Podcasts by Rebank: Fintech Analysis

How BELLA Is Reimagining Banking with Angelo D'Alessandro from 2020-12-20T01:44:51

Today, is a special episode, of great personal importance to me.

I have been learning and studying and training in fintech for years, both as a founder and through this podcast, where I’m...

Challenging the Incumbent Banking Ethos with Aspiration from 2020-12-14T02:58:02

Andrei Cherny is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aspiration, a socially conscious bank challenging the traditional banking industry ethos.

Prior to founding Aspiration, Andrei worked as a speec...

Building a Diversified, Profitable Digital Bank with Starling from 2020-12-04T05:00

Today, regular contributor Lex Sokolin and I are joined by Anne Boden, Founder and CEO of Starling Bank, one of the original wave of app-only digital banks in the UK.

Starling has built a...

Self-Funding an International Digital Bank with bunq from 2020-11-24T00:30

Ali Niknam is the founder and CEO of bunq, a fully licensed digital bank based in the Netherlands and available in 30 countries across Europe.

Prior to starting buns, Ali founded TransIP,...

Building the Digital Financial Infrastructure for Latin America with Ualá from 2020-10-26T05:00

Pierpaolo Barbieri is the Founder & CEO of Ualá, an Argentinian consumer fintech taking South America by storm.

Founded just three years ago, Ualá has already amassed more than two millio...

Understanding the SPAC Boom and What It Means for Founders from 2020-10-13T02:46:59

Ryan Gilbert is General Partner at Propel Venture Partners, a Bay Area venture capital firm backed by BBVA. He is also as of very recently CEO of Olympus Acquisition Corp, a $750 million SPAC th...

Remote Seed Investing and Post-Pandemic Fintech Opportunities with Triple Point from 2020-10-05T05:00

Today, Rebank co-host Aman Ghei is joined by Seb Wallace, an investor at Triple Point, an early stage UK venture capital firm that has invested in companies including LendInvest, Credit Kudos, C...

Breaking Down Ant Group’s Proposed $200 Billion IPO with Max Friedrich and Lex Sokolin from 2020-09-23T12:19:18

We’re joined by a pair of fintech analysts, Max Friedrich of ARK Invest and Lex Sokolin of ConsenSys, to break down Ant Group’s highly anticipated IPO.

Ant, a spinout from Alibaba and the...

UBS&Credit Suisse Merger Talks, Klarna Now Worth $10 Billion and a Crypto Exchange Gets a US Banking Charter from 2020-09-18T05:00

Today, we’re joined by Lex Sokolin to talk through a few interesting developments in the world of fintech.

M&A is a continued trend in fintech, with the most recent candidates reported to...

Understanding Consumer Fintech in China with Linda Jiang and Yi Luo from 2020-09-14T05:00

Today’s conversation brings unique perspective to the exploration of fintech in China, told through the eyes and anecdotes of two Chinese tech entrepreneurs.

The $3.6 Trillion Embedded Finance Opportunity with Mike Massaro and Matt Harris from 2020-09-08T05:00

Mike Massaro is the CEO of Flywire, a payments technology company fresh off a $120m Series E led by Goldman Sachs. Matt Harris is a Partner at Bain Capital Ventures and one of the smartest finte...

Breaking Down Revolut, Starling and Monzo’s Annual Results from 2020-08-14T02:34:47

We’re joined by Lex Sokolin to break down recently published annual reports from Revolut, Starling and Monzo, three of the leading European digital banks.

There are some fascinating insig...

Building, Investing and Fundraising in a Crisis with Balderton from 2020-08-12T12:37:30

Rob Moffat is a partner at Balderton, a leading European VC, with investments including Revolut, Nutmeg, Wagestream, Zego, GoCardless, ComplyAdvantage and many more.

In this conversation,...

Brands as Banks, Samsung Money, Kabbage vs. OnDeck and Fintech Geopolitics from 2020-07-30T19:29:10

The fintech world is not taking the summer off. New developments are coming fast and furious, from fundraisings to product launches to government intervention.

Banking for brands startup ...

How to Invest in Fintech Remotely with Accel’s Seth Pierrepont from 2020-07-28T18:55

Seth Pierrepont is a partner at Accel, one of the most renowned venture firms in the world and a backer of companies including Facebook, Spotify, Slack, Dropbox and many more.

Seth invests...

KYC as a Competitive Advantage with Fourthline from 2020-07-24T19:01:22

Krik Gunning is the CEO and co-founder of Fourthline, one of fastest growing companies in Europe. Fourtline verifies the identities of millions of customers for clients like N26, ING, SolarisBank, ...

Pooling Upside in Baseball and Business with Pando from 2020-07-22T11:09:07

Charlie Olson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pando, a Series A stage fintech designing new ways for high financial variability performers to manage financial risk and upside.

Pando’s platfor...

Figure, SoFi and the Disruption of Finance with Mike Cagney from 2020-07-17T03:16:26

Mike Cagney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Figure, a full stack financial services blockchain company with consumer offerings in market or on the way in lending, banking and more.

In late-2...

Corporate Venture Capital in Unprecedented Times with Santander InnoVentures from 2020-07-15T11:31:04

Manuel Silva is the Head of Investments for Santander InnoVentures, Santander’s Corporate Venture Capital arm and a leading fintech investor.

InnoVentures investment portfolio includes co...

Personal Capital is Acquired for $1 Billion, Lemonade IPOs and PayPal Joins the Crypto Club from 2020-07-10T02:24:17

Robo 1.0 success Personal Capital was acquired for nearly $1 billion by Empower, a major retirement savings manager.

Softbank-backed insurtech darling Lemonade IPOed at less than $2 billi...

The Opportunity in US Digital Banking with Current from 2020-07-09T01:40:48

Stuart Sopp is the Founder and CEO of Current, a leading US digital bank.

Current has over a million users, with a focus on young, financially excluded Americans.

In this conversa...

Fintech Opportunities in LATAM with QED and Broadhaven Ventures from 2020-06-30T05:00

Mike Packer, Partner at QED, and Michael Sidgmore, Partner at Broadhaven Ventures, are active investors in Latin America, with collective portfolio companies including Credijusto, Loft, Nubank and ...

WhatsApp Payments Halted in Brazil, Checkout.com is Worth $5.5 Billion, Wirecard Misplaces $2 Billion from 2020-06-26T05:00

WhatsApp launches payments in Brazil and is unceremoniously shut down by the central bank a week later, MasterCard buys Finicity to protect itself against Visa’s recent acquisition of Plaid, Checko...

Building Self-Driving Money with Wealthfront from 2020-06-24T08:00

Andy Rachleff is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wealthfront, one of the world’s leading investments and personal finance companies.

Building around a core investments offering for young profess...

How to Build a Profitable Digital Bank with Tinkoff from 2020-06-19T05:00

Oliver Hughes is the CEO of Tinkoff Group, one of the world’s most successful digital banking groups with over ten million customers.

Tinkoff is publicly listed, which brings clarity to i...

Varo and Marqeta Raise Rounds, Should Digital Banks Lend? and Fintech Gets Meta from 2020-06-12T05:00

Varo raised $241 million in preparation to start operating under its own banking license  later this year. Is a banking license an asset or a liability if you’re a digital bank?

Marqeta is...

What Institutional Investors Did During the COVID Crash with Addepar from 2020-06-09T05:00

Eric Poirier is the CEO of Addepar, a leading investment technology company with a ten-year track record serving institutional clients.

With more than 400 institutional investor clients wi...

Cash App, Venmo, Digital Wallets and Challenger Banks with Max Friedrich from 2020-06-05T05:00

Max Friedrich is a fintech analyst a ARK Invest, a public markets investment manager focused on disruptive technologies including autonomous tech, robotics, fintech, genomics and next generation in...

Powering 95% of US Digital Banking with Galileo from 2020-06-02T05:00

Clay Wilkes is the founder and CEO of Galileo, one of the leading digital banking and payments platforms in North America, providing much of the technology that powers banking and payments for comp...

Brex Raises Again, Shopify Launches Bank Accounts and M&A Ideas for Goldman from 2020-05-29T05:00

We're joined by the brilliant Lex Sokolin.

Brex raised an additional $150 million at a slightly improved valuation vs. its last round just as Monzo is reportedly looking at a 40% down roun...

What the COVID Crisis Means for Fintech Now and in the Years to Come with Radboud Vlaar from 2020-05-26T05:00

Radboud Vlaar is the Founding Partner at Finch Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm and one of Europe’s most active series A investors.

Prior to starting Finch in 2013, Radboud was...

Payments Dominance, $1 Billion in Strategic Investments and a Founding Role in Libra with Laurent Le Moal from 2020-05-19T05:00

Laurent Le Moal is the CEO of PayU, a leading emerging markets payments company.

As CEO of PayU, Laurent has grown annual volumes to nearly $30 billion and overseen close to $1 billion in ...

Technology, Empathy and Finance in a Time of Crisis with TrueAccord from 2020-05-12T05:00

Ohad Samet is the Co-Founder and CEO of TrueAccord, a company using machine learning, behavioral economics and empathy to reimagine the debt collection process.

In this conversation, Ohad,...

The Present and Future of FX and Payments with Mike Laven from 2020-05-05T05:00

Today, Rebank co-host Aman Ghei of Finch Capital is joined by Mike Laven.

Mike is the CEO of CurrencyCloud, one of the leading FX and payments companies in Europe, powering some of the mos...

Libra, Stablecoins, CBDCs and the Need for Digital Money from 2020-04-30T09:00

A digital world needs digital money, and a few influential players are actively working to build it. China’s BSN initiative and Facebook’s Libra embody the East’s public sector led approach to buil...

Inside The Decision to Shutter Moven’s B2C Business with Brett King from 2020-04-28T02:20:10

Today, we’re joined by Brett King, founder and CEO of Moven, one of the original digital banks, and Lex Sokolin, Global Head of Fintech at ConsenSys.

Lex and I discussed Moven’s recent ann...

What’s Next in Insurtech? with Silvi Wompa from 2020-04-22T12:00

Silvi Wompa is the head of portfolio underwriting at Swiss Re, one of the largest reinsurers in the world with over $30B in revenue.

In this conversation, Aman and Silvi discuss the insurt...

How is COVID-19 Changing Consumer and Business Behavior? from 2020-04-17T18:51:05

Today, we’re joined by Lex Sokolin to discuss the ways in which COVID-19 is influencing consumer and business behavior and what changes are likely to be permanent.

Digital is booming in ar...

SoFi buys Galileo, Moven shutters B2C business, Fintechs respond to COVID-19 from 2020-04-09T20:02:49

In this special episode, we’re joined by Lex Sokolin for analysis of a few important recent fintech developments.

Lex is the author of the Future of Finance newsletter, the CMO & Global Fi...

Banking-as-a-Service from the Incumbent’s Perspective with BBVA from 2020-04-09T01:35:26

Today we’re joined by Abhishek Gupta, Head of BBVA Open Platform, BBVA’s banking-as-a-service offering.

As most people listening this podcast know, BBVA is a leader in financial innovation...

Waves of Consolidation: M&A, IPOs and Competitive Dynamics in a Maturing Fintech Industry from 2020-03-28T21:44:11

This special episode was recorded live at a Rebank event in London hosted by Shearman & Sterling, a global law firm with a specialist fintech practice. Visit fintech.shearman.com to find out more.<...

Supporting Consumer Credit in a Time of Need with Credit Sesame from 2020-03-23T12:33:08

Today, we’re thrilled to be joined by Adrian Nazari, founder and CEO of Credit Sesame.

Credit Sesame has 16 million registered users and has raised $120 million since its inception nearly ...

Backing Europe’s Unicorns with Hoxton Ventures from 2020-03-18T01:47:06

Today, we’re thrilled to be joined by Hussein Kanji, a London-based venture capitalist.

Hussein co-runs Hoxton Ventures, a firm he started in 2013.

Hussein has invested in and/or ...

A Single API for Fixed Income and Derivatives Trading with TransFICC from 2020-03-11T02:00:57

Today, Rebank co-host Aman Ghei of Finch Capital connects with Steve Toland, founder and CEO of TransFICC, an e-trading technology company providing solutions for fixed income and derivative market...

Automating Personal Finance with Plum from 2020-03-03T02:31:25

Victor Trokoudes is the founder and CEO of Plum, a personal financial assistant that sits atop your existing bank accounts and automates financial success.

Plum is a leader in the personal...

Rethinking the Banking Product Set with Majority from 2020-02-21T14:40:14

Magnus Larsson is the Founder and CEO of Majority, a digital bank for migrants in the US.

Magnus is a serial entrepreneur with decades of experience in telecom. Prior to launching Majority...

Financing Media and Entertainment with Purely Capital from 2020-02-07T13:30:53

Today, Rebank co-host Aman Ghei of Finch Capital connects with Wayne Marc Godfrey, founder and CEO of Purely Capital, an entertainment finance firm. 

Wayne is a prolific film producer and ...

Building the AWS of Banking with Griffin from 2020-01-29T00:59:54

Platform banking’s role in the growth of fintech can hardly be understated, with companies including Monzo, N26, Revolut, Chime, Acorns, Betterment, MoneyLion and more using platform banking partne...

IPOs, Direct Listings and the Private/Public Market Chasm from 2020-01-21T14:35:19

Today we explore the wild and wondrous world of equity primary markets. We’re joined by Anand Sambasivan, Co-Founder and CEO of PrimaryBid, Marcus Stuttard, Head of UK Primary Markets for the Londo...

Real World Blockchain Implementations with R3 from 2019-12-11T07:16:43

Richard Gendal Brown is the CTO of R3, an enterprise blockchain company backed by a number of high profile strategic investors.

R3 has been working on its Corda platform since the early da...

The Future of Roboadvisory with Bambu from 2019-12-03T14:24:41

Ned Phillips is the Founder and CEO of Bambu, a white-label roboadvisory platform.

Backed by Franklin Templeton, among others, Bambu builds roboadvisory offerings for banks, investments fi...

Reimagining Supply Chain Finance Globally with Greensill from 2019-11-27T00:55:11

Sean Hanafin is the Group President of Greensill, a modern supply chain finance provider that has raised an astonishing $1.5 billion in equity this year alone.

Backed by General Atlantic a...

Building a Dominant Global Data Business with ComplyAdvantage from 2019-11-19T15:58:50

Charlie Delingpole is the Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a global AML, sanctions screening and transaction monitoring company.

Backed by Balderton and Index, the latter of which led a...

Fixing International Payments for the World with TransferWise from 2019-11-12T09:48:21

Kristo Käärmann is the co-founder and CEO of TransferWise, a payments company fighting to break banks’ usurious grip on FX and international transfers.

TransferWise is one of Europe’s gre...

Building the Next Generation Credit Bureau with Credit Kudos from 2019-10-30T11:55:45

Freddy Kelly is the Founder and CEO of Credit Kudos, a UK company redesigning the credit bureau for the modern age.

Unhappy with the inaccuracy, opaqueness and questionable data ethics of ...

Banking for Startups with Mercury from 2019-10-16T13:15:13

Immad Akhund is the founder and CEO of Mercury, a bank for startups.

Mercury, which launched to market in April, has raised $26 million from Andreessen Horowitz and a number of others, in...

The Curious Phenomenon of Synthetic Fraud with SentiLink from 2019-10-10T12:16:44

Naftali Harris is the Co-Founder and CEO of SentiLink, a synthetic fraud prevention company.

For the past couple years, Naftali has been working to solve the problem of synthetic fraud, a ...

From Crypto to Decentralized Finance with Lex Sokolin from 2019-09-30T21:17:34

Lex Sokolin is the Global Fintech Co-Head at ConsenSys, the leading crypto software development studio and venture builder.

As regular listeners know, Lex is one of the world’s leading au...

A Hybrid Human/Technology Approach to SME Banking with Judo Bank from 2019-09-10T02:04:22

Joseph Healy is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Judo Bank, an SME challenger bank in Australia. Fresh off a A$400m equity raise from Bain Capital and others, Judo is on track to lend A$1 billion by ye...

What £775 Million in Cash Means for UK SME Banking with Tide and ClearBank from 2019-09-02T07:53:27

Oliver Prill is the CEO of Tide, a leading business banking provider for UK SMEs. Charles McManus is the CEO of ClearBank, the first new clearing bank in the UK in nearly 200 years. 

Tide ...

Using First Principles to Identify Outliers in Fintech with Greylock from 2019-08-27T18:06:22

Seth Rosenberg focuses on fintech at Greylock, one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture firms, with noteworthy investments including LinkedIn, Facebook, Airbnb and many more.

In this c...

Consolidation in Payments, Existential Threats to Incumbents and Vertical Software with Mike Massaro from 2019-08-21T11:03:57

Mike Massaro is the CEO of Flywire, a Boston-based payments company.

Flywire has raised over $140 million from leading investors including Spark Capital, Fidelity’s F-Prime, Bain Capital, ...

Mixed Commerce, Insurtech and HR Benefits with Ryan Gilbert from 2019-08-13T17:30:05

Ryan Gilbert is a General Partner at Propel, a San Francisco-based venture firm with investments in companies including Coinbase, Personal Capital, Trussle, Prosper and many more.

Prior to...

A Platform for the Next Wave of Financial Innovation with Synapse from 2019-08-06T00:00

Sankaet Pathak is the Founder and CEO of Synapse, a platform banking provider. 

Fresh off a Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, Synapse is operating at the leading edge of the potentially...

Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Assets with Shearman & Sterling from 2019-07-30T00:00

Donna Parisi is a Derivatives Partner and Global Head of Financial Services and Fintech for Shearman & Sterling, a leading global law firm.

In addition to her work on a range of derivative...

In Pursuit of Comprehensive Financial Wellbeing with Betterment from 2019-07-23T15:00

Jon Stein is the Founder and CEO of Betterment, one of the world’s leading digital investments companies.

We first connected with Jon in January 2018 in a great episode that’s still very r...

Designing Winning Financial Services with Barclays, TSB and Idean from 2019-07-18T01:21:12

We talk all the time about the new customer experiences shaping the evolution of finance. Today, we take a closer look at those experiences themselves, through the eyes of the people designing them...

Maintaining the Edge in an Evolving Market with BlackRock and Hargreaves Lansdown from 2019-07-10T11:37:06

The investments space is changing as fast as any other financial services vertical, with roboadvisors, free stock trading apps, contextual behavioral experiences, software automation, AI, new prici...

Core Banking as a Competitive Advantage with Thought Machine from 2019-07-02T00:00

Paul Taylor is the founder and CEO of Thought Machine, a cloud native core banking platform.

We first connected with Paul in November 2017, where we walked through his background as a Goog...

What's Next in Payments? with Michael Rolph from 2019-06-24T07:33:03

Michael Rolph is the co-founder and CEO of Yoyo, a payments, loyalty and receipt app enriching commerce for customers and merchants.

The payments space has been actively lately, as incumbe...

The Past, Present and Future of Roboadvisory with Nick Hungerford from 2019-06-18T16:36:17

Nick Hungerford is the founder of Nutmeg, the UK’s leading roboadvisor.

Nick founded Nutmeg in 2011 and ran it for five years. Currently, Nick is a partner at Portag3 Ventures and serves o...

The Golden Age of Fintech with Ron Suber from 2019-06-10T10:15:42

Ron Suber is the former head of Prosper, one of the original peer-to-peer lenders.

Prior to getting involved in Prosper, Ron built and sold Merlin, a tech-first prime broker for the long-t...

Addressing the U.S. Student Debt Crisis with Earnest from 2019-06-04T12:00

David Green is the Chief Product Officer at Earnest, a digital student lender and refinancing provider.

The student debt market in the US is unique in the world. College is exceedingly exp...

Two Decades of Fintech Investing with Matt Harris from 2019-05-28T17:01:47

Matt Harris is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures focused on fintech and financial services.

Matt is a fintech legend in New York. Everyone I talked to about this conversation knew Matt an...

Secondary Market Access to Pre-IPO Unicorns with Forge from 2019-05-20T18:23:03

Samvit Ramadurgam is the Co-Founder & President and Kelly Rodriques is the CEO of Forge, a secondary market for private shares.

Forge provides access to shares of virtually all of the top ...

A Private Bank for the Middle Class with MoneyLion from 2019-05-13T19:16

Dee Choubey is the Founder and CEO of MoneyLion, a digital bank combining a comprehensive financial offering with AI-driven personalized guidance.

With four million users and counting, Mon...

America's Fastest Growing Digital Bank with Chime from 2019-05-07T00:00

Ryan King is the Co-Founder and CTO of Chime, one of the leading digital banks in the US. Chime offers free banking to over three million customers, helping them save hundreds a year on banking and...

$1 Billion of Mortgages a Day with Blend from 2019-04-29T20:24:41

Erin Collard is Co-Founder of Blend, a digital mortgage origination platform. Blend sits atop incumbent systems and digitizes the mortgage process, massively reducing costs for lenders and expediti...

Latam, SMB Platforms and the Gig Economy with Broadhaven from 2019-04-23T11:11:39

Michael Sidgmore is a Partner at Broadhaven, a market leading fintech investment bank and venture firm, with clients including ICE and the CBOE and investments including MoneyLion and ScaleFactor.<...

Unlocking Value in Emerging Markets with WorldRemit from 2019-04-16T00:00

Catherine Wines is the Co-Founder of WorldRemit, one of the world's foremost digital remittance providers. 

Rebuilding the Backbone of Banking with Draper Esprit from 2019-04-11T08:00

Vinoth Jayakumar runs fintech investments for Draper Esprit, a premier venture capital firm and backers of the likes of Revolut and TransferWise. 

Today we grapple with the backend infrast...

Crypto 2.0: Is Crypto Finally Getting Real? from 2019-04-02T00:00

Considered fringe for most of the past few years, crypto and associated technologies potentially represent a meaningful force in mainstream financial services as they mature.

Joining us to...

What's Happening in Digital Banking? with Ricky Knox from 2019-03-27T00:00

Ricky Knox is the Founder and CEO of Tandem, a UK digital bank.

It's a fascinating time in digital banking, as tech-forward banks in the UK, US, Europe and elsewhere race for product and g...

Building Open Banking API Layers with TrueLayer from 2019-03-19T00:00

Francesco Simoneschi is the Co-Founder and CEO of TrueLayer.

Since Open Banking went live early last year, progress has been slow, and reviews have been mixed. At the same time, companies ...

When Will Digital Investing Hit Its Stride? from 2019-03-12T00:00

Lex Sokolin started a roboadvisor way back in 2009, which was eventually sold to AdvisorEngine. As a result of that experience, and the strategy and advisory work he's done since, Lex has unique in...

The Shifting Competitive Landscape in SME Banking with TSB from 2019-03-05T00:00

Richard Davies runs business banking and sits on the Executive Committee at TSB, the UK's 7th (ish) largest bank.

Last week, Pool A of the RBS Capability & Innovation Fund was allocated, w...

Europe's Most Valuable Fintech with Rishi Khosla from 2019-02-27T22:39:03

Rishi Khosla is co-founder and CEO of OakNorth, one of the world's best funded and fastest growing fintechs.

From its savings & lending origins, OakNorth has evolved into a world-class tec...

Free Stock Trading and the Retail Investor Mindset from 2019-02-19T00:00

Adam Dodds is the Founder & CEO of Freetrade, a free stock trading app and part of the trend toward intuitive, low cost retail investment solutions. 

This is an interesting discussion arou...

Is the Tech Startup Mindset Helping Us or Hurting Us? from 2019-02-12T14:39:39

Nicolas Colin is co-founder of The Family, a European tech incubator with a different approach than most.
 
Nicolas is a thinker, advocate and reformer. He is one of the most thoughtful and...

The Continued Evolution of Banking with Anthony Thomson from 2019-02-05T16:09:21

Anthony Thomson is by any measure one of the most prolific banking innovators of the past decade. Anthony is the Co-Founder and former Chairman of Metro Bank and Founder and former Chairman of Atom...

What's Next for Fintech? with Augmentum from 2019-01-29T00:00

Tim Levene is the Founder and CEO of Augmentum, a fintech venture capital firm.

Prior to starting Augmentum, Tim worked for Bain, started London restaurant chain Crussh and founded Flutter...

Cracking the US Banking Market with Varo Money from 2019-01-22T00:00

The US could be one of the most lucrative markets for digital banks, but few new entrants have launched there. Why? How ripe is the opportunity, really?

Colin Walsh is the CEO and co-found...

Are Retail Investment Offerings Fit for Purpose? from 2019-01-15T00:00

Historically characterized by high fees and questionable objectivity, retail investments are going through a transformation as the likes of Robinhood, Betterment, Scalable Capital and others bring ...

Do People Outside Fintech Care About Fintech? from 2019-01-08T00:00

Should people outside fintech care about fintech? Today, we're joined by Brad Goodall, serial entrepreneur and founder of Banked, to discuss.

Open Banking is hands down one of the most rel...

Should We Look to Governments, Entrepreneurs or Philanthropists to Solve Our Problems? from 2018-12-18T00:00

Should we look to governments, philanthropists or entrepreneurs to solve our problems?

We're joined by Sean Park, Founder of Anthemis, a fintech-focused venture capital firm, to discuss. Listen

Is There a Role for Humans in Finance? from 2018-12-05T10:32:05

Leslie Campisi is the Chief Marketing Officer of Anthemis, one of the leading fintech venture capital firms.
 
In today's conversation, we debate the role of humans in finance. 
 
I...

Founder Sessions - David Velez, Nubank from 2018-12-04T12:59:06

Welcome to the fourth instalment of our Founder Sessions series. We're joined by David Velez, the Founder and CEO of Nubank, the leading financial technology company in Latin America.

Founder Sessions - Tom Blomfield, Monzo from 2018-11-28T00:00

Welcome to the third instalment of our Founder Sessions series.

Tom Blomfield is the Founder & CEO of Monzo, one of the UK's leading digital banks. 

For Tom's full backstory, chec...

Nubank: The Fastest Growing Digital Bank in the World from 2018-11-20T00:00

David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nubank, the leading financial technology company in Latin America.

Nubank has 5 million credit card customers, 2.5 million bank account customers and ...

Is the Stage Set for a UK Banking Shakeup? with OakNorth from 2018-11-13T00:00

Today, we're joined by Cristina Alba Ochoa and Valentina Kristensen, respectively CFO and Head of Communications of OakNorth, one of the UK's leading challenger banks.

We update on OakNort...

The Psychology of Personal Finance from 2018-11-07T12:00

Today's subject is decision making. Why is it so hard for people to make good decisions around savings, investments and money in general?

We're joined by behavioral scientist Greg Davies, ...

The Future of Crypto with Coinbase from 2018-10-30T00:00

Zeeshan Feroz is UK CEO of Coinbase, the world's leading consumer crypto company. 

In this conversation, we discuss Coinbase's recent progress and future plans, the current state of the cr...

How Monzo May Change Banking Forever from 2018-10-23T11:21:47

Tom Blomfield is the co-founder and CEO of Monzo, one of Europe's leading digital banks.

For Tom's full backstory, check out Rebank Episode 17, when we first connected with him.

I...

The Exponential View with Azeem Azhar from 2018-10-16T00:00

Today, we have the honor of connecting with Azeem Azhar, the brain behind the Exponential View newsletter and podcast.
 
How to describe Azeem... Thinker, writer, advisor, technologist and ...

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Enterprise Software from 2018-10-09T00:00

Scott Sage, is a Partner at Crane, a Venture Capital fund focused on complex enterprise software, much of which incorporates AI. Abhirukt Sapru, is the Chief Revenue Officer of Tessian, an AI-power...

Founder Sessions - Michael Kent, Azimo from 2018-10-02T00:00

Michael Kent is the founder and CEO of Azimo, a fast-growing money transmission business.

As the founder of Azimo, and before that of Small World FS, another money transmission business, M...

Building Billion-Dollar Businesses with Index Ventures from 2018-09-25T00:00

Martin Mignot is a Partner at Index Ventures, one of Europe's leading VC firms.

Martin focuses on startups which operate in large markets (food, transportation, finance, healthcare) throug...

Insuring the Gig Economy with Zego and Deloitte from 2018-09-18T00:00

This week, we're joined by Harry Franks, Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Zego, an on-demand insurance platform founded by former Deliveroo employees. We're also joined by Nigel Walsh, Partn...

Special Episode: Seedcamp's Carlos Espinal Interviews Will Beeson from 2018-09-14T09:14:36

Hello and welcome to Rebank. I'm your host, Will Beeson.
 
Or should I say, I'm your guest, Will Beeson. Today's episode is different. The mic got turned on me this time to discuss Civilise...

Big Tech, Open Banking and Crypto with Lex Sokolin from 2018-09-11T00:00

Today we’re joined be Lex Sokolin, head of Autonomous Next, the disruptive technologies arm of research firm Autonomous. 

Topics of conversation today include Amazon vs Google vs Facebook ...

Millennials and Financial Services, Part 2 from 2018-09-04T00:00

We recently participated in an event with PIMFA, the UK Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association, on the subject of Millennials and Financial Services, as part of a research ...

Bringing Crypto to the World with Circle from 2018-08-28T00:00

In today's episode, we catch up with Marieke Flament, Chief Marketing Officer of Circle, one of the most noteworthy crytpo companies.

Circle was the first company to receive a BitLicense f...

Millennials and Financial Services, Part 1 from 2018-08-21T00:00

In this episode, we discuss millennials' relationship with financial services with PIMFA's CEO, Liz Field, and Head of Research, Gary Sunderland, as well as Sally Allan, Chief Marketing Officer of ...

Fintech for SMEs with Xero, Fluidly and Adaptive Lab from 2018-08-14T00:00

This week, we look at the massively important topic of fintech for small businesses. Joining us are Edward Berks, Head of Fintech at Xero, a cloud-based accounting platform, Caroline Plumb, Founder...

Founder Sessions - Husayn Kassai, Onfido from 2018-08-07T22:05:40

Today, we're launching Founder Sessions, a new series looking at the entrepreneurial process through the experiences of some of the most noteworthy fintech founders around the world. We've connecte...

Intelligent Compliance in a Digital World with Onfido and LendInvest from 2018-07-31T04:50:51

This week, we're joined by Husayn Kassai, Founder and CEO of Onfido, and Christian Faes, Founder and CEO of LendInvest.

Onfido uses machine learning in customer authentication, validating ...

B2B Fintech and Other Topics with Philippe Gelis and Steve Lemon from 2018-07-17T06:59:31

This week, we're joined by Philippe Gelis and Steve Lemon.

Philippe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kantox, a B2B FX company. Steve is the Co-Founder and VP of Corporate Development at Curren...

The Future of Mortgages with Habito from 2018-07-10T04:00

Today were joined by Dan Hegarty, Founder and CEO of Habito.

Habito is a digital mortgage platform helping homebuyers makes sense of the more than 10,000 mortgage offers available in the U...

Platform Banking and Other Fintech Trends from 2018-07-03T04:00

Aman Ghei is a Principal at Finch Capital, a Venture Capital firm with offices in London, Amsterdam and Singapore. 

Nigel Verdon is the Co-Founder and CEO of Railsbank, a banking utility l...

Fintech Opportunities in Emerging Markets from 2018-06-26T04:00

Ameya Upadhyay is a Principal at Omidyar, an impact fund that has deployed over $1.3bn over the past 10 years. Asad Naqvi is Managing Director of Apis, a growth stage private equity fund focused on...

Open Banking 2.0 with Bud, Starling and techUK from 2018-06-19T04:00

Joining us to discuss current developments in Open Banking and where we're headed from here are Louise Beaumont, Co-Chair of techUK's Open Banking & Payments Working Group and a member of the Open ...

Data Ethics in a Changing World from 2018-06-12T04:00

Julian Ranger is the Chairman of digi.me, a platform that allows users to take back ownership of their data currently spread around the web and use it to their own benefit.

Aneesh Verna is...

Leveraging Data to Fix Consumer Credit with Credit Kudos and Pariti from 2018-05-29T04:00

Today, we’re joined by two entrepreneurs making credit more understandable and accessible for people.

Freddy Kelly is the Founder of Credit Kudos, a new model credit bureau making better d...

Bringing Open Source to Financial Services with FINOS from 2018-05-22T04:00

FINOS is creating an open source movement in banking and financial services the same way open source technologies like Linux, Firefox, Wordpress, Hadoop, NodeJS and many more have done for tech. Bo...

Financial Markets and Network Effects with StockTwits from 2018-05-07T19:06:04

Dan Ramsden is the Chief Financial and Stratefy Officer of StockTwits. 

StockTwits is a social media platform designed for sharing ideas between investors, analysts and traders. Founded in...

The Power of Artificial Intelligence for Good and Evil from 2018-05-01T04:00

Artificial intelligence and automation are becoming powerful forces of change in the world today, and the impacts of these technologies will shape the next few decades at least. In this conversatio...

Digital Identity and the Future of Privacy from 2018-04-24T04:00

Robin Tombs is a serial tech entrepreneur and investor. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Yoti, a
digital identity platform enabling secure onboarding anywhere online or in-person.

Prior...

Is Culture a Problem in Banking? from 2018-04-17T04:00

Today we're joined by three extremely qualified guests to dig into the topic of culture. Duena Blomstrom is the author of Emotional Banking, a book looking at culture in banking specifically. Sharo...

Institutional Crypto with Kevin Beardsley of B2C2 from 2018-04-10T04:00

Kevin Beardsley is the Managing Director of B2C2, a leading cryptocurrency marketmaker. and one of the 40 coolest people in UK fintech, according to Business Insider. B2C2 provides 24/7/365 liquidi...

What's Next in Cards? with Global Processing Services from 2018-04-03T05:00

Suresh Vaghjiani is the Managing Director of Global Processing Services, a card processor supporting some of the best known fintechs including Monzo, Starling, Revolut, Curve, Osper, Pockit and mor...

Society, Culture and Financial Innovation with The Financial Revolutionist from 2018-03-27T05:00

Gregg Schoenberg runs The Financial Revolutionist, a weekly newsletter touching on some of the most interesting developments in financial innovation and linking them in interesting ways to all sort...

Can a Bank Be a Unicorn? with OakNorth from 2018-03-20T05:00

Today we have the great pleasure of catching up with Cristina Alba Ochoa, CFO, and Valentina Kristensen, Head of Marketing, of OakNorth, one of the UK's leading banks. You thought I was going to sa...

Building a Utility Layer for Banking from 2018-03-13T05:00

Anders La Cour is the co-founder and CEO of Saxo Payments Banking Circle, a utility layer providing global transaction processing and payments to the banking industry. Many people talk about banks ...

Alternative Lending with Spotcap & iwoca from 2018-03-06T05:00

Today the focus is on alternative lending, one of the original fintech verticals. Surprisingly, in nearly 80 episodes, we've never gotten deep into alternative lending.

After holding off f...

The State of the Union with Sam Maule from 2018-02-27T09:00

Sam Maule is Managing Director, North America for 11:FS, a UK-based digital consulting firm. Prior to joining 11:FS, Same led Digital and Fintech for NTT Data, and before that, he worked on product...

GoCardless, Payments and Life with Hiroki Takeuchi from 2018-02-20T05:01:35

Hiroki Takeuchi is the Founder and CEO of GoCardless, a London-based fintech that simplifies recurring payment collection for businesses.

Today's conversation covers a number of topics, so...

All About Insurtech with Nigel Walsh from 2018-02-12T05:00

Nigel is a partner in Deloitte’s Financial Services technology practice, where he focuses on insurtech. With a background in end to end technology transformation, Nigel works with insurers on the j...

Tech, Talent and Diversity in a Changing World from 2018-02-05T22:16:43

Russ Shaw is the Founder of Tech London Advocates (TLA), a private sector led group of leaders promoting London's technology sector and addressing the issues on the horizon. The group is a not-for-...

Wealth for All with Betterment from 2018-01-30T12:00

Jon Stein is the CEO and founder of Betterment, one of the leading roboadvisors in the US.

After amassing experience advising banks and brokers on risk and products, Jon founded Betterment...

From Barclays to 10x: Making Banking Ten Times Better with Antony Jenkins from 2018-01-23T05:00

Antony Jenkins is the Founder and Executive Chairman of 10x Future Technologies, a UK-based fintech company creating digital platforms for banks.

From 2012-2015, Antony served as CEO of Ba...

Open Banking with Starling Bank from 2018-01-16T05:00

Megan Caywood is the Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank, one of the UK's newest and most tech forward banks. Megan is responsible for the design and development of Starling's API strategy and ...

An Update from Crypto Land from 2018-01-09T05:00

Today, we welcome back our good friend Lawrence Wintermeyer, former CEO of Innovate Finance. Lawrence now works with a range of institutional investors and companies to help them capitalize on the ...

Bringing Fintech to the Masses with Bud from 2018-01-02T05:00

Today, we're thrilled to be joined by Jamie Campbell and Nina Mohanty of Bud, one of the most compelling fintech apps around. Despite its startup status, Bud has hit some major milestones and is wo...

From Uber to Oval with Benedetta Arese Lucini from 2017-12-19T05:00

Benedetta Arese Lucini is the co-founder of Oval Money, an app helping people save more and improve their financial lives.

Prior to starting Oval Money, Benedetta ran Uber in Italy, launch...

Will Your Next Bank be a Tech Giant? with Alessandro Hatami from 2017-12-12T05:00

Alessandro Hatami is the former Group Innovation Director at Lloyds Banking Group and current Managing Partner at Forestreet.

Alessandro bring a grown-up view to fintech. Working closely w...

The Future of Investments with Ella Rabener from 2017-12-05T05:00

Ella Rabener is the co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Scalable Capital, a technology-driven investment management platform for retail investors. 

I think this is one of the most in...

What's Wrong with Personal Financial Management? with Marble from 2017-11-28T05:00

Fiona Mackenzie is CEO and founder of marble, a personal financial management app. Fiona has spent most of her career as an actuary in insurance and pensions and is looking to bridge the gap betwee...

Disrupting Capital Markets with ING from 2017-11-21T05:00

Stephane Malrait is a Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Markets eCommerce at ING. In that role, he effectively leads ING's electronic trading business as market maker and on behalf of ...

Bringing Google-Style Thinking to Core Banking with Thought Machine from 2017-11-14T05:00

Paul Taylor is the founder and CEO of Thought Machine, a brand new banking platform combining a Google-like approach to software with bank-like requirements for functionality.

Paul has a P...

Fintech, Blockchain and ICOs with Futurist Lex Sokolin from 2017-11-07T05:00

Lex Sokolin is a futurist and entrepreneur focused on the next generation of financial services. He directs Fintech Strategy at Autonomous Research, a leading research firm for the financial sector...

Accelerating Fintech in Silicon Valley with Scott Robinson from 2017-10-24T05:00

Scott Robinson is the founder and VP of Plug and Play FinTech, a fintech-focused startup platform run with partners including BNP Paribas, Santander, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, TD Bank, Sberbank...

Building a Good Bank with Tandem from 2017-10-17T07:04:09

Ricky Knox is the Founder and CEO of Tandem, a new UK bank that partners with its customers to improve their financial lives.

Tandem is at least Ricky's third business. He's also a co-fou...

Card Tricks: Creating A New Experience Layer with Curve from 2017-10-03T05:00

Shachar Bialick is the Founder and CEO of Curve - the smarter banking card.

Curve works like....well, magic. It lets you spend on all your cards on a single piece of plastic and even go ba...

Disrupting the $10T European Deposits Market from 2017-09-26T05:00

Tim Sievers is CEO and Founder of Deposit Solutions, an Open Banking platform for deposits, connecting banks and depositors across Europe.

The platform allows banks to offer attractive thi...

The Future of Wholesale FX & Payments from 2017-09-19T05:00

Philippe Gelis is Co-founder and CEO of Kantox, a wholesale FX company. 

Kantox is a multinational Fintech company offering FX management solutions. Kantox is built to allow our customers ...

Innovation & Open Talent at BBVA from 2017-09-12T05:00

In this episode, we'll hear from Mario Pardo, Head of Client Solutions at BBVA, Carmela Gomez, Head of Global Treasury Solutions, and Marisol Menendez, Head of Open Innovation. All three share fasc...

ICOs, Tokens and the Future of Money from 2017-09-05T05:00

Today we're thrilled to be joined by acclaimed author Dave Birch, back on Rebank for Round 2. Dave previously joined us on Episode 24 to explore developments in digital identity.

Dave rece...

Venture Debt & Funding Fintech with Silicon Valley Bank from 2017-08-29T05:00

Erin Platts is Head of UK Commercial Banking at Silicon Valley Bank, and Kristi Oliver is a Managing Director in the same business. Silicon Valley Bank is one of the best known banks in the startup...

Incubating Fintech Startups with Entrepreneur First from 2017-08-22T05:00

Matt Clifford is the co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First, the world's leading technology company builder. EF invests in top technical individuals to help them build world-class deep tech start...

Special Episode: Insider Advice for Fintech Founders from 2017-08-15T05:00

We've had some great episodes with venture capitalists and founders going through the most interesting opportunities their seeing, ideas about areas of fintech ripe for further innovation, startup ...

The VC's View: Balderton Capital on European Fintech from 2017-08-01T05:00

Rob Moffat is a Partner at Balderton Capital, a London-based venture capital firm that has invested in fintech businesses including GoCardless, Revolut, Crowdcube, Nutmeg, Seedcamp, ComplyAdvantage...

How to Start A Fintech: Asset Management Software from 2017-07-25T08:39:25

Aman Ghei is a Principal at Orange Growth Capital, a London- and Amsterdam-based venture capital firm focused on high growth fintech and mobile gaming companies. Prior to joining Orange Growth Capi...

Fintech Serial Entrepreneurship with Charlie Delingpole from 2017-07-18T05:00