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Fintech5
by Provoke.fm
Fintech 5 is a glimpse behind the scenes with the game changers in money and technology. Where we talk to those who are struggling to overturn the status quo, making real change. Jason Henrichs gets a quick 5 minutes with guests, and wastes no time trying to probe what drives and influences industry leaders.
Episodes
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India’s Digital Payments Transformation
In this episode, Paolo Sironi speaks with Dr. Balakrishnan Mahadevan (Balu), author of Designing Change: My Journey Through India’s Digital Payments Transformation. India’s digital payments have grown from under one billion transactions annually around 2010 to over 225 billion by March 2025—a…
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David Reiling – The Sun Rises on an Equal Playing Field – Fintech5
In the age of innovation, it is now more important than ever to find technology solutions at every financial level. David Reiling, CEO of Sunrise Bank, explains how they built a strategy on inclusivity and underserved populations,
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David Reiling – Banking and Social Responsibility
David Reiling - Banking and Social Responsibility
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Michelle Tinsley – Branches will Adapt
Michelle Tinsley isn't so ready to kiss the bank branch goodbye. As an expert in retail digital transformation, she thinks that the personal will become more valuable, not less, as technology continues to become an greater part of our environments.
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Michael Prins – Hacker for Good
YOU'VE BEEN HACKED. Three words no financial institution wants to hear. Financial losses that might not be covered depending on whose at fault. Answering to angry customers and regulators. How do you guarantee that it won't happen again. -
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Jake Tyler: AI as Personal Financial Assistant
Jake Tyler wants you to control your money with the ease that you ask Alexa for the weather or Siri for the best ramen in town. He and his partners have built Finn.ai. Think Siri, or Google, but for banking. - So, why not use Siri or Google?
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Michael Diamond- Midwest Bank Balancer
Michael Diamond, SVP and GM of Payments at Mitek Systems, wants you to know he is from Wisconsin. He is not some soft beach dweller. And that background has given him the resilience, grit, and character to close deals in Silicon Valley. -
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Elisa Moussa: Let’s make payments as easy as the tech
There is nothing like being stuck in a foreign country without your wallet to make mobile payments vividly imperative. - Elise Moussa founded Snapay to solve the problem of in store mobile payments. To do that,
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Mike Laven_Hopeful but not Utopian
The only constant is change. And the only sure thing is disruption. Which is why Mike Laven doesn't think of it as disruptive at all, but as part of the natural evolution of the world, constantly making things work faster.
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Dave Matter_Fintech Sandhog
Fintech- The new tech that is being developed to enhance financial services. Sandhog: member of elite team of tunnel and foundation builders who make it so we can travel swiftly and safely on bridges and tunnels. -
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Noah Breslow- Pre-approved
Noah Breslow has spent a decade in the fintech trenches and if you ask him about disruption, he rolls his eyes. He is really over the term disruptive. He thinks that is just a synonym for life. But it doesn't change the fact that he has been part o...
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Travis Dulaney- Payments Plumber
Travis Dulaney is a payments guru. Founder and CEO/CTO of Push Payments, he has over 20 years of experience working in payments and has been on the forefront of the digitalization of money. His list of professional accomplishments include serving on ...
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Dominic Venturo_Internal Disruptor_Episode 93
Dominic Venturo, the Chief Innovation Officer at U.S. Bank, is one of those industry legends who floats under the radar somehow. Those of us in the industry consider him to be one of the best in the business,
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Devika Thapar_Meta Scaler_Episode 92
I finally met someone who can explain "cognitive banking" to me! Devika Thapar, IBM Watson's Chief of Staff for Financial Services, is one of those rare techies who can explain deep AI concepts in simple English, or Hindi for that matter. We lift up the curtain a bit on Watson and where IBM is...
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Stephen Ufford_The Dapper Tech Founder_Episode 91
I immediately hit it off with Stephen. We were introduced by Kim Hong from Trullio and we spent must of the interview cracking jokes and riffing off each other. Therefore, for this write-up, I'm going to continue giving Stephen a hard time. He is one of those younger, hip, good looking, in shape,...
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Ohad Samet_Financial Rehabilitator_Episode 90
Ohad Samet describes himself this way on this Twitter profile: "One of the best Ohad Samets in the world." That one sentence pretty much sums up Ohad. He is funny as hell, smart as hell, sharp witted as hell,
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Margaux Avedisian_The Crypto Comic_Episode 89
Yes, Margaux Avedisian was profiled in the Wall Street Journal. Yes, she is a bitcoin comic. Yes, she is quite funny. But Margaux is also one sharp entrepreneur when it comes to cryptocurrency and the future of money. During the day she is the world's funniest EVP at Transform Group and can…
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Richard Crook_Innovating Bank Ledgers_Episode 88
Richard leads a team of engineers and innovators looking at emerging technologies and their application across RBS. His current focus is on the application of distributed ledger technology including blockchain across RBS. Or as Richard puts it,
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Bianca Lopes_The 24/7 Entrepreneur_Episode 87
Bianca has done more in her brief time on the tech scene than most people have accomplished in a 30 year career. She's founded multiple companies stretching across multiple industries and has now fully grasped the impact biometrics can have on the que...
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Chloe James_A Curious Mind_Ep86
Chloé James is Group Media and PR Director and Editor of the Australian Retail Banker and Global Retail Banker for global business intelligence and digital media provider, RFi Group. She is also a presenter on Sky News Australia. What makes Chloé stand out in my opinion is the authenticness of…
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Dion Lisle_Rosetta Stone_Episode 85
There are several reasons I'm friends with Dion. 1) He's smart as hell; 2) he heads up fintech for CapGemni so we basically have the same job; 3) he has less hair than I do; and 4) he is a huge Arsenal football fan. What more could you ask for in a friend?
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Matthias Kröner_The FinTech Bard_Episode 84
At this point Fidor Bank is a fintech dinosaur, which is actually a compliment. Matthias Kröner, the CEO of Fidor, founded the bank in Germany back in 2009. Many of the current concepts and themes of "Neo" and "Challenger" banks have their roots in the Fidor ethos. Matthias has, and continues to…
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Danielle Guzman_The Strategic Marketer_Episode 83
This one is simple. If you have any interest in marketing and/or insurance, then you should be following Danielle Guzman. Danielle the global solutions marketing leader for Mercer. She has over 20 years of experience as an insurance marketer and is quickly becoming one of the top voices in the...
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Jennifer Tescher_Financial Health Innovator_Episode 82
Jennifer Tescher is the founder, president and CEO of the Center for Financial Services Innovation. That's CFSI. Not CSFI as I, in my perpetual ADHD state, consistently call it. Call it whatever you want, what really matters is the influence the organization and Jennifer has had over the past...
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Steve McLaughlin_The Dealmaker_Episode 81
"We were fintech before there was fintech!" I hear this claim all the time and it usually is BS. Not so with Steve McLaughlin, the founder of FT Partners. Steve left a successful career at Goldman Sachs, where he led what today would be called an internal fintech team, and started FT Partners…
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Gemma Godfrey_The Money Guru_Episode 80
I'm not sure what's left for Gemma to accomplish in her career. She is a successful company founder (her company Moola just launched as we were doing the interview), has a new show on "Eat, Shop, Save" on ITV, has been an advisor to Arnold Schwarzenegger on The New Celebrity Apprentice, has a...
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Norris Koppel_Banking Migrants_Episode 79
I first learned about Monese, the company founded by serial entrepreneur Norris Koppel in an article profiling the company and Norris in TechCrunch back in 2016. I immediately reached out to Norris and invited him as a guest on the Breaking Banks podcast. I love everything about the company,...
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Dave Birch_Everyone’s Favorite Uncle_Episode 78
I love Dave. Seriously, I absolutely love this man. Why, you may ask? Because he is one of the funniest, brightest, sarcastic, dry-witted, and pleasant people I know. Probably most important, Dave is able to hold my attention when he presents on topics as complicated as distributed ledgers by...
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Conny Dorrestijn_The Insider_Episode 77
Conny's been involved in payments, insurance, and marketing for over 25 years. She has run startups such as Clear2Pay, which ultimately was acquired by FIS where she is currently VP Global Payments Marketing. Conny has also organized multiple conferences and is an outspoken supporter of women in...
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Bryan Claggett_FinTech Funny Man_Episode 76
Bryan Claggett is the Chief Marketing Officer and the Chief Collaboration Officer (great title) at Geezeo, a successful U.S. banking PFM solution company. He is a highly respected SME when it comes to fintech and marketing/communication. But more importantly, Bryan is the funniest man I know if...
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Katryna Dow_Digital Rights Evangelist_Episode 75
I've been friends with Katryna "digitally" now for several years. Few have her passion when it comes to an individual's digital identity and the challenges facing us in the digital age. Katryna has focused this particular passion into Meeco, the company she founded in 2012. This isn't the first...
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Michael Kent _Remittance Reimaginer_Episode 74
I'm a big fan of Azimo, the international remittance company founded by Michael. I've been to their office in north London (in Islington, not from from my favorite football club in the world), have already interviewed his company partner Marta Krupinska for FinTech5, and they even partnered with...
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Yolande Piazza_The Change AgentEpisode 73
Ever questioned why one of the biggest global banks would choose a 30 year bank veteran to be the CEO of their internal fintech program? That's exactly what Citi did when they selected Yolande Piazza to take over the Citi FinTech CEO role after Heather Cox moved on to USAA. It's so easy to knock...
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Mike Sigal_Repeat Entrepreneur_Episode 72
Mike's a bit of an under achiever when it comes to being an entrepreneur (yes, this is sarcasm). He's founded seven (7!!) companies, three of which had a successful exit and one with an IPO. Very few people fall into this category which probably ex...
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Susanne Chishti_FinTech Angel_Episode 71
Ever get a little bit tired of all the hype, buzzwords, egos, etc. that come with the fintech territory? My cure - spend five minutes chatting with Susanne Chishti. Her energy and passion for the space will jump start your own enthusiasm for digital disruption (I had to throw in a buzzword…
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Oliver Bussmann_The Innovation Orchestrator_Episode 70
Oliver Bussmann earned his stripes when it comes to financial services innovation. He has a long career in banking and technology leading digital and innovation transformation projects as Group CIO at UBS; and leadership roles Allianz, Deutsche Bank, and IBM. Oliver is recognized globally as a...
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Natasha Kyprianides_FinTech Maestro_Episode 69
I'm always interested in the career arc of folks in the fintech space. Natasha's story is a great example of how much the financial services space is changing. If you would have asked Natasha what she'd be doing for a career when she was young she would have said "Musician". Banker or…
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Laurent Nizri_ Entrepreneur Fintech français_Episode 68
Laurent Nizri is the founder and CEO of Altéir Consulting, created just after he helped launch Zebank in 1999, the first big internet bank in Europe. For the last 15 years, Alteir and Laurent have worked on projects and advised organizations of all sizes across the payment & digital finance...
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Céline Lazorthes_The Damn Passionate CEO_Episode 67
Ask Céline anything on any topic and you'll get one damn passionate answer. That's what we in the fintech industry love so much about this serial entrepreneur. I've lost count of the number of companies she has founded but I do know each of them was based on a real life issue she was facing while...
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Faisal Khan_FinTech Babushka_Episode 66
Faisal and I first met in Istanbul at a payments conference in 2014. We immediately hit it off thanks to our love of innovation, everything payments, and the impact technology on the banking industry. One thing I really appreciate about Faisal is the vast amount of content he is able to produce.…
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Roberta Profeta_ Global Mentor_ Ep 65
Roberta Profeta goes by Robbie to her friends. This pretty much includes everybody involved in the London FinTech scene. Talk to just about anyone in Canary Wharf and they'll have a story about Robbie. She is an active mentor and also a strong voice for women in tech. She also recommended The...
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Ben Milne_Node Master_Episode 64
I love it when a company founder consistently blogs. Brad Feld, the tech founder legend, has been doing this for decades. Likewise, so has Ben Milne. Reading someones thoughts and insights, especially around creating, pivoting, and running a FinTech company is better than any reality show on TV....
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Tanaya Macheel_The Wordsmith_Episode 63
There's a lot of "click-bait" when it comes to FinTech and media. This is expected when an industry is all the buzz; however, it can be extremely annoying at times when you expect more research and subject matter expertise from the authors of many of these articles. Luckily that isn't the case...
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Nasir Zubairi_The Incubator_Episode 62
Luxembourg is serious about fintech. Just ask Nasir Zubairi the CEO of Luxembourg's first incubator LHoFT. The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) is Luxembourg’s dedicated FinTech platform where finance and technology interact to shape the future of finance. And Nasir is the perfect...
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Michelle Evans_FinTech Storyteller_Episode 61
I had the opportunity to first interview Michelle last year for the FemTechLeaders series (her full interview is posted below). It was intriguing to learn how Michelle's love for writing shaped her career as a journalist and how her background as a journalist shaped her career as a mobile…
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Chris Skinner_The Finanser_Episode 60
The term "thought leader" is handed out a bit too easily these days, especially when it comes to FinTech. That said, Chris Skinner is without a doubt one of the top two or three thought leaders in financial services today.
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Ramona Ortega_Humble Hustler_Episode 59
"The Humble Hustler" - we didn't come up with that title; Ramona did. You'll be hard pressed to find a more active and inspiring company founder than Ramona. She has been a corporate securities attorney, founded a consulting firm,
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Daniel Gusev Wishful Tinkerer #58
I first met Daniel at Finovate in NYC back in 2016. I was immediately taken by two things when we spoke: 1) Daniel is one of the rare breed of founders who is incredibly intelligent but can also describe his product simply and succinctly; and 2) He...
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Maria Deam_FinTech Ambassador_Episode 57
Where is the FinTech capital of the world? Most would agree the top two cities that vie for this title are London and New York City. Maria is in the interesting position of living in NYC while representing the UK government. She is Vice Consul,
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James Moed_Innovation Wrangler_Episode 56
James Moed is a highly sought after speaker, thought leader, and consultant when it comes to service design. I first saw James present on experience design in Barcelona at a Next Money conference a few years back. I remember thinking "Man,
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Fintech 5 is a glimpse behind the scenes with the game changers in money and technology. Where we talk to those who are struggling to overturn the status quo, making real change. Jason Henrichs gets a quick 5 minutes with guests, and wastes no time trying to probe what drives and influences industry leaders.
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