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Brooklyn Broke to Beverly Hills via Wall Street.
It was a pleasure to meet Andrew Glaze, CEO of Wealth Stack, a wealth management training and trading platform. He has started his own company and is investing in mobile training classes to educate the average person.
Veteran FI Leader looking to lead the Future
It was a pleasure to meet Morgan McKenney, a seasoned financial services leader and recent Citibank alumna. She has deep expertise in driving innovation and has worked in multiple critical functions.
Raising VC funds to "Change How Individuals Prosper".
It was a pleasure to meet Dana Wilson, CEO and Founder of CHIP - Changing How Individuals Prosper.
Cultivating Diversity in Fintech
It was a pleasure meeting Rawan Shawar, Senior Software Engineer @ACI Worldwide and Amplify Money 20/20 Board Advisor. This year Money 20/20 launched a new program called Amplify, to increase visibility and cultivating people of color.
Protect Data not the tunnel
It was a pleasure meeting Judson M. Stone, Global Sales Director Eclypses, a data security company with a unique offering protecting again cyber criminals. It focuses on protecting the data at the point of creation on web and mobile devices.
Raising VC funds. European Student Neo Bank going global.
It was a pleasure to meet Avijit Sarkar, CEO of Drop Money. He is a financial services veteran founder and specializes in cross-border, retail, blockchain payment solutions, as well as mobile and online banking.
Real Estate Lending Landscape
It was a pleasure to meet Darrell Fitzgerald of MIRAN Capital, a direct private money lender that streamlines capitals for loans, saving time and money.
Fintech Proptech Seeking Series A
It was a pleasure to meet Taurean Major, Director of Product at Azibo. A #fintech in fast growing #proptech market, seeking #seriesa #funding. The company is also looking for #banking and #lending partners.
Interview by Sheela Ursal
Disrupting Fraud ROI
It was great meeting Vanita Pandey, CMO Arkose Labs at Money20/20 2020 this year. She has an impressive background and has worked on financial services #payments and #fraud products. It is great to see a strong, supportive, and knowledgeable women leaders who is keen on #diversity and #inclusion. Interview by Sheela Ursal
Democratizing Capital & SMB Lending.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Denada Ramnishta, GM Lendio at Money20/20. She outlined her company's mission to democratize capital and how the global pandemic has affected small business lending. How the past 22 months have offered FinTech's an opportunity to test and close the credit gap and improve lending for women and minorities. It was a great to see a strong Fintech female leader focused on helping women business owners in a meaningful way. Interview by Sheela Ursal, CEO and Founder, Fintech Next
Interview with Sanjib Kalita Editor in Chief Money 2020 and CEO Guppy
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Win fraud. Change economics of fraud against fraudster.
Fraud happens; given the online faceless nature of transactions. Fraud thrives in these circumstances and anyone with access to stolen information can commit it easily. Creating a trusted identity that can withstand fraud is daunting, especially when fraudsters have economic advantages that tilt the odds in their favor.
Turning Social Data into Financial Opportunity.
Brexit was a vote of epic proportions, it was highly contested and extremely volatile. It wasn’t just new rules and regulations, processes and procedures, the outcome had major effects on people and their lives. Needless to say, sentiments ran high. Not only for individuals but for the entire United Kingdom population.
How much faster can Apple growth engine run with local payments ?
Everyone is talking about Apple's decreasing hardware revenue and increasing service revenue. Experts expect service to be the growth engine that results with 100 bps and 400 bps increase in gross and contribution margins respectively in the next five years.
Cost of Payments
Cost of Payments is an elusive and mysterious topic. There is hardly a mention on the web, no clear definition or explanation found.