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Mike Cagney, CEO of Figure

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Asheesh Birla, SVP of Product at Ripple

Enjoying the podcast? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! The way we move money around the world has, for the most part, not changed much in many decades. But real change is…

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Jared Kaplan, CEO of OppLoans

Enjoying the podcast? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! The small dollar lending space is starting to see some real innovation. After banks have basically ignored this population for years, with the…

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Manuel Silva, General Partner of Mouro Capital

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Jo Ann Barefoot and David Ehrich, Co-Founders of the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR)

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Immad Akhund, Founder & CEO of Mercury

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Tim Flacke, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Commonwealth

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Arjun Kakkar, VP of Strategy and Operations at Ekata

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Matt Potere, CEO of Sunlight Financial

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Allen Shayanfekr, CEO and Co-Founder of Sharestates

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