Ep 83- Leigh Phillips, President of SaverLife

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Interview with Leigh Phillips the President and CEO of SaverLife, a nonprofit with a mission is to create prosperity for working families by helping them save and invest in their futures.

Contact, donate or more info at saverlife.org and info@saverlife.org

Ep 82-Interview With The Founders Of RefiRx

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Interview with RefiRx founders Jinwei Zhang and Venky Kandaswamy. RefiRx is an online mortgage marketplace.

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Ep 81 – The Coronavirus and Fintech

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Plaid enables access to SME payroll to process emergency loan applications

Starling Bank to issue spare debit card for trusted shoppers

Monzo to shutter Las Vegas customer support office, 165 employees being let go

New Data Show Even Necessities Aren’t Immune to Covid-19’s Impact on Card Spending

SoFi to acquire payment software company Galileo for $1.2 billion

Jack Dorsey creates $1B COVID-19 relief fund using Square equity

Fintech Apps Offer Financial First Aid For Hardest-Hit Consumers

Ep 80 – Cybersecurity in the Age of Coronavirus-Mark Gazit CEO of ThetaRay

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Cybersecurity in the Age of Coronavirus an interview with Mark Gazit CEO of ThetaRay

Mark Gazit is one of Israel’s top cyber security experts, with a long-standing reputation dating back to his military service.  He is a prominent executive and founder of several successful start-ups. Before joining ThetaRay, he served as Managing Director of Nice Cyber Intelligence Solutions, providing his expertise to homeland security and classified sectors. For many years, he served as a trusted advisor to homeland security entities and enterprises all around the world.

Ep 79-Paul Birkett Founder & CEO of Automation Finance

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Automation Finance

We interview the CEO and Founder of Automation Finance which is an investment platform allowing anyone to invest in distressed residential mortgages whose lenders were unable or unwilling work with them. Their goal is to find a new lower payment that every borrower can afford and provide attractive fund returns.


Ep 77 – Contactless payments during a pandemic, avoidable launch pitfalls and more!

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Coronavirus is pushing U.S. consumers to contactless payments

Is Fintech Ready For Coronavirus?

Instacart launches new mobile payment solution for shoppers

4 Hurdles Every Fintech Startup Must Overcome

Sequoia is giving away $21 million to a payments startup it recently funded as it walks away from deal

Entertainment FinTech Platform Purely Capital Launches With $150 Million in Funding

Daniel P. Simon, author of Money Hackers & CEO of Vested

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Interview with Daniel P. Simon author of  The Money Hackers: How A Group Of Misfits Took On Wallstreet and Changed Finance Forever, Chronicles Innovators That Changed How We Interact With  Money – Releases April 14th, 2020

Ep 75- Intuit buys Credit Karma, Morgan Stanley buys E_Trade, and an insurtech report!

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Morgan Stanley Is Buying E*Trade, Betting on Smaller Customers

Intuit to Buy Credit Karma to Create Financial Data Giant

The State Of Fintech

Revolut raises $500 million at a $5.5 billion valuation

Ep 73 – Varo gets FDIC insurance, N26 falls victim to Brexit, and a mixed bag of economic indicators

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Varo Moves Closer to Becoming a Bank

Challenger bank N26 to shut all UK accounts

Credit-Card Debt in U.S. Rises to Record $930 Billion

Student Debt Forgiveness in U.S. to Total $207 Billion in Next Decade, CBO Says

Ep 72 – NYC bans cashless stores, Goldman + Amazon team up, and more!

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Bank cyberattack could hit whole financial system – NY Fed research

New York says don’t ditch your cash

Goldman Sachs is close to a deal with Amazon to offer loans to the e-commerce giant’s merchants

Goldman Sachs to offer consumers checking accounts next year through Marcus

A startup aimed at disrupting payments and taking on Square and Stripe just raised a $35 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital

Countries Leading The World In Cashless Transactions

Ep 71- Japanese crypto exchanges and financial health

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Largest Japanese Consulting Firm to Launch New Cryptocurrency Index

A Month After Launch, Bakkt Bitcoin Options Volumes Are Lackluster

What Can Go Wrong For Crypto In 2020 According To Industry Leaders 

Wealth Is What You Don’t Spend

Gift Giving Helps Zelle® Wrap Up 2019 with Double Digit Growth 

Survey Data Reveals 1 in 6 Americans Can’t Make Their Monthly Bill Payments

Ep 70- Wave at Amazon to pay for stuff, why Japan lags in fintech innovation, and more!

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Here’s how Amazon’s rumored pay-by-hand tech could work

Stuck-in-the-Past Japanese Banks Wary of Fintech Revolution

Fintech’s next decade will look radically different

Vodafone the latest partner to leave Facebook’s Libra digital currency coalition

Ep 69 – Why Visa acquired Plaid, Your financial advisor may be pushing crypto soon and more!

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Why Visa Is Buying Fintech Startup Plaid For $5.3 Billion

Hackers Cripple Airport Currency Exchanges, Seeking $6 Million Ransom

Spencer Dinwiddie Launching Digital Token Next Week

Cryptocurrency Top Of Mind For Growing Number Of Financial Advisors

Ep 68 – Predictions for 2020, ESG standards, and more!

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Banking predictions for 2020 – more competition, more collaboration and new sources of revenue

Goldman Sachs will reorganize its reporting lines and introduce a dedicated consumer banking unit

Why Fintech Challengers May Not Conquer Banking After All

Banks Taking a Closer Look at ESG Risks in Credit Underwriting

How Starbucks Borrows A Free US$1.6 Billion Loan From Its Customers

Ep 67- Finra Fine, Venmo vs. PNC, and fintechs behaving badly

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PNC’s fight with Venmo highlights bigger issue over who owns your banking data

Rule Change Could Help Tech Firms Advance Into Banking

JPMorgan’s CIO Has Championed A Data Platform That Turbocharges AI

Robinhood Fined $1.25 Million by Finra After Broker Violations

Lawsuit accuses Synapse CEO of discrimination and harassment against women

PayPal’s Xoom Rolls Out Bill Pay For Users In Jamaica

Ep 66 – Fintechs, Banks, and Surveillance Capitalism

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‘The goal is to automate us’: welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism

Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism

Ep 65- Crypto hacktivist arrested for North Korea trip, Banks want to sell your data, and more!

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He Gave a Cryptocurrency Talk in North Korea. The U.S. Arrested Him.

For Banks, Data on Your Spending Habits Could Be a Gold Mine

Corporate debt nears a record $10 trillion, and borrowing binge poses new risks

Ep 64 – FIntech Q3 2019 report, crypto news, and more!

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Global Fintech Report Q3 2019

BRICS member nations propose creating a cryptocurrency for payment settlements

‘Bark-lays’ invites stressed students to in-branch puppy session

Andreessen Horowitz leads $5M round in blockchain-based internet archive