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Michael Schlein, CEO of Accion

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Angela Ceresnie, CEO of Climb Credit

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Sasha Orloff, Co-Founder & CEO of LendUp

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Everett Sands, Founder & CEO of Lendistry

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Cecilia Frew, CEO of Visa Direct

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Christoph Rieche, Co-Founder & CEO of iwoca

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Cameron Stevens, Co-Founder & CEO and Joel Frisch, Head of Americas at Prodigy Finance

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AdaPia d’Errico on Diversity in the Workplace

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James Gutierrez, Founder & CEO of Insikt

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Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO of Barefoot Innovation Group

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