I am excited to release my conversation on the IESE FinTech podcast with Cris Schmude who is currently a Key Account Manager at SolarisBank in Germany.

Solarisbank is Europe's leading Banking-as-a-Service platform. As a technology company with a full German banking license, Solarisbank enables other companies to offer their own financial services. Via APIs, partners integrate Solarisbank's modular banking services directly into their own product offering. The platform offers digital bank accounts and payment cards, identification and lending services, digital asset custody as well as services provided by integrated third-party providers. 

In this episode with Cris, I discuss:

1. His Pre-MBA Journey

2. What does SolarisBank do and the core banking platform migration

3. SolarisBank recent $224M fundraise 

4. What do BaaS companies do and what helps SolarisBank differentiate itself

5. What does Key Account Manager role revolve around and the importance of stakeholder management

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I am excited to release my conversation on the IESE FinTech podcast with Kaue Oliveira who is currently a Sr Manager, Engineering and Digital products at Itau Unibanco in Brazil. 

Itau Unibanco is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil and is the largest banking institution in Brazil. It has over 56 million customers, 97000 employees and is present in over 18 countries. The services it offer ranges from being a full service bank, corporate and investment banking, asset management and private banking

In this episode with Kaue, I discuss: 

1. His Pre-MBA Journey

2. Thought process and vision for the FinTech club

3. Neobanks and challenges in Brazil and other markets

4. Current role at Itau and Strategic initiatives that Itau is taking

5. What leadership means to him 

If you liked this episode, please follow the IESE FinTech club on Linkedin/Instagram and we look forward to hearing any comments or recommendations you might have for us!

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IESE FinTech Club on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iesefintechclub/?hl=en

Sid's Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sid--singh/

In this episode Maximo Cubilette and Andrés Vélez interview Carlo José Camaiora Valera about his summer internship recruiting process, business development/ strategy work at Infosel, doing an internship remotely, the differing visions of traditional banks vs. Fintechs, and the risks of commoditization within the Fintech industry.

In this episode Maximo Cubilette and Andrés Vélez interview Andy Klein about his experiences with Itau digitization efforts; Fintech in LATAM, US, & Europe; European regulatory requirements for Fintechs; recruiting for a summer internship during COVID uncertainties; challenges Fintechs face; working at bnc10; the importance of process mapping; and keeping track of the competition.

In this episode Maximo Cubilette and Andrés Vélez interview Evandro Castro about his experiences with Carlo, Itaú Unibanco, and sales to small businesses.

In this episode Maximo Cubilette and Andrés Vélez interview Federico Caballero about his experiences with Payflow, strategic networking, juggling a full-time MBA and a start-up, B2B business development, and entrepreneurial customer discovery.

We interview Agnirudra "Agni" Sikdar, an IESE MBA 2nd year student that worked at Arex Markets over the summer. Agni shares with us what led him to IESE, his experiences at Arex, design thinking, the importance of an open corporate culture, and microfinance in India.

For more information, please visit the IESE FinTech Club's website here.

Hosts: Maximo Cubilette & Andrés Vélez 

Theme Song by Pieter Swart

Maximo Cubilette and Andrés Vélez interview Sergio Gutierrez, an IESE MBA 2nd year student that worked at Verse over the summer. Sergio shares his motivations for going into FinTech,  his experiences at Verse, and his reflections on the industry.

For more information, please visit the IESE FinTech Club's website here.

Maximo Cubilette and Andrés Vélez interview Pieter Swart, an IESE MBA 2nd year student that worked at Arex Markets over the summer. Pieter shares his motivations for going into FinTech, his experiences at Arex, and his reflections on the industry.

For more information, please visit the IESE FinTech Club's website here.

Maximo Cubilette and Andrés Vélez introduce themselves and the podcast. Maximo shares his motivations for going into FinTech and working at Raisin this summer as well as his reflections on his experience there.

For more information, please visit the IESE FinTech Club's website here.