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The FinTech Disrupticons podcast is back! Podcast hosts Sue Britton and Jeet Bhatti, Co-Founders of Fathom4sight, interview the people "in the know" about what's happening in the market now, and what's about to or likely to happen in the future. It's the only podcast dedicated to what matters in innovation for Canadians and their financial needs and wants.
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Welcome to our new series - FinTech Week in 15 mins - where we'll cover major FinTech and Financial Innovation headlines from the week. This week we talk about:Phones as POS - Square launched Tap to Pay on Android, Fiserv integrates Clover with Apple Tap to PayShopify expanding its financial products suite with the launch of "Bill Pay" ToolDeFi gaining access to the mainstream financial services world with TransUnion now offering credit scoring to DeFi Apps.Friction between regulators and crypto platforms continues due to lack of clear regulations - Coinbase sues SEC, and some crypto platforms exit CanadaRBC partnered with Conquest Planning, SEI Canada partners with CapIntelExecutive changes at Wealthsimple - new CMO and CTOAI - Klarna announced new AI-powered features, Fairly AI raises $2.2M, KPMG partners with MindBridge for AI-powered smart audit platform "KPMG Clara"and more.....enjoy listening!
Welcome to our new series - FinTech Week in 15 mins - where we'll cover major FinTech headlines from the week. So sit back and enjoy the next few minutes of power-packed FinTech insights!
At the end of May, Tracey and I recorded this podcast to talk about payments modernization and Canada's progress towards real-time payments, among other things. We also talked about open banking, the Retail Payments Activities Act that the Bank of Canada is underway with, and payments innovation in general. Tracey is deeply experienced in payments in Canada and while we still dont have a date for the launch of the RTR, you might hear Tracey talk about a few things you didnt know before in this episode. One of those things might be that RTR API's are available to test in a sandbox. The developer portal where the RTR API's live can be found here: https://developer.payments.ca/
On this edition of the FinTech Disrupticons, Sue catches up with Fabio Marrama, entrepreneur and full-time Director of Innovation at Meridian Credit Union, one of Canada's largest credit unions, and also a Schedule 1 bank in Canada with their digital bank - Motusbank. Fabio has a passion for credit unions, the community and cooperative movement, and for B2B marketing strategies that leverage Linkedin and other social and content strategies. Enjoy!
On this podcast Sue catches up with Andrew Lo, CEO of Embark. Andrew Lo joined Embark in Jan 2023, bringing with him his 30 years of experience in the digital and financial services space. You may know him from some of the FinTechs such as Financeit, Wahi, Kanetix, Filogix where he was one of the key C-leaders. Embark is a fabulous new brand for an established company, Knowledge First Financial - Canada's education savings and planning company. Andrew explains how they are blazing new trails with digital everything and a killer strategy!
More than 15 years since founding the company, Financeit has north of 250 employees and is an amazing Canadian success story. Michael's take on BNPL's future, open banking in Canada, the impact of generative AI, and overall business viability is so on-point and relevant. And, his wit and humour make for a very entertaining chat with this OG FinTech founder.
There is no denying Miro Pavletic is one of a small group of Canada's most accomplished challenger banking product creators. With the sale of Stack, a consumer product in Canada, to Credit Sesame, and the expansion of Stack's tech across North America as a result, Miro has honed the "white label" offering and is in expansion mode.
Andrew Moor, President and CEO of Canada’s Challenger Bank, Equitable Bank/EQ Bank, is Sue's guest on today’s episode of the FinTech Disrupticons. We recorded this episode a few days before EQB reported record quarterly earnings and very strong Q1 performance.EQ Bank has launched their EQ Bank card, expanded into Quebec and as you will hear on this podcast, will be launching their small business proposition in the fall. On the analyst call Andrew mentions they will soon be launching a mobile wallet as well. Their challenger bank strategy is bringing a ton of great technology and products to market in Canada. More to come I am sure!Enjoy!
Are you ready for a deep dive into the world of Banking-as-a-Service? This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the evolution of BaaS and embedded finance. Join us as we chat with Alistair Cotton, the co-founder of Integrated Finance, a FinTech Infrastructure Company that's working with some of the biggest names in the UK and Europe.In this episode, we'll explore how BaaS is changing the game for banks and fintechs, and we'll delve into the similarities and differences between the UK and the Canadian markets. Alistair brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table, and we're excited to share his insights with our listeners.So, whether you're a seasoned fintech professional or just curious about the future of banking, be sure to check out our latest podcast episode. Trust us, you won't want to miss it!
On this podcast, Jeet talks with Cato Pastoll, a successful FinTech entrepreneur, and Co-Founder & CEO of Loop. Loop is a challenger banking platform for Canada-based businesses operating in Canada, the US, and around the world. Their mission is to make it simpler, faster, and cheaper for businesses to pay and get paid anywhere in the world. And their product stack is enabling that with multicurrency accounts, multicurrency corporate cards, SME lending, no-fee global payouts, and more! Cato has been a FinTech entrepreneur for a decade and brings in a wealth of knowledge in the space.If you are a financial institution, trying to figure out how to better serve your small business clients, Cato has some great advice for you!Tune in for an insightful conversation on challenger banking, lending, and other financial needs of Small Businesses in today's time.
On this special podcast, Peter Misek, Managing Partner, Framework Venture Partners, helps us understand what the SVB collapse means, what happens now and how this fundamentally changes things. If you are anyone in tech, banking, investing, fintech - you will want to listen and think about how your strategy will or should pivot. We have captured some very important signals within the noisy and confusing tech news space. Hope it helps.
Erin Bury, CEO & Co-Founder of Willful, is our guest on this podcast. Willful guides you through making your legal will online from the comfort of home. Erin’s co-founder Kevin Oulds had a very personal experience with the death of a family member that led to the idea for Willful. “How do we make it easier for people to record their choices but also reduce the stigma about talking about end-of-life” Erin Bury. The journey from retirement to end-of-life represents many friction points, both financially and physically, where innovation is needed, and cool new technologies like Willful are beginning to solve for.
On this podcast, Jeet talks all things WealthTech with Taran Singh Kainth, the CEO of Flahmingo. Taran shares his FinTech entrepreneurship journey and the origin story of Flahmingo. Flahmingo is an investment platform that allows individuals to invest in fractional shares with as little as $1 USD in more than 5,000 securities! The company is also focused on financial literacy and offers a video-based educational hub to empower Canadians to make informed investment decisions. Taran's vision for investing space in Canada & beyond is one to draw inspiration from. A truly amazing platform with an exceptional leader!
On this podcast we met James Rockwood, Co-Founder and CEO of Capintel, for the first time. We have been seeing this company partner and succeed and stand out in the startup ecosystem and wanted to understand what they do. James is a first-time entrepreneur but you wouldn't know that from talking to him. He is humble, confident, multi-dimensional, smart and clear on his vision. A recipe for success. The CapIntel platform now serves over 10,000 financial advisors across the country through partnerships with established financial service firms such as IG Wealth Management, Canada Life, and Equitable Life and more. Enjoy the podcast!
On this podcast, Sue talks with Ron Benegbi, experienced and successful entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of Uplinq. Uplinq empowers lenders to approve and manage risks on loans they would have otherwise declined based on traditional loan underwriting criteria, while incorporating environmental, market & community data to better understand the specific loan applicant. As an immigrant, Ron has a deep passion for solving this problem for small businesses, and also shares some lessons learned along his journey as an entrepreneur. The "who's who" of investors are involved in this company, and a large lender is signed up, so we think its a "sure thing"
On this podcast, Malik Yacoubi shares the story about Nesto and their journey over the past 5 years, their recent Series C raise, and partnerships with the likes of IG Wealth Management and EQ Bank. We also talk about nesto Mortgage Cloud and their direct to consumer play that is growing like crazy. Malik is humble, transparent and a pleasure to chat with. Oh and Malik believes Canada is a big market with tons of share to win for FinTechs with the right value prop, product/market fit and unit economics. Totally agree Malik!
An early 2023 podcast released by Scott Galloway (Prof G Pod) on the topic of the top 2023 geopolitical risks with guest Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group, led to Debbie and Sue talking about Digital ID, the ChatGPT phenom and AI generally, and the many reasons why we need this in Canada. AI is becoming one of the main topics and trends for 2023, and we need to find a way to make digital ID a priority and move faster in Canada.
On today's episode, Sue interviews Douglas Soltys, Editor-in-Chief of Betakit. As our first guest of the 2023 series, we couldn't think of anyone better to discuss a look back at 2022, today's happenings, and a few predictions for 2023. Betakit has been publishing a weekly FinTech newsletter since 2015 and has interviewed EVERYONE in Canadian Fintech! If you aren't a subscriber, check out https://betakit.com/.
We recorded this podcast in March, and had to hold on releasing it. Somehow, Onevest raising money and Amar sharing that news first was more important ha ha lol we kid of course https://betakit.com/onevest-secures-5-million-to-help-companies-like-neo-financial-launch-wealth-management-products/ Its an impressive raise with Luge Capital as the lead, and a ton of other high profile investors, and Onevest is off and running with Neo Financial and a bunch of other news. EY's Dana Ohab waited patiently, and as you will hear, has great insight to offer about how incumbents are driving innovation in her sector. Onevest is driving forward to be the embedded wealth provider, and with Dana's vision, EY is helping their clients transform to meet the technology needs of their clients. We hope you enjoy hearing from Dana and Amar on this podcast!
BuyProperly is an online marketplace for fractional real estate investments in Canada and the US. We are joined in this episode by the CEO & Founder of BuyProperly, Khushboo Jha. Khushboo shares about her professional journey leading up to starting a FinTech in Canada. With a minimum investment of $2500, BuyProperly is democratizing the access to real estate investment through a fully digital experience where you can leave the platform with a real estate investment in less than 5 mins!! Really excited about Khushboo's mission and her future plans for BuyProperly. Enjoy Listening!
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