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Hear from industry leaders about what is fintech and web3, how to get into it and how to make a mark in the fastest growing sector in the world. Work in Fintech Founder Matt Cheung teams up with Founder Members to interview fintech and web3 founders, CEOs and CTOs about what you can do to gain an edge in fintech and web3. Essential listening for any student, young professional or curious person looking to secure a role in fintech, web3, banking or finance. #fintech #web3
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Send us a text In his second appearance on the Work in Fintech podcast William Quigley and Matt Cheung discuss career options, education, big companies vs startups and it what it takes to succeed when you start your own company. William Quigley, a long-time VC - he was Paypal's first institutional investor - and entrepreneur, from gaming to blockch…
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Send us a text Rodney Williams, co-founder of SoLo Funds, shares his journey as a serial entrepreneur and fintech innovator. He discusses his first startup, LISNR, which used ultrasonic technology for seamless checkout experiences. Williams, an inspiring black entrepreneur, explains the motivation behind later starting SoLo Funds, a peer-to-peer le…
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Send us a text Summary In this episode, Matt interviews Philippa Poole and Daniel Geller from Revolut, Europe's largest fintech company. They discuss their backgrounds and how they ended up working in the legal department at Revolut. They also talk about the differences between working in a law firm versus a fintech company, the challenges of scali…
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Send us a text Summary William Quigley, a long-time VC and entrepreneur, shares his journey from auditing failing financial institutions to becoming a venture capitalist and co-founding Tether and WAX. He discusses the challenges of investing in the early days of the internet and blockchain, and the creation of Tether as a stablecoin. Quigley also …
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Send us a text Summary In this conversation, Matt Cheung interviews Sean Forward, the UK CEO of payabl, a fintech company specialising in payments. They discuss the role of payabl in helping merchants accept payments, the concept of omni-channel payments, and Sean's journey in the fintech industry. They also explore the future of payments, includin…
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Send us a text Summary Javier Rodriguez Alarcon, Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Asset Management at XBTO, discusses the role of XBTO as a full service digital assets provider, focusing on institutional investors. He explains the three main business verticals of XBTO: capital markets, investment management, and a platform business. Before movi…
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Send us a text Alvin Wang Graylin, Global VP of Corporate Development for HTC, discusses the intersection of AI and the metaverse. Alvin shares his background and journey in the tech industry, highlighting the importance of hard work and the value of understanding programming. Alvin explains how AI and XR technologies are coming together to create …
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Send us a text Matt Ober, General Partner at Social Leverage, delves into the world of data, automation, networking, and early-stage investing. Matt shares his journey from specializing in equity derivatives at Bloomberg to hedge funds and then leveraging his expertise to navigate the complex waters of venture capital. 00:00:52 Matt Ober shares his…
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Send us a text Jonathan Holis is Managing Partner at Mountside Ventures. He joins Work in Fintech's Matthew Cheung to share insights about: -The steps from idea to funding -Breaking down the fundraising process -Tips to close funding quickly and efficiently 1:01 How Jonathan went from PWC to founding a venture company 4:48 What does Mountside Ventu…
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Send us a text Stanfield Gray is the CEO of Dig South: The South's Tech Hub and DIG SOUTH Tech Summit, the first and foremost event dedicated to growing the South’s tech economy, held April 26-27 in Charleston, SC. Visit digsummit.com for details. Stanfield joins Work in Fintech co-founder Ying Cao to talk about: What is the metaverse, exactly? The…
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Send us a text Vassilis Tziokas, the Global Lead for Web3 Business Development and Strategy at Microsoft joins Work in Fintech co-founder Matthew Cheung to talk about: -Opportunities in web3 for sales and marketing -GTM and sales enablement -Generative AI and how ChatGPT can enhance work -Insights for people looking to get into the industry Highlig…
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Send us a text Does financial regulation always play catch up to the fast moving world of fintech and web3? Does regulation hinder or help cultivate innovation? Dr Iwa Salami, Reader in Financial Law and Regulation, co-director at the Centre of Fintech at the Royal Docks School of Business and Law at University of East London joins Work in Fintech …
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Send us a text Robby Young is CEO of Animoca Brands, a $6bln blockchain gaming company and one of the most prolific investors in web3 on the planet. Robby talks about: 0:46 - His journey to being CEO of Animoca 7:23 - Why luck played a part in Animoca's pivot into blockchain games from mobile games 14:08 - Why gaming is an on-ramp into blockchain a…
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Send us a text William Entriken is the lead author of ERC-721, the document that started NFTs as we know them, and changed the digital world. ERC-721 was made famous by CryptoKitties and it is the non-fungible token (“NFT”) standard that powers other blockchain platforms such as Decentraland and OpenSea. William is a blockchain developer who contin…
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Send us a text Felicia Meyerowitz Singh is a serial entrepreneur passionate about fintech, wealthtech, innovation and digital change. Her achievements include: - Founder and CEO of Akoni Hub, a UK wealthtech platform, where she recently exited - Co-founder of Hive Founders, a global network of female entrepreneurs, supporting founders at any stage …
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Send us a text Doug Thompson has been working in and around the metaverse for the last 15 years. Doug is a serial entrepreneur running a metaverse strategy agency, co-founder of a NFT project called Echocore and is involved in DAOs such as the Open Meta DAO. He is a digital nomad and a true expert in all things related to the metaverse. His newslet…
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Send us a text Elena Armijo joins Work in Fintech to discuss her career, DEI initiatives and sense of belonging within organisations. Elena has been in coaching for 8 years now. Previously, she was a professional opera singer and she has recently launched a new platform called C-Suite Collective which encourages DEI initiatives and helps companies …
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Send us a text Joy Macknight is first woman to lead The Banker, a Financial Times publication, in its 95-year history. She is uniquely positioned with a front-row seat of banking, technology and fintech by interviewing CEOs, CFOs and founders about the transformative change and disruption brought on by innovations in fintech and a fundamental gener…
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Send us a text Simon Vans-Colina has been at the forefront of fintech for over 20 years. He started coding at 11, he found working at a bank boring , he was on the founding team of Monzo (the UK neobank unicorn), he is CTO and co-founder of Fronted, Founder of TreeDAO and is now moving to Singapore to join BigPay. He loves defi and web3. Hear Simon…
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Send us a text Sebastian Widmann, Head of Strategy at Komainu, joins Work in Fintech to discuss how finding a good mentor and manager will help careers, how passion for a subject (blockchain ) gave him an edge and offers graduates some great advice from moving from intern to head of strategy in the space of a few years. With a multi-disciplinary ba…
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Send us a text A new initiative between Goldman Sachs and Warwick University promotes equal access to opportunity and social mobility through a new Masters Degree Apprenticeship. Ayaz Haji, Global Head of Data Products for Core Engineering at Goldman Sachs, is active in championing D&I programmes for GS. In his role, he noticed a skills gap in unde…
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Send us a text In this episode of our interview series, Ying Cao is joined by Basil Moftah, general partner of Global Ventures and founder member of Reuters Venture Capital group. At Reuters Venture Capital group, he invested in leading global companies such as Yahoo!, Verisign, and Webex. His strategic acquisitions and management of emerging marke…
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Send us a text Michelle Tran, cofounder of NYC Fintech Women, joins Ying Cao to discuss how she pivoted from her traditional finance background to establishing her brand in the fintech space. Michelle started her career at Blackrock in the ETF businesses before recognizing the bigger opportunity of fintech and joining startups. In the podcast, she …
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Send us a text Anusha Dandapani, Chief Data & Analytics Officer of UNICC joins Ying Cao to discuss her exciting career journey and how she has navigated herself toward her passions. Anusha Dandapani has had a long career in data science inspired by her passion to use it to solve real-world problems. She was the Data Science lead at Barclays where s…
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Send us a text Global Head of Institutional Account Management at Coinbase, Sashi Dias Valtz, joins Ying Cao to discuss her career journey from working at an investment bank to her current position at Coinbase and give advice on how others can pursue their passion in this field or any field in general. Sashi Dias Valtz has always had many passions …
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Send us a text Anand Sambasivan, founder and CEO of PrimaryBid, joins Matthew Cheung and Josh Lavorini to discuss his experiences in the world of Fintech and the challenges faced by entrepreneurs. PrimaryBid is a technology platform that allows everyday investors fair & equal access to investing in public companies raising capital. They have worked…
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Send us a text Brad Levy, Symphony CEO, former CEO of IHSMarkit and ex-MD at Goldman, shares his thoughts on everything from the future of artificial intelligence to finding purpose and much, much more! Brad began his career working at Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs before venturing into Fintech through a Partner role at IHS Markit, multiple Cha…
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Send us a text Technology Futurist, Theo Priestley joins Matthew Cheung and Benjamin Ahmed to discuss the future of the world! Theo Priestley has worked within the technology industry for up to 20 years in both the client facing side and the vendor side. During his time in the industry, Theo study various trends that occurred, leading him to write …
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Send us a text Sharon Thorne, Global Chair of Deloitte, joins Matthew Cheung and Josh Lavorini to discuss her experiences breaking glass ceilings in the business world. Sharon is the first-ever female to hold the role as Deloitte's Global Chair and was also the first-ever female partner in the Manchester office, the first of two women on the UK boa…
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Send us a text Kene Ejikeme, ex-Professional Rugby Player and Goldman Sachs Managing Director, Head of Multi Asset Platform Sales EMEA, shares his thoughts on everything from finding your career, why athletes are a good fit in finance, the importance of diversity and much more! Kene's story is a fantastic insight into pursuing your passions and tak…
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Send us a text Hossein Azari, CEO and Founder of Cmorq, is a former Chief Data Scientist at Goldman Sachs and Senior Data Scientist at Google. He successfully co-founded his own company called Clarity Money, a personal finance app for consumers, which was eventually bought out by Goldman Sachs for $100m. Hossein's impressive CV also includes being …
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Send us a text Jess Houlgrave, Chief of Staff at Checkout.com joins Matt Cheung and Helene Lipp in this episode to talk about the year of NFTs, blockchain, payments, valuable skills to succeed, stereotypes and women in tech. One of the key messages are to be brave, seek out challenges, stay curious and be willing to learn across everything you do. …
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Send us a text Pavir Patel, Head of Strategy and Business Development at Bitpanda Pro, and former Digital Strategy and Fintech VP at JP Morgan, shares his experiences of the traditional finance world compared to fintech. Starting off as a graduate at JP Morgan, Pavir undertook rotations in EM Markets Hybrids Trade Support and Rates Derivatives Sale…
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Send us a text Dmitry Buterin, serial entrepreneur, blockchain mentor, investor and father of Vitalik Buterin (co-founder of Ethereum), shares his insights on everything from following your passions to dropping out of university, the blockchain and NFTs. From humble beginnings, Dmitry grew up in the Soviet Union and quickly found his passion with t…
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Send us a text Alastair Clarke, Senior Equity Trader at Capital Group and FinTech Intrapreneur, joins Matthew Cheung and Josh Lavorini to discuss what makes a good trader, the future of careers in FinTech and the uncertainty that he faced upon graduating and going out into the world of work. Alastair began his career on the sell-side, working in co…
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Send us a text Alex Struc, Founder and CEO of GoalsFirst and former Head of ESG Portfolio Management at PIMCO, gives an introduction to impact investing, where Fixed Income is going with technology, and how students can begin their career in markets. Alex is the founder and CEO of GoalsFirst – a specialist fixed income firm with a disruptive invest…
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Send us a text In an exclusive interview held with Benyamin Ahmed and his father Imran Ahmed, we learn how 12 years old Benyamin first got into NFTs, what inspired him to create the Weird Whales collection which led him to amassing a small fortune of $450k just in a few weeks, and his journey to becoming an "overnight success". Benyamin explains ho…
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Send us a Text Message. Toby Babb, Founder and CEO of Harrington Starr, shares what you need to know for an interview how students can beat the tough competition to landing your dream job in Fintech. Toby is the founder and CEO of the Harrington Starr Group. Harrington Starr was launched in 2010 and focuses on the Financial Technology sector with o…
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Send us a text Christian Frahm, Founder and CEO of United Fintech, joins Matt Cheung and Helene Lipp to discuss his entrepreneurial career path, having founded e.g. CFH Group in 2007 and United Fintech in 2020. Christian Frahm started off his career at Bloomberg and Saxo Bank before focusing on founding own businesses in the Fintech space. He set u…
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Send us a text Ying Cao, Fintech Entrepreneur, Board Member of several prominent Fintechs, and Former Head of Digital Products at Barclays Investment Bank, shares her experiences of the Fintech ecosystem and how her perspective on the work-life balance has changed during her illustrious career. Initially starting out as a Strategy Consultant at the…
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Send us a text Andy Mosson, Director at JP Morgan joins Matt Cheung and Helene Lipp to discuss his uncommon career path which ultimately led to finance and trading technology, the experiences he made and how students can impress in the finance industry. He explains how important it is to be resilient and not being scared of failing. Furthermore he …
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Send us a text The Lord Mayor William Russell, joins to discuss; his vision for the City of London, London being the next Silicon Valley, the importance of returning to the office and why Green Finance might be a once in a generation opportunity. Being the first Lord Mayor in nearly 200 years to have 2 consecutive years in office and with over 30 y…
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Send us a text Mark Martin, founder of Urban Teacher & UKBlackTech shares why he feels diversity is important in the technology industry, his journey from being a teacher to being a founder of two companies as well as how he is equipping the next generation with technology skills. Mark works with industry, including Google, Microsoft, Apple and Ado…
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Send us a text In today's episode, we were joined by serial FinTech Entrepreneur, Max Rofagha. Before starting up Finimize, Max founded DeinDeal.ch, which became the biggest e-commerce platform in Switzerland after Amazon. After selling DeinDeal.ch to one of the biggest Media players in Europe, Max went on to start Finimize in 2016. In today's epis…
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Send us a text Dean Berry, Group Head of Trading and Banking Solutions at the London Stock Exchange Group joins to discuss; career reflections in Trading, Broking and Fintech as well as advice on the importance of resilience, following your passion and how students can take advantage of opportunities in financial markets. Dean's pursuit to learn an…
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Send us a text Andrew Davis, Partner at Goodwin Procter and Oxford University Alumni, shares his thoughts on the future of fintech and gives invaluable career advice for any aspiring law graduate. The former Magic Circle graduate started his career at Allen & Overy, before departing for Taylor Wessing. Within just 14 years of graduating from Oxford…
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On this episode we are featuring Shyft Auto's Wild Pitch recording where Stanfield Gray is joined by Co-founder and CEO of Shyft Auto, Marcus Aman. Shyft Auto reduces chaos at automotive repair shops while giving consumers an Amazon-like experience for service. Shyft's technology helps repair shops offer contactless solutions to their customers, wh…
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Send us a text Before joining Symphony, Craig Butterworth amassed over 15 years worth of experience within Fixed Income Sales at prestigious banks such as Goldman Sachs & Nomura. It was within his time at Nomura where Craig's fascination within Fintech began. Craig Butterworth is now the Global Head of Sales and Account Management at Symphony. Crai…
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Send us a text Over the past 14 years, Chris Scott, Senior Manager at TP ICAP gained various valuable experiences in product management of equities, derivatives and trading systems. Throughout this period he has played a leading part of the electronification of financial markets and fintech. In this episode Chris Scott joins Matt Cheung and Helene …
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