What the Fintech? How Technology is Opening the Financial Industry to More Diverse Voices with Nicole Casperson

Welcome back to Don’t Retire… Graduate! We’re holding the industry accountable today with the help of WTFintech creator and People of Finance podcast host, Nicole Casperson. 

Her passions for journalism and financial technology are helping underrepresented communities access financial services and she is a thought leader on how to improve the technology to better serve those communities. 

Listen to her story, eat some vegetables, and start improving your own financial behaviors. 

In this episode we’ll talk about:

• The WTFintech newsletter and how it helps grow representation within the finance industry 

• Gamification and how it can be both good and bad when it comes to finance

• How finance apps like Venmo are designed to produce FOMO rather than good financial behaviors

• The effects of culture on personal finance and financial behavior 

• Changing the mindset we have around money so it can be a tool for change 

• The game is rigged – why the majority is losing while a small number win 

• The power of authenticity and vulnerability in the media

Visit dontretiregraduate.com for a full transcript of this episode.

About Nicole Casperson:

Nicole Casperson is the creator of WTFintech? - a twice-weekly industry newsletter with nearly 50,000 subscribers, and averaging a 45% unique open rate. 

She is the host of Humans of Fintech (formerly WTFintech?) - a weekly podcast taking you behind the scenes with some of the most successful fintech founders operating today. With a particular focus on women and operators from underrepresented backgrounds. 

Nicole on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicolecasperson 

Nicole on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nicole-casperson-0820a5133 

Nicole's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humans-of-fintech/id1600731457

Nicole's Newsletter: https://workweek.com/brand/wtfintech/

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