Founder: Empowering Businesses: Payments and banking solutions for medium and high risk businesses | Lissele Pratt, Founder at Capitalixe

Jun 12, 2023

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Lissele Pratt is the Founder of Capitalixe, a fast-growing fintech consultancy. Capitalixe specializes in helping medium to high-risk industries obtain market-leading fintech, payments, and banking solutions. Lissele has been recognized by the industry multiple times, she was named in Forbes' 30 under 30 Finance list and won Rising Star of the Year at the UK FinTech Awards

👉 You can find Lissele here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisselepratt/
LinkedIn Capitalixe: https://www.linkedin.com/company/capitalixe/
Website: https://capitalixe.com/

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In this Purpose Driven FinTech episode we cover:

(0:00:00) Purpose of Capitalixe: Provide reliable payment and banking solutions to businesses globally

(0:08:14) Underserviced industries, jurisdictions and medium and high risk businesses

(0:13:32) What makes a good product

(0:15:45) Framework for assessing tech partners

(0:19:18) How Lissele got on the Forbes 30 under 30 list

(0:22:01) Overcoming the challenge of lack of experience

(0:23:18) Challenges of being a young CEO

(0:26:25) Company culture and values: teamwork and celebration

(0:28:09) Remote work and freedom as a core value

(0:33:03) Suggestions for promoting diversity in fintech

(0:37:00) Male dominance and challenges in the payments sector

(0:38:59) Importance of transparency for customers, staff, and shareholders

SEARCH QUESTIONS

What are medium and high-risk industries in payments?
How do high-risk businesses get payment solutions?
What is financial inclusion for underserved industries?
How to find payment providers for high-risk businesses?
Why do some industries struggle with banking access?
What makes a business high-risk in payments?
How to match businesses with specialized payment providers?
What are the compliance challenges for high-risk industries?
How do payment service providers assess risk?
What is the role of consultancy in FinTech payments?
How to serve underserved jurisdictions in payments?
What payment solutions exist for Eastern Europe markets?
How does compliance monitoring work for high-risk sectors?
How to build a global network of payment providers?
What transparency practices improve FinTech customer experience?
How to scale a FinTech consultancy business?
What are the barriers to payment access globally?
How do specialized providers cater to niche industries?
Why is diversity important in FinTech?
How to create an inclusive financial environment?

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