Fintech Leaders Money20/20 Special: Kristy Kim, Co-Founder/CEO of Tomo Credit and Justin Howell, Co-Founder/CEO of Rize
Today, we bring you a special episode featuring Miguel Armaza's live conversation at Money2020 with Kristy Kim, Co-Founder & CEO of Tomo Credit, and Justin Howell, Co-Founder & CEO of Rize.
To get us started, Miguel sits down with Kristy Kim, where they explore:
- Building a FICO-free underwriting model and how the challenges of her US immigrant journey drove Kristy to launch Tomo Credit, a next-generation credit card catered to young adults, students, and immigrants.
- Bridging the gap between crypto lovers and the traditional credit card industry, and why Tomo Credit is launching crypto features using customer crypto wallet data to improve their underwriting decisions and enable clients to build credit.
- And what Kristy considers to be the hardest part and the most rewarding part of being an entrepreneur.
Next up, you’ll hear Miguel's conversation with Justin Howell, where they cover:
- How building a B2C customer-centric and intuitive financial services solution, eventually led them to pivot to a B2B FinTech infrastructure platform.
- The importance of providing the modern consumer with seamless interoperability across banking, brokerage, and crypto capabilities in a single platform.
- Thoughts from their fundraising experience and the importance of finding investors who support, not just the vision of the company, but especially the team.
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Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.
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