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Fintech Underground by Alpaca

by Alpaca

Fintech Underground by Alpaca is a podcast devoted to celebrating the heroes, innovations, and diversity of financial technology. From trading with algorithms to connecting apps to building out services, we bring light to the different corners of Fintech.This is not an offer, solicitation of an offer, or advice to buy or sell securities, other financial products or open a brokerage account in any jurisdiction where Alpaca is not registered. Please see https://alpaca.markets/disclosures for important information.

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Episodes

  1. How Sarwa’s Options Trading and Product Diversity Has Helped Them Scale Quickly #029

    In episode #29 of Fintech Underground, our CEO, Yoshi, speaks with Mark Chahwan, Co-Founder and CEO of Sarwa about the following topics: 0:00 - Why Sarwa built Sarwa Trade as a way to give their customers more control over their own investing and trading decisions. 4:00 - Why Sarwa has focused on...

  2. How Brex Built and Scaled Their Accounting and Financial Operations #028

    In episode #28 of Fintech Underground, our CEO Yoshi speaks with Erik Zhou, Chief Accounting Officer and SVP of Finance and Accounting at Brex about the following topics: 1:00 - How Erik transitioned from auditing at PwC to the world of startups, including implementing new processes and…

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  3. The Story of Bootstrapping a Nigerian Broker #027

    In episode #027 of Fintech Underground, our CEO Yoshi Yokokawa interviews Tosin Osibodu, Alpaca's Executive Director of Sales. They discuss his pre-Alpaca entrepreneurial ventures, key learnings, and their relevance to Africa's investment climate.

  4. Diversity in Web3 #026

    In episode 26 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Diana O’gilvie, Communications Manager at Fimi Market. We talk about starting in web3 and the process of learning, what can we do to have more diversity in web3 and how to find your community.

  5. Breaking Equity: On The Quest to Make Everyone an AlgoTrader #025

    In episode 25 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Devin Crane, CEO and co-founder of Breaking Equity, we talk about how the role of systematic trading, capture inefficiencies and efficiencies in the market, and finally on the relationship between crypto and securities.

  6. Building in DeFi Wonderland #024

    In episode 24 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Justin, co-founder of Dappio. We talk about his journey to where he started building in DeFi, what it takes, and the difficulties, and what has changed from a year ago to this crypto winter.

  7. Blockchain and Recent Developments #023

    In episode 23 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Michelle, co-founder of Governance Research Institute. We go over how blockchain works, where is blockchain at right now and where it is going, and how important it is to develop blockchain well.

  8. Where is Bitcoin Headed, Liquidation Engines, and High Interest Rates #022

    In episode 22 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Julian Figueroa, owner of YouTube blog Kinetic Finance, a blog with videos explaining crypto and finance-related topics, such as Bitcoin, scams, inflation, among other topics. We discuss topics about the fall of Bitcoin and where its...

  9. Consensus 2022: Alpaca's Highlights #021

    In episode 21 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Christie Ruales, Product Manager at Alpaca, Conor Anwyll, Sales Director of Key Account at Alpaca, and Jason Hsu, Crypto Growth Manager at Alpaca. They all attended Consensus at Austin, TX this month and they share their insights to…

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  10. Ways to Learn About Crypto and Web3 #020

    In episode 20 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Shing Yiing Ong, co-founder of Cryptolingo DAO, and Amy Soon, founder of Blu3 DAO. Cryptolingo DAO is an organization created to break the language barriers in the Web3 space, targeting non-English speakers. Blu3 DAO has the mission…

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  11. How to Choose the Correct Coin and Avoid Scams #019

    In episode 19 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Tyler Koch, Business Development and Marketing Manager from Amun. Amun provides index products that enable investors broad exposure to particular blockchain ecosystems and DeFi sectors. Tyler shares with us his experience from how he...

  12. Alternative Data for Investing with Vinesh Jha of ExtractAlpha #018

    In Episode 18 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Vinesh Jha. As the CEO of ExtractAlpha, Vinesh talks about alternative datasets for investing, crowdsourcing financial intelligence, and more.

  13. Martin Sokk from Lightyear #017

    In Episode 17 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Martin Sokk. As the CEO and Co-founder of Lightyear, Martin discusses Lightyear's product expansion strategy across Europe, differences between the US and European markets, and more.

  14. Tobias Heaslip from Trading.TV #016

    In Episode 16 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Tobias Heaslip. As the CEO and Founder of Trading.TV, Tobias discusses creator-led social investing, shoppable live streams, and how he started TTV as a solo founder.

  15. Ben Rollert from Composer #015

    In episode #15 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Ben Rollert. As the CEO and Co-founder of Composer, a no-code, visual editing tool for building automated investing strategies, Ben discusses the low-code, no-code phenomenon, what makes Composer different, and the roadmap ahead.

  16. Giovanni Santostasi from AlphaHub and Quantonomy #014

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and Co-founder of Alpaca interviews Giovanni Santostasi. As the CEO and Founder of AlphaHub and Quantonomy, Giovanni discusses his trading philosophy, his background in neuroscience and physics, and the primary users of Quantonomy and AlphaHub. Any opinions...

  17. Roger Cawdette from Finary #013

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and Co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Roger Cawdette. As Co-founder and CEO of Finary, the social investing platform for Gen-Zers and millennials, Roger discusses his path to founding Finary, going through YC, and more. Any opinions expressed are opinions of…

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  18. Ben Soppitt from Unifimoney #012

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and Co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Ben Soppitt. As the CEO and Founder of Unifimoney, a multi-asset investment and money management platform, Ben discusses investor inertia and his motivation for starting Unifimoney, the problems it aims to solve, and more....

  19. Cynan Rhodes from IXily #011

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and Co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Cynan Rhodes, Co-founder of IXily. As an open finance platform, Cynan discusses how they aim to build the future of investing. Listen along as they dive deep into Cynan’s background, IXily, and the fintech ecosystem as a...

  20. Umesh Ranglani from TRADETRON #010

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Umesh Ranglani. As the CEO of Tradetron, an algorithmic trading strategy marketplace, Umesh begins by sharing his background and motivation to create a no-code strategy builder. From there we discuss different features of...

  21. Christopher Josephs from IRIS #009

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Christopher Josephs, the co-founder of Iris. As a social investment app, Christopher discusses how Iris allows traders to communicate, share, and track other traders and influencers from the convenience of their phones. Any...

  22. James Kardatzke from Quiver Quantitative #008

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews James Kardatzke, the CEO and co-founder of Quiver Quantitative. As an up-and-coming alternative data platform, James discusses how they aim to bridge the information gap between wall street and non-professional investors…

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  23. Ran Aroussi from TRADOLOGICS #007

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Ran Aroussi. As the Founder of Tradologics, a cloud platform for programmatic trading, Ran discusses his background from the Ad Tech space to developing popular python libraries such as YFinance and QuantStats to starting...

  24. Brendan Wood from PASSIV #006

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Brendan Wood, the CoFounder of Passiv. As a modern portfolio management tool with over a billion dollars in invested assets, Brendan discusses how Passiv makes it easier for DIY investors to maintain a balanced portfolio…

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  25. Joe Percoco from TITAN #005

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Joe Percoco. As the Co-CEO and CoFounder of Titan, an investment platform, Joe discusses his experience at Goldman Sachs along with Titan’s recent growth, series funding, future plans. Disclosures: Any opinions expressed…

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  26. Nitesh Khandelwal from QUANTINSTI #004

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Nitesh Khandelwal. As the Director of QuantInsti, a premier Algorithmic Trading Research and Training Institute, along with a Cofounder of a high-frequency firm, Nitesh discusses his prior experience in the algorithmic...

  27. Dr. Ernest Chan from PREDICTNOW #003

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Dr. Ernest Chan. As the Founder of PredictNow.ai, along with the author of multiple books on quantitative and algorithmic trading, Ernest discusses his experience at Morgan Stanley, the hedge fund industry, and his thoughts...

  28. Remy Astie from VAUBAN #002

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Remy Astie. As the founder and CEO of VAUBAN, the world's first wealth container platform, Remy discusses his views of the Fintech Industry along with his experiences at and before VAUBAN. Any opinions expressed are…

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  29. Vipul Divyanshu from STREAK #001

    In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Vipul Divyanshu. As the co-founder and CTO of Streak, a no-code algorithmic trading platform, Vipul discusses his journey into Fintech along with his experiences at Streak. Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Fintech Underground by Alpaca is a podcast devoted to celebrating the heroes, innovations, and diversity of financial technology. From trading with algorithms to connecting apps to building out services, we bring light to the different corners of Fintech.This is not an offer, solicitation of an offer, or advice to buy or sell securities, other financial products or open a brokerage account in any jurisdiction where Alpaca is not registered. Please see https://alpaca.markets/disclosures for important information.

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