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Humans of Fintech
by Nicole Casperson
Humans of Fintech with Nicole Casperson is where the people building the future of money get real about what it takes to create meaningful change.Hosted by award-winning journalist and Fintech Is Femme founder Nicole Casperson, the show goes beyond headlines, valuations, and product launches to uncover the decisions, setbacks, ambitions, and lived experiences shaping fintech, business, and AI.Each episode features candid conversations with the founders, operators, investors, executives, and culture-shapers reimagining how money moves—and who gets to build its future. You’ll hear the stories behind the companies, the lessons behind the leadership, and the human realities behind innovation.Come for the ideas transforming financial services. Stay for the people courageous enough to build what comes next.Humans of Fintech is a Fintech Is Femme Original show.
Episodes
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Why Storytelling Is Fintech’s AI Advantage With Angelique Strauss
In the age of AI, access to powerful technology is becoming universal. Standing out is not. When every company can build faster, automate more, and deploy similar tools, the real competitive advantage becomes much more human: a clear story, a trusted face, and a reason for people to believe in…
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Can AI Make Financial Advice Available to Everyone? With Laurel Taylor
Student debt in America isn’t just a balance sheet problem. It can delay investing, homeownership, entrepreneurship, starting a family, and decades of compound wealth creation. Few people understand that better than Laurel Taylor, Founder and CEO of Candidly. Laurel founded Candidly after living...
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AI Is Making Software Easier to Build. So What Still Creates a Moat?
AI is making products easier to build. So what actually separates the companies that win? In this episode of Humans of Fintech, Nicole Casperson sits down with Drew Glover, Co-Founder of Fiat Growth and General Partner at Fiat Ventures, at the Golden Gate Bridge to unpack the next phase of…
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Building Trust Into the Fintech Product with Current's Josh Stephens
Live from New York: a special mini episode recorded at the Solo Resilience Summit Nicole Casperson sits down with Josh Arjuna Stephens, SVP of Product at Current, for a sharp, on-the-ground conversation about what it actually takes to build financial products people trust — and use — at scale....
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Growing Global with Fundbox’s Rina Jariwala, Katy Ryan of Orrick, and Ontop’s Sergio Cordoba.
Live from Las Vegas: the Fintech Penthouse is back! Nicole Casperson sits down with guests Rina Jariwala, Chief Operations Officer at Fundbox, Katy Ryan, Partner at Orrick, and Sergio Cordoba, Chief Acquisition Officer at Ontop. During this special live recording of Humans of Fintech at Fintech...
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Bread Financial’s Jyoti Menon is Building Product to Change Consumer Habits
From helping launch Apple Pay at Citi to leading product across servicing, engagement, rewards, and customer experience at Bread Financial, Jyoti Menon has had a front-row seat to how financial services actually evolve. Jyoti has spent her career building at the intersection of finance, payments,...
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Orrick’s Katy Ryan Is Helping Fintechs Grow Through Regulation
Katy Ryan is a Partner at Orrick, a global law firm focused on serving tech companies, but she’s also a builder, an operator, and someone who’s actually sat on both sides of the table as a founder herself. Filmed on the showroom floor of Fintech Meetup, Nicole Casperson sits down with Katy to...
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Building at the Intersection of Healthcare and Fintech with Danny Friday
Danny Friday isn’t your traditional fintech founder. Originally a software engineer, Sail was born out of necessity to create accessibility in our healthcare system’s reimbursement process. Filmed at the Fintech Penthouse in Las Vegas during Fintech Meetup, Nicole Casperson sits down with Sail’s...
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Emerald 360° Powered by FIS
Everyone is talking about AI in banking. But the real question isn't whether the technology works. It's whether we can trust it to make decisions about money. That's a harder question. And this year, it moved from theoretical to operational. Filmed live at FIS Emerald in Orlando, Nicole Casperson...
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Brex’s Erica Dorfman is Leading from the CFO Seat
Brex CFO Erica Dorfman has built her career in product, capital markets, and the core of how the business actually runs. From banking to private equity to operating roles at SoFi — she’s consistently moved closer to the decision. Filmed live at FTW:NYC The Official New York Fintech Week…
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Prove’s Alyse Belavic is Shaping the Role of Identity in Payments
Alyse Belavic has worked with some major players in our industry. American Express, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Citi, Synchrony, and now Prove — operating at the intersection of identity, payments, and fraud prevention. Filmed at the Fintech Penthouse in Las Vegas during Fintech Meetup, Nicole...
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Casap's Shanthi Shanmugam Wants to Eliminate Fraud for Good
When Shanthi Shanmugam led customer support infrastructure at Robinhood, she saw firsthand what happens when trust breaks. Now CEO and Founder of Casap, Shanthi has been making big moves, leading in agentic AI to transform how fraud and disputes are handled and, in turn, how trust is built at...
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FinMkt’s Luan Cox is Building for Where the Market is Going
FinMkt’s President and CEO, Luan Cox, anticipated the needs of modern financial services years before the market recognized them. Scaling multiple tech companies to successful exits, Luan Cox’s work has been recognized and awarded many times over, most recently at The Femmy’s as Innovator of the...
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Stripe’s Sophie Sakellariadis is Teaching us About Stablecoins
Stripe leader Sophie Sakellariadis has had a unique front row seat in modern fintech for over a decade. From Stripe’s global expansion to building money movement systems behind how businesses store value, move funds, and operate across borders, Sakellariadis sits down with Nicole Casperson to…
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SoFi’s Kelli Keough is Helping us Spend, Invest, Protect, and Save.
.Today, SoFi serves more than 12 million members, operates as a full-scale digital financial services platform, is the NBA's official bank, and is the namesake of SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. And their EVP, group business unit leader for Spend, Invest, Protect, and Save, Kelli Keough, sits down...
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Engineer to Storyteller: Sanjib Kalita, Chairman of Fintech Meetup on Building Relationships, Startups, and the Future of Fintech
Recorded in the heart of Manhattan, we’re kicking off a very special Season 10: The Winner’s Circle with Fintech Meetup’s Sanjib Kalita. Host Nicole Casperson and Kalita sit down to discuss his start as an engineer building the early stages of big tech to his current role as Chairman of Fintech...
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The Fairness Playbook: How Consumer Reports Is Redefining Digital Finance
Recorded live from the Money20/20 show floor in Las Vegas, this special Humans of Fintech episode explores what it really takes to design a fair digital economy in a moment when financial systems are shifting faster than ever. Host Nicole Casperson sits down with Consumer Reports leaders Delicia...
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Inside Growing Global: Lessons From the Builders Scaling Fintech Worldwide
Recorded live from the Fintech Penthouse at Money 2020 in Las Vegas, this two-part 'Humans of Fintech' special explores what it really takes to grow globally in a moment when financial systems are being rewritten in real-time. Host Nicole Casperson gathers leaders shaping the future of…
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A Toast to Women in Fintech – Fintech for Good
Recorded live from the Fintech Penthouse at Money 2020 in Las Vegas, this special edition of Humans of Fintech honors the past, confronts the present, and reimagines the future of financial systems. Host Nicole Casperson opens the night by grounding the room in a powerful truth. Women have been...
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Connecting the Dots: Building Businesses That Last
Live from a buzzing room in NYC, this special Humans of Fintech episode brings two dynamic leaders to the stage: Nicole Mitchell, Partner at Aprio, and Tiffany Haynes, investor, advisor, and former COO of Fingercheck. Nicole shares how she’s spent nearly 30 years as a connector, guiding founders…
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Leadership, Ambition & Humanity in Finance: A Live Conversation
Live from a packed room in NYC, this special Humans of Fintech episode brings two powerhouse voices to the stage: Nina Chmura, Partner at Withum and creator of its Outsourced Accounting Systems & Solutions practice (OASyS), and Amanda Estiverne-Colas, Board Member at the National Alliance for...
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Fighting FinCrime Smarter: Trisha Kothari on Building Unit21 and Outpacing Fraudsters
In this episode of Humans of Fintech, host Nicole Casperson sits down with Trisha Kothari, Co-Founder and CEO of Unit21, for a deep dive into one of fintech’s most urgent (and misunderstood) frontiers: fraud and compliance. From uncovering flaws in legacy systems to building a platform trusted by...
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Leading the Climate Fintech Movement with Bhuva Shakti
In this episode of Humans of Fintech, host Nicole Casperson sits down with Bhuva Shakti, founder of Bhuva’s Impact Global and Chief Sustainable Innovation Officer at Wallet Max™, for a conversation about the intersection of fintech, climate, and innovation. With more than 30 years of experience…
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Breaking Barriers in Credit with Angel Rich, CEO of CreditRich
In this special episode of Humans of Fintech, recorded live at the Fintech Is Femme Leadership Summit 2025, host Nicole Casperson sits down with Angel Rich, Founder and CEO of CreditRich, for a powerful conversation on purpose-driven leadership, strategic disruption, and building a billion-dollar...
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Redefining Wealth-Building in Latin America with Carlos Díaz of RUUT
In this in-person episode of Humans of Fintech, host Nicole Casperson sits down with Carlos Díaz, Co-Founder of RUUT, Mexico’s largest Registered Investment Advisor, for a candid conversation about access, inclusion, and reimagining investing for a new generation. RUUT serves many first-time...
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Closing the Financial Gender Gap with Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen of Female Invest
In this episode of Humans of Fintech, host Nicole Casperson sits down with Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen, Co-Founder of Female Invest, for an inspiring conversation about financial empowerment, global community-building, and what it takes to challenge a male-dominated industry from the ground up. What...
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Financial Literacy for the 99%: Empowering Communities with Ashley Fox
In this episode of Humans of Fintech, host Nicole Casperson sits down with Ashley Fox, Founder and CEO of Empify, for a powerful conversation on financial literacy, community empowerment, and what it means to challenge Wall Street’s status quo. Ashley shares how her experiences as a former Wall...
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Building Fintech Together: Storytelling, Partnerships & Innovation
Live from Fintech Meetup, this episode of Humans of Fintech explores the power of storytelling, community-building, and the dynamics of working alongside a partner in the fintech space. Host Nicole Casper is joined by her life and business partner, Anton Briones (Co-Founder and CEO & Creative...
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NY Fintech Week & The Future of Fintech with Jon Zanoff
In this episode of Humans of Fintech, host Nicole Casperson sits down with Jon Zanoff, the Founder of Empire Startups—better known as the "Mayor of Fintech" in NYC. For over 15 years, Jon has been at the forefront of the fintech community, bringing together founders, investors, and banking…
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The Crossroads of Identity and Innovation: Solving Fraud in the Digital Age with Frances Zelazny
In this episode, we sit down with Frances Zelazny, a trailblazer in the biometrics and fraud prevention space. Frances shares insights into her unique journey, shaped by her mixed cultural background, and how it led her to create innovative solutions for one of the world’s biggest challenges:...
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Flipping the Script: A Live Celebration of Fintech Feminists with Amy Nauiokas.
In this very special episode of Humans of Fintech, we’re taking you live to an unforgettable evening: the book launch party for FinTech Feminist in New York City. With 100 of the most dynamic leaders in fintech gathered to celebrate, the energy was electric. But here’s the twist—this time, the…
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Tori Dunlap: Financial Literacy, Female Leadership, and the Fight for Financial Equity.
In this episode, we're bringing the heat with Tori Dunlap, powerhouse founder of Her First $100K and advocate for women's financial independence. Tori’s on a mission to smash the glass ceiling of money myths and help women claim their financial power. She gets real about her journey, her...
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Sallie Krawcheck: Money Moves, Power Plays, & Redefining Entrepreneurship
In this episode, we’re bringing some serious fire with none other than Sallie Krawcheck—the OG queen of fintech and Founder & CEO of Ellevest. She’s out here breaking down barriers, building empires, and proving that women can—and will—run the financial world. We get real about money, leadership,...
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S7 Ep6: How Candidly Delivered Nearly $1 Billion in Student Loan Savings, with Laurel Taylor
Student loan debt is a major issue in the United States, affecting millions of Americans. Nicole sits down with Laurel Taylor, CEO and Founder of Candidly, to discuss how her company is using technology to empower individuals and help them navigate the complexities of student loan repayment.…
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S7 Ep5: Nina Mohanty on the Immigrant Experience and Financial Inclusion
In this episode, Nicole sits down with Nina Mohanty, the founder of Bloom Money, a platform that provides financial options for immigrants. Nina shares her personal experience as a first-generation immigrant and discusses the importance of diversity in the fintech industry. She also chats with...
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S7 Ep4: Breaking Barriers with Fintech’s Most Powerful Women (Live from Money 20/20)
Meet fintech’s most influential women in the industry. Sasha Pilch, Principal at Fin Capital, Emma Zhang, Founder and CEO of Pactfi, and Kathryn Petralia, Co-Founder of Keep Financial, join Nicole live from Money 20/20 to discuss the importance of female representation and empowerment in fintech....
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S7 Ep3: Breaking Fintech Barriers and Trusting the Journey, with Anaid Chacon
Trust is a crucial element in the fintech industry, and Anaid Chacon, SVP of Product Development at Argyle, knows just how important it is to establish trust with customers. In this episode, she and Nicole discuss the challenges of building trust in fintech and how incorporating behavioral…
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S7 Ep2: Banks, Fintech, and the Latin American Landscape: A Candid Conversation with Cristina Ciaravalli
In this candid conversation, Nicole takes a beat to talk with Cristina Ciaravalli about her storied career in the fintech industry, from her early beginnings working for Goldman Sachs to meeting and falling in love with tech startup, Plaid. The two chat about the differences between working for…
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S7 Ep1: Poker Power Play: Bridging the Gender Gap, with Jenny Just
Did you know that less than 7% of poker players are women? Jenny Just, the founder of Poker Power Play App, is on a mission to change that. In this episode, she and Nicole discuss the importance of women's representation in the poker world and how playing poker can develop valuable skills for…
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S6 Ep6: Zach Anderson Pettet on the Future of Fintech, Money 2020, & Beyond
Join Nicole as she chats with fintech aficionado Zach Anderson Pettet. From the importance of diverse experiences to the irony of investment apps, they’re tackling it all so that you don’t have to. Zach delves into his personal journey with fintech, revealing how his early financial struggles...
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S6 Ep5: Overcoming Your Financial Baggage, with Alejandra Rojas
In this episode, Nicole chats with Alejandra Rojas, founder of The Money Mindset Hub, about why it’s so critical for women to acknowledge and address all of the emotional baggage and trauma money brings with it. Alejandra explains why approaching money from a clearer mindset enables women to…
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S6 Ep4: A Global Perspective on Embedded Finance, with Ahon Sarkar
What does the future of embedded finance look like in countries experiencing a financial revolution, with cultural norms so different from our own? General Manager to Helix, Ahon Sarkar, chats with Humans of Fintech host Nicole Casperson about the homogeneity of cultural spending across the…
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S6 Ep3: Feminism, Fintech, and OnlyFans, with CEO of OnlyFans, Keily Blair
We get it, we get it. When you hear the word “OnlyFans,” feminism isn’t exactly the first word that comes to mind. Keily Blair, CEO of OnlyFans, is here to explain why it should. In this live event, she and Nicole discuss the implications of fintech being a predominantly male industry and why the...
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S6 Ep2: The First Wealth Management App for Couples, with Plenty Co-Founder & CEO, Emily Luk
How much money do you need to have a child? What, exactly, should your finances look like before you consider buying a house? How much should you save for a wedding? You shouldn’t have to pay $1000 or more to find out the answers to these questions from a financial planner— and Emily Luk, CEO and...
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S6 Ep1: Unpacking the Gender Gaps in Fintech, with Tracey Davies and Scarlett Sieber
In this live event, Nicole sits down with Tracey Davies (President of Money20/20) and Scarlett Sieber (Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at Money20/20) to talk about their unique experiences within the fintech industry. What are the gaps in diversity and inclusion they’ve been witness to, and…
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S5 Ep6: B2C Fintech’s Greatest Misconceptions, with Katie Perry
On today’s pod, Nicole and guest speaker, Katie Perry, GM of B2B for the fintech app Public, are breaking down the biggest misconceptions surrounding B2C in fintech. Is B2C in Fintech still alive and thriving? What are the advantages of having a diversified perspective in the fintech market? And...
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S5 Ep5: Dismantling the Double Standards Women in the Workplace Face, with Author Julia Boorstin
Did you know that studies show female-founded startups yield higher profits and sell a year earlier than male-founded companies? In this live event, Nicole speaks with CNBC Senior Correspondent Julia Boorstin about her latest book, “When Women Lead.” Julia’s book covers groundbreaking and deeply...
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S5 Ep4: NYT Bestselling Author Daniel Crosby Talks Behavioral Finance
How can we account for the messiness of human beings when designing fintech apps? New York Times bestselling author and Chief Behavioral Officer to Orion, Daniel Crosby, stops by the studio to chat with Nicole about behavioral finance and the role it plays in fintech. As a former Ph.D. psychology...
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Martin Toha, CEO of Array, on Empowering Consumers and Embracing Inclusion in Fintech
In this special episode sponsored by the embedded fintech products platform, Array, Nicole chats with founder Martin Toha about how Array is building a platform to help both clients and their customers own their financial future. Plus, Nicole and Martin also dive into an important conversation...
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S5 Ep3: Rewriting the Asian American Narrative in Fintech, with Liang Zhao
Did you know that 1 in every 124 Asian women in the workplace is a leader vs. 1 in every 50 white males? Liang Zhao, CEO of the marketing consulting agency, Vansary, does, and that’s why she’s making it her personal mission to ensure underrepresented groups have an equal seat at the leadership...
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Humans of Fintech with Nicole Casperson is where the people building the future of money get real about what it takes to create meaningful change.Hosted by award-winning journalist and Fintech Is Femme founder Nicole Casperson, the show goes beyond headlines, valuations, and product launches to uncover the decisions, setbacks, ambitions, and lived experiences shaping fintech, business, and AI.Each episode features candid conversations with the founders, operators, investors, executives, and culture-shapers reimagining how money moves—and who gets to build its future. You’ll hear the stories behind the companies, the lessons behind the leadership, and the human realities behind innovation.Come for the ideas transforming financial services. Stay for the people courageous enough to build what comes next.Humans of Fintech is a Fintech Is Femme Original show.
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