Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week I shared my coffee break with Don Muir, CEO and founder of Arc. This episode was a special one. It was the last one of a very busy year and I wanted to kind

The FCB - Dani Fava, Envestnet

Nov 20th, 2023 24m 53s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week, I joined Dani Fava, Group President of Product Innovation at Envestnet, for my coffee break to talk about the promise of generative AI for financial adviso

The FCB - Nico Simko, Clair

Nov 13th, 2023 24m 23s

Hi Guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break, I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week, I shared my coffee break with Nico Simko, CEO and founder of Clair, an earned wage access and banking app. Now, I’ve covered earned wage access before, but

The FCB - Nicky Senyard and Alana Levine, FintelConnect

Nov 6th, 2023 40m 28s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week I shared my coffee break with Alana Levine and Nikki Senyard from Fintel Connect to talk about affiliate marketing and the role of the influencer in buildin

The FCB - Ed Mallon, Pagaya

Oct 30th, 2023 29m 24s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week, I shared my coffee break with Ed Mallon, Chief Investment Officer at Pagaya.This year has been difficult for lenders and the consumers they serve. Rates ar

The FCB - Andrew Jamison, Extend

Oct 23rd, 2023 31m 5s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host Isabelle Castro. This week I shared my coffee break with Andrew Jamison, co-founder and CEO of Extend. SMBs have continued to be underserved by the banking ecosystem, and have been hit

The FCB - The DeFi Dip with Matthew Homer

Oct 16th, 2023 36m 54s

This year DeFi seems to be going through a bit of a dip. Amid regulatory concerns of the crypto industry and the broken trust following the failure of large Cefi players last year, it looks like development has slowed. However, large financial

The FCB - Andrew Davies, ComplyAdvantage

Oct 9th, 2023 30m 48s

This week, I sat down with Andrew Davies, global head of regulatory affairs at ComplyAdvantage. Fraud levels continue to affect the financial industry with statistics showing the estimated money laundering as a percentage of global GDP remainin

The FCB - Chirag Shah, Nucleus Commercial Finance

Oct 2nd, 2023 24m 49s

This week I spoke to Chirag Shah, CEO and founder of Nucleus Commercial Finance. Nucleus has been in the fintech space for some time, providing financing solutions for Small and medium businesses with a tech-focused vision. I caught up with him

The FCB - Laura Merling, Arvest Bank

Sep 25th, 2023 30m 10s

This week, I spoke to Laura Merling, Chief transformation and operations officer at Arvest Bank. Community banks have faced a difficult environment, and there have been concerns in the media about whether there still is a place for them in the

The FCB - Josip Rupena, Milo

Sep 17th, 2023 31m

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host Isabelle Castro. This week I sat down with Josip Rupena, CEO and founder of Milo, to talk primarily about providing mortgages and other financing for foreign nationals. Foreign nationa

The FCB - Daniel Ballen, Portage Capital Solutions

Sep 10th, 2023 23m 3s

Hi Guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week, I sat down with Daniel Ballen, Co-Head and Partner at Portage Capital Solutions, to talk about the startup funding environment.Startups have been facing a

The FCB – Yaacov Martin, Jifiti

Sep 5th, 2023 30m 36s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week, I sat down with Yaacov Martin, CEO and co-founder of Jifiti, an embedded lending platform offering embedded BNPL.Conditions for lending have become increas

The FCB - Tim Astanov, Tabapay

Aug 28th, 2023 33m 51s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. This week, I sat down with Tim Astanov, SVP of product commercialization and partnerships at Tabapay to talk about the company's support of digital tipping platforms.

The FCB - Joe Robinson, Hummingbird

Aug 21st, 2023 26m 15s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host Isabelle Castro. This week I sat down with Joe Robinson, co-founder and CEO of Hummingbird, to talk about generative AI and chat GPT and fighting financial crime. Hummingbird is on a m

The FCB - Jonas Gross, The Digital Euro Foundation

Aug 14th, 2023 33m 17s

This week I sat down with Jonas Gross, Chairman of the Digital Euro Association.CBDCs are a touchy subject, sparking many opinions and concerns. The European commision is making significant headway with the exploration of a digital euro, recent

The FCB - Ralf Kubli, The Casper Association

Aug 7th, 2023 25m

This week I sat down with Ralf Kubli from the Caspar association to talk about real world asset tokenisation. Real world asset tokenisation, Seen as a tool to improve efficiency and accessibility to financial instruments, is set to be a trillio

The FCB - Stacy Greiner, DailyPay

Jul 31st, 2023 22m 10s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break, I'm your host Isabelle Castro. This week I shared my coffee break with Stacy Greiner, Director of Product Management at DailyPay.DailyPay is a forerunner in the US and wage access space. Working wit

The FCB - Eric Satz, Alto

Jul 24th, 2023 30m 30s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break, I'm your host Isabelle Castro. This week I shared my coffee break with Eric Satz, CEO and founder of Alto. Alto is an investment FinTech focused primarily on individual retirement accounts, so IRAs.

The FCB - Johnathan Dixon, Eventus

Jul 17th, 2023 28m 48s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break, I'm your host Isabelle Castro. This week I shared my coffee break with Jonathan Dixon, Director of Regulatory Affairs at Eventus. This year, it has been difficult to ignore the mounting pressure on

The FCB - Federico Travella, Novicap

Jul 10th, 2023 29m 38s

Hi guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I'm your host, Isabelle Castro. So not that long ago I caught up with Novicap's founder and executive chairman Federico Travella in Paris. In a beautiful studio overlooking Montmarte, we sat down to

The FCB - Craig Ramsey, ACI Worldwide

Jul 3rd, 2023 34m 45s

Hi guys welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break I'm your host Isabelle CastroThis week I shared my coffee break with Craig Ramsey, Global Head of Real-Time Payments and Banking at ACI Worldwide.With the FedNow Network launching this month, real-tim

The FCB Ben Borodach, April

Jun 26th, 2023 21m 24s

Hey guys welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break I'm your host, Isabelle Castro.Back in May, I sat down and shared my coffee with Ben Borodach, co-founder and CEO of April.April focuses of the challenging task that faces all US adults every year- t

The FCB Kevin Greene, Tassat

Jun 20th, 2023 14m 7s

Hi Guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break, I'm your host Isabelle Castro.This week we have a recording from my trip to New York in May, where I sat down with Kevin Greene from Tassat. Tassat provides financial institutions with private permi

The FCB – Adam Nash, Daffy

Jun 9th, 2023 24m 41s

This week I turned my attention to Donor Advised funds (or DAFs) and shared my coffee break with Adam Nash of DaffyDaffy is a platform facilitating charitable giving by integrating it into consumers' regular budgets. Users set a yearly target a