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  • #12: Running a Fintech During a Pandemic

    In today's podcast, Dave and Eli will discuss how the pandemic acted as a stress test for many financial services companies, its impact on lending, the pandemic's expedited tech advancements and adoption of open banking and online transactions in the industry over the last two years.

    To finish off Dave and Eli will chat about the biggest opportunities for fintechs in the future and the lessons learned from the pandemic.

    We appreciate you listening to Fintrepreneur and hope you enjoy Season 2 of our podcast!

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    10 min
  • #11: A Macro View on Interest Rates and the Effects on the Canadian Fintech Space with Borrowell Founder, Andrew Graham

    Exciting news! The newest season of our podcast is here and we're thrilled to have Andrew Graham, founder of Borrowell, as our guest.

    Join us as we dive into the world of personal finance and learn valuable tips and insights from one of the industry's top leaders.

    On this episode, we discuss Andrew Graham and his journey to founding fintech Borrowell, the current macroeconomic situation and its effects on interest rates, how the current macroeconomic environment is impacting fintech companies in Canada, and Andrew's perspective on the future growth of fintech as we navigate economic uncertainty in 2023.

    We appreciate you listening to Fintrepreneur and hope you enjoy Season 2 of our podcast!

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    38 min
  • #10: The 2022 Year in Review for Fintech

    2022 has been a year of substantial growth and change within fintech. We have seen technology companies come back to reality from a COVID initiated liftoff, we have seen the emergence of new fintechs, and we have seen the rebound of fintechs that had been hit by COVID related implications.

    As we enter 2023, a year of new ideas and a clean slate, we wanted to reflect on 2022 and what we viewed as a very successful and eye opening year for financial technology.

    In Episode 10 of Fintrepreneur, Dave and El wrap up Season 1 of Fintrepreneur by reviewing all the trends that they have witnessed over the course of this year!

    In this episode we chat about the biggest fintech trends we have witnessed in 2022, the downward trends we have seen in fintech in 2022, and what new companies we believe have done great things in the fintech space in 2022.

    We wrap up our Season 1 finale with a sneak peak of what we believe is to come in fintech in 2023

    We appreciate you listening to Fintrepreneur and hope you enjoy our Season 1 finale!

    Stay tuned for Season 2 set to launch February 1st, 2023!

    We appreciate you listening to Fintrepreneur and hope you enjoy this episode!

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    27 min
  • #9: Getting Venture Capital in Today's Economy with Diraj Goel

    Roughly two years have passed since COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns took effect in North America, upending lives and changing the way the world works almost overnight.

    For VC-backed businesses, that period has been characterized by immense valuation growth, although a handful of companies found themselves on the wrong side of an economic shift that lifted much of the tech world.

    Of the VC-backed companies with a value greater than $100 million, 148 have seen their valuation decrease since March 2020.

    In episode 9 of Fintrepreneur, Dave and Eli bring on Diraj Goel, Founder of GetFresh Ventures to speak more in depth about this and how he believes venture capital will evolve going forward.

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    17 min
  • #8: Accelerating Focus on Digital Transformation in Finance

    As with many emerging technology sectors, fintech can be an equivocal concept due to the number of tools, platforms and services that fall under its umbrella. 

    In episode 8 of Fintrepreneur, Dave and Eli talk about the accelerating focus on digital transformation in finance and how all of these fintech tools, platforms, and services will continue to be built and adopted at a much faster rate than what we have seen in the past.

    Dave and Eli wrap up with the discussion as to why they believe digital technology is going to be a huge asset in the future in finance.

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    17 min
  • #7: Fintechs Mainstream Acceptance with Kevin Sandhu

    From disruptive threat in the early goings to an enabling partner, fintech has entered a new phase of its evolution.

    In episode 7 of Fintrepreneur, Dave and Eli bring on Kevin Sandhu, Co-founder & CEO of Platypus to chat about the adoption of fintech and how it has played a huge role in the evolution of the way people do financial transactions today.

    Dave and Eli go on to chat about what services Kevin believes will be big players in the future and his thoughts on the mainstream acceptance of fintech as we have just navigated our ways through pandemic!

    We appreciate you listening to Fintrepreneur and hope you enjoy this episode!

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    28 min
  • #6: Demystifying the private debt markets: Building a global leader in financial infrastructure solutions with Percent Founder, Nelson Chu

    The private debt markets continue to make their way to the forefront as institutional investors have increasingly turned to them as a source of diversified returns. 

    In episode 6 of Fintrepreneur, Dave and Eli bring on Nelson Chu, Founder and CEO of Percent a global leader in financial infrastructure solutions to chat about the private debt markets and how they continue to evolve and how his company has the ability to fill the gaps.

    In this episode we cover, Nelson Chu and his journey to founding fintech Percent. The current inefficiencies in the private debt markets and how Nelson believes the private markets have largely been abandoned, trapped in an analog era without any innovation for some time.

    To wrap up Nelson discusses how the lack of infrastructure has untapped potential and resulting in a tremendous revenue opportunity.

    We appreciate you listening to Fintrepreneur and hope you enjoy this episode!

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    42 min
  • #5: The future of B2C buy now, pay later with SVP International at Affirm Wayne Pommen

    In this episode of Fintrepreneur, Dave and Eli sit down with SVP International at Affirm and ex CEO of PayBright, Wayne Pommen to discuss the future of B2C buy now, pay later (BNPL) and his thoughts on how he believes the industry will evolve.

    In this episode we cover, Wayne Pommens background and how he got to where he is today, what led to the decision to sell PayBright to Affirm, the biggest challenges that the space is currently facing, and how he believes companies are responding to them.

    We also go over the differences between B2C and B2B BNPL and how he see's each space growing and the opportunities for each. To wrap up we ask Wayne how he expects BNPL products and companies to evolve over the next decade.

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    34 min
  • #4: Building a Rocket: America’s largest mortgage lender enters Canada with Hashem Aboulhosn

    In this episode of Fintrepreneur, Dave and Eli catch up with Co-Founder & President of Rocket Mortgage Canada, Hashem Aboulhosn, to chat about the rebrand to Rocket Mortgage Canada after being acquired by Rocket. They also talk about Rockets plans to become a lender in Canada, along with the current state of the mortgage market in Canada!

    This episode touches on Rockets plans going forward and the company's vision long term and where they see the online mortgage market going, along with some great entrepreneurial metaphors to keep you thinking!

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    31 min
  • #3: Building a Fintech - Startup Lessons Learned with Alex Benjamin

    In this episode of Fintrepreneur, Dave and Eli sit down with Partner & CRO of BioMaxx Environmental, TS Consulting Inc & 4A Capital Partners Alex Benjamin to talk about what he has accomplished, and what it took to build a business and how it all started.

    We also dive into how he sees the fintech market evolving today both from an entrepreneurial perspective and as an investor along with providing some advice to young entrepreneurs building a business today!

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    27 min

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Fintrepreneur is a podcast that highlights all things finance, fintech, entrepreneurship, and banking. Hosted by David Gens and Elias Beaino. We host monthly guests on the show, to discuss their…