Tech Behind Fintech

About 17,000 workers from more than 70 tech startups globally were laid off in May, a 350% jump from April. This is the most significant number of lost jobs in the sector since May 2020, at the height of the pandemic. More than 1,700 crypto job cuts have been announced so far in June. Joining us live (Friday - 12 PM EDT) to discuss how to “Recession-Proof Your Career in FinTech” is Renee Small (aka “The Cybersecurity Super Recruiter”), CEO of Cyber Human Capital.

Join us live (Friday, November 4th - 12 PM EDT) on the Tech Behind FinTech for our 100th episode where we will be discussing the “State of Cybersecurity in FinTech” with an AMAZING panel of experts from different domains. Panelists: Dan Faltyn Tech Project Manager, Cloud CISO @ Google (TBF Guest: EP 3) Renee Small Cybersecurity Super Recruiter, CEO @ Cyber Human Capital (TBF Guest: EP 5) Joyce Mehlman Founder of iLEX Consulting Group, LLC (TBF Guest: EP 19) Kennedy Torkura Co-Founder & CTO @ Mitigant (TBF Guest: EP 33) Matthew Almeida VP of Engineering @ Neocova (TBF Guest: EP 71)

Nigeria has become the first country in Africa to introduce a digital currency (eNaira). The eNaira and the physical naira will have the same value. Since the launch of the eNaira platform, it’s received more than 2.5 million daily visits, with 33 banks integrated on the platform, 500 million ($1.2 million) successfully minted, and more than 2,000 customers onboarded. Joining us live (Friday - 12PM EST) to dive into this digital revolution is Chiagozie Iwu, Founder and CEO of CI Cryptosolutions (subsidiaries include Naijacrypto.com and Naijapay.io).

A smart contract is an automated agreement, written in code, that tracks, verifies, and executes the binding transactions of a contract between various parties. Billions of dollars flow through smart contracts, and they are susceptible to hacks with recent compromises costing in the hundreds of millions. Joining us live (Friday - 12PM EST) to dive into smart contract security is Security Researcher/Engineer, Souhail Mssassi.

The FinTech sector attracts about $50 billion in investment every year and is projected to reach a market size of $310 billion by 2022. Joining us live (Friday - 12 PM EDT) to dive into strategies for deploying safer and faster FinTech projects is Senior Cloud Security Solution Architect /SecDevOps Engineer, Devon Artis.

The crypto markets have been extremely volatile over the first quarter of 2022. We saw a market cap of $3 trillion USD in November 2021 drop 40% in January 2022 to $1.8 trillion USD. The current global crypto market cap is $2 trillion USD. Joining us live (Friday - 12 PM EDT) to dive into "The State of Crypto" is Chiagozie Iwu, Founder and CEO of CI Cryptosolutions (subsidiaries include Naijacrypto.com and Naijapay.io).

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is regarded as one of the top cyber security certifications with approximately 150,000 holders globally across 170 countries. Joining us live on this Friday’s (12 PM EST) episode of The Tech Behind FinTech is Dan Faltyn, CIO of BlueMatrix. Dan will be discussing how attaining the CISSP has impacted his role as CIO.

More than ever, banking customers are using mobile apps and online platforms to handle financial transactions. This increased use of digital tools has created a wealth of valuable data that banks can leverage to pursue customer intelligence initiatives. Customer intelligence involves gathering and analyzing customer data to get a better understanding of their behaviors and activities to strengthen customer relationships, provide greater customer value and enable data-driven decision making. Joining us live (Friday - 12 PM EDT) to dive into "How Data Can Make or Break Banks " is Matthew Almeida, VP of Engineering at Neocova.

The fintech market size is projected to reach $310 billion by 2022. Banks have been partnering with fintech companies to quickly implement digital capabilities in comparison to building in-house solutions. Over 70% of fintech companies admit to being frustrated by process barriers to establishing a bank partnership. Joining us live (Friday - 12 PM EST) to break down the steps of establishing a fintech/bank partnership is Joyce Mehlman, Founder of iLEX Consulting Group.

The Decentralized Finance or DeFi market has grown 6,400% from 2020 to 2021 to 128 billion and is poised to keep rapidly growing. DeFi refers to financial services that are built on top of distributed networks with no central intermediaries. Joining us live (Friday - 12 PM EDT) to help us understand DeFi is the Founder/CEO of Chainhaus and Blockchain Expert, Professor Jamiel Sheikh. This is an episode that you cannot afford to miss.