What's Happening in Fintech Today

Julie is joined by Kurtis Lin, Co-Founder/CEO @ Pinwheel (payroll API platform) to discuss:

• What Exactly Is A Payroll API? (2:27)

• How Every Fintech Company Follows The Same Roadmap (4:18)

• How Is Pinwheel Allocating It's Recent $50M Series B (8:39)

• Why Pinwheel Decided To Become A Credit Reporting Agency [CRA] (11:39)

• Pinwheel's Go-To-Market Strategy (16:06)

• Pinwheel's Thoughts On Crypto (19:22)

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Julie is joined by Brandon Krieg, Co-Founder/CEO @ Stash (subscription personal finance app) to discuss:

• Why Stash Decided To Get Into Crypto (2:19)

• The Stash Smart Portfolio (3:30)

• The Beta Testing Process (9:46)

• Fintech Products vs. Fintech Brands (16:05)

• Consumer Behavior Pre & Post Pandemic (19:19)

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Julie is joined by Mike Sall & Blake West, Co-Founders @ Goldfinch (decentralized credit protocol for crypto loans) to discuss:

• What Goldfinch Does (2:20)

• Why Goldfinch Is Such An Important Product (10:18)

• Real World Use Cases (12:29)

• Historical Yield On Loans (16:02)

• Why Mike And Blake Started Working With Crypto (19:30)

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Julie is joined by Misha Esipov, Co-Founder/CEO of Nova Credit (international credit reporting agency) to discuss:

• What Nova Credit Does (2:27)

• Why They Have No Competitors (5:24)

• How The Pandemic Ruined Their Flagship Product (7:57)

• How They Retain & Gain New Users (13:17)

• What To Expect From Nova Credit Next (18:39)

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Julie is joined by Jonah Crane, Partner @ Klaros Group (advisory and investment firm) to discuss:

• The Big Themes In Crypto Regulation for 2022 (02:23)

• Paypal Launching A Stable Coin (10:36)

• What's Going To Keep Jonah Busy In 2022 (13:27)

• The Effect Of No Confirmed Regulatory Leaders (18:35)

If you're interested in learning more about the fintech policy space, check out the Policy Podcast, co-hosted by Julie!

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Julie is joined by Mark Goldberg, Partner @ Index Ventures (venture capital firm) to discuss:

• Mark's Viral Predictions For Fintech In 2022 (02:27)

• How Crypto/Web3/DeFi Will Grow In 2022 (06:11)

• What Caused The Web3/Crypto Rise In 2021 (08:54)

• Fintech In The Metaverse (10:42)

• If Fintech Can Make Crypto Understandable (16:49)

• Fintech Companies Building Brand Awareness (18:03)

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Julie is joined by Yahya Mokhtarzada, Co-Founder/CRO of Truebill (personal finance app) to discuss:

• Truebill's Acquisition By Rocket Companies (1:25)

• What Makes Truebill Different Than Other Personal Finance Apps (3:55)

• The Evolution of Truebill's Services (07:48)

• If The Acquisition Was a "Lowball" Offer (11:09)

• If Personal Finance Apps Are Really The Solution (16:49)

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For the first episode of the NEW year with our NEW podcast name (sorry Tux), Julie is joined by Jeff Seibert, Co-Founder of Digits (real-time accounting for small businesses) to discuss:

• Why Jeff Wanted To Start "Digits" (0:44)

• How The Pandemic Made Them Change Their Focus (4:01)

• AI/Machine Learning Implementation for Real-Time Finance (06:08)

• Why A Small Business Should Use "Digits" vs Other Services (09:53)

• Learnings As A Serial Entrepreneur (11:30)

• Current Challenges With "Digits" (14:12)

For more information on how "Digits" is being developed, check out their developer blog at https://developer.digits.com!

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Julie is joined by Nicole Ruiz & Anisha Sunkerneni of ConstitutionDAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) to discuss:

• The Origin Story Of ConstitutionDAO (1:10)

• Their Reflection On The DAO Experience (5:47)

• The Structure Of ConstitutionDAO (8:01)

• The Week Leading Up To The Auction (13:00)

• What They Would Have Done Differently (17:45)

• The Future Of DAOs (24:24)

• Shutting Down ConstitutionDAO (29:46)

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Julie is joined by Emmalyn Shaw, Founder/Managing Partner @ Flourish Ventures (venture capital firm) to discuss:

• What's Surprised Emmalyn About Fintech As Of Late (1:01)

• If Fintech Is Really Reducing The Wealth Gap (6:28)

• The Main Hindrance To Fintech's Growth (9:01)

• Why You Should Be Bullish On InsurTech (15:43)

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