The fintech world is not taking the summer off. New developments are coming fast and furious, from fundraisings to product launches to government intervention. Banking for brands startup Bond raised $32 million to capitalize on the exploding tr

How to Invest in Fintech Remotely with Accel’s Seth Pierrepont

Jul 28th, 2020 34m 4s

Seth Pierrepont is a partner at Accel, one of the most renowned venture firms in the world and a backer of companies including Facebook, Spotify, Slack, Dropbox and many more. Seth invests in financial technology and data infrastructure and has

Pooling Upside in Baseball and Business with Pando

Jul 22nd, 2020 34m 46s

Charlie Olson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pando, a Series A stage fintech designing new ways for high financial variability performers to manage financial risk and upside. Pando’s platform allows professional baseball players and more recently

Figure, SoFi and the Disruption of Finance with Mike Cagney

Jul 17th, 2020 52m 50s

Mike Cagney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Figure, a full stack financial services blockchain company with consumer offerings in market or on the way in lending, banking and more. In late-2019, Figure raised $103 million at a $1.2 billion valuati

KYC as a Competitive Advantage with Fourthline

Jul 16th, 2020 30m 36s

Krik Gunning is the CEO and co-founder of Fourthline, one of fastest growing companies in Europe. Fourtline verifies the identities of millions of customers for clients like N26, ING, SolarisBank, Degiro, Flatex and many others. Aman and Krik d

Corporate Venture Capital in Unprecedented Times with Santander InnoVentures

Jul 15th, 2020 29m 1s

Manuel Silva is the Head of Investments for Santander InnoVentures, Santander’s Corporate Venture Capital arm and a leading fintech investor. InnoVentures' investment portfolio includes companies like Kabbage, Ripple, SigFig, Tradeshift, Curve,

Personal Capital is Acquired for $1 Billion, Lemonade IPOs and PayPal Joins the Crypto Club

Jul 10th, 2020 32m 10s

Robo 1.0 success Personal Capital was acquired for nearly $1 billion by Empower, a major retirement savings manager. Softbank-backed insurtech darling Lemonade IPOed at less than $2 billion, in a successful fundraise and listing, and has since

The Opportunity in US Digital Banking with Current

Jul 9th, 2020 43m 53s

Stuart Sopp is the Founder and CEO of Current, a leading US digital bank. Current has over a million users, with a focus on young, financially excluded Americans. In this conversation, we discuss how Current achieves profitable unit economics,

Fintech Opportunities in LATAM with QED and Broadhaven Ventures

Jun 30th, 2020 41m 34s

Mike Packer, Partner at QED, and Michael Sidgmore, Partner at Broadhaven Ventures, are active investors in Latin America, with collective portfolio companies including Credijusto, Loft, Nubank and many more. In this conversation, we discuss mar

WhatsApp Payments Halted in Brazil, Checkout.com is Worth $5.5 Billion, Wirecard Misplaces $2 Billion

Jun 26th, 2020 31m 2s

Today, we’re joined by Lex Sokolin to talk through a few recent events that are indicative of what’s important in fintech right now. And boy, is there a lot to talk about. WhatsApp launches payments in Brazil and is unceremoniously shut down by

Building Self-Driving Money with Wealthfront

Jun 24th, 2020 33m 41s

Andy Rachleff is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wealthfront, one of the world’s leading investments and personal finance companies. Building around a core investments offering for young professionals, Wealthfront has added checking, savings and debi

How to Build a Profitable Digital Bank with Tinkoff

Jun 19th, 2020 49m 28s

Oliver Hughes is the CEO of Tinkoff Group, one of the world’s most successful digital banking groups with over ten million customers. Tinkoff is publicly listed, which brings clarity to its operating model in a time when many noteworthy consume

Varo and Marqeta Raise Rounds, Should Digital Banks Lend? and Fintech Gets Meta

Jun 12th, 2020 33m 29s

We’re joined by Lex Sokolin to talk through a few recent events that are indicative of what’s important in fintech right now. Varo raised $241 million in preparation to start operating under its own banking license later this year. Is a banki

What Institutional Investors Did During the COVID Crash with Addepar

Jun 9th, 2020 24m 5s

Eric Poirier is the CEO of Addepar, a leading investment technology company with a ten-year track record serving institutional clients. With more than 400 institutional investor clients with approximately $2 trillion in assets on Addepar’s plat

Cash App, Venmo, Digital Wallets and Challenger Banks with Max Friedrich

Jun 5th, 2020 52m 39s

Today, we’re joined by Max Friedrich and Lex Sokolin. Max is a fintech analyst a ARK Invest, a public markets investment manager focused on disruptive technologies including autonomous tech, robotics, fintech, genomics and next generation inter

Powering 95% of US Digital Banking with Galileo

Jun 2nd, 2020 36m 59s

Clay Wilkes is the founder and CEO of Galileo, one of the leading digital banking and payments platforms in North America. Galileo provides much of the technology that powers banking and payments for companies including Chime, Robinhood and Var

Brex Raises Again, Shopify Launches Bank Accounts and M&A Ideas for Goldman

May 29th, 2020 27m 10s

Today, we’re joined by Lex Sokolin to talk through a few recent events that are indicative of the fintech world right now. Brex raised an additional $150 million at a slightly improved valuation vs. its last round just as Monzo is reportedly lo

What the COVID Crisis Means for Fintech Now and in the Years to Come with Radboud Vlaar

May 26th, 2020 38m 19s

Radboud Vlaar is the Founding Partner at Finch Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm and one of Europe’s most active series A investors. Prior to starting Finch in 2013, Radboud was a Partner at McKinsey, where he worked for ten years. F

Payments Dominance, $1 Billion in Strategic Investments and a Founding Role in Libra with Laurent Le Moal

May 19th, 2020 47m 53s

Laurent Le Moal is the CEO of PayU, a leading emerging markets payments company. As CEO of PayU, Laurent has grown annual volumes to nearly $30 billion and overseen close to $1 billion in strategic investments in companies including Citrus Pay

Technology, Empathy and Finance in a Time of Crisis with TrueAccord

May 12th, 2020 42m 1s

Ohad Samet is the Co-Founder and CEO of TrueAccord, a company using machine learning, behavioral economics and empathy to reimagine the debt collection process. TrueAccord is a fantastic example of fintech's most fundamental promise: using tech

The Present and Future of FX and Payments with Mike Laven

May 5th, 2020 33m 48s

Today, Rebank co-host Aman Ghei of Finch Capital is joined by Mike Laven. Mike is the CEO of CurrencyCloud, one of the leading FX and payments companies in Europe, powering some of the most successful financial institutions and consumer fintech

Libra, Stablecoins, CBDCs and the Need for Digital Money

Apr 30th, 2020 28m 2s

Today, we’re joined by Lex Sokolin to discuss recent developments in digital money, including stablecoins, CBDCs and a new Facebook Libra proposal. A digital world needs digital money, and a few influential players are actively working to build

Inside The Decision to Shutter Moven’s B2C Business with Brett King

Apr 28th, 2020 42m 13s

Today, we’re joined by Brett King, founder and Executive Chairman of Moven, one of the original digital banks, and Lex Sokolin, Global Head of Fintech at ConsenSys. Lex and I discussed Moven’s recent announcement to shutter its B2C business on

What’s Next in Insurtech? with Silvi Wompa

Apr 21st, 2020 37m 39s

Today, Rebank co-host Aman Ghei of Finch Capital is joined by Silvi Wompa. Silvi is the head of portfolio underwriting at Swiss Re, one of the largest reinsurers in the world with over $30B in revenue. Over the past 18 years, Silvi has built an

How is COVID-19 Changing Consumer and Business Behavior?

Apr 17th, 2020 25m 13s

Today, we’re joined by Lex Sokolin to discuss the ways in which COVID-19 is influencing consumer and business behavior and what changes are likely to be permanent. Digital is booming in areas where it hasn’t before, both on the consumer and bus