WIFTN Podcast - a Global Podcast for Women in Fintech

WIFTN Podcast - a Global Podcast for Women in Fintech

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WIFTN Podcast - a Global Podcast for Women in Fintech episodes

  • Ep 18: Shefali Roy
    In this episode we meet with Shefali Roy. Until recently, Shefali was the COO and CCO at TrueLayer. Prior to that she has had leadership roles in operations, compliance and regulatory affairs at Stripe, Apple, Christies and Goldman Sachs. Academically, she’s a graduate of RMIT, LSE and Oxford, with qualifications in economics and finance. Shefali currently teaches at Said Business School at Oxford on startups, leadership, defi and crypto. Her interests lie at the intersection of economics, technology and ethics. Don't miss out this truly inspiring episode!

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    38 min
  • Ep 17: Iana Dimitrova
    In this episode we meet with Iana Dimitrova, the CEO of OpenPayd. At 34 years of age, Iana is a high achiever at the helm of a rapid growth technology business challenging the traditional business banking and payments market. With career roots as a lawyer, she cut her teeth in Fintech during a six-year spell at multi-national payments firm, PaySafe, as its Head of Legal Affairs, Digital Wallets and Managing Director in Bulgaria.Thanks to a mix of legal and payments expertise, Iana is uniquely placed to discuss her views on risk management and pre-empting fintech regulation.We loved interviewing Iana as is a strong advocate of diversity in fintech! Her journey from lawyer to CEO of OpenPayd, is a true inspiration to all women out there. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode.

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    22 min
  • Ep 16: Tuva Palm
    In this episode we meet with Tuva Palm, the CEO and Founding Partner of SheInvest. SheInvest is an active fund comprised of listed companies that fulfil at least two of the three criteria: 40% female board members, 40% female exec management, or 40% female staff. We caught up with her to discuss her new initiative and also to hear her experience from over 20 years working for Tech/Financial/Fintech companies.

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    26 min
  • Ep 15: Rachel Strevens
    In this episode we're in Auckland, New Zealand, where Raiha meets with Rachel Strevens, the founder and CEO of Invsta. Invsta is an innovative Fintech platform developed for the Wealth Management sub-sector. Rachel shares her journey; on how she developed the idea, found a co-founder and how she is now scaling the company. Rachel also shares some insights into the New Zealand ecosystem, so don't miss out!

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    21 min
  • Ep. 14 - Martina Åkerlund

    Martina Åkerlund is the CMO at Marginalen Bank with a wealth of experience gained from almost 20 years in the Financial sector.


    She has “worn many hats” throughout the years, from Head of Regulatory reporting at Swedbank, to heading up the marketing leadership at Marginalen today. Martina is a strong supporter for both emerging technology within Finance, and for increasing diversity in our field, so this podcast episode will be a good one.



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    23 min
  • Ep 13: Sofie Blakstad

    Sofie is a pioneer within our space. She is a Fintech founder, an author of several Fintech publications and a Fintech advisor to the UN.


    Sofie has extensive experience within Financial Services and leverages that within her own Fintech, Hiveonline. Hiveonline is a true example of using Fintech for Good. One of the key use cases is using their technology to improve credit scoring in Sub Sahara Africa. This helps small businesses to access capital, which often would not that otherwise would have not been possible.




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    19 min
  • Ep 12: Hanna Johansson
    In this episode we meet with Hanna Johansson from Revolut.com. There she is working on fuelling expansion in the Nordic region by growing the community.

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    21 min
  • Louise Brandt
    Louise joined iZettle as the 11th employee, and watched it grow to over 600 people. Louise was instrumental in the expansion of iZettle and is now using the experience gained from her time there, to build her own company, Open Payments Europe. We discuss open banking, how to develop one's career and the importance of tenacity to succeed.

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    24 min
  • Ep 10: Elpida Tatidou

    At 25 years-old, Elpida Tatidou is the founder & CEO of Banki, a FinTech service that educates children on the value of money and how to handle it - something that it's fundamental both in the short and long-term. In this episode, we talk more about her journey into founding something from scratch, the way kids see money nowadays and the barriers one faces while entering the entrepreneurship journey. Elpida talks with excitement and passion about UX design and Banki.


    We have so much belief that this is going to be the next big thing for kids! It is a fun and interactive way to teach children the value of money.

    Hope you enjoy this inspiring episode!


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    13 min
  • Ep 9: Carolin Runnquist

    From a bachelor degree in social work to becoming one of Sweden's leading experts in cybersecurity, Carolin Runnquist shares her career journey with us in this exciting podcast episode.


    She most recently comes from a position as Director of Cyber ​​Security at PwC and now works at Swedbank, one of the largest banks in Sweden, as Chief Product Owner Digital Banking Corporate. Carolin truly believes that it is possible to get more women working in the IT industry if we challenge the existing structures and set clear goals for that. At PwC she managed to make a structural change in her team when she transformed a team of 30 employees being only 1 woman to 40 employees and 8 women.


    Carolin has been named IT Woman of the Year by Tieto (2018) and appointed one of Sweden's 101 Super talents by Veckans Affärer (2018), one of the most known Swedish financial magazine. Besides all of that, she even found time to write a book - called Leadership in Crisis - which will be released yet this year (Liber 2019). She is for sure a true role model, leader and inspiration in the area!


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    24 min

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What is the future of Fintech? How do we level the playing field and attract more women to the industry?

In our podcast we interview global movers and shakers from around the world, asking…