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Global Fintech with Matt & Premal

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by Matt Flannery & Premal Shah

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Global Fintech with Matt Flannery and Premal Shah is a podcast focused on conversations with people and personalities in emerging markets across the world in fintech. Guests on the show provide an in-depth look at marketplace trends and an analysis of everything fintech - from the early days of PayPal in Silicon Valley to new YCombinator-backed startups in Nigeria. Matt Flannery serves as the CEO for Branch International. Prior to founding the company, he co-founded the ground-breaking microfinance non-profit Kiva.org, where he served as CEO for nearly a decade. Premal Shah is Chief Business Officer at Branch International and is responsible for building partnerships that advance Branch’s mission. Prior to Branch, Premal co-founded Kiva and led the microfinance non-profit to +$1B in loans. He started his career at PayPal and graduated from Stanford.

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June 30, 2021

The beginning days of Kiva

Matt and Premal first met one another through a shared passion for microfinance and co-founded kiva.org in 2005. In this special episode, they take a look back to hear from many of the staff who helped to launch, sustain, and scale Kiva in the early days and years. Thank you to everyone who played a role in getting Kiva off the ground. Thanks also to those from the early days who weren’t able to participate in this episode. And sincere gratitude to all the Kiva lenders around the world who continue to make Kiva possible. For those of you who are curious to learn how Kiva got started and want to hear stories from the early days, we hope you enjoy this episode! Below is the list of Kivans in roughly chronological order in those early days…. 02;11 - Carl Haynes https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlhaynes/ 05;52 - Jeremy Frazao https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyfrazao/ 12;15 - Fiona Ramsey https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionaramsey/ 16;33 - Ali Price https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicarrollprice/ 18;05 - Jonny Price https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonnyprice/ 18;43 - Ben Elberger https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-elberger-5094347/ 20;22 - Rupa Tejura https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupamodi/ 22;08 - Sam Mankiewicz https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammankiewicz/ 24;16 - Aldi Haryopratomo https://www.linkedin.com/in/aldi-haryopratomo-434455/ 27;42 - Karen Little https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenelittle/ 29;13 - Bennett Grassano https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennett-grassano-20335a/ 34;24 - Gerard Niemira https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-niemira-aaa9b73/ 37;35 - Justin Renfro https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinrenfro/ 39;22 - Bennett Grassano performs his original Kiva song “Jonny Got His Fun” You can download the song here: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/QeXZMjbUPX9ZGF3H6 (https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/QeXZMjbUPX9ZGF3H6)

March 9, 2021

Kuda helps lead the way with neobanking in Nigeria

Babs is the co-founder and CEO of Kuda. Babs and his team are pioneering the expansion of financial inclusion, and the concept of neobanking in Nigeria. The Kuda Andriod app has been downloaded over 1 million times. A few years ago, Babs and a small team of people determined to transform banking launched a savings app for Nigerians. That app was the first step toward Kuda. Today, Kuda is even more determined and they’ve built a Central Bank-licensed, microfinance bank to help Nigerians get the best out of their money without overcharging them. Kuda includes tools for tracking spending habits, saving more, and making the right money moves. Kuda knows the pain that comes with using a traditional bank and they’re on a mission to make things work better for everyone.

March 5, 2021

Shipping daily is part of the culture at Wallets.Africa

John Oke is the Founder and CEO of Wallets Africa. Wallets.Africa is based in Nigeria and helps Africans and African owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts. After working in the digital financial services sector for about a decade, the founding team came to the realization that customers' main gripes with traditional financial institutions always boiled down to poor customer service, accessibility, and unreasonable fees. The team looked at these problems and saw a future where people and businesses can make their bank app a key part of their daily life not only because it was easy to use, but mainly because it actually helped them become more healthy financially by providing basic banking services for cheaper, making it easier to budget spending and providing investment opportunities that enrich the everyday person. Wallets Africa was ultimately born out of this desire to make lives better. Wallets Africa is a Y Combinator alumni. They were recognized as one of 100 leading global innovators in financial services, the best electronic payment website in Nigeria in 2019 by NIRA, and one of the top 100 SMEs 2020 in Nigeria by Business Day.

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What is Global Fintech with Matt & Premal?: Global Fintech with Matt Flannery and Premal Shah is a podcast focused on conversations with people and personalities in emerging markets across the world in fintech. Guests on the show provide an in-depth look at marketplace trends and an analysis of everything fintech - from the early days of PayPal in Silicon Valley to new YCombinator-backed startups in Nigeria.

Matt Flannery serves as the CEO for Branch International. Prior to founding the company, he co-founded the ground-breaking microfinance non-profit Kiva.org, where he served as CEO for nearly a decade.

Premal Shah is Chief Business Officer at Branch International and is responsible for building partnerships that advance Branch’s mission. Prior to Branch, Premal co-founded Kiva and led the microfinance non-profit to +$1B in loans. He started his career at PayPal and graduated from Stanford.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Information about guest appearances is not available.

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