One-On-One Interview Show

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Thea Mason of PenFed Credit Union

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Jerry Wang, Founder & CEO of Haitou Global

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! Most U.S. debt investors pay only scant attention to emerging markets. While some are moving into Latin America most are happy to stay…

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James Paris, CEO of Avant

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 rallying cry of the online lending industry has been to eliminate high cost credit card debt. And while tens of billions of…

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Joe Bayen, Founder & CEO of Grow Credit

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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…

Jared Kaplan of LendIt Fintech shares insights on fintech and banking credibility.

Jared Kaplan, CEO of OppLoans

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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)

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 regulatory system under which the financial system operates is exceedingly complex. This is understandable given mow important finance is to people’s lives.…

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Immad Akhund, Founder & CEO of Mercury

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! There has been a great deal of innovation in digital banking for consumers with dozens of fintech companies providing digital bank (or bank-like)…