Episodes

  • Making DeFi More Consumer Friendly
    Jan 9 2023

    Vijay Mehta is the Chief Innovation Officer for Experian’s Consumer Information Services business in North America and is the Managing Director of Global Solutions. His team’s focus is to provide solution architecture, advanced data science, and consulting along with incubation, co-creation, and acceleration of new products.  He and his team work in close collaboration with Experian’s customers to innovate, and drive new market changing developments.

    Prior to his role in Consumer Information Services, Mehta managed Experian’s Decision Analytics technology group, driving revenue growth and cost savings across several areas. He also has over twenty years of experience in financial services, with prior leadership roles at Sallie Mae, CIT Group, and was the Chief Architect of a SaaS (startup) company acquired by Experian. Mehta holds degrees in both Computer Science and Business, is a nationally published author, and holds multiple patents on advanced technology. 

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    20 mins
  • A Crypto Crisis: How Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Empire Went From Forbes 400 to Fraud
    Nov 17 2022

    Ryan Rasmussen is a researcher at Bitwise Asset Management, the world's first and largest cryptocurrency index fund. Prior to Bitwise, he held a variety of corporate finance roles at Cetera Financial Group, an asset manager with over $300 billion in assets under administration. Before Cetera, Ryan was a business analyst at Oakley and spent time as a research associate at UK Trade & Investment in Sydney, Australia. He is a graduate of the Argyros School of Business & Economics at Chapman University, with a B.S. in finance and a secondary focus in graphic and web design.

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    34 mins
  • The Evolution of the Crypto Economy
    Nov 7 2022

    Ryan Rasmussen is a researcher at Bitwise Asset Management, the world's first and largest cryptocurrency index fund. Prior to Bitwise, he held a variety of corporate finance roles at Cetera Financial Group, an asset manager with over $300 billion in assets under administration. Before Cetera, Ryan was a business analyst at Oakley and spent time as a research associate at UK Trade & Investment in Sydney, Australia. He is a graduate of the Argyros School of Business & Economics at Chapman University, with a B.S. in finance and a secondary focus in graphic and web design.

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    42 mins
  • Mooch: Paying Users to Budget
    Sep 12 2022

    Richard got his start working in brand strategy, but left his role and became an Uber driver to save for coding boot camp. Less than 12 months after learning to code, he got a job working at Facebook as a software engineer. 4 years and 3 promotions later, Richard was planning for his wedding and came up with the budgeting concept that later became Mooch. He left FB shortly after to work on Mooch full time as the main founder and CEO. Fast forward two years to today, Mooch has raised $2 million dollars (soon to be even more), employs 12 people and has been featured in the likes of BBC, US News, Marketwatch and more! So far this year, Mooch was awarded "Most Innovative Personal Finance & Budgeting App 2022" by Wealth & Finance and "10 Best Budget Apps" by US News.

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    20 mins
  • Expanding Credit Access with Artificial Intelligence
    Jul 12 2022

    Jeff leads Upstart's efforts in strategic partnerships and new initiatives - and is the host of Upstart's weekly podcast Leaders in Lending. Jeff joined Upstart in 2012 after spending 6 years at Google. He launched and built the Google Apps for Education business, growing market share from zero to almost 70% in its first four years. Jeff spearheaded marketing efforts for Google Apps in Global 2000 accounts and led sales, business development, and go-to-market strategy for the launch of Chrome devices in the education and enterprise sectors. He spent several years in direct sales at IBM, always exceeding quota, and was a founding engineer and lead UI developer at SSB Technologies. Jeff holds a BS in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford University.

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    31 mins
  • How to Fight Fraud and Unlock Growth in Fintech
    May 12 2022

    Anthony is VP and Head of Product Marketing at Socure. Previously, he was at Raise, the world's largest marketplace for retail currency. Prior to that, Anthony was a co-founder at Slide, a gift card wallet app on iOS and Android, that was acquired by Raise in 2016. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Anthony worked in business and product development at American Express.

     

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    24 mins
  • Simplifying Taxes for Freelancers
    Mar 1 2022

    Jaideep Singh is the CEO and Co-Founder of FlyFin, a new AI-powered mobile tax engine for freelancers, creators, self-employed and gig workers. Prior to FlyFin, he was an early adopter of AI as he built Spock, the industry’s first and largest people search engine indexing over 1 billion people representing 1.5 trillion data records. As both a VC and entrepreneur, Jaideep has been focused on finding disruptive industry startups to invest in, creating more than $3B in value for companies. These disruptive companies have ranged from wireless LAN/Wi-Fi to AI Robotics for mining, construction and farming, to reinventing the electronic components supply chain marketplace.

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    20 mins
  • Unlocking the Potential of Financial Services with AI
    Jan 4 2022

    Kevin leads global business development for the financial services industry at NVIDIA. He focuses on global trends in accelerated computing and AI for consumer finance – including fintech, retail banking, credit card and insurance. Previously, Kevin led sales and business development organizations at two fintechs: Credit Karma and Roostify. He also helped comScore, a digital measurement and analytics firm, grow into a publicly traded, multinational organization, where he served as senior vice president of the financial services practice. Kevin holds a B.A. from American University in Washington and an M.B.A. from the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

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    24 mins