As e-commerce has boomed, digital multi-channel payments have become a necessity, but companies want their brand on every element, including the payments experience.   We spoke with Paul Anthony at Primer to learn how we can make payments less complicated and give the power of experience design back to the merchants.  

Guest:  Paul Anthony, Co-Founder, Primer

Hosts: Elena Mesropyan, Content Lead, Money20/20 Europe

Rachel Morrissey, Producer, Money20/20

Producers:  Roland Bodenham,  Senior Video Producer, Ascential

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As the followers of  /WallStreetBets, a subReddit group, took the unprecedented action of retail investors squeezing the hedge fund shorts of GameStop stock, it set the entire world buzzing.   In the process, RobinHood, an investing app and one of fintech's unicorns became inadvertently squeezed a bit as well.   Due to some great investor relations, RobinHood gathered the capital to be able to keep doing business, but they were dinged a bit in the process.   Some of this was their fault.  Some of it wasn't.   We are putting out this emergency episode with Sanjib Kalita and Rachel Morrissey discussing this from a fintech point of view and wondering whether this "crowd squeeze" means a new type of digital disruption?

Hosts: Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief, Money20/20

Rachel Morrissey, Content Producer, Money20/20USA

Producer: Roland Bodenham, Senior Video Producer, Ascential

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Understanding customer behaviors are only the beginning of the customer journey. As digital transformation has become table stakes, understanding the balance between digital and in person service is all about redefining how we look at the customers, how we look at their data, and how we plan to meet expectations. We spoke with Brandon Rembe of Envestnet to talk about what you need to plan your digital transformation.

Guests: Brandon Rembe, Senior VP of Products, Envestnet | Yodlee

Hosts: Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief, Money20/20
Rachel Morrissey, Producer, Money20/20 USA

Producers: Roland Bodenham, Senior Video Editor, Ascential
Rachel Morrissey, Producer, Money20/20 USA

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During Covid, the ability to be a digital, multi-channel, diversified business became a matter of survival for SMEs.     Solving the banking issues for freelancers,  entrepreneurs, and shop owners  has always been about giving them tools and space to follow their dreams and passions, but now, it is about lasting and recovering.    Could the push to digital have put small businesses that survive the strains of the pandemic in a stronger place than they were before?    We spoke to David Rusenko, GM of E-Commerce  at Square, about the shifts and providing banking to SMEs during Covid and beyond. 

Guest:  David Rusenko, GM of E-Commerce, Square

Hosts:  Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief, Money20/20

Rachel Morrissey, Producer, Money20/20 USA

Producers:  Roland Bodenham, Senior Video Editor, Ascential

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Sustainability values are permeating every industry as the realities of climate change sink in. Many banks are creating earth-friendly investment funds, and firms like BlackRock Investors have announced that they will divest from all thermal coal exposure, and will take active measures to help companies that are part of their profile to go green. This is extremely appealing to younger generations who want to invest in brands and ideas that match their values. On this episode, we spoke to Andrei Cherney, CEO of Aspiration bank about programs they have to help their customers know where their money goes, and about the greater trend toward values based banking and investing.

Guest: Andrei Cherney, CEO, Aspiration Bank

Hosts: Kisha Allison, Head of Content, Money 20/20 USA

Rachel Morrissey, Producer, Money 20/20 USA

Producers: Roland Bodenham, Senior Video Producer, Ascential

Rachel Morrissey, Producer, Money 20/20 USA

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Those in fintech have long maintained that the industry would lower the barriers of inclusion, and create opportunities for building wealth. And for the last 10 years, we have collected the stories that seem to support this. But, Plaid has decided to get some actual numbers and find out whether this theory holds water. Turns out it might!

We spoke to John Pitts, Head of Policy, at Plaid about their report, which you can find right here: https://plaid.com/blog/the-fintech-effect-consumer-impact-and-a-fairer-financial-system/

Guest: John Pitts, Head of Policy, Plaid

Hosts: Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief of Money20/20
Rachel Morrissey, Content Producer, Money20/20

Producers: Roland Bodenham, Senior Video Editor, Ascential
Rachel Morrissey, Content Producer, Money 20/20
Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief, Money20/20

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In this anniversary special for RiseUp, sponsored by Western Union, we address the struggles of minority female entrepreneurs, exploring the unique struggles of intersectionality in the venture capitalist ecosystem, the positive/negative impacts of COVID this year, and the path forward. We spoke with founder Natasha Bansgopaul, DarcMatter, and VC's - Sean Park of Anthemis and Sarah Kunst of Cleo Capital.

Sponsored by Western Union and featuring Caroline Tsai, Lead Counsel, WU

Guests: Natasha Bansgopaul, Co-Founder & COO, DarcMatter
Sean Park, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Anthemis
Sarah Kunst, Managing Director, Cleo Capital

Hosts: Fawn Hudgens, Global Head of Content, Money20/20
Kisha Allison, Head of Content, Money20/20 USA

Producers: Roland Bodenham, Senior Video Editor, Ascential
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Accelerators allow startups and entrepreneurs to be a part of necessary networks- learning networks,  talent development networks, and institutional relationships.   Fintech Innovation Lab, established in 2009, has created an unbeatable network for enterprise startups that help companies to capitalize on their true market value.   We spoke with Maria Gotsch, Co-founder of the Fintech Innovation Lab, about guiding an idea and a technology into a product, and get it ready to scale. 

Apply to be in the Fintech Innovation Lab class of 2021-  https://www.fintechinnovationlab.com/new-york/new-york-apply/

Guest: Maria Gotsch, Co-Founder, Fintech Innovation Lab

Hosts: Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief, Money20/20

Rachel Morrissey, Content Producer, Money20/20

Producers: Roland Bodenham,  Senior Video Producer, Ascential

Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief, Money20/20

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Consumer behavior has undergone a lot of changes during the pandemic, but Black Friday is still the cornerstone of the retail world. A lot of small businesses rely on this time of year for survival, so we spoke with Howard Grosfield, Executive Vice President and General Manager- US Consumer Marketing, AMEX about what trends they are seeing and how retail can flourish despite the challenges this winter.

Guest: Howard Grosfield, Executive Vice President and General Manager- US Consumer Marketing, AMEX

Hosts: Kisha Allison, Head of Content, Money20/20 USA
Rachel Morrissey, Content Producer, Money20/20

Producers: Roland Bodenham, Senior Video Producer, Ascential
Kisha Allison, Head of Content, Money20/20 USA

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Right now, there is an assumption that the US is drastically behind in developing the open banking standards necessary to widespread adoption. The EU, with PSD2, has a strong consumer centric standard, meant to give users more privacy and control of their data and requiring banks to share the data wealth. But, open banking is growing rapidly in the US, despite the lack of a regulator led standard. We spoke with Don Cardinal and Tom Carpenter with Financial Data Exchange (FDX) who are challenging those assumptions and leading toward an industry led standard.

Guests: Don Cardinal, Managing Director, Financial Data Exchange (FDX)
Tom Carpenter, Director of Public Affairs, Financial Data Exchange (FDX)

Hosts: Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief, Money20/20
Rachel Morrissey, Content Producer, Money20/20

Producers: Roland Bodenham, Senior Video Editor, Ascential
Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief, Money20/20
Rachel Morrissey, Content Producer, Money20/20

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