Interchange at Bond

Our guest this week is Cristina Vila Vives, Chief Executive Officer @ Cledara.

Cledara helps companies manage, control and automate their SaaS so that they can scale operational processes, comply with regulations and save money.

Helpful links:

https://www.cledara.com/ (Cledara Website)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cvilavives/ (Cristina on Linkedin)

https://twitter.com/Cledara (Cledara on Twitter)

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Our guest this week is Rob Curtis, Chief Executive Officer @ Daylight.

Helpful links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mr-rob-curtis/ (Rob on Linkedin)

https://joindaylight.com/ (Daylight Website)

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Our guest this week is Riddhiman Das, Chief Executive Officer @ TripleBlind.

We cover the advent of Enterprise Data Privacy as a Service, Riddhiman's experience at Ant Financial uncovering the problem that TripleBlind solves today, and what the future holds for privacy in financial services.

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Our guest this week is Flori Marquez, Co-Founder & SVP of Operations @ BlockFi.

We cover the importance of perseverance, the importance of engaging with regulators early, and how to move fast while knowing what you can and cannot break.

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Our guest this week is https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirwain/ (Amir Wain), CEO @ https://www.i2cinc.com/ (i2c), a leading Issuer Processor partnered with many of the leading financial technology companies.

We cover Amir’s journey as an immigrant entrepreneur in the US, what i2c does and where processors fit in the puzzle of fintech, and how i2c has grown into the processing behemoth it is today.

Helpful links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirwain/ (Amir on linkedin)

https://www.i2cinc.com/ (i2c Website)

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Our guest this week is https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdmoser/ (Justin Moser), Strategic Partnerships Manager at https://www.bond.tech/ (Bond), the embedded finance company.

This is our first introductory installment of our new series: Sponsor Banking: Zero to One.

Helpful links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdmoser/ (Justin on Linkedin)

https://www.bond.tech/careers (Bond Careers)

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Our guest this week is Trent Bigelow, CEO @ https://www.withabound.com/ (Abound), the infrastructure company for the independent economy.

In this episode, we cover Trent’s journey as a founder to product market fit and distribution market fit, the future of the freelance, and how the pandemic has impacted the independent economy.

Helpful links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentbigelow/ (Trent on Linkedin)

https://twitter.com/trentbigelow (Trent on Twitter)

https://boards.greenhouse.io/abound (Abound Careers)

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Our guest this week is Roy Ng, CEO @ Bond, the embedded finance company. We cover Roy's family journey to the United States, what about that experience drove him into financial services, and how it all culminated in co-founding Bond.

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Our guest this week is John Beccia, CEO @ FS Vector. We cover John’s unique journey into the world of fintech from the banking industry, why a licensing roadmap matters at every stage, and John helps us unpack what the future of policy might hold with the new administration.

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There has been a lot of talk about the term "bank" this week.

Chime has agreed to stop using the term in their marketing after a settlement with The California Department of Financial Protection

We bring in an expert in Bond's Senior Counsel, Michael Chung, to discuss. He helps us unpack the nuance in the settlement, what it means for the industry, and how much the term “bank” even matters for the future of fintech.

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