Julie sits down with John Pitts, Global Head of Policy at Plaid, to discuss:

- what fintechs should take away from the Peloton recalls (1:58)

- how should fintechs handle regulators? (4:10)

- what have fintechs done well when it comes to regulation? (9:44

[*SPOILER ALERT* John uses Plaid as an example]

- why the regulator is NOT your enemy (15:38)

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Julie sits down with Kenneth Lin, Founder of Credit Karma and Frank Rotman (again), Co-Founder of QED Investors to discuss:

- how Kenneth finally obtained an investment in Credit Karma after multiple rejections (2:35)

- the early Credit Karma challenges (9:56)

- the VC perspective when initially investing in a startup (22:02)

- the $3B Intuit acquisition (24:44)

- Credit Karma’s new products (32:58)

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Julie sits down with Adam Hadi, VP of Marketing at Current, to discuss:

- how Adam got into the Social Media Influencer Marketing Space (4:37)

- how Adam met Mr. Beast (6:59)

- Adam’s thoughts on other fintech companies utilizing influencers (10:07)

- how he finds influencers to collaborate with (16:02)

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Julie sits down with Craig Lewis, Founder/CEO of Gig Wage, to discuss:

- What does Gig Wage do? (2:12)

- Thoughts on paying people daily (5:47)

- Advice for founders and employees on adapting to a remote workforce (14:13)

- Gig Wage’s future moves (17:19)

- Being funded by their biggest competitor (18:50)

- What Craig would tell Younger Craig (20:31)

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Julie sits down with Stuart Sopp, Founder/CEO of Current, to discuss:

- Current’s $220M Funding Round (2:11)

- What makes Current special (3:38)

- The Mr.Beast Collaboration (7:54)

- Jamie Dimon's (CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase) thoughts on Current (12:35)

- Pros/Cons of Niche Challenger Banks (19:31)

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Julie sits down with Cokie (and Jordan), to discuss:

- Dogecoin’s recent surge (2:11)

- WeWork and Bitcoin (8:40)

- Lemonade and Car Insurance (13:36)

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Julie sits down with Wiza Jalakasi, VP at Chipper Cash, to discuss:

- what Chipper does and what inspired its creation (2:19)

- what they’re focusing on after their $30M funding round (6:33)

- the relationship between the legacy banking industry and new fintech companies in Africa (12:48)

- why rent is paid 12 months in advance in Nigeria (19:24)

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Julie sits down with Stephany Kirkpatrick, Founder/CEO of Orum to discuss:

- what is Orum? (2:16)

- choosing the best time to raise funding (6:43)

- the biggest roadblock to real-time money movement (11:28)

- being a female founder and a mom (20:27)

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Julie sits down with Cokie to discuss:

- WhatsApp finally being approved to do peer-to-peer payments in Brazil (2:26)

- Ramp’s $2B Valuation (6:42)

- Robinhood removing confetti (11:27)

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Julie sits down with CEO of Greendot, Dan Henry, to discuss:

- Dan’s fintech background (2:50)

- What Greendot does (4:47)

- Digital banks for low-income consumers (9:22) 

- Why fintech companies have higher valuations than banks (12:10)

- The neobank and physical branch trend (22:21)

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