Fintech & Web3 Founders Series Podcast by CFTE
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Fintech & Web3 Founders Series by CFTE-Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship is a podcast dedicated to entrepreneurship stories that are not told in the Fintech industry. Hosted by experts including Ronit Ghose, the Global Head of Banking at Citi Global Insights and Gaurav Dhar, the CEO of Marshal Equipment & Trading Co. LLC by outstanding guests, they discuss how to be an entrepreneur, the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in the Fintech industry.
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56. Inside African FinTech: Markets, Challenges & Opportunities | (with Wiza Jalakasi, Emerging Markets Fintech Expert) | Fintech
Are you curious about the fintech industry in Africa? Do you want to know how mobile money services have transformed financial services on the continent? Are you an entrepreneur looking to secure investment in the competitive landscape of Africa’s fintech industry? In this episode, we hosted Wiza Jalakasi, Emerging Markets Fintech Expert on our latest podcast episode to explore the African fintech industry, discussing key markets and countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. We also delve into the impact of mobile money services like M-Pesa on the continent and how they have revolutionised financial services for millions of people. Explore VC models and how it has evolved in Africa over time, providing insights into what investors look for when evaluating startups and offering advice on how to stand out in this competitive landscape. Listen to the podcast to explore: 🔹 Key markets and countries in the African FinTech industry 🔹 Mobile money services like M-Pesa and their impact on financial services in Africa 🔹 Factors driving growth in the African FinTech industry, including supportive regulatory environments, increasing mobile money adoption rates 🔹 Challenges faced by startups during periods of funding and how they can navigate these challenges to secure investment 🔹 The VC model in Africa and what investors look for when evaluating startups Highlights 00:04 – Introduction 02:00 – Fintech in Africa 03:30 – How mobile money services like M-Pesa have contributed to the growth of Fintech in Africa 05:20 – VC funding for African startups 07:20 – Opportunities of building a Fintech business 22:30 – The Future of Fintech in Africa Interested in listening more to our show? Subscribe to our newsletter and get notified when a new episode launches! 👉 https://courses.cfte.education/fintec...
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55. Beyond Profits: Utilising APIs for a Greater Purpose in Digital Banking | (with Omar Mansur, Managing Director APAC of Codebase Technologies) | Fintech
What are the most important tips when it comes to achieving success in the tech industry? Omar Mansur, Managing Director APAC of Codebase Technologies will be taking us through the journey of Codebase Technologies and sharing their Eureka moment. We’ll also be exploring the phases of building a business in tech, from ideation to launch and beyond. Listen to the podcast to: 💥Hear the Eureka moment of Codebase Technologies 💥Explore the phases of building a business in digital banking 💥Delve into the importance of talent management to achieve success 💥Learn the untold story of get clients that last Highlights
00:00 Introduction 00:52 Codebase Technologies 07:20 Challenges of Building a Fintech Business 14:10 Differentiation Through Technology and Advisory Services 22:30 The Future of Banking and Technology Interested in listening more to our show? Subscribe to our newsletter and get notified when a new episode launches! 👉 https://courses.cfte.education/fintech-founders-series-events-webinars/
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Mar 13, 2023
54. ISO 20022 - The New Age of Payments | (with Troy S. Wood, CEO and Founder of Impel)
How to leverage blockchain technology to deliver financial messaging and provide a seamless cross-border payments experience? #ISO20022
In this episode, we sit down with Troy S. Wood, CEO and Founder of Impel to discuss the power of APIs in financial services, and how banks and corporates can leverage of this cutting-edge technology. Troy shares his story of getting involved in the world of blockchain. He also provides insight into the foundation story of Impel & ISO20022, how to bridge the blockchain platform to future-facing banks and fintech and many more!
Listen to the podcast to:
🚀 Hear the aha moment of Impel
🚀 Explore the API use cases in financial services
🚀 Delve into what it takes to be involved in the blockchain industry
Highlights
00:00 Introduction of Troy
04:30 The foundation story of Impel & ISO20022
18:00 What it takes to be an entrepreneur in the blockchain industry
30:00 The starting point of Blockchain
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Mar 6, 2023
53. The Foundation of Transformative AI | (with Shameek Kundu & Anupam Datta, Truera) | Fintech
Why is everyone talking about ChatGPT & AI revolution now?
In this episode, we sit down with Anupam Datta and Shameek Kundu from Truera to discuss the AI implications for society, business and economy, and explore the founding story of Truera.
Anupam and Shameek share the importance of critical thinking when using the artificial intelligence tools. They also provide insight into the milestones of AI technology worldwide, the areas where AI has some challenges and opportunities, and many more!
Listen to the podcast to:
🚀 Hear the Eureka moment of Truera
🚀 Explore the reasons why AI is booming now
🚀 Delve into the main milestones of AI, machine learning and language processing models
🚀 Learn the key tips to get into the world of AI as an individual
Highlights
03:34 ChatGPT & AI moment worldwide
21:36 Career transition from TradFi to AI
31:45 Foundation story of Truera
01:00:00 Advices for individuals who want to learn AI
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Feb 27, 2023
52. Setting up a Challenger Bank from Scratch | (with Anne Boden, Founder & CEO of Starling Bank)
Would you leave your current job to set up a new challenger bank from scratch?
This week, our dynamic duo in Fintech Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar will be sitting down with Anne Boden, the founder of Starling Bank, to talk about her entrepreneurial journey in establishing one of the most successful challenger banks in the world!
Join us for an insightful conversation on the potential impact on the workforce due to the implementation of AI worldwide!
Listen to the podcast to hear about:
🚀 Hear the untold story of Starling Bank
🚀 Explore the challenges she faced getting the company off the ground
🚀 Learn how digital banks are complying with regulations and policy frameworks
🚀 Discover the role of technology in the future of banking
🚀 Unlock the key advices for the future entrepreneurs in financial services industry
Highlights
00:00 Journey to setting up a challenger bank from scratch
22:06 Pitching Starling Bank to potential investors
28:28 The mission statement of Starling Bank
33:30 Launching the Starling Bank 38:38 Revenue drivers for Starling
43:25 Regulatory environment and regulators
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Feb 20, 2023
51. What the AI Moment Means for Finance | (with Erkin Adylov, Founder & CEO of Behavox) | Fintech
Why are we in the AI moment?
In this episode, we speak with the Founder & CEO of Behavox, Erkin Adylov, and unpack the story of how he founded Behavox and discuss the future of AI, particularly in financial services in upcoming years! 🚀
Join us for an insightful conversation on the potential impact on the workforce due to the implementation of AI worldwide!
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Highlights
06:57 The global AI moment
29:17 Main aspects of the startup culture and entrepreneurial mindset
34:12 The story of Behavox & communication surveillance
52:33 The meaning of AI for the society
58:46 How to be prepared for AI-powered world in 2030
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Feb 13, 2023
50. From Idea to Reality: Entering the World of Web3 | (with Jaynti Kanani, Co-Founder of Polygon) | Web3
What is real story behind building a global blockchain platform?
In this episode, we speak with the Co-Founder of Polygon Jaynti Kanani, and hear the untold story of how he built one of the biggest blockchain platform, and discussed the iPhone moment of Web3! 🚀
Join us for an insightful conversation on how he overcame challenges to bring his dreams and goals to life!
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Highlights
00:10 JD’s background
17:30 Getting into the world of software engineers
28:09 Meeting with the rest of the crew of Polygon
38:14 The structure of a successful blockchain company
42:22 Best piece of advice to give yourselfD’s background
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Feb 6, 2023
49. Pioneering the New Era in Banking | (with Rishi Khosla, Co-Founder of OakNorth) | Fintech
What does it take to setup a new challenger bank in UK from scratch?
In this episode, we speak with the Co-Founder of OakNorth Rishi Khosla, and gain insights about his experience of building one of the biggest challenger banks in the UK OakNorth, and discussed product versus tech mindset! 🚀
Join us for an insightful conversation on the state and future of banking with Rishi Khosla!
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Highlights
00:54 Pivoting into the entrepreneurship
06:06 Founding story of Copal Amba & Oaknorth
25:32 Notable deals and investments of OakNorth
30:59 The success stories & EXIT
37:50 Product vs tech mindset
40:21 Credit intelligence 101
45:00 The future of banking
49:20 To be an entrepreneur or not to be
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Jan 30, 2023
48. Exploring the Next Wave of Fintech | (with Nik Milanović, Founder of This Week in FinTech) | Fintech
How is the future of global Fintech landscape?
In this episode, we speak with the Founder of This Week in FinTech, Nik Milanović, about his entrepreneurial journey from starting one of the biggest newsletters in Fintech to building a venture fund and discussed the future of Fintech worldwide! 🌎
Join us for an insightful conversation on the state and future of Fintech with Nik Milanović!
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Highlights
00:05 Introductions and welcome
02:12 Nik's journey to get in Fintech
18:40 The most exciting FinTech sub-sectors with highest growth potential
26:19 The process of building a fund
38:49 The fundamentals of evaluating FinTechs as an investor
43:42 Opportunities and challenges of MENA region
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Jan 23, 2023
47. Driving Fintech Innovation in Africa | (with Zachariah George, Managing Partner of Launch Africa Ventures) | Fintech
Africa is leading a FinTech revolution, with the industry expected to be worth $3 billion by 2025.
In this episode, we speak with Zachariah George, Managing Partner of Launch Africa Ventures, about his journey to getting into VCs in Africa and the future of Fintech in the region. He also discusses the best Fintech success stories, and the fundamental provision for financial services in Africa.
Join us for an insightful conversation on the state and future of VCs in Africa with Zachariah George!
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Highlights
00:00 Zach’s background
07:44 Zach’s journey to get into VC in Africa
12:40 The birth of VC in Africa
25:05 The future of Fintech in Africa
40:47 Africa's best Fintech success stories
51:54 The fundamental provision for financial services in Africa
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Jan 16, 2023
46. Finding Success in Crypto Winter | (with Edward Woodford, Founder & CEO of Zerohash) | Web3
The crypto winter has been a challenging time for many companies in the industry, but some have managed to thrive despite the market conditions.
In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Edward Woodford, Founder of Zero Hash.
Edward dives into the ins and outs of building a successful crypto company, discussing topics such as how every financial company will become a crypto company, how to navigate through building and delivering from a team perspective, and the main geographies to pursue building products. He also shares his thoughts on the current state of the crypto market and what sets Zero Hash apart even in tough market conditions.
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Highlights
00:00 Introduction of Edward
6:32 The journey of every financial company becoming a crypto company
12:20 Zerohash n…
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Jan 10, 2023
45. The Future of DeFi is Social | (with Stani Kulechov, Founder & CEO of Aave) | Web3
Is the future of Defi ... Social?
Social and culture is a bigger addressable user market than finance and building a decentralised social network is a very topical project. In this episode, our star guest is Stani Kulechov, Founder of Aave and Lens Protocol.
Stani discusses his entrepreneurial journey from dropping out of high school to building one of the leading DeFi protocols. From the genesis of Defi to the growing adoption of decentralised Social Media, listen to Stani covering the different drivers of adoption and challenges of the current environment.
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Highlights
00:00 Introduction of Stani
1:41 Growing up in Finland in the 90’s
7:36 How deep did Stani’s interest in computers go?
13:03 How did Stani get interested in Fintech in high school?
17:40 When did he first com…
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Dec 8, 2022
44. Unlocking Web3 Infrastructure | (with Ahmed Al-Balaghi, Co-Founder of Biconomy) | Web3
💥 Crypto mass adoption is a hot topic in the crypto world, but how do we actually tackle it?
In this wide ranging conversation, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar explored the main opportunities and painpoints in the evolving Web3 world, his career journey from China to the UAE, and what the future is holding for the space.
Get ready to listen various inspiring stories and killer insights from Ahmed 👇
🏅 What is the founding story of Biconomy?
❄️ Are we in winter season for NFTs and decentralised Metaverse?
🤔 What actually happened to play-to-earn?
🌍 Does Ahmed see himself in another location for making mass adoption a reality?
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Dec 1, 2022
43. Does Crypto Have a Future? | (with Bouchra Darwazah, General Partner of Asymmetric) | Web3
How has FTX’s crash changed the behavior of institutional investors?
Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar deep-dived into the conversation with Bouchra to explore the FTX crash, the challenges VCs face in crypto, and many more! Get ready to catch a glimpse of the #FintechandWeb3Founders Ep. 43 👇
⚠️ How does Bouchra assess and manage risk in the crypto space?
🚨 What are some of the problems traditional venture investors face in crypto?
📉 FTX – what happened?
❄️ What is the current market sentiment after the FTX collapse?
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Nov 24, 2022
42. Investing in Web3 | (with Hubertus Thonhauser, Chairman of Ghaf Capital Partners) | Web3
💥 From gaming to Web3 VC, we learned a lot from Hubertus Thonhauser’s career journey!
Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar explored the (forgotten!) main principles of Web3, deep dived into the secret sauce of VC investments and the current state of talents in Web3! Here are some killer questions to open Pandora’s box of Web3 👇
🚀 How is VC funding in the Web3 space in last years?
⛔️ What does it take to manage risks and make money in Web3 as a VC?
🏅 Will the flow of talent stop into the global Web3 ecosystem?
💡 How did Hubertus become an entrepreneur?
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Nov 18, 2022
41. The MENA Fintech Ecosystem | (with Nameer Khan, Chairman & Founding Board Member of MENA Fintech Association) | Fintech
The MENA Fintech region has seen an unprecedented rise in investments by being one of the promising frontiers for Fintech. We have seen a lot of activity recently with new companies popping up and receiving capital – but what’s next?
Get ready to obtain a rigorous view on the future of Fintech in MENA region with Nameer, and gain insight into the opportunities of the MENA Fintech markets, and the main reason behind the success of the region. Here are some questions to unlock the mysteries of the region that will surprise you 👇
🌍 What is happening in the MENA Fintech landscape right now?
🏆 What explains the success of the region today?
📈 Which trends are the most significant in the MENA region that you can not miss?
🍀 What is behind the story of sustainable Fintech?
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Nov 10, 2022
40. Open Meta & Web3 | (with Phil Chen, Founding Partner of Race Capital) | Web3
What is the Metaverse?
In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we learned more more about his career journey in cutting edge of tech and explored the infrastructure layers of the Metaverse!
Get ready to follow the white rabbit down the hole of Web3 with Phil, and gain insight into the dynamics of the Metaverse economy from trust to identity! Here are some questions to unravel the wonders that puzzle you 👇
👾 Is Metaverse all about gaming?
🌪 What are the major hurdles of Web3?
🆔 How will identity issue work in the decentralised world?
🦾 What is the core part of the Metaverse infrastructure that needs to be built out in the future?
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Nov 3, 2022
39. FinTech as a Service for Africa Region | (Ope Adeoye from OnePipe)
What does it take to empower companies to integrate financial services into their businesses?
Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar explored the dynamics of the African financial services ecosystem, and how OnePipe is disrupting banking services in the region with the power of APIs.
Buckle up to deep dive into the entrepreneurial journey of Ope and learn more how APIs can be leveraged to help non-financial institutions achieve financial services! Here are some key points to gain more insight :point_down:
⚖️ What are the current status of regulatory landscape in Nigeria?
🤔 Why is Ope calling himself as a “Chief Plumber”?
🌍 How is African financial services landscape compared to the US and Europe?
🔮 How does the future of OnePipe look like?
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Oct 27, 2022
38. How VCs Firms are Investing the Future of Fintech | (with Barbara Iyayi from Unicorn Growth Capital)
It was such an amazing experience to host Barbara Iyayi on #FintechandWeb3Founders!
Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar explored what makes Barbara so passionate about wanting to come out and turning the dreams of unique companies into reality 🚀
Get ready to deep dive into the most candour conversation with Barbara and learn more about the VCs, Fintech and Web3! Here are some questions to quench your curiosity 👇
💸 What are the key factors VCs consider when making an investment decision?
🌀 How does Fintech and Web3 are all fit together?
👋 Where does Barbara see exits coming in Africa?
🪢 What can be done to overcome the gender inequality Fintech and VC ecosystem?
☄️ How does the future outlook of Africa Fintech ecosystem look like?
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Oct 20, 2022
37. Pioneering the Crypto Revolution in Africa (with Ruth Iselema, Founder & CEO of Bitmama) | Web3
What are the pain-points of the cross border payments in Africa?
In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored the crypto adoption levels in Africa, the vision for Bitmama for the future, and many more! Some topics you should listen out for in this session:
🔹 How does the regulatory landscape look in Africa?
🔹 Which pain-points does Bitmama address in the region?
🔹 How can the global market leverage blockchain-based solutions?
🔹 What would Ruth advise for aspiring entrepreneurs across Africa?
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Oct 13, 2022
36. Platforms & Fintech: Revolutionising B2B Payments in the MENA (Mo Aziz, Co-Founder & CEO of Pluto)
Are successful entrepreneurs born or made?
In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored Mo's journey of becoming an entrepreneur, the challenges and opportunities of operating a venture backed company, the financial infrastructure in the MENA region, and many more!
In this episode, we answered those questions:
🔹 What does Y-Combinator want to know before accepting you to their acceleration programme?
🔹 The importance of solving the pain points in the market for the success
🔹 Why does Pluto Card want to digitise cash spend for business expenses?
🔹 The journey of building an international team and having virtual gatherings
🔹 The future outlook of Pluto in the next five years
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Oct 6, 2022
35. How to build a Metaverse marketplace (with Ramana Kumar, CEO of Magnati) | Web3
Why does a payments company need to develop a Metaverse platform?
In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored what triggered the shift from electronic commerce to experiential commerce, the transformation of payments in the future, and many more! Some topics you should listen out for in this session:
🔹 The experience of B2B and customers in the Metaverse
🔹 Experiential e-commerce use cases
🔹 How would Magnati MetaV will look like in 2030
🔹 The reasons of why UAE is the hub for nurturing the innovation
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Sep 29, 2022
34. FinTech & Metaverse: Nordic Innovation, Global Impact (with Thomas Krogh Jensen and Mads Troelsgaard) | Fintech & Web3
Why do we need Metaverse for corporates?
We had such a good time talking about the innovative Nordic Fintech landscape and Metaverse opportunities with Thomas Krogh Jensen and Mads Troelsgaard on #FintechandWeb3Founders! They shared their latest predictions about the future of Fintech brought from the content-packed Nordic Fintech Week 2022, but also how the Metaverse creates new opportunities in the workforce!
In this episode, we answered those questions:
🔹 How the Nordic region is leading the sustainability and innovation worldwide
🔹 Why do we need Metaverse for corporates?
🔹 What are the different use cases of Fintech and Metaverse from all around the world
🔹 Will the Metaverse replace travel completely?
Happy #NordicFintechWeek!
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Sep 22, 2022
33. Redefining NFTs & Blockchain Interoperability (with Sarthak Bakshi and Temujin Louie) | Web3
Why do we see more hacks in blockchain ecosystem? We were thrilled to host Sarthak Bakshi and Temujin Louie and discuss blockchain interoperability and the future outlook of Web3!
In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored what it takes to enable interoperability between blockchains, the mass adoption of NFTs and blockchain, and many more! Some topics you should listen out for in this session:
🔹 Do we need more blockchain solutions?
🔹 Why do we see more hacks in blockchain ecosystem?
🔹 Future outlook of Blockchain in 2030
🔹 The possibility of driving blockchain adoption through interoperability
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Sep 15, 2022
32. Polygon: Decrypting the Future of Web3 (with Jaynti Kanani, Co-Founder of Polygon) | Web3
How will #TheMerge affect you? In this episode, we welcomed Polygon Technology’s co-founder Jaynti Kanani and discuss the latest development on Web3!
Our hosts Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar chatted with went from the genesis of Polygon to the Merge to understand what the future holds for blockchain and Web3. Here’s what you can expect in more detail:
❓ Why is #TheMerge important?
🔹 Why Polygon is needed
📈 Future blockchain use cases (away from any hype)
📍 Why Dubai is the Web3 capital of India
⭐️ Bonus: What his parents thinks he does
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Sep 8, 2022
31. Indian Fintech Landscape 2022 (with Syed Musheer Ahmed and Amit Goel) | Fintech
Which Indian Fintechs are overrated and underhyped? In this episode, we welcomed Syed Musheer Ahmed, Founder & Managing Director at FinStep Asia, and Amit Goel, Country Head, India & Vice-President Global Advisory at Prove!
Our hosts Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar chatted with Musheer and Amit to learn more about the entrepreneurial spirit of India, how to sustain Fintech unicorns, the main market players in India, and many more! From this session, we have deep dived into:
🔹 The next Fintech opportunities in India
🔹 What does it take to enable Indian companies in EMEA?
🔹 Regulations in India
🔹 Which Indian Fintechs are overrated and underhyped?
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Sep 1, 2022
30. Learn-to-Earn: The Game-Changer for Financial Literacy | With Tracy Chang, Matthias Kröner, Mogaland
How can games help players improve their financial literacy? Mogaland is a financial literacy game-based Metaverse where you can play to learn personal financial skills and learn to earn crypto assets. In this episode, we welcomed Tracy Chang & Matthias Kröner around the Mogaland, the most anticipated DeFi metaverse game. A fusion of money and gaming, Mogaland is determined to pull in many gamers across the globe into the world of Fintech, NFTs, tokens and the Metaverse.
Are you ready to learn more about the possibilities for people to play to learn about financial markets, how people earn their own tokens and get certified on the Mogaland? Join us on this session to explore what you could do on the Mogaland, with topics from:
🔹 The world of GameFi
🔹 Can non-techies access the Mogaland?
🔹 Mogaland’s product roadmap and development
🔹 Tokenomics
🔹 Play, learn and earn on the Mogaland
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Aug 11, 2022
29. What are The Hottest Emerging Countries for Fintech Investing? | (With Dave Nangle from VEF) | Fintech
💥 We just concluded our super fun and insightful session about investing in Fintech across emerging markets with Dave Nangle, managing director of VEF! Backed by some of the largest investment companies such as Fidelity Investments and Wellington Management, VEF is a permanent capital vehicle focusing on Fintech businesses across the emerging world, providing their investors with great access to the fast growth private Fintech space.
In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we learned from Dave about VEF as a leading permanent capital vehicle for Fintech investors, his outlook of different emerging markets across MENA and the company’s investment approach to building a successful Fintech portfolio! Topics you will hear:
🔹 Switching from banking to private equity
🔹 What is a permanent capital vehicle (PCV)?
🔹 Attractive Fintech companies and emerging markets
🔹 Outlook on the MENA Fintech market
🔹 How long will the current shakeout in fintech and…
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Aug 4, 2022
28. The Crypto Outlook: Bear Market, Regulations, CBDCs & the Big Hack | (With Henri Arslanian from the Nine Blocks Capital Management) | Web3
💥 We are beyond thrilled to have had Henri Arslanian, Senior Advisor at PwC and The Author of “The Book of Crypto” on our newest live session to shed some light on all the chaos that is occurring within the crypto market. On this particular occasion, Henri also announced the launch of his crypto hedge fund to help institutional investors wanting to allocate to the crypto space!
🚀 Being one of the most popular thought leaders in crypto, Henri enriched us with so much valuable insights about what is happening within the industry, regulators' views towards crypto, and what needs to be done for a better crypto future.
In this session led by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we deep dived into:
🔹 What is the state of the crypto market?
🔹 The fallout and after effects of the Terra Luna crash
🔹 Reasons behind the issuance of CBDCs
🔹 Regulatory considerations within crypto
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Jul 28, 2022
27. Cross-chain Protocol: The Future of Blockchain | (With Ram Ramachandran from the Router Protocol) | Web3
Such an enjoyable session we had with Ramani 'Ram' Ramachandran, CEO of Router Protocol and Dfyn Network who is on a mission to bridge blockchains together through cutting edge cross-chain technology that allows for exchange of assets and data across multiple blockchain networks. Our hosts Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar chatted with Ramani to have him share valuable knowledge on blockchains, decentralisation, cross chain interoperability and their Web3 use cases! From this session, we have learned much more about:
🔹 What are blockchains and their ecosystem
🔹 What is Router Protocol and the importance of blockchain interoperability
🔹 Web3 use cases of the blockchain and cross-chain technology
🔹 Growing your blockchain team and the future of blockchain
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Jul 21, 2022
26. Metabloqs: A New Reality | (With Megha Shrestha and Marc-André Schauwecker from Metabloqs) | Web3
Are you ready to join the metaverse? Metabloq is launching the first Meta-City Paris in 2 weeks with over 300,000 registered users already buckled up to experience this new and revolutionary medium of networking. Today we welcomed the CEO and Chairman of Metabloqs, Meghan Shrestha and Marc Schauwecker on #FintechandWeb3Founders series to reveal what the Metabloqs entails which is unlike anything you have seen before.
Metabloq will be one of the most realistic metaverse you will ever experience. Imagine hosting events, attending meetings, negotiating deals and working at the office next to people who in real life are scattered around the world. With the metaverse, the global network is united; our real and virtual worlds converge. Join us on this session to explore what you could do on the Metabloqs, with topics from:
🔹 What is Metabloqs?
🔹 Use cases on the metaverse
🔹 The technology and blockchain behind
🔹 The corporate world on Metabloqs
🔹 How do you access it
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Jul 15, 2022
25. How Fintech is Shaping the Future of Banking | (With Antony Jenkins from 10x Technology) | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Antony Jenkins, former CEO of Barclays Bank and Founder of 10x Technology! The Founder of 10x Banking shared with us about his banking solution platform that is transforming financial institutions to become more customer–centric and data efficient.
During this session with our hosts Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, Antony unleashed much valuable knowledge on the deep-rooted problems within banks’ legacy systems that led him to leave his traditional finance job and created 10x. Antony offered insights on how 10x Technology solutions don’t simply upgrade banks’ core systems, but rather help them holistically achieve non-linear transformations that focus on solving customer’s problems. We covered topics ranging from:
🔹 Existential problems within the banking industry
🔹 Principles of 10x Technology and Antony’s entrepreneurial lessons
🔹 Banks as data companies and regulatory implications for 10x
🔹 What skills do CEOs of t…
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Jul 8, 2022
24. Wirecard: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud | (With Dan McCrum from Financial Times) | Fintech
What went wrong with Wirecard? The #payment processing giant was Germany’s #tech darling during the period where #Europe was desperate for a tech champion. Dan McCrum, however, thought the company’s #profits were too good to be true, and through countless documents given by whistleblowers had exposed the company for forging backdated #contracts and faking sales #transactions.
Bringing the biggest #Fintech company of #Germany down however was not easy. Dan’s reputation was smeared by the media, finance #watchdogs, and the #regulators of attempting market price #manipulation, revealing how willing the financial elites are to ignore corruption by their ‘ally’. In this episode, you will hear how Dan’s #persistence and #journalism #integrity helped him win a 6-year long battle against Wirecard, and the twists and turns that occurred in the financial investigation of the decade . The extraordinary story will unveil:
🔹Stimulus behind the investigation
🔹Escalation of t…
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Jun 30, 2022
23. Building a Neobank: Success Story of YAP (YAP with Marwan Hachem) | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Marwan Hachem, Founder & Group CEO of YAP, one of the most innovative digital banking apps in the sector, which encourages healthy spending habits, where he shared his fintech entrepreneurship journey.
Ronit and Gaurav asked Marwan tips and advices on how to survive in the current #competitive Fintech landscape and innovate the best #products to consumers; some topics we covered (and a lot more!):
🔹 #YAP business model and products
🔹 How to adapt your business during expansion
🔹 Achieving #sustainable business success
🔹 Fundraising and #competition in the Fintech start-up scene
🔹 Challenges for Fintech start-ups in the bear market
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Jun 24, 2022
22. NFTs & Art: a New Hope for Creators | (Atelier Kristel Bechara with Kristel Bechara) | Web3
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Kristel Bechara, Visual Artist at Atelier Kristel Bechara, the first NFT artist in the Middle East, where she shared how to support the NFT ecosystem with her high-quality artwork.
In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we learned more about Atelier Kristel Bechara’s mission and how she is building community in the NFT space. Some key takeaways of the session:
🔹 Creating NFTs are not simple - you need to have a strong community and do hardwork.
🔹 The certificate of authentication - no one can edit it, you can prove that your art is unique and all yours.
🔹 NFT ecosystem helps artist to present their artwork without any middleman/galleries and receive royalty fees unlike the traditional way before digital art.
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Jun 17, 2022
21. Blockchain is the New Finance (Arts DAO with Anas Bhurtun and Danosch Zahedi) | Web3
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Anas Bhurtun, and Danosch Zahedi, Co-founders of Arts DAO, where they shared how to help the global Web3 ecosystem to have the best creators and projects in Web3.
In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we learned more about Arts DAO’s mission and how they are leading one of the largest Web3 community. Some key takeaways of the session:
🔹 DYOR – NFTs are similar to VC funding. Before you make an investment into a NFT, you need to check their roadmap and do your own research.
🔹 The more value that you bring to the community, the faster the community will grow and the higher quality community that you will get.
🔹 Blockchain reflects a new kind of legal system, whereby you can verify what is happening as transactions all around the world.
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Jun 10, 2022
20. Infrastructure: The Backbone of Fintech (M2P Fintech with Madhusudanan R.) | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Madhusudanan R, Co-Founder of M2P Fintech.
This episode will uncover the growth of financial technologies worldwide, M2P's capabilities, and how they are helping to India to become a key fintech hub! The insightful discussion along with our hosts, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar touched upon the M2P’s mission and how they are helping the world leverage the power of fintech.
Some key takeaways of the session
🔹 People who are working in your company are not just your HR checklist - you should be sitting with them on the floor.
🔹 As a company, you need to keep a small bank excited about what you are doing, and at the same time keep the Fintech ecosystem going better.
🔹 In the global market more and more banks have accepted the mainstream of financial technologies. If you enjoyed this session and found the story of Madhu, subscribe to CFTE’s Fintech and Web3 Founders Series to hear more founder stories! 👉 htt…
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Jun 2, 2022
19. What’s next for Fintech? Purpose. (MENA Fintech Association with Nameer Khan) | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Nameer Khan, Chairman & Founding Board Member of MENA Fintech Association.
This episode will uncover the opportunities and challenges of the MENA Fintech markets, regulatory initiatives across the region, and among other key topics! The insightful discussion along with our hosts, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar touched upon the MENA Fintech Association’s mission and how they are helping the region to be an attractive destination for FinTechs worldwide. Some key takeaways of the session (among many others!)
🌐 To grasp all the opportunities the MENA region has to offer, you need to understand the dynamics of the ecosystem and have a strong network.
🚀 Fintech is one of the best use cases of how leveraging tech helps make an impact for future generations. Let’s not stop!
✅ Digitalisation of MENA is here - 75% transactions done in the region aren’t cash-based.
📈 Purpose driven-businesses will win: 91% of the con…
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May 20, 2022
18. How to Make the Middle East a Global Crypto Hub? (Binance with Nadeem Ladki) | Web3
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Nadeem Ladki, Executive Director, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at Binance. This episode will uncover the UAE’s vision of making the region a global crypto hub and the latest innovative incentives in the Middle East, and among other key topics!
The insightful discussion along with our hosts, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar touched upon Binance's mission and how they are helping to people to learn more about trading and education worldwide.
Some key takeaways of the session include:
🔹 Building a company which provide customers what they want is the most important thing behind success.
🔹 Web3 is the next level of ownership in the digital world, and the UAE has a strong foundational stage on Web3.
🔹 You always need to do your own research, and you need to understand what you are investing in.
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May 13, 2022
17. What Makes Fintech Grow So Fast in Africa? (Chipper Cash with Wiza Jalakasi) | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Wiza Jalakasi, VP of Global Developer Relations at Chipper Cash. This episode will uncover how massive internet adoption is changing Africa and creating more opportunities in the region, and among other key topics!
The insightful discussion along with our host, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar touched upon Chipper Cash’s business model and how they are helping to facilitate cross-border payment across Africa.
Some key takeaways of the session include:
🔹 Being user-centric focus and getting users’ feedback are the key elements of growing as a Fintech startup.
🔹 Internet helps Africa, facilitating connections and generating more opportunities
🔹 VC fundings for African Fintechs is mainly from international investors, as local investors still prefers traditional type of investments
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May 6, 2022
16. How to bridge Web3 and Banking? (Fiat Republic with Adam Bialy and Sophie Guibaud) | Web3
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Adam Bialy, and Sophie Guibaud, the founders of Fiat Republic, who shared the story of Fiat Republic, and to hear about their mission: connecting Web3 and Banking for the inaugural episode of Web3 Founders.
This episode will uncover what it takes to bring crypto and traditional banking together and among other key topics! The insightful discussion along with our host, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar touched upon sFiat Republic’s business model and how they position their company between these two worlds, the “Web 2.5”.
Some key takeaways of the session include:
🔹 Banks cannot understand the reason behind the transaction that customer is making due to lack of knowledge in the space.
🔹 Common language between traditional finance and the crypto world can be created by data-driven, transparent perspective and education.
🔹 Web3 native companies are still in the innovators stage of technology adoption curve, and they…
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Apr 29, 2022
15. How to be the Square of Africa (TeamApt with Tosin Eniolorunda) | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Tosin Eniolorunda, CEO of TeamApt, who shared the story of building financial platforms for businesses, providing them with all the payment, banking, credit and business management tools they need to succeed for the 15th episode of Fintech Founders.
This episode will uncover what it takes to bring financial inclusion for Africans and among other key topics!
The insightful discussion along with our host, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar touched upon supporting financial inclusion in Africa, challenges of retaining Fintech talents, and TeamApt story’s in the Fintech ecosystem! Some key takeaways of the session include:
🔹 To be a successful company, you must have the right capital partners, has an understandable story, and a capital-efficient business model.
🔹 Every entrepreneur needs a supportive partner to succeed.
🔹 Africa has a rich talent pool, however keeping talent in the company overtime is one of the main ch…
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Apr 15, 2022
14. How to Bring the Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets (TenureX with Izhar Arieli) | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Izhar Arieli, Co-Founder and CEO of TenureX, who shared the story of creating build an infrastructure that makes sending and receiving money across borders faster, more transparent, cost-effective for the 14th episode of Fintech Founders.
This episode will uncover what it takes to bring financial inclusion to emerging countries and among other key topics!
The insightful discussion along with our host, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar touched upon how to support financial inclusion in emerging markets, what it takes to connect financial institutions, and the opportunities of Israeli Fintech market. Some key takeaways of the session include:
🔹 How TenureX's infrastructure is making sending and receiving money across borders faster, and is enabling SWIFT, not disrupting it
🔹 Understanding that your customers and their problems is essential to build a startup that can tackle it with a proper solution aligned with market needs…
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Apr 1, 2022
13. How to Become the App Store of Payments (Magnati with Ramana Kumar) | Fintech
Our expert host Ronit welcome Ramana Kumar A, CEO of Magnati, who shared the story of creating a platform where customers and merchants can find multiple solutions in one platform for the 13th episode of Fintech Founders.
This episode will uncover how to create a platform where customers and merchants can find multiple solutions in one platform, and among other key topics! The insightful discussion along with our host, Ronit Ghose touched upon making payments in the Metaverse, what it takes to be an app store of payments, and vision of the UAE regulators.
Some key takeaways of the session include:
🔹 Building experiential commerce through the Metaverse. People can be connected to traditional payment rails within the Metaverse, jumping from payments 2.0 to 3.0.
🔹 Fintech companies have to ensure that the regulators are comfortable with what they are doing in the market.
🔹 You can not take competitors out of the market. You must have partnerships, co-build,…
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Mar 18, 2022
12. Fintech and Talent (Tram Anh Nguyen, Marieke Flament, and Bianca Lopes) | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Tram Anh Nguyen, Co-Founder of CFTE, Marieke Flament, CEO at Near Inc Foundation, and Bianca Lopes, Co-Founder of Talle, for the 12th episode of Fintech Founders.
This episode will uncover how gender diversity can be supported in the Fintech ecosystem and how we can help diverse talent build themselves to thrive in Fintech, among other key topics! The insightful discussion along with our host, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar touched upon gender diversity, building talent to thrive in Fintech, and initiatives fostering diversity in Fintech such as the ADGMAcademy & CFTE 100 Fintech Scholarships. Some key takeaways of the session include:
🔹More than $200Bn venture capital has been invested in Fintech, making it an significant employer in financial services.
🔹Being the first women in the industry was hard, but it is possible to change this world to more diversed.
🔹Experience different cultures. Culture has a transforma…
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Mar 5, 2022
11. How to Launch the Next Alipay? (PaySky with Waleed Sadek) | Fintech
Our expert host Ronit welcomes Waleed Sadek, Founder and CEO of PaySky, for the 11th episode of Fintech Founders.
This episode will uncover Waleed's outstanding entrepreneurship journey and gain insight into the Egyptian and MEA Fintech ecosystem!
The insightful discussion along with our host, Ronit Ghose, the Global Head of Fintech & Digital at Citi Global Insights touched upon payments solutions in the Middle East and African market and the expansion plan of PaySky and Yalla SuperApp. We noted 3 takeaways from the session:
🔹Super Apps not only help financial inclusion but add value with unique features such as Yalla SuperApp’s fractional savings
🔹 Although there is a lot of talk on banks and fintech partnerships, fintech is still seen primarily as threat and competitors
🔹 Finding talent is always a challenge all around the world. Fintech and financial services need specific talents, and you need to build your own talent pool.
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Feb 18, 2022
10. Bringing BNPL Disruption to Pakistan (QisstPay with Jordan Olivas) | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Jordan Olivas, the CEO of QisstPay, for the 10th episode of Fintech Founders.
This episode will uncover Jordan’s outstanding entrepreneurship journey and gain insight into the USA and Pakistani Fintech ecosystem!
The insightful discussion along with our hosts, Ronit Ghose, the Global Head of Fintech & Digital at Citi Global Insights and Gaurav Dhar, the CEO of Marshal Equipment & Trading Co. LLC & MENA Fintech Association Board Member. touched upon payments products in emerging market and QisstPay growth. We noted 3 takeaways from the session:
🔹 When entering a new market, execution is key. Along with bringing the right people in and building an ecosystem.
🔹 Jordan started by building trust and the platform with retailers before launching its 1-click checkout product.
🔹 Pakistan in tech is phenomenal. There is great engineering talent over there, they have various opportunities.
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Feb 4, 2022
9. Helping underbanked households in Nigeria | Carbon with Chijioke Dozie | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Chijioke Dozie, the Co-Founder of Carbon, for the 9th episode of Fintech Founders. This episode will uncover Chijioke’s outstanding entrepreneurship journey and gain insight into the African Fintech ecosystem!
The insightful discussion underlined 3 main points:
- The importance of focusing on customers' problems as an entrepreneur
- Investment opportunities in the Pan-African market
- Advantages of having the right skills to create innovative solutions for customers
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Jan 21, 2022
8. Creating A Webstore In Few Clicks – Possible? | Dukan.pk with Monis Rahman | Fintech
Our expert hosts Ronit and Gaurav welcome Monis Rahman, the Co-Founder and CEO of Dukan.pk and serial Fintech entrepreneur, for the 8th episode of Fintech Founders. This episode will unveil Monis’ unique entrepreneurship journey and deep dive into the Fintech ecosystem in Pakistan!
The insightful discussion underlined 3 main points:
- The importance of finding the right talent and educating people in tech
- Investment opportunities to establish a startup in Pakistan
- How local entrepreneurs can create innovative solutions for the changing needs of the market
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Jan 7, 2022
7. Salary at a Click of Button? | Abhi with Omair Ansari | Fintech
Our expert hosts, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar are joined by outstanding Fintech entrepreneurs to discuss about their entrepreneurship journey that are not told before in the Fintech industry worldwide.
Our seventh episode of the Fintech Founders Series include:
* Omair Ansari, CEO of Abhi (YC S21)
The insightful discussion along with our hosts underlined 3 main points:
* Pakistan's need to build alternative credit channels and provisions for access to earned salary in real-time
* The importance and challenge of people management in entrepreneurship
* The opportunities of having a collaborative relationship with banks
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Dec 30, 2021
6. Africa’s first card-issuing API | Union54 with Perseus Mlambo | Fintech
Our expert hosts, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar are joined by outstanding Fintech entrepreneurs to discuss about their entrepreneurship journey that are not told before in the Fintech industry worldwide.
Our sixth episode of the Fintech Founders Series include:
* Perseus Mlambo, Founder of Union54
The session with Perseus underlined 3 main points:
* The importance of having an understanding of customer needs
* Stages of creating a tailored API service which focuses on African customers
* Opportunities and challenges of fundraising for your startup
If enjoyed this session and found the Fintech founder story of Perseus interesting, subscribe to CFTE's Fintech Founders Series to hear more Fintech Founder stories! https://courses.cfte.education/fintech-founders-series-events-webinars/
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Dec 30, 2021
5. Future-proofing India’s fintech architecture | Setu with Sahil Kini | Fintech
Our expert hosts, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar are joined by outstanding Fintech entrepreneurs to discuss about their entrepreneurship journey that are not told before in the Fintech industry worldwide.
Our fifth episode of the Fintech Founders Series include:
* Sahil Kini, Co-Founder of Setu
The session with Sahil underlined 3 main points:
* Learning from both failure and success to be an entrepreneur
* The specialty of the Fintech industry and understanding the shifting customer needs in India and the rest of the world
* Main opportunities and challenges of API infrastructure
If enjoyed this session and found the Fintech founder story of Sahil interesting, subscribe to CFTE's Fintech Founders Series to hear more Fintech Founder stories! https://courses.cfte.education/fintech-founders-series-events-webinars/
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Dec 30, 2021
4. How to build the next Visa? | Simpl with Nitya Sharma | Fintech
Our expert hosts, Ronit Ghose, and Gaurav Dhar are joined by outstanding Fintech entrepreneurs to discuss about their entrepreneurship journey that are not told before in the Fintech industry worldwide.
Our forth episode of the Fintech Founders Series include:
* Nitya Sharma, Founder of Simpl
The session with Nitya underlined 3 main points for those looking to better understand the Fintech scene in India:
* The most marginalised are the retailers, the smaller you are the more no one cares about you. The army of big techs take over.
* A fast growing startup changes itself every 6 months.
* Business models of credit cards are based on making money from the loss of customer. While for a credit card company its perfect, for the consumer its financial suicide.
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Dec 30, 2021
3. Helping 67% of Egyptians who are unbanked | Dopay with Frans Van Eersel | Fintech
Our expert hosts, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar are joined by outstanding Fintech entrepreneurs to discuss about their entrepreneurship journey that are not told before in the Fintech industry worldwide.
Our third episode of the Fintech Founders Series include:
* Frans van Eersel, the Founder and CEO of Dopay
The session with Frans underlined 4 main points for those looking to better understand the Fintech scene in Egypt:
* Fintech is a regulated business however you need to be resilient since it takes time and money
* Both huge inclusion problem and opportunities in emerging markets such as Egypt
* Egypt has 100 million people and more than 2 million corporates - a big market for Fintechs
* Recently, Dopay raised significant funding and is planing its geographical expansion beyond Egypt soon!
If enjoyed this session and found the Fintech founder story of Frans interesting, subscribe to CFTE's Fintech Founders Series to hear more Fintech Founder stories! https://courses.cf…
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Dec 30, 2021
2. Pioneering the Wealth-Tech Revolution in Africa | Piggyvest with Odunayo Eweniyi | Fintech
Our expert hosts, Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar are joined by outstanding Fintech entrepreneurs to discuss about their entrepreneurship journey that are not told before in the Fintech industry worldwide.
Our second episode of the Fintech Founders Series include:
* Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-founder of PiggyVest
During this insightful session, Odunayo Eweniyi underlined 4 main points:
* Learning journey of how to be an entrepreneur in an experimental way
* The promising acceleration of African market
* How Piggyvest the African Fintech she founded lets everyone's access the money anytime without any limitation
* How the young generation of Africa has a vast potential to solve problems through innovation
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Dec 30, 2021
1. Why Africa and Asia is the Future of Crypto | Paxful with Ray Youssef | Fintech
Our expert hosts, Ronit Ghose, and Gaurav Dhar are joined by outstanding Fintech entrepreneurs to discuss their entrepreneurship journeys that are not told before in the Fintech industry worldwide.
Our first episode of the Fintech Founders Series include:
* Ray Youssef, the CEO of Paxful
The riveting discussion touched upon various aspects of crypto and the underlying opportunities like:
* Crypto can decrease the percentage of unbanked people
* It lets people instantly transact without any restrictions
* How the young generation of Africa and Asia has a huge opportunity when it comes to crypto
If enjoyed this session and found the Fintech founder story of Ray interesting, subscribe to CFTE's Fintech Founders Series to hear more Fintech Founder stories! https://courses.cfte.education/fintech-founders-series-events-webinars/
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