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The Origins of Digital Banking with Shamir Karkal

The Origins of Digital Banking with Shamir Karkal

Today, we’re joined by Shamir Karkal, co-founder of Simple, the first digital bank in the US, and now co-founder of Sila. Founded in 2009, Simple was the original digital bank, conceived and built to give people more control over their money. After a few successful years, Simple was acquired

Dissecting the Free Stock Trading Industry with Freetrade

Dissecting the Free Stock Trading Industry with Freetrade

Today, we’re joined by Viktor Nebehaj, Co-Founder of Freetrade, a free stock trading platform in the UK. Founded in 2016 and launched to the public in 2018, Freetrade has grown to over 500,000 users in just over two years in the UK alone. For the full backstory, check

Robinhood, Chime and the Emergence of a New American Finance

Robinhood, Chime and the Emergence of a New American Finance

Welcome to our much anticipated first episode of 2021, and what a start to the year it has been. Last week was a train wreck as Gamestop, which was initially bid up by Redditers in an attempt to punish Wall Street, crashed back to earth when the very free brokerage

How BELLA Is Reimagining Banking with Angelo D'Alessandro

How BELLA Is Reimagining Banking with Angelo D'Alessandro

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 able to have conversations with the most visionary and impactful founders, CEOs and VCs in the

Challenging the Incumbent Banking Ethos with Aspiration

Challenging the Incumbent Banking Ethos with Aspiration

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 speechwriter for Bill Clinton, authored books on public policy and war history, served as Assistant Arizona State Attorney General, held Senior Positions at

Building a Diversified, Profitable Digital Bank with Starling

Building a Diversified, Profitable Digital Bank with Starling

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 diversified bank and achieved profitability for the first time in October, a rarity for digital banks.

Self-Funding an International Digital Bank with bunq

Self-Funding an International Digital Bank with bunq

Today, we’re sharing a never before heard conversation recorded earlier this year with Ali Niknam, founder and CEO of bunq. bunq is a fully licensed digital bank based in the Netherlands and available in 30 countries across Europe. Prior to starting bunq, Ali founded TransIP, the largest domain name