Monica Millares Featured in A Girl in the Product World Podcast, with Aamna Hussain

Aamna Hussain, host of “A girl in the product world”, interviews me with her somewhat tricksy questions….

We worked together in Tandem Bank, while she worked with one of our Tech Partners back then, so she brings this perspective of seeing us grow the bank from scratch. She queries me on our culture in Tandem Bank, how was it actually working with our Tandem CEO.

As a curious product leader she is, she then gets deeper into my mind to understand the real journey on how come I ended up moving to Malaysia to help launch and grow BigPay. We explore the FinTech trends (at the time of recording), how to go about Market Expansion, and how to challenge your CEO when you believe what we are about to do is not the right thing. We share a passion for personal development, so she asked about my “worst day in this crazy financial services world”, how did I overcome it, and why mentoring is so important to me.

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Let’s dive into it!

👉 You can find Aamna here

1. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aamna-hussain-7981a677/
2. A Girl in the Product World Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/62HPd4JRR85Sofut4Z2Rck
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👉 And you can find Monica here:

1. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/
2. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millares
3. TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millares
4. Website: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

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Questions:

1. How to build challenger bank culture from scratch?
2. What is it like working with startup CEO?
3. How to move countries for FinTech opportunity?
4. What are challenges of market expansion in Southeast Asia?
5. How to challenge CEO when you disagree?
6. What was Tandem Bank's Olympic dream team culture?
7. How to embed yourself in new market culture?
8. What is the difference between UK and Asian FinTech markets?
9. How to transition from corporate to startup leadership?
10. What is worst day in FinTech career?
11. How to overcome funding crisis in startups?
12. What is the importance of mentoring in FinTech?
13. How to do user research in different countries?
14. What is the role of leadership in building culture?
15. How to learn by osmosis from founders?
16. What are similarities between Mexico and Malaysia markets?
17. How to customize products for new markets?
18. What is the value of diverse leadership teams?
19. How to build psychological safety in startups?
20. What is the domino effect of good mentorship?

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For inquiries about coaching, collabs, sponsoring the podcast or creating or editing your podcast email Monica at fintechwithmoni@gmail.com

Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.

This episode was first released in June 2023 at A Girl in the Product World Podcast here - https://open.spotify.com/show/62HPd4JRR85Sofut4Z2Rck