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What's Next in Payments? with Michael Rolph

What's Next in Payments? with Michael Rolph

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 incumbents consolidate and startups seek new attack vectors leveraging open banking, native device components, tokens and other emerging technologies. Michael brings

The Past, Present and Future of Roboadvisory with Nick Hungerford

The Past, Present and Future of Roboadvisory with Nick Hungerford

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 on the boards of Nutmeg, multiply.ai and Hong Kong based digital bank Neat. In addition to

The Golden Age of Fintech with Ron Suber

The Golden Age of Fintech with Ron Suber

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-tail of hedge funds, acquired by Wells Fargo in 2012. Ron invests in and advises a number of fintech

Addressing the U.S. Student Debt Crisis with Earnest

Addressing the U.S. Student Debt Crisis with Earnest

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 expensive, and students fund their educations by borrowing from the government and private lenders. Despite the size of the

Roboadvisory is not a product, it’s a feature

Roboadvisory is not a product, it’s a feature

Over the holiday weekend, I mulled over the latest developments in the roboadvisory space and considered what they mean for the future of the industry. The music keeps playing Canadian roboadvisor Wealthsimple raised $75 million from Allianz’s digital investments arm in “a great step” toward the company’s future

Two Decades of Fintech Investing with Matt Harris

Two Decades of Fintech Investing with Matt Harris

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 and sang his praises effusively. Matt has been an early stage investor since 1997, which is basically forever

Secondary Market Access to Pre-IPO Unicorns with Forge

Secondary Market Access to Pre-IPO Unicorns with Forge

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 50 privately held tech startups, including Slack and many more, and offered trading in the likes of Spotify,