Best Paulo Tan Podcasts (2024)

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Cassandra Loh on the company culture behind Intellect driving mental healthcare access globally | Call 170 27:14

3h ago27:14

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What kind of organization and culture does it take to foster the growth of a business driving mental health care access globally? Our conversation continues with Intellect VP of Partnerships & Solutions Cassandra Loh. This episode we delve deeper into the inner workings of Intellect’s organization and how that has impacted her role driving global g…

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Cassandra Loh on growing the global presence of Intellect's mental healthcare platform | Call 169 28:49

2h ago28:49

28:49

Launched in May 2020, Intellect today counts 3.5 million users globally, with services available in 30 languages and comprehensive local networks of mental healthcare providers across 60 countries worldwide. Its enterprise solution has been rolled out for multinational companies including Singtel, Shell, Merck, Schroders, as well as institutions li…

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Why this ecommerce BNPL exec made the leap to B2B commerce | Fluid CEO & co-founder Trasy Lou Walsh 36:10

4h ago36:10

36:10

Lending is not for the faint of heart. But when Trasy Lou Walsh found the right partners to embark with on her first startup venture, she took the leap and started Fluid. With Fluid, she is working to bring consumer-level payment experiences to B2B ecommerce transactions, starting with handling buyer payments to suppliers (i.e., buy now pay later f…

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Everyone Has A Treasury Problem And The Modularized “CFO Office” Solution With Finmo CEO David Hanna | Call 167 41:06

13d ago41:06

41:06

More than two decades into his career in risk and compliance roles across PayPal, EY, ING, Rapyd, etc., David decides to not settle but go the other way -- start a company to bring “sexy” back to treasury. Timestamps(00:04) Highlights;(00:38) Everyone has a treasury problem;(04:07) Why is there a treasury problem and what recent bank runs have to d…

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SuperApp execs' toughest challenge driving retail innovation in rural Indonesia | Call 166 22:13

2M ago22:13

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We’re back with Nadira Zahiruddin and Gisella Tjoanda, VP of Innovation and VP of Business Development, respectively, at SuperApp (Super), the leading social commerce platform in Indonesia, innovating the future of retail in underserved areas in the country. In Part 1, we got caught up on Super’s business, how it's developed and evolved over the la…

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The Brand Portfolio Strategy Behind the Store-Less Walmart of Indonesia with SuperApp VP of Innovation Nadira Zahiruddin and VP of Business Development & Strategy Gisella Tjoanda | Call 165 21:06

3M ago21:06

21:06

SuperApp VP of Innovation Nadira Zahiruddin and VP of Business Develompent & Strategy Gisella Tjoanda return to On Call with Insignia to give us the latest on Super’s growing portfolio of 36 private label and exclusivity brands, covering a wide variety from skincare products to mineral water. They share how SuperApp’s social commerce network of 48,…

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Fazz exec Mark Hew on keeping the underdog mindset alive as a post-Series C regional fintech | Call 164 24:02

3M ago24:02

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Our conversation with Mark Hew continues in this episode. The Chief of Staff and Head of Payments and Agents Business for regional fintech group Fazz spends part 2 sharing with us his approach to leadership and sustaining an underdog / David vs Goliath culture (find out what SOS means) in an organization as diverse and as mature as Fazz’s. Revisit …

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Fazz exec Mark Hew on approaching growth from payments differently from other fintechs | Call 163 19:52

4M ago19:52

19:52

We've been able to document the journey of fintech Fazz all the way back since our podcast started in 2020 with the CEO and co-founder, Hendra Kwik’s origin story. We've followed their evolution into what is now a regional FinTech group through a merger with Xfers. We also got to talk to Tianwei Liu, co-founder of Xfers, who is now the group deputy…

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From pitching at Davos to hiring, controls, and fundraising: What it takes to be AwanTunai CFO with Shilpa Gautam 21:49

4M ago21:49

21:49

Welcome back to our continuing conversation with ⁠Shilpa Gautam⁠, CFO of supply chain digitization and purchase financing platform ⁠AwanTunai⁠. In the last episode, we talk about the recent progress AwanTunai has made with its Series B and what that means for its business. We also hear from Shilpa’s perspective as CFO how AwanTunai develops cost-ef…

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Abolitionist Educational Unit Planning Tool 56:31

4M ago56:31

56:31

In this episode, DES co-host Paulo Tan shares a practical application of abolitionist mathematics practices. This episode is a companion to episode #13 where Paulo laid out the groundwork for abolitionist mathematics practices. It is helpful but not necessary to first engage with episode #13 before engaging with this current episode. The practical …

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On Call with Shilpa Gautam, AwanTunai CFO | Part 1 26:29

4M ago26:29

26:29

On Call with Insignia returns with a new guest, Shilpa Gautam, the CFO of AwanTunai! AwanTunai is a company digitizing the traditional FMCG supply chain in Indonesia to enable low-cost, equitable financing for MSMEs, a market opportunity worth US$300B in this segment alone.Over the years, we’ve heard plenty from CEO Dino Setiawan on the journey of …

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What can Special & Mathematics Education Learn from Prison Abolition Movements? 1:13:22

4M ago1:13:22

1:13:22

In this episode, DES co-host Paulo Tan shares a presentation he recently completed on abolitionist mathematics practices at Purdue University. Drawing on Black Feminist thought on prison abolition, Dr. Tan forwards three crucial tenets (i.e., imagining utopian futures, intersectional struggles, and immediate change making) to guide the fields of sp…

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Pushing Back Against Productive Struggle 1:00:24

5M ago1:00:24

1:00:24

We turn inwards for today’s episode in a conversation with Dr. Alexis Padilla, this show’s cohost, about his upcoming book titled Decolonial Disability and Social Epistemologies. The first chapter of his book dives into the problems with how we think of productive struggle. We also engage in a brief reflection on the first few months after launchin…

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Empowering All Learners: Confronting Ableism and Inaccessibility in Mathematics Education 1:18:08

6M ago1:18:08

1:18:08

Dr. Alison Mirin, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mathematics Education at the University of Arizona, joins the DES podcast to discuss ableism and inaccessibility in mathematics education. We discuss the disconnect between how math is typically taught in schools and how students make their own meaning of math. Dr. Mirin shares her mathematics …

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How this Singaporean firefighter is making life saving everyone's business with deep tech | Call 160 with Leon Yip 24:55

6M ago24:55

24:55

Part 2 of our chat with Leon Yip, former Singaporean firefighter, Insignia Ventures Academy VC Accelerator Cohort 2 alumnus, and now working with deep tech startups at Hatch.Part 1 was all about Leon sharing his journey from the Singapore Civil Defense Force to IVA and finally to Hatch: https://youtu.be/p7w42vX2x_0More episodes with IVA mentors and…

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Why this firefighter invested in learning more about startups and venture capital (Part 1) | Call 159 20:02

6M ago20:02

20:02

We are back with another Academy Afterthoughts episode, where we go on call with alumni and mentors of Insignia Ventures Academy’s programs, primarily the Certificate in Venture Capital course which is open for applications to its 7th (March) and 8th (June) cohorts! Talk to our program manager Jiaway Koh and learn more here: http://www.insignia.vc/…

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Why the Middle East is the next big market for Open Finance with Brankas CEO Todd Schweitzer | Call 158 21:55

6M ago21:55

21:55

Our conversation continues with ⁠Todd Schweitzer⁠, CEO and co-founder of open finance solutions platform ⁠Brankas⁠. After getting a fresh introduction to how Brankas and open finance works as well as developments in the open finance revolution in Southeast Asia, Todd takes us across the world to the Middle East and what Brankas has been doing to me…

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A Brazilian Perspective on Exclusion and Inclusive Mathematics Education (with Dr. Fernanda Malinosky) 1:12:29

6M ago1:12:29

1:12:29

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Fernanda Malinosky who is a professor in the Mathematics Institute at Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University in Brazil. We discuss issues of education and clientelism, and inclusive educational perspectives in the Brazilian context. Transcripts can be found here. Dr. Malinosky’s Mathematics Education, Diversity …

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Raising the Standards for ASEAN Banking with Open Finance | Brankas CEO Todd Schweitzer | Call 157 25:48

7M ago25:48

25:48

In this week’s episode of On Call with Insignia, Brankas CEO and co-founder Todd Schweitzer returns after two years (check out our first conversation with him here) with the latest insights on open finance and Brankas’ progress in driving this transformation in the region. But first, in case you’re not familiar: how does Brankas work? As Todd puts …

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The Future of Beauty Brands and Retail in Asia with Konvy CEO Qing Gui Huang | Call 156 14:25

7M ago14:25

14:25

This week’s episode, we continue our call with Qing Gui Huang, CEO of Thailand’s leading online beauty retail company. As a beauty retailer, Konvy supports thousands of brands with a combined portfolio of more than 25,000 SKUs, through various channels, from their app to ecommerce platforms, TikTok, and offline stores. Konvy kicked off 2024 with th…

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We all Matter: Communal Transformative Agency in Education (with Dr. Anna Stetsenko) 1:10:38

7M ago1:10:38

1:10:38

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Anna Stetsenko who is a full Professor in the PhD Program in Psychology (and the chair of Developmental Psychology), with a joint appointment in Urban Education Program, both at The Graduate Center, the City University of New York. We discuss Dr. Stetsenko’s conception of Activist‑Transformative Methodology and…

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Qing Gui Huang, CEO of Thailand’s No. 1 beauty ecommerce platform Konvy on TikTok, Regional Growth, and more | Call 155 31:19

7M ago31:19

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This week’s episode, we go on call with Qing Gui Huang, CEO of Thailand’s leading online beauty retail company Konvy. As a beauty retailer, Konvy supports thousands of brands with a combined portfolio of more than 25,000 SKUs, through various channels, from their app to ecommerce platforms, TikTok, and offline stores. Konvy kicked off 2024 with the…

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Call 154 | Fazz | Tianwei Liu | Regulation & compliance learnings from 10+ years building fintechs 27:39

7M ago27:39

27:39

#fintech #entrepreneur #podcastOur call continues with Tianwei Liu, Deputy CEO of Southeast Asia fintech group Fazz, the company behind stablecoin issuer StraitsX. In 2023’s Singapore Fintech Festival, StraitsX received in-principle approval by the MAS for the issuance of XSGD and XUSD, opening up opportunities we covered in the first half of our c…

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Call 153 | Fazz | Tianwei Liu | Redefining Mainstream Stablecoin Adoption for Singapore and Beyond 26:27

7M ago26:27

26:27

This week’s episode has returning guest Tianwei Liu, Deputy CEO of Southeast Asia fintech group Fazz, the company behind stablecoin issuer StraitsX. In 2023’s Singapore Fintech Festival, StraitsX received in-principle approval by the MAS for the issuance of XSGD and XUSD, opening up opportunities we cover in this first half of our call with the sea…

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Latinx, Disabilities, and STEM Education Movements in the US (with Dr. Lisette Torres-Gerald) 1:07:18

7M ago1:07:18

1:07:18

In this episode, we our joined by Dr. Lisette E. Torres-Gerald, a scientist and disabled scholar-activist and Senior Researcher at TERC, a non-profit made up of teams of mathematics and science education and research experts. We discuss Dr. Torres-Gerald's advocacy work with Latinx Disabilities within and beyond the United States as well as in form…

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The Hidden Costs of Product-Market Fit from Flip VP of Product | Call 152 13:37

7M ago13:37

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Our conversation from last week continues with Flip VP of Product Sourabh Gupta on evolving product-market fit (PMF). After getting context on Flip’s latest developments in its product journey last episode, we dive into a discussion on the practical implications of PMF evolution -- leveraging B2C advantages in B2B sales, orchestrating product devel…

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Latinx Diasporas in Supporting Mathematics Teachers to Challenge Intersectional Oppression (with Offir Romero Castro) 48:53

8M ago48:53

48:53

Offir Romero Castro joins the podcast to discuss his experiences living with a disability and his work in promoting inclusive mathematics education. Offir is currently a teaching and research assistant in the Mathematics Department at Western Michigan University, where he is also a Mathematics Education 2nd year-Ph.D. student. Transcripts to this e…

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Growing Beyond Your First Product Market Fit | Flip Product VP Sourabh Gupta 19:39

8M ago19:39

19:39

With over 13 million users, Flip has become part of Indonesia's maturing fintech culture. But while the company started out in 2016 with a product centered around free money transfers, their product-market fit has had to evolve over the years. Flip's VP of Product & Design, Sourabh Gupta, walks us through the latest developments in Flip's product-m…

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Moments in which the Meaning of Disability is an Open Question (with Dr. Ryan Parrey): Part II 30:51

8M ago30:51

30:51

In this part II episode, we continue our conversion with Dr. Parrey. We dive into topics of ableism, disability studies, relationality, and thinking-feeling disability. Dr. Parrey shares a couple of powerful counterstories characterized as eventful events. Transcripts to this episode can be found here. Subscribe to DES on YouTube for video of this …

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Moments in which the Meaning of Disability is an Open Question (with Dr. Ryan Parrey): Part I 27:09

8M ago27:09

27:09

In this episode, Dr. Parrey discusses moments in which the meaning of disability, and our relation to it, is an open question. We dive into topics of ableism, disability studies, relationality, and thinking-feeling disability. Dr. Parrey shares a couple of powerful counterstories characterized as eventful events. Transcripts to this episode can be …

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How an ecommerce seller & VC built the supply chain partner for Indonesia serving 500K+ customers | Call 150 23:31

8M ago23:31

23:31

We start the year 2024 with a recap of the journey of Shipper, an Indonesian technology company simplifying logistics and supply chain for all types of businesses from ecommerce to offline retail, helping them across a range of services from first-mile to warehousing and inventory management.With the significant developments in Indonesia’s ecommerc…

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Care and Caring in Mathematics Education (with Dr. Anette Bagger) 54:04

8M ago54:04

54:04

In this episode Dr. Bagger who is an associate professor at Orebro University in Sweden discusses what caring may mean in mathematics education. We question and challenge the typical hierarchies associated with care and caring, instead, push us to think about caring in more reciprocal ways. Transcripts to this episode can be found here. Find out mo…

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Why Your Startup Needs an HR Function Sooner than Later To Grow Sustainably | Call 149 22:23

8M ago22:23

22:23

Join us on this call led by host Paulo Joquino, as he is joined by management and HR leaders to talk about global expansion into and across Southeast Asia: Karen Ng, Deel Expansion Leader for ASEAN, India, NASIA, Thomas Jeng, Aspire General Manager Singapore, and Olly Riches, Michael Page Senior Managing Director Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines a…

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The number one HR challenge when expanding your startup across Southeast Asia, and how to solve it | Call 148 25:29

8M ago25:29

25:29

Join us on this call led by host Paulo Joquino, as he is joined by management and HR leaders to talk about global expansion into and across Southeast Asia: Karen Ng, Deel Expansion Leader for ASEAN, India, NASIA, Thomas Jeng, Aspire General Manager Singapore, and Olly Riches, Michael Page Senior Managing Director Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines a…

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Inclusive and Accessible Educational Assessments (with Dr. Juuso Nieminen) 56:21

9M ago56:21

56:21

Dr. Juuso H. Nieminen, an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong and a Banting Fellow at Ontario Tech University in Canada joins the DES podcast to discuss inclusive and accessible educational assessments. Dr. Nieminen's research concerns educational assessment from social, cultural and political points of vi…

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Rigor, Love, Freedom, & Joy (with Dr. Rhonda Bondie) 1:00:53

9M ago1:00:53

1:00:53

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Rhonda Bondie who is an associate professor in special education at Hunter College and the director of the Hunter College Learning Lab. We dive into her recently published co-authored article titled “Transforming fear into rigor, love, freedom, and joy: A new paradigm of standards-based reform.” Transcripts to …

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Practicing Human Freedom (with Renita Evans) 1:02:48

9M ago1:02:48

1:02:48

Renita Evans joins the podcast to talk about practicing human freedom. Renita is a mother to multiple children claiming disability as a part of their identity and her research interests seeks to better connect schools and communities by examining educational and social justice issues by uniting the oral traditions of families to the broader collect…

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Hard Truths About Scaling Brands and Supply Chains, from local Indonesia brands to Amazon brands in the US | Call 147 29:22

9M ago29:22

29:22

Join us on this call led by Insignia Ventures Partners Vice President Shefali Dodani, as she is joined by ecommerce and supply chain founders shaping the way brands are built and scaled from Indonesia to the US: Patrick Cao, one of the co-founders of GoTo Group, JJ Chai, Co-Founder and CEO of Rainforest, and Phil Opamuratawongse, Co-Founder and CEO…

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Is the Southeast Asian consumer ready for AI-driven experiences? CEOs of the region's leading consumer platforms discuss | Call 146 33:38

9M ago33:38

33:38

Join us on this call led by Insignia Ventures Partners venture partner Timothy Lee, which features an exploration into the realities, possibilities, and limitations of integrating AI in various consumer experiences from buying cars, to buying homes, from buying FMCGs and cosmetics to buying stocks. With him are the CEOs of leading consumer platform…

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AI Transformation CEOs on Building the Future Where Every Company is An AI Company | Call 145 34:33

10M ago34:33

34:33

Join us on this call led by Insignia Ventures Partners principal Yongcheng Ong, tapping into the minds of innovative entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of building the AI transformation infrastructure for enterprise, Appier CEO and co-founder Chih Han Yu, WIZ.AI CEO and co-founder Jennifer Zhang, and Bluesheets CEO and co-founder Christian Schn…

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On Call Recaps | The Growth Mileage of Carro's 8 Year Drive Building the Tech Company Behind Southeast Asia's Largest Car Marketplace 10:14

10M ago10:14

10:14

In this episode, we recap the journey of Carro, the tech company behind Southeast Asia's largest used car marketplace and end-to-end auto retail platform. Since the start of the podcast in 2020 we have covered their journey, and with eight years under their belt, we highlight sharings from Carro's leaders on the podcast over the past four years. Ch…

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How Singapore leverages regulatory innovation to support startups | Call 143 26:35

10M ago26:35

26:35

Singapore’s rise over the past few decades into the port-of-call for innovation and business growth into the APAC and ASEAN region has been nothing short of a marvel. But building up and sustaining that over the years and into the future is founded on innovating the way enterprise and government work together to push forward solutions and technolog…

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What PropTech 3.0 Looks Like in Indonesia | Call 142 with Pinhome founders Dayu Dara Permata and Ahmed Aljunied 17:20

11M ago17:20

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Our call continues with Dayu Dara Permata and Ahmed Aljunied, founders of Pinhome, Southeast Asia’s leading end-to-end #property transaction platform for first-time home buyers. Catch up on part 1We dive into how Pinhome uses embedded #finance to improve transactions across the entire real estate industry and how Pinhome views the confluence of var…

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How Indonesia's platform for "Everything Home" approaches profitability, retention, and Gen AI 22:05

11M ago22:05

22:05

Join part 1 of our call with Dayu Dara Permata and Ahmed Aljunied, founders of Pinhome, Southeast Asia’s leading end-to-end property transaction platform for first-time home buyers. As the CEO and CTO respectively of Pinhome return to the show this year, they share with us the latest on Pinhome’s growth, path to profitability, strategic partnership…

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On Call Recaps | How two former Gojek executives built and grew the most comprehensive proptech platform globally 8:11

11M ago8:11

8:11

Ahead of a new call next week with returning guests Dayu Dara Permata and Ahmed Aljunied, founders of Pinhome, we're recapping three years of calls with the entrepreneurs leading what is now Indonesia's leading end-to-end property transaction platform and globally one of the most comprehensive platforms for all things home. Check out the full calls…

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How to unlock the "holy grail" of Philippine digital banking | Call 140 | Tonik CEO Greg Krasnov 22:10

11M ago22:10

22:10

Our call with Greg Krasnov, CEO and Founder of Philippine digital bank Tonik, continues in this episode. He shares more on his views on global fintech in today's bear market, Tonik's thesis on digital banking in the Philippines, the impact of automation on their organization. He also gives a quick masterclass on credit monetization. Check out last …

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How this Philippine digital bank views growth, from scaling loans to generative AI | Call 139 | Tonik CEO Greg Krasnov 20:57

12M ago20:57

20:57

Join part 1 of our call with Greg Krasnov, CEO and Founder of Tonik, a Philippine digital bank that hit record user and deposit growth months after launch in early 2021, and over the past year has been focused on building up a balanced, scalable loan portfolio. Greg also shares his thoughts on generative AI and how this technology will change banki…

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How this Singapore company sent the first smart lock into space | Call 138 | igloo CEO Anthony Chow 25:18

12M ago25:18

25:18

Go on call with Anthony Chow, CEO and Co-Founder of igloo, a global smart access solutions company that recently celebrated eight years, securing more than 300K door assets with more than 10M digital keys issued across 100 countries. To celebrate their eight year anniversary and highlight the product launch of their latest enterprise smart padlock,…

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How to be CFO of a AI-driven used car online platform | Call 137 with Carro CFO Ernest Chew Part 2 12:22

1y ago12:22

12:22

Our call with Ernest Chew, CFO of AI-driven used car online platform Carro, continues in this episode. He shares his thoughts on EVs, unlearnings from two years as CFO, advice for finance professionals venturing into startups, and much more. Check out last week's episode going behind the scenes of Carro's balance of growth and profitability. Timest…

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How to Bring Balance to Profitability and Growth | Call 136 with Carro CFO Ernest Chew Part 1 15:34

1y ago15:34

15:34

Go on call with Ernest Chew, CFO of Carro, a company leading the way in reshaping the used car industry with its AI-driven car buying experience. They recently announced record profitability in Q1 for FY 2024 (3x the entire last full year), the latest achievement in the company's journey becoming now one of very high-growth tech start-up that is pr…

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