Addi has set out to use BNPL to drive the financial inclusion of merchants and customers. To do this, insights are critical. “The way we think about BNPL is that it’s a closed-loop payment network where we have a direct relationship with the customer and the merchant,” said Santiago Suarez, Co-Founder and CEO of Addi […]
The second week of November became one of the most profound crisis periods in the crypto market after FTX went into a liquidity crisis and filed for bankruptcy. Founded by now ex-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried — who was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday, Dec. 12, after U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against him — the […]
Jean Smart of Penelope On today’s episode, I sat down with Jean Smart, Founder & CEO of Penelope. Penelope is the retirement savings platform for small businesses & entrepreneurs. Small is the key term; Penelope focuses on the smallest of the small businesses. Penelope currently serves companies that have no more than 15 employees. A lot of […]
Fraud prevention tools are an essential tool for every company in financial services. Fraud attempts continue to get more sophisticated but thankfully the fraud prevention tools continue to evolve as well to the point where companies should think about creating a complete anti-fraud tech stack. Bence Jendruszak & Tamas Kadar, Co-Founders, SEON My next guest […]
Alex Cartoon London Daily Telegraph 5th. December 2022 A picture tells a thousand words. The popular Alex cartoon which shines a light on banking practices and attitudes, this morning featured medium ranking investment banking executive Clive trying to influence his boss on the subject of his bonus. He constructs a list of deals that he […]
Kushki, the first-ever fintech unicorn in Ecuador, is ready to sail through rough seas ahead. Despite a risk-off mode from global investors, Kushki’s CEO Aron Schwarzkopf argues that Latin American companies will likely stay resilient, as regional founders are more used to dealing with recurring crises. Moreover, he argues it will be an opportunity to […]
With more than 20 years of knowledge in payments, Romina Seltzer, SVP of Products and Innovation at Visa, manages innovation strategy across Latin America and the Caribbean. Driving Visa’s digital processing portfolio, she led a talk on the Fintech Nexus LatAm keynote stage about the convergence of cultural and behavioral forces with technology, causing changes […]
Greeting a crowd of tired conference-goers after a night of parties in Miami, Arjuna Costa, Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures, introduced the early riser crowd to anthropologist turned financial inclusion entrepreneur CEO David Poritz. Poritz founded Covalto, formally known as Credijusto, a Mexican SME-focused digital banking platform. How did the Mexican SME lender go from […]
Save now, buy later capability as an embedded e-commerce service is Accrue Savings’ response to the waves of credit forced on consumers for decades. It’s so unique that it earned a spot on Time Magazine’s 2022’s 100 Best Inventions list. For CEO Michael Hershfield, the cause is personal. Raised in Vancouver, BC, Hershfield was taught […]
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