In this episode, we talk with the CEO of BlueSnap, Ralph Dangelmaier, about the challenges of accepting local payments on a global scale, why embedded payments is the future and more.
The co-founders of Xendit, Moses Lo and Tessa Wijaya, discuss payments infrastructure in Southeast Asia, smartphone penetration and why the opportunity there is so big.
Mike Cagney has built a reputation as one of the smartest people in all of fintech. His capacity to raise capital is unparalleled in our space but he is also a visionary who is tackling some of the biggest fintech challenges.
The way we move money around the world has, for the most part, not changed much in many decades. But real change is on the horizon and it is actually already happening. Many companies are reimagining this challenge in new ways and by the end of the decade moving money internationally will likely be as easy as sending an email.
We have seen big changes in the payments landscape this year. Technologies such as contactless payments have seen five years of growth in just the last six months. Companies that didn’t have a large digital footprint before the pandemic suddenly realized they had to adapt, and fast. This is where today’s guest comes in.
In fintech today there is one company powering payments behind the scenes that few people had heard of until this past year. But they are the backbone behind 95% of digital banking activity today in this country.
Historically, sending wires is one of the more painful tasks that any business has to do. It has usually involved going to a physical bank branch, filling out paper forms and waiting while the banker processes the wire. Not surprisingly, fintech has attacked this inefficient process.