts of the Wharton Fintech Podcast, where he hosted 140 episodes. He has graduated from Wharton now and has a new show called Fintech Leaders and a newsletter of the same name.

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Another great news show this week with Todd Anderson and special guest Dan Quan. We discussed the top #fintech stories of the week including news from Amazon, Venmo, Robinhood, Socure, Coinbase, Affirm, SoFi, Upstart, #stablecoins and more.

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We have a problem in this country. For the most part, money moves around slowly, at much the same speed as when we had a paper-based payments system decades ago. This makes no sense in today's world but we have a very complex system today that is going to take years, or more likely decades, to truly move to instant money movement.

Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Stephany Kirkpatrick, the CEO and founder of Orum. They are trying to solve this very big problem a financial infrastructure layer that can work with any kind of payment, be it ACH, wire, Visa Direct, RTP, or eventually FedNow.

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Another great news show today with Todd Anderson and Timothy Li where we discussed the biggest #fintech stories of the week. We talked about Nubank, COP26 - UN Climate Change Conference, Klarna, Kakaopay, Commonwealth Bank, Gemini, Chainalysis Inc., #DeFi, #vcfunding, #stablecoins and more.

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It is easy to forget that the Washington we read about or see on television is quite different from the Washington where our industry is conversing with regulators. This is where trade associations engage with regulators on substantive issues and get their voices heard. Six years ago fintech had no real trade association at all. Today, we have a vibrant trade association that is lobbying on our behalf to help drive the industry forward.

Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Garry Reeder, the CEO of the American Fintech Council (AFC). Garry became CEO of the newly formed organization in March, formed from the merger of the Marketplace Lending Association and the Online Policy Institute.

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One the weekly news show today we discuss important news from Nubank, Chime, Stripe, Klarna, Visa, Mastercard, Bakkt, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Robinhood, LendingClub, and more.

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We are going to back to Latin America today as we do a deep dive into the payments space there. With dozens of countries in the region all with their own currency, their own payments infrastructure, it has not been easy to expand into new geographies, but it certainly is possible.

Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Wagner Ruiz, the Chief Risk Officer and Co-Founder of EBANX. EBANX is a payments leader in Latin America where they operate in 15 countries, making it easier to do cross border transactions.

(As we were about to publish there were two big announcements from EBANX. The have filed confidentially for a U.S. IPO and they acquired Brazilian B2B fintech Juno.)

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Until recently virtually no fintech companies were interested in a bank charter. It was just back in 2016 that SoFi ran a Superbowl ad with the "Don't Bank. SoFi" tagline. Now, they are looking to become a bank. Square and LendingClub have joined SoFi as approved banks (via different routes) and there are many applications that are still pending. So, I thought it was time to talk bank charters on the podcast.

Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Michele Alt, a co-founder and partner at Klaros Group. We spend a lot of time discussing the various options for fintech companies and we delve into some of the unique ways fintech companies are pursuing bank charters today.

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