Fintech One•On•One
Fintech is eating the world. Join Peter Renton, Co-Founder of Fintech Nexus, every week as he interviews the fintech leaders who are leading the transformation of financial services. If you want to understand what the future will look like for lending, payments, digital banking and more tune in to Fintech One•On•One (formerly the Lend Academy Podcast).
Episodes
603 episodes
Bill Capuzzi, CEO of Apex, on the critical infrastructure powering modern investing
Today, I sit down with Bill Capuzzi, CEO of Apex Fintech Solutions, to explore the critical infrastructure powering modern fintech investing. Bill shares the fascinating journey of Apex from its roots as a pioneer in API-enabled clearing to fra...
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Jon Fry, CEO of Lendflow, on how AI is finally delivering on the promise of embedded lending
In this episode, I sit down with Jon Fry, CEO and co-founder of Lendflow, to explore how AI is transforming the embedded lending landscape. Jon shares his unconventional journey from building websites in ...
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Farooq Malik, CEO of Rain, on How a 4-Year-Old Fintech Became a Visa Principal Member Using Stablecoin Infrastructure
What if you could settle card transactions on weekends and holidays, reduce working capital requirements by orders of magnitude, and give fintechs global reach without the traditional banking infrastructure headaches? In this episode, I sit dow...
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Nuno Sebastião, CEO of Feedzai, on completely rethinking fraud management
Today we are focusing on financial crime and fraud management with the CEO and co-founder of Feedzai, one of the world's largest independent risk management platforms serving banks and fintechs. Nuno share...
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Fintech Revealed: Understanding Small Business Credit With Nav
Welcome back to the occasional series on the podcast called Fintech Revealed. This is a sponsored show where we take a deep dive into one topic with a couple of industry experts.Today, we are focusing on small business credit with Levi K...
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Jordan Wright, CEO of Atomic, on building a framework for connected banking
There are not many fintechs that can say they work with nine of the top ten banks in the United States. Or that they are working directly on deep integrations with the likes of Apple and Amazon. Meet Jordan Wright, CEO and Co-Founder of
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Kevin Nazemi, CEO of Charlie, on building a trusted fintech serving seniors
It is something of a mystery that virtually no fintech entrepreneurs have tackled one of the biggest markets there is: senior citizens collecting social security. Well, until now.In this episode, I sit down with Kevin Nazemi, CEO and co-...
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Arad Levertov, CEO of Sunbit, on creating an offline BNPL leader
Today, I welcome back to the show Arad Levertov, CEO and co-founder of Sunbit (I last had him on the show in 2019), one of the lead...
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Joseph L. Breeden, CEO of Deep Future Analytics, on the hidden math behind credit risk
Today, I sit down with Joe Breeden, CEO and founder of Deep Future Analytics (DFA), for what is, in effect, a two-part conversation. First we do a deep dive into credit risk management and wh...
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Joe Heck, US CEO of Zip, on the role of BNPL for America's underserved consumers
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) has transformed how consumers approach purchasing, yet adoption in the US still trails markets like Australia and Europe. In this episode, we sit down with Joe Heck, US CEO of Zip, who b...
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Jason Guss, CEO of Octane Lending, on building the number one powersports lender
In this episode, I sit down with Jason Guss, CEO and co-founder of Octane Lending, to discuss how the company became the #1 powersports lender in the country. The conversation covers Octane's early pivot from le...
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Violet Abtahi, CEO of Platonic, on building the next generation of financial infrastructure
Violet Abtahi is the CEO and Founder of Platonic, a company developing blockchain infrastructure to solve counterparty risk and privacy challenges in financial markets. With over a decade of experience in both...
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Tomás Campos, CEO of Spinwheel, on building fintech infrastructure for consumer debt
In this episode, I sit down with Tomás Campos, CEO and Co-Founder of Spinwheel, a fintech infrastructure company that's revolutionizing how lenders and financial platforms access consumer credit data. With ov...
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Paulette Rowe, CEO of Stax, on winning in embedded payments
In this episode of the Fintech One-on-One podcast, we talk with Paulette Rowe, CEO of Stax, a payments technology company that's making waves in the embedded payments space by taking a fundamentally diffe...
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Matt Potere, CEO of Happy Money, on building a great consumer lending business
As long-time listeners will know, I love the consumer lending space. So, I am delighted to welcome back to the podcast Matt Potere, the CEO of Happy Money, a position he has held since September 2024. Previ...
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Sam Lewis, CEO of Fruitful, with a new approach to financial advice
In this episode, we are talking personal financial management, but with a human twist. Sam Lewis is the CEO and Founder of Fruitful, a fintech company reimagining financial advice for millennials and Gen ...
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Arjan Schütte, Founder of Core Innovation Capital, on investing in financial empowerment
One of the fintech investing pioneers is Arjan Schütte, the founder and managing partner of Core Innovation Capital. He has been around fintech for more t...
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Tim Newell, CEO & Founder of GreenFi, on building a climate-friendly fintech
In this episode, I'm joined by Tim Newell, CEO and founder of GreenFi, a climate-focused fintech that emerged from the ashes of Aspiration's consumer banking business. Tim brings a fascinating fintech and ...
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Carol Hamilton, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at Provenir, on AI-powered risk decisioning
In today's episode, we have Carol Hamilton, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at Provenird. She discusses how AI-powered decisioning platforms are transforming risk management across financial services. She explores the critical balance financ...
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Penny Lee, CEO of the Financial Technology Association, on the changes in Washington
To say it has been a busy year for fintech policy folks would be a gross understatement. With the change in administration to Trump 2.0, we have a 180-degree different perspective on most fintech issues than the previous administration. And the...
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Olugbenga “GB” Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave, on creating African payments infrastructure
Africa is quietly becoming one of the hottest areas for fintech investment. I am overdue to focus on Africa here on the podcast, so when the chance to interview the CEO of the largest African fintech presented itself, I jumped at the opportunit...
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Brandon Spear, CEO of TreviPay, on taking the complexity out of cross border B2B payments
Streamlining international B2B payments is a complex undertaking. TreviPay has been taking the complexity out of this process for several decades now. In my conversation with CEO Brandon Spear, we explore...
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Anthony Soohoo, CEO of MoneyGram, on rethinking global remittances
In this episode, Anthony Soohoo, CEO of MoneyGram, shares his vision for transforming one of the world's largest global payments networks through what he calls a "
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Michele Alt, Co-Founder of Klaros Group, on the new era for fintechs and bank charters
When it comes to fintechs getting bank charters we are entering a golden age. With zero fintech-oriented bank applications approved in the Biden administration we already have several fintechs with shiny new bank charters just a few months into...
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Ravi Adusumilli, President, Americas of Airwallex on building a global B2B payments platform
Moving money internationally is mission-critical for many businesses in the world, particularly those outside the U.S. But, today, for businesses using traditional banks, moving money across borders is often expensive, slow and a terrible user ...
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