FintechTalks

About FintechTalks

FintechTalks with Sanjib Kalita is the official podcast of Fintech Meetup, the fintech industry’s most results-driven event and always-on community. Each weekly episode brings you inside the conversations shaping the future of finance, featuring candid discussions with top executives, investors, and innovators from across payments, lending, banking, and beyond. As the Chairman of Fintech Meetup, Sanjib Kalita is at the center of the fintech ecosystem and brings a rare blend of enterprise expertise and entrepreneurial insight. He’s led strategy at global brands like Citi and Google, helped scale startups to nine-figure exits, and now guides every episode with curiosity, energy, and a sharp eye for what matters most FintechTalks reflects the ethos of Fintech Meetup: smart, curated, and community powered. Much like our event's meetings program and ROI-first design, the podcast delivers high-value insights in a highly efficient format. Whether it's a founder rethinking credit, a bank executive driving digital transformation, or an investor backing the next wave of innovation, you’ll hear directly from the people building what's next. Episodes drop weekly. Whether you’re driving strategy at a financial institution, growing a fintech startup, or shaping the next stage of your investment thesis, FintechTalks delivers the conversations and context you need to stay informed and ahead.

Publisher

Fintech Meetup

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jul 2025

Latest episode

25 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

36 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Jun 2026

   Chris Black

   In this episode of FintechTalks, Sanjib Kalita sits down virtually with Chris Black, CEO of Thread Bank, to explore the evolving financial services landscape and the role community banks play in powering fintech innovation. Chris shares Thread Bank's growth story, the bank's technology-first approach to building modern financial infrastructure, and the leadership lessons he's carried from his time as an Air Force F-16 pilot—with plenty of aviation analogies along the way.

2. 

   2 Jun 2026

   Michelle Beyo

   Sanjib sits down with Michelle Beyo, Founder & CEO of Finavator, for a wide-ranging conversation spanning open banking and digital identity to AI, data portability, stablecoins, agentic finance, and human data rights. Michelle shares why onboarding is no longer just a one-time KYC check, and why trust, continuous validation, and smarter data practices are becoming critical for fintech growth. Michelle also discusses her upcoming book, Mastering the Future of Finance, her work helping com...

3. 

   20 May 2026

   FintechTalks LIVE: Dave Birch

   In this episode of Fintech Talks, Sanjib Kalita sits down with Dave Birch, author, advisor, and commentator on digital financial services, live from Fintech Meetup. They discuss the biggest forces reshaping fintech today: AI, payment system resilience, and digital identity. Dave shares why the future of finance may be driven less by banks using AI internally and more by customers using AI agents to act on their behalf. The conversation also explores stablecoins, sovereign payment rails, frau...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

35,276

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

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Quality

75

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

0

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