Payments Innovation

When Facebook went down recently, many creators lost their ability to monetize their content — their livelihood — because of the outage.

Could blockchain technology give creators an avenue to break the shackles of traditional social media?

Today’s guest, Solo Ceesay, is banking on it. As COO and Co-Founder at Calaxy, Solo and his team are empowering creators with a crypto-fueled content platform that is revolutionizing how creators can capitalize on their creativity — from where they congregate to how they get paid.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The previously untapped utility blockchain can provide creators
• Why user experience lags far behind the technology when it comes to blockchain — and how Calaxy hope to change that
• The value NFTs can offer creators

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International transactions have continued to be a challenge. But Incard is looking to change that, offering 100% tailor-made solutions for online entrepreneurs in the French and UK markets.  

Today’s guest, Théo Cesarini, Co-Founder and CEO at Incard, discusses the Incard brand and how the French landscape will evolve over the next couple of years.  

In this episode, we discuss:

Problems faced by Incard customers and fintech in general

What makes Incard unique

How the French fintech landscape is evolving

Choosing France & the UK to launch Incard  

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When you think of European finance, the UK may be the dominant market you think of first…

A close second? France.

And if you want to be at the cutting edge of Fintech, you need to understand the French market.

That’s why we’re so excited to welcome a new host to our podcast team — Mohan Madouri, who, as Directeur Commercial of France here at Currencycloud, has the inside scoop on the exciting innovations coming out of this important region.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Mohan’s career path
• Why the French fintech market is so exciting
• What to expect in upcoming episodes

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If you are going to build your business on top of a BaaS platform, it better be sturdy.  

And that means finding a partner bank and BaaS who understands your goals and needs.  

Today’s guest, Trent Sorbe, is Founder & President of Central Payments, where he’s helping build the sturdy platform businesses need to feel confident in their Fintech business. 

In this episode, we discuss:

How Central Payments are laying the foundation for Fintech and embedded finance success

The importance of a reliable banking partner for Fintechs and brands in the BaaS space

Why you should never lose sight of the product component 

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If you ask your friends who own stocks in Amazon or Apple, odds are they’ve never voted on a shareholder proposal. But when the definition of a shareholder means to have a say in the way a business is run, it’s time to recognize the disconnect between stockholder and company.

We speak with Antoine Argouges, Founder at Tulipshare, about shareholder activism, choosing campaigns, and future plans for his company.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Becoming a shareholder activist
• How Tulipshare chose their campaigns
• The community response to Tulipshare’s activism
• What 2022 holds for Tulipshare

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It’s getting tougher for traditional banks to compete with the emerging neo-banks. While many are taking the steps to keep up, these banks must look into replacing legacy infrastructure if they want to stay relevant in the long term.

Today’s guests, Dieter Halfar, Partner at Elixirr, and David Reiss, Programme Director, Strategic Partnerships at Currencycloud, talk about what financial services should be focusing on and what’s next for the space.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Discussing key considerations for a finance company
• Thinking carefully about the product features that you launch
• Core differences between an off-the-shelf banking as a service provider and the orchestration layer
• The importance of customer acquisition and retention for new banking brands
• How to stay relevant as a traditional bank

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These days, 50% of investors under 30, a demographic that essentially grew up on social media.

While many trading platforms are incorporating aspects of social media, none has truly integrated social and trading from the ground up.

Benjamin Chemla, CEO and Co-Founder of Shares, is planning to change that by offering the first true social trading platform.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What social trading is and how it adds to the Wealthtech market
• Why the GameStop controversy and purpose-driven investing bodes well for social trading
• Why Benjamin is confident Shares can avoid the fake news trap

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Who hasn’t received an email from their bank for an account that’s completely irrelevant?

It makes you feel like your bank doesn’t care about you one bit, right?

Banks have all the data they could ask for to understand their customers, but, clearly, most of them don’t know how to use it.

But customer data platforms are changing that.

Today’s guest, Izabella Gabowicz, COO at Sensibill, is someone helping lead the CDP revolution. She joins the show to share why CDPs are such an exciting tool for leveraging data to deliver better customer experiences.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How CDPs make banking more human
• How to Use a CDP to marketing noise into highly targeted marketing
• How CDPs foster empathy     

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One of the greatest silver linings to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the obliteration of the requirement of physical proximity to the office.

Where you once had to target your hiring practices and campaigns to a specific area, now a lot of companies have dropped their geographical requirements all together, allowing you to work from anywhere.

And while that’s good news for the employee, it presents some unique challenges for the employer, specifically if they’re hiring international employees in locations where they don’t have an entity. On this episode of Payments Innovation, we talk with Aurel Albrecht, Founder at Lano, about:

• How Lano can help you break down those geographic walls when it comes to hiring
• Why the remote work trend is so good for businesses
• The key challenges that companies should be thinking about when hiring remotely
• The opportunities Lano and their clients are seeing from a multi-currency perspective

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If you look at the best software out there in any category, you find an interesting trend:

Most of it was designed to solve a problem its creators faced.

Whether it’s Slack or MongoDB, these products weren’t solutions in search of a problem to solve.

They’d already solved one.

The same is true for today’s guest, Rhett Roberts, Co-Founder & CEO, Product Officer at LoanPro, a company offering simplified solutions for loan servicing built when Rhett needed to find a way to solve issues faced in his auto lending business.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why solving first makes for successful companies
• How LoanPro is simplifying loan servicing
• The value and flexibility of a cloud-first API solution

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