Hey all, Jason here.Welcome back to Fintech Business Podcast.In this episode, I had the chance to catch up with Joe Robinson, co-founder and CEO of Hummingbird, live at last month’s Money2020.We had the chance to talk about:* Joe’s background and what led to his role at Hummingbird* The pain of using Google docs & email for case management* The complexity of managing compliance in today’s partnership-driven fintech universe* The intersection of crypto and anti-money laundering* How realistic Ozark is* & moreProgramming note: this is the last of the podcasts I recorded live at Money2020 — it has been a crash course on audio production. Hopefully, you can expect better quality audio going forward! Existing subscriber? Please consider supporting this newsletter by upgrading to a paid subscription. New here? Subscribe to get Fintech Business Weekly each Sunday: Get full access to Fintech Business Weekly at fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Hey all, Jason here.Welcome back to Fintech Business Podcast.In this episode, I sat down with Iain McDougall, the Chief Commercial Officer of open banking infrastructure provider Yapily. We had a chance to discuss:* Iain’s background, and what led him to fintech* Open banking in Europe vs. the US* PSD2* How open banking can facilitate innovation and competition* Lessons the US can learn from Europe’s open banking experienceExisting subscriber? Please consider supporting this newsletter by upgrading to a paid subscription. New here? Subscribe to get Fintech Business Weekly each Sunday: Get full access to Fintech Business Weekly at fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Hey all, it’s Jason.Welcome to Fintech Business Podcast, a monthly(ish) podcast where I’ll be interviewing leaders in banking, fintech, and crypto. If you’re already subscribed to the main newsletter, you’ll automatically receive each new episode when it’s published. Don’t worry, this will be in addition to the Fintech Recap news show that Alex Johnson and I do each month!In this first episode, I sat down with Paolo Ardoino, the CTO of Bitfinex, live at Money2020 in Amsterdam. We had a chance to talk about:* Paolo’s personal background, including how he’s been coding since 8 years old* How he scaled Bitfinex’s infrastructure to handle millions of orders per second* Why Bitfinex thinks crypto markets can democratize capital raising & what it’s doing in Kazakhstan* Why Tether doesn’t face the same risks that lead to Terra’s collapseThis episode was recorded live on the floor at Money2020, so please excuse the background noise — I’m an audio engineer in training!Existing subscriber? Please consider supporting this newsletter by upgrading to a paid subscription. New here? Subscribe to get Fintech Business Weekly each Sunday: Get full access to Fintech Business Weekly at fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/subscribe