DiscoverWharton FinTech PodcastCaliza Founder & CEO, Ezra Kebrab - Modernizing Cross-Border Transactions using Stablecoins
Caliza Founder & CEO, Ezra Kebrab - Modernizing Cross-Border Transactions using Stablecoins

Caliza Founder & CEO, Ezra Kebrab - Modernizing Cross-Border Transactions using Stablecoins

Update: 2025-04-22
Share

Description

In today's episode, Wesley Aster speaks with Ezra Kebrab, Founder and CEO of Caliza, a cross-border payments platform leveraging stablecoins to eliminate geographic barriers by allowing companies around the world to open digital dollar accounts for their users to save and transact. Ezra shares how is personal journey - from his childhood to his experience at Visa and Intuit - inspired him to build infrastructure for the next generation of global payments.

Tune in to hear about:
- Ezra's path from Intuit and Visa to launching Caliza
- The problems Caliza solves for businesses in Brazil and the company's recent expansion to Mexico and Asia
- The advantages of using stablecoins over traditional cross-border systems like SWIFT
- Caliza's 2024 raise with Initialized, Quona, Abstract Ventures, Digital Currency Group, and others

For more FinTech insights, follow us on:
- Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech
- Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech
- Instagram: instagram.com/whartonfintech
Comments 
In Channel
loading
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

Caliza Founder & CEO, Ezra Kebrab - Modernizing Cross-Border Transactions using Stablecoins

Caliza Founder & CEO, Ezra Kebrab - Modernizing Cross-Border Transactions using Stablecoins

Wharton Fintech Podcast