This Week in Fintech's Podcast

Welcome to this week’s episode. 0:00 Welcome to the fintech podcast. Fintechionary News Karta and their mission. 4:41 Introducing Karta and his mission. The pain point of gift cards. The need for gift cards in the UK. Bringing gift cards into the 21st century in a new way for younger people. What does the big plan look like for Karta? 11:26 Partnering with retailers in Australia. Gift card sales. Is the focus on brick-and-mortar stores still the best option for gift cards? 15:30 Gift cards, brick and mortar, and online. The culture of gift cards. The worst gift card experience. The two-fold effect of gift cards. What’s one fintech story we haven’t seen yet that we’re excited about? 22:02 Fintech hot takes today. Claire shares her regrets as a founder. The importance of survival and cash flow. The difference between working for a big company vs a startup? 25:44 The oh-shit moment. Quick Fire, Signals and Events 30:34

Intro Fintechionary: 0.58 News: 1.38 Interview: 5.14 Signals: 44.30 Events: 46.50

0.55 - Fintechionary DAO 2.13 - News 6.00 Guest Interviews 41.10 - Signals 43.00 - Events

0.55: Fintechionary (Public Key) 1.55: News 5.07: Emily Man Interview 30.28: Emily Man quick-fire session 39.65: Signals 'Why fintech has failed Mexico’s unbanked' 42.05: Events

Timestamps Intro 1.04: Fintechionary 1.33 News 5.30 Interview 52.39 Signals 55.31 Events

Intro 0:51 Fintechionary  01:49 News 05: 45 Interviews 32:55 Quick Fire 39:55 Signals  42:58 Events

Timestamps: Intro ‘Fin-techionary’ of the Week: Fintech (1.20) News (1.53) Quick Fire Questions with Rodney and Travis (7.30) Interview with Rodney and Travis (a deeper dive into SoLo Funds  (12.32) Signals: What Wise Platform tells us about fintech bundling (33.17)

Speakers: Nicole Stiller, VP Head of Domestic Payments - North America at Visa Gil Akos, Co-Founder, and CEO at Astra Helen Femi Williams, Fintech Journalist and Host of Hey Fintech Friends Timestamps: Intro ‘Fin-techionary’ of the Week: Fintech (0.59) News (2.00) Interview with Gil Akos (Astra) and Nicole Stiller (Visa) about payments and their current work Quick Fire Questions with Gil and Nicole (41.29) Signals: The FTX scandal happened because of centralization, not crypto (49.40) Upcoming Events (47.10)

Timestamps: Intro ‘Fin-techionary’ of the Week: Contagion (0.50) News (1.47) Interview with Dezzy about their experience and current work at Aku (5.75) Quick Fire Questions with Dezzy (35.36) Signals Fintech Founders: Vergo’s Rich Kane on fintech competition & entrepreneurship (38.08) Upcoming Events (47.10)

Timestamps: Intro ‘Fin-techionary’ of the Week: ETFs (1.14) News (1.57) Interview with Kiaan about their experience and current work at Stitch (4.25) Quick Fire Questions with Kiaan (31.55) Signals: When it rains in crypto (38.08) Upcoming Events (40:35)