One Vision Podcast — Fintech, Banking, and AI with Theodora Lau

While there is no lack of challenger banks disrupting the digital banking space for consumers, what about the needs for marketplaces? Can we make sending, receiving, and storing money much simpler than it is today?

Who would aspire to be the most boring company in fintech? For a fintech company that has just raised a $27 million round led by a16z, Moov is anything but boring. Tune in to our latest episode of One Vision as Theo and Bradley chat with Wade Arnold and Walt Cox from Moov.

One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money — with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

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It will be hard to find one word or even one phrase to describe 2020. For many, it was a year of broken dreams and hardship. A global pandemic, coupled with a racial reckoning, leaving many of us feeling lost and exhausted. But within the moments of the bad and ugly, there were good. The experiences that we share have brought many of us closer together, and made us realize that we share much in common, that there are fights worth fighting for.

In this new episode of One Vision, Arun, Bradley, and Theo talked about the year that was 2020, what they are grateful for, and what they look forward to. 

Thank you for being part of our journey this year. We wish you a safe and wonderful holiday season.

One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money — with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

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We all start getting older the minute we are born. Yet, somehow, magically, after a moment of arbitrary time, getting older ceases to be sexy. Worse, our society associates this with decline — and treats ageing as a disease needing to be cured.

Is this negative attitude and bias towards age driven by our culture? In this day, how do we leverage technology to change our perception of ageing, and truly embrace age as but a number? In this episode of One Vision, Theo and Bradley chat with Dr. Chaiwoo Lee and Dr. Julie Miller, from MIT Age Lab, on how to drive meaningful behavioural changes using technology and think about ageing in new and more hopeful ways.

One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money — with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

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In an industry where fees play a large part in one’s business models, is it possible for banks to make money off of customer success rather than unfortunate circumstances? Where we are enabling access to financial products, how do we use data to help customers do so responsibly? 

In this episode of One Vision, Theo and Bradley chat with Curt Queyrouze, President of TAB Bank, a passionate believer in equality, and whose philosophy is uniquely human. This conversation will warm your heart. We promise

One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money — with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

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What a month it is in the land of FinTech. Starling Bank became the first retail challenger bank to turn a profit. WhatsApp finally received approval to launch in India. Barclays and Amazon formed a new partnership and Google Pay re-launching and adding Plex bank accounts with Citi, Stanford FCU, and a dozen others — there is never a dull moment. But when the dust settles, what are you most excited about? And what are you most grateful for? 

Tune in for a new episode of One Vision with Arun, Bradley, and Theo as they continue to reflect on the year that is 2020.

One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money — with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

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To achieve global financial inclusion, we must work together to help our communities thrive. We must be more aware of the plight of those living very different lives, just as we must strive to empathize with the lives of those living within our own communities — often just miles away, tucked behind often invisible cultural barriers, born into very different circumstances than our own. Inclusivity doesn't require creativity; it requires empathy. Join Bradley and Theo in this episode of One Vision as they unveil their new book: Beyond Good.

One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money — with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

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Thanks to the rapid growth of gig economy platforms such as Lyft, TaskRabbit, Uber Eats, and Deliveroo, the way we earn a living has changed quite dramatically these past ten years. While this might be labeled with the endearing term, the future of work, touting flexibility as the primary benefit for adopting contingency work, many gig workers are simply overworked and underpaid. 

In this episode of One Vision, Theo and Bradley chat with Hantz Fevry, co-founder of Stoovo, on why the current class of neobank apps is not enough to meet the needs of this growing demographic of workers, and what more can be done.

One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money — with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

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What does it take to build an ethical AI that enables humankind to use technology for good - instead of exacerbating the systemic inequalities in our society? What are the key considerations and pitfalls? Who owns the data? Whose rules and standards do we abide by? Who gets a seat at the table?

In this episode of One Vision, Theo and Bradley chat with Uday Akkaraju, CEO of Bond.AI, a human-centered artificial intelligence platform for banks. The trio explore the challenges around data collection and human bias, and the Fintech innovation ecosystem in Little Rock, Arkansas.

One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money — with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

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In this episode of One Vision, Bradley and Theo recap this past week’s MTL Connecte event as part of Montreal Digital Week. Unconventional Ventures hosted an unconference within the conference: five panels, fifteen distinct voices, and our keynote combined thoughtful dialogue and guiding principles around diversity and inclusion: from digital inclusion to financial inclusion, AI, ethics and bias, an inclusive future of work, innovation for the longevity economy, and much inspiration of the East.  

Now if only we could have done this in person and celebrated the week in the beautiful city of Montreal! There’s always next year. Come join us as we travel back in time once again in order to find a better tomorrow.

One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money — with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

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Despite much focus and discussion over the last few years on the need to improve gender diversity within financial services, 2020 has proven to be disappointing. While we have made some gains in leadership, including the appointment of Jane Fraser and Stephanie Cohen to the top posts in otherwise male-dominated territories, funding for female founders has fallen to 2017 levels, while the aggregate VC world is still doing quite well. 

How can we change the status quo? Or do old habits die hard? Tune in to this week’s One Vision episode, where Arun, Bradley, and Theo examine this disappointing year for gender equality and the need to do better. This episode is specially dedicated to all the women, whose names shall not be forgotten.

One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money — with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.

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